Email Deliverability
Add DNS records in GoDaddy
Exact steps to add your SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records in GoDaddy.
Get to your DNS settings
- Sign in to GoDaddy and open your Domain Portfolio.
- Click your domain to open its settings.
- Open the DNS tab.
- Click “Add New Record”, choose the record type (TXT or CNAME), and fill in Name, Value, and TTL.
- Save.
The host / Name field
GoDaddy automatically adds your domain, so enter only the label: use "@" for the root, and for DKIM enter just "focal._domainkey" (not the full name).
The #1 mistake: don’t type your full domain in the host/name field. When we ask for a record named "focal._domainkey.yourdomain.com", you enter only "focal._domainkey". Almost every DNS provider adds your domain back on automatically — type the whole thing and you get "focal._domainkey.yourdomain.com.yourdomain.com", which silently fails. Enter only the part before your domain, and use "@" (or leave it blank — see your provider below) for the root.
If GoDaddy hosts your email (Microsoft 365 / Professional Email), it already added an SPF record. Do NOT add a second one — edit the existing SPF and merge in Focal’s include.
TTL defaults to 1 hour — leave it. Changes usually appear within an hour but can take up to 48 hours. GoDaddy doesn’t allow "@" in a CNAME Name field (that’s fine — DKIM uses a subdomain label).