# Sending Domain

**Email Sending Settings**

By default, all emails are sent from the app's domain. This means your recipients will see **<mailer@giftcardfactory.app>** as the "From" address.

To improve email deliverability and build trust with your customers, you can configure your own store domain as the sending domain.

There are two ways to do this:

1. **Use a supported email delivery service**\
   Send emails through a third-party service like [**Postmark**](https://docs.giftcardfactory.app/misc/app-emails/sending-domain/postmark) or [**SendGrid**](https://docs.giftcardfactory.app/misc/app-emails/sending-domain/sendgrid).
2. **Verify ownership of your store domain**\
   [Add DNS records](https://docs.giftcardfactory.app/misc/app-emails/sending-domain/domain-ownership-validation) to your domain to validate ownership and authorize it for sending emails.

To update your sending domain, go to:\
**Settings → App Emails Sending**<br>

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**Supported Delivery Services**\
To configure sending via a supported delivery service, you will need to add your API key in the app settings.\
Detailed instructions are available here:

* [SendGrid](https://docs.giftcardfactory.app/misc/app-emails/sending-domain/sendgrid)
* [Postmark](https://docs.giftcardfactory.app/misc/app-emails/sending-domain/postmark)

**Domain Ownership Validation**\
To validate ownership of your domain via DNS records, follow our instructions [here](https://docs.giftcardfactory.app/misc/app-emails/sending-domain/domain-ownership-validation).

SendGrid

In your SendGrid dashboard, navigate to Settings -> API Key<br>

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Next click on Create API Key and select Custom Access<br>

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Under Access Details select Full Access for Mail Send. Finish by clicking on Create & View button. Next copy the API Key and add it in app settings alongside with your domain:

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