Do I need a business email address on my own domain?
The short answer
It isn’t required, but you@yourbusiness.com looks more trustworthy than a free Gmail or Outlook address, and the address stays with the business when people come and go. Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 charge per person per month; some hosts include basic mailboxes, and email forwarding is often free.
- A mailbox service with email, calendar and storage, paid per person. Google Workspace Business Starter is US$7 a person a month on a yearly plan, or US$8.40 month to month. Microsoft 365 Business Basic is US$7 a person a month with a yearly commitment. Prices before tax, checked 6 October 2026.
- Your host’s email: some hosting plans include basic mailboxes.
- Forwarding only: many registrars forward you@yourbusiness.com to an existing inbox for free. Replies may still come from your personal address unless you set up sending too.
Make sure your emails arrive
Set up the SPF, DKIM and DMARC records your email provider gives you in your domain’s DNS. They prove your emails are really from you, so they don’t land in spam.
Use a business address you control as the login for your registrar, host and other business accounts. A personal address, or one belonging to someone who has left, can lock you out.
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- SPF & DKIM records
- Settings in your DNS that prove emails really come from you, so they don’t land in spam.
- Personal login
- The account is registered to a personal email (like Gmail). If that inbox is lost, so is the account. Use a business address such as ops@yourdomain.
- Automatic emails
- Services that send your app’s automatic emails — password resets, receipts, welcome emails — so they reach the inbox, not spam.
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