Business email on your domain (you@company.com): why it's worth it and what it costs

When you get a message from "companyltd2019@gmail.com", what do you think of that business? Right. Email on your own domain, like contact@company.com, changes the whole impression, and it costs less than you think.

Why it matters, beyond looks

It's not just about appearances. A few practical things:

• Trust. A client takes contact@company.com more seriously than some Gmail address.
• Control. If an employee leaves, the address stays with the company, it doesn't walk out the door.
• It lands in the inbox. Set up correctly (SPF, DKIM), email from your domain reaches the inbox, not the spam folder.
• Brand. Every message you send is a small ad for company.com.

What you actually need

Two things. A domain, which if you don't have one you can get in a few minutes. And email hosting, meaning mailboxes on your domain with webmail and phone access over IMAP.

You don't need an expensive Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 plan to have professional email. For most businesses, a few mailboxes on your own domain do exactly the same job at a fraction of the price.

What it costs

Far less than the big options, which bill per user. A business email plan on your domain is a few euros a month for several mailboxes, with antispam included, no ads, webmail and phone access.

If you already have (or are about to get) a domain, email on it is the small step that makes you look like a real business. See the business email plans and start the same day.