How to share Google Postmaster Tools access with multiple users in the same organization?
Summary
What email marketers say6Marketer opinions
Email marketer from StackOverflow user EmailGuru says that Google Postmaster Tools accounts are individual, you can manage other users within Postmaster Tools once they have also configured their account.
Email marketer from Reddit user u/EmailPro mentions that users have to add and verify their own domain in the Google Postmaster Tools, then the super user or admin can see the other users and grant access to the organisation.
Email marketer from Neil Patel Blog shares that the simplest way to allow your team access is through the 'Manage Users' option. Ensure everyone who needs access has a Google account associated with your organization's domain.
Email marketer from Gmass says to have all users create an account with the same domain and once verified the primary account holder can then manage access to the other users.
Email marketer from Mailjet shares that to enable team access to Google Postmaster Tools, ensure each team member sets up their own account, verifies the relevant domain, and then uses the 'Manage users' function to share data. Mailjet explains that domain verification is crucial for each user to access data independently.
Email marketer from Email Vendor Selection advises that each user must independently verify their access by adding the domain to their own Postmaster Tools account. Postmaster Tools doesn’t automatically share domains between users, so manual addition is necessary.
What the experts say5Expert opinions
Expert from Spam Resource shares that each user should add the domain independently to their own Google account. Then, using the 'Manage users' option, you can share the dashboard data across the organization. According to John Levine, this helps maintain data integrity and user control.
Expert from Email Geeks explains manage users lets an existing admin share access, and that the problem James had was probably two different people set up admin access separately at two different times.
Expert from Email Geeks shares if a user is a domain owner or otherwise authorized to see data about the domain, no additional verification should be required.
Expert from Email Geeks explains that Google Postmaster Tools doesn’t share domains among people in the same organization and that they will need to add the domains to their own postmaster.google.com setup.
Expert from Word to the Wise responds that each user needs to authenticate individually and then can be granted access to the organization's data. Laura Atkins also recommends that you manage access via the 'Manage users' section.
What the documentation says4Technical articles
Documentation from Google for Developers mentions that for programmatic access and sharing, the Google Postmaster Tools API can be used. However, proper OAuth 2.0 authorization and administrative privileges are required to manage and share data across multiple users.
Documentation from Google Postmaster Tools FAQs responds that each user must add the domains they want to monitor, and then an administrator can grant access to the data to team members via the 'Manage users' feature.
Documentation from Google Support explains to share access to Google Postmaster Tools, you need to use the 'Manage users' option within the tool. This allows an existing admin to grant access to other users within the same organization.
Documentation from Google Workspace Admin Help indicates that administrators can delegate access by navigating to the 'Manage users' section within Google Postmaster Tools, allowing them to assign roles and permissions to team members.