How To Setup SendGrid

Quick summary

Setting up SendGrid requires creating a free account, completing multi-factor authentication, and adding DNS records to verify your sending domain. This step-by-step process ensures your emails are authenticated and ready to send through SendGrid's email delivery platform.

Steps

1. Click the Start building free button on the top right of the SendGrid homepage.
2. Add basic info including your name, email address, and set a password.
3. Click Continue after agreeing to the Terms and Conditions.
4. Enter the verification code sent to your email and click Verify.
5. Click Send code via SMS to set up SMS-based multi-factor authentication.
6. Enter the SMS code and click Verify to confirm your phone number.
7. Download the recovery code and click Continue to proceed.
8. Add your personal and company info and click Next.
9. Enter your sending domain and click Next.
10. Click Setup now if you have access to your domain registrar, or use Send to coworker to delegate DNS setup.
11. Copy the DNS records provided by SendGrid using the copy icon.
12. In your domain registrar (e.g., GoDaddy, Namecheap), navigate to DNS Management and create a new CNAME record for each of the first three lines, and a new TXT record for the last line, pasting the values exactly as shown.
13. Your SendGrid account is now fully set up and ready to send emails.