Mailbox Transfer To Google Workspace

[Pacman52]

Hi all,

I'm getting ready to register and start using Google Workspace but I would be grateful for some advice on transfering a mailbox. 

Currently I have an email mailbox (info@*******.com) which is paid for through 123 reg.co.uk but I'd like the same email address through a Google Workspace account. Could anyone let me know if this is possible and if so, how do I go about transferring it over?

I'm a real novice on this stuff so would really appricate any advice given to be explained in simple terms please.

Many thanks

Paul

[icrew]

Hi Paul:

What you'd do is the following:

1) Set up the new Google Workspace for example.com by picking out which Google Workspace edition best fits your needs.

2) There's some great getting-started guides at https://support.google.com/a/users/?hl=en#topic=11499463

3) Set up info@example.com as an account in that new Google Workspace instance, and change things around so that mail gets delivered there instead of to the info@example.com mailbox hosted by 123reg.co.uk. See https://support.google.com/a/answer/6365252?hl=en for quick-start guides for how to do that, including how to transfer your old email over into Google.

4) To further your learning, there are some nice courses for you to learn more about how to run Workspace over at https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/g-suite-administration

Hope that helps,

Ian

[Pacman52]

Hi Ian thank you so much for the reply and the info / links. I'll have a read through it all later tonight but just one question for now is where you've put 'Set up info@example.com as an account in that new Google Workspace'  am I correct in assuming you mean my current email address?

Many thanks

Paul

[icrew]

Yes--I was just using example.com as an example. You'd do your own email address.

Internet trivia: example.com, example.org, and example.edu are all reserved domain names specifically for use in documentation and similar. They don't actually go anyplace, which makes them really handy for generic documentation!

Cheers,

Ian

[Pacman52]

Great thanks very much for confirming Ian - really apprciate the help