How to get a business email address

Lesson 10 of 12, 7 min

About this lesson

Summary

Use you@yourbusiness.com instead of a free email address. Here is how it works and what it costs.

Follow along

Steps

An email address with your own domain looks more trustworthy.
Compare the choices, which are email from your host, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365.
Email uses your domain, and it needs a few extra settings in your domain account.
Set up one address and send yourself a test message.

In writing

In a few words

A business email address uses your own domain, such as you@yourbusiness.com. It looks more professional than a free address and people trust it more. You can get one from your host, or from a service such as Google Workspace or Microsoft 365. Whichever you choose, email needs its own settings in your DNS, and the company will tell you exactly what to add.

Words explained

Business email: an email address that ends with your own domain name.

Mailbox: the place where one person’s email is kept.