> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.afflo.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect Your Email

> Send Afflo emails from your own domain for better deliverability.

By default, Afflo can send from a shared sending address. Connecting your own domain makes every email — outreach, partner invites, payout notifications — come from `@yourbrand.com`, which dramatically improves deliverability and trust.

## What it does

* Sends outreach and transactional emails from your domain
* Adds SPF, DKIM, and DMARC alignment so your messages pass spam filters
* Shows replies in the Master Inbox just like before

## Before you start

* A domain you own (for example, `yourbrand.com`)
* Access to the DNS provider for that domain (Cloudflare, GoDaddy, Route 53, etc.)

## Connect

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the integration">
    Go to **Integrations → Marketing → Connect Your Email** (or **Emails → Settings**) and click **Add Domain**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enter your domain">
    Type the domain you want to send from. A subdomain is fine (for example, `partners.yourbrand.com`).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add DNS records">
    Afflo shows you a handful of DNS records (SPF, DKIM, CNAME). Copy each one into your DNS provider.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Verify">
    Come back to Afflo and click **Verify**. DNS can take a few minutes to propagate — up to an hour in rare cases.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set sending identity">
    Once verified, set a From name and From email (like "Jane from Afflo" / `jane@partners.yourbrand.com`).
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What to expect

* New outreach and invites use your domain from the moment verification succeeds.
* Replies return to the From email — Afflo picks them up in the Master Inbox.
* Existing in-flight campaigns keep using their original sender.

## Tips

* Use a subdomain dedicated to partner emails (`partners.yourbrand.com`). It protects your main domain's reputation if outreach ever lands in spam.
* Warm up a new domain gradually. Don't send 10,000 emails from a brand-new domain on day one.
* Keep your DNS records in place — removing them breaks sending immediately.

## Troubleshooting

**Verification keeps failing.** Double-check you copied the full record value, including quotes or trailing dots. Let DNS propagate another 15 minutes and retry.

**Emails going to spam anyway.** Warm the domain, check your content (spam-trigger words), and confirm SPF/DKIM/DMARC all pass in a deliverability test.

## Related

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  <Card title="Outreach" icon="send" href="/tour/outreach">
    Send campaigns from your new domain.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Customize" icon="wand-2" href="/tour/customize">
    Tune your templates before sending.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>