Add multiple domains or domain aliases

If you own another domain, you can add it to your Google Workspace or Cloud Identity account. For example, you might manage multiple businesses or brands, each with their own domain. Depending on your needs, you add a domain as a domain alias or a secondary domain.

Give users an email address at the other domain	OR	Manage separate teams of users or businesses at different domains

✓	Users get email addresses at both domains.		✓	You have different users for each domain.
✓	Users can send and receive email from either address		✓	A user gets a Google Workspace account, email address, and mailbox for their domain
✓	No extra cost per user		✓	Pay for each user account that you add to your secondary domain
Follow the steps below,  "Add a domain alias"			Follow the steps below, "Add secondary domain"

 

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More about domains aliases & secondary domains

About domain aliases

Give users email addresses at both domains

For example, you signed up for Google Workspace with your-company.com (your primary domain). You own the domain other-company.com and add it as a domain alias.

✓	Each user gets an email address at both your primary domain and domain alias
✓	Everyone can send and receive email from either address. Ann's address [e-mail] Ann's email alias [e-mail]
✓	All messages arrive in the user’s primary inbox.
✓	Each mailing group also gets an email address at the domain alias. For example, if you have [e-mail], you automatically get [e-mail].
✓	No extra cost per user or group. Add up to 20 domain aliases to your Google Workspace account.

Note: A user's alias address might be visible to other users. For example, if a recipient searches Gmail for messages from "Ann", search results might include messages from [e-mail] and [e-mail].

Learn more in the FAQand Limitations with multiple domains.

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If you manage a large organization: Your users might have a personal Google Account that already uses the domain. When you add the domain alias, those users' accounts are automatically renamed. All data in the accounts remains outside of your organization’s management. To find users with accounts, first add the domain as a secondary domain. The list of accounts is generated within 24 hours. Learn more about conflicting accounts.

About secondary domains

If you have the legacy free edition of G Suite, upgrade to Google Workspace to get this feature. 

For separate teams at different domains

For example, you signed up for Google Workspace with your-company.com (your primary domain). You manage a team that has their own domain, other-company.com. You add other-company.com as a secondary domain to your Google Workspace account.

✓	Each of your domains has a different set of users
✓	Users get a Google Workspace account, email address, and mailbox for their domain
✓	Pay for each user account
✓	Manage all domains and users in the Admin console for your primary domain
✓	Add up to 599 secondary domains
✓	You can add a domain alias to a secondary domain (requires the Directory API). Or switch the secondary domain to be the primary domain for your Google Workspace account. Learn more

 

Important: Some information and features are linked only to your primary domain. For example, you can't set up a separate billing address or company logo for a secondary domain.

Learn more in the FAQand Limitations with multiple domains.

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Add a domain alias (give users an address at another domain)

Add a domain alias to your account

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. From the Admin console Home page, go to DomainsManage domains.
3. In Manage domains, click Add a domain alias.
   
   

   
   Note: If you have the legacy free edition of G Suite, the "Add a domain" option isn't available.
   To add a domain alias to a secondary domain, use the Directory API.

4. Enter the name of the domain.
   If you recently removed the domain from your Google Workspace account, you need to wait up to 24 hours before adding the domain. Check troubleshooting tips.
5. Click Continue and verify domain ownership
   Follow the instructions to verify that you own this domain. For help, contact your domain host or Google Workspace support.
6. After your domain is verified, set up email. Point your mouse cursor near the domain and click Set up Google MX records.
   
   
7. Update the domain's MX records to set up Gmail for your domain alias.
8. Click I have completed these steps.
   It might take from 48 to 72 hours for your domain to be verified and email set up, depending on your domain host.
   For large organizations: It can take more than 24 hours after verification for all users and groups to receive their alias email addresses.

Use your domain alias

Once your domain is active, you can start using your domain alias. Tip: Share instructions with your users.

How your email address and alias work together

• People can share files with either your email address or alias address.
• You sign in your Google Workspace account with your email address.
• You can create documents and files only with your email address
• Google Calendar invites and sharing invites are sent only from your email address.

Send messages from your alias address

To send message, add your alias address to your Gmail account.

1. On your computer, open Gmail.
2. In the top right, click Settings Settings.
3. Click the Accounts and Import or Accounts tab.
4. In the "Send mail as" section, click Add another email address.
5. Enter your name and your alias address.
6. Check the Treat as an alias box.
7. Click Next Step and follow the confirmation steps.

When you send a message in Gmail, click From to select your alias address.

Receive messages at your alias address

Messages sent to your alias address automatically arrive in your inbox. To test, send a message from another account (not your Google Workspace account) to your new alias.

If you don't receive the test message within 48-72 hours, contact your domain host. They can check whether your domain verification and MX records (for email) are set up correctly.

Add a secondary domain (manage teams at different domains)

Add a secondary domain to your account

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. From the Admin console Home page, go to DomainsManage domains.
3. In Manage domains, click Add a domain.
   
   

   Note: If you have the legacy free edition of G Suite, the "Add a domain" option isn't available.

4. Enter the name of the domain.
   If you recently removed the domain from your Google Workspace account, you need to wait up to 24 hours before adding the domain. Check troubleshooting tips.
5. Click Continue and verify domain ownership
   Follow the instructions to verify that you own the domain. For help, contact your domain host (typically where you purchased your domain) or Google Workspace support.
6. After your domain is verified, set up email. Point your mouse cursor near the domain and click Set up Google MX records.
   
   
7. Update the domain's MX records to set up Gmail for your secondary domain.
8. Click I have completed these steps.

Add users to your secondary domain

Once your secondary domain is active:

1. Follow the steps to add user accounts in the secondary domain.
2. After you enter the user's Primary address, you choose the domain. At the right of the @ sign, click the Down arrow and select the user's domain.
   
   

For tips on managing users accounts, go to Limitations with multiple domains.

 

Related topics

• Give a user an additional "email alias" address (sales@)
• Change your primary domain
• Adding a domain vs. signing up for another account