We have automated SendGrid email account creation through the NPF panel. The entire process right from account creation to domain authentication and link branding can be accessed through our panel.
Step by Step guide to create and configure SendGrid email account is as follows :
Step 1: Click on Settings
Step 2 : Click on Communication
Step 3: Click on Email > Create Email Account
Select Partner as SendGrid from the dropdown and click on Create
Step 4: Success message on creation of SendGrid Account
Step 5: Click on Configure Email Account > Domain Authentication
Enter the domain (mandatory) through which communication has to be made and click on Add.
Entering the subdomain is optional and should be used in cases wherein the communication will be made through an email having subdomain also. For e.g. emails will be sent using admissions@xyz.abc.com
Step 6: Email the CNAME records to the intended recipient, who will be configuring the same in the Domain's DNS records.
Step 7: (Optional) In case of Link Branding*, enter the domain which is to be used and click on Add
Step 8: Send the CNAME records for link branding to the intended recipient, who will be configuring the same in the Domain's DNS records.
Step 9: Post the CNAME has been configured in the DNS for Domain Authentication, click on Verify (Settings> Communications > Email > Configure Email Account)
In case post the verification, you get failure as a result, that means that CNAME has not been mapped correctly, and the same needs to rectified.
Step 10:Post the CNAME has been configured in the DNS for Link Branding, click on Verify (Settings> Communications > Email > Configure Email Account)
In case post the verification, you get failure as a result, that means that CNAME has not been mapped correctly, and the same needs to rectified.
Step 11: Customizing Unsubscription Text
Unsubscription text can be customized, just configure the desired text (do not delete the unsubscription token) and click on Add
Voila! you are good to go, just configure the Sender Name and Sender Email Address and communicate with prospects through personalized email address.
*Email link branding allows all of the click-tracked links and opens tracked images in your emails to be from your domain instead of from sendgrid.net. Spam filters and recipient servers look at the links within emails to determine whether the email looks trustworthy enough to deliver - they use the reputation of the root domain to determine whether the links can be trusted. Implementing link labeling helps in email deliverability because you are no longer relying on click tracking going through a domain that you do not control.