GoDaddy is a domain and hosting provider. When we host our domain in GoDaddy hosting, it allows us to create domain specific email addresses to use for business purposes. As we know GoDaddy only provides us with normal mail functionality. When our business expands or in case of some specific requirements, we need to use other platforms that offer us complete productivity suite, one of such platforms is Google Workspace. So, if we want to use Google workspace then we need to migrate from GoDaddy emails to Google Workspace for email continuity.
In this guide we will explore why Google Workspace is better than GoDaddy and how we can migrate email from GoDaddy to Google Workspace.
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Why Migrate from GoDaddy Emails to Google Workspace?
As we all know, Google Workspace is a complete productivity platform that includes multiple applications whereas GoDaddy mail offers us only normal email functionality. Below are some benefits to perform GoDaddy to Google Workspace migration.
Complete Suite: Google Workspace is a complete suite that includes multiple web-based applications like Gmail, Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and more.
Advanced Email Features: In Gmail, you can add labels and filter your emails. It also categorizes emails in Primary, Social and Promotion categories.
Uptime and Reliable: Google Workspace guarantees 99.99% uptime so that businesses can work continuously without any disruption or downtime.
Security: It offers us two-factor authentication and threat protection to help secure sensitive information. With the Admin console, we can manage users and security settings.
Flexible: You can simply add multiple users to your Google Workspace subscription. Also, it offers flexible subscription plans so that you can upgrade in future.
Integration: Google Workspace can be integrated easily with numerous third-party applications like zoom, slack, etc.
Step by Step GoDaddy emails to Google Workspace Migration
We will break the migration process step by step so that it will be easy to understand.
Ready your Google Workspace Account
- Subscribe to a Google Workspace plan or use your existing one.
- Add your domain in the account and verify it. (Do not update MX and CName Records)
- Add users in your Google Workspace account whose data you need to migrate.
Prepare GoDaddy Mail for Migration
- For migration, IMAP should be enabled on your account.
- Make a note of the GoDaddy IMAP server settings for the migration process.
Migrate Emails from GoDaddy through Google Workspace Data Migration Service
- Visit admin.google.com and login with your Google Workspace super admin account.
- In the admin console, expand Data then Data Import and Export and then click on Data Migration (new).
- In the Data Migration page, scroll down and click on migrate button under IMAP.
- In Step 1, you need to connect to GoDaddy IMAP server. Type server IMAP address according to your location and click on the Test connection.
- It will test the IMAP server details and if everything is correct, it will show as connected.
- In step 2 download the sample CSV file and add user details in it as shown in the picture below. You can add multiple users or one.
- Once the file has been prepared, click on Upload CSV and choose your file to upload.
- Once your csv file has been validated, in step 3, choose the email start date and message options according to your requirements and then click on the save button.
- Now in step 4, click on start migration to start migrating email from GoDaddy to Google Workspace.
- It will take time to migrate the data depending on the data size. You can see the detailed migration progress on the screen.
Once the data migration is completed, you will see the status as complete.
Post Migration Process
- Verify that all emails have been migrated successfully.
- Update Google Workspace MX records for email delivery.
- Verify email delivery by sending emails to and from your Google Workspace email.
Conclusion:
In this blog, we have described the benefits and steps to migrate GoDaddy emails to Google Workspace. The method discussed above is completely free to use and one can easily perform the migration using this method. It does not require any third-party application to switch to Google Workspace from GoDaddy webmail, so it is completely secure. You can simply subscribe to Google Workspace plan and use this guide as a resource to perform the migration successfully.
