Are you looking for a free business email address? If you want to win new clients, it’s helpful to have a professional email.
You will learn how to create a free business email at your own domain in this article. The result will be a professional and trustworthy image for your business.
Let’s start by clarifying a few questions about email and domain names.
Why Do You Need a Business Email Address?
Instead of the generic Gmail or Yahoo account, a professional business email would have your company’s custom domain name, for example: john@ecmeconsulting.com.
It’s not very professional for beginners to use free business email accounts without a domain name. A suitable example would be mark.smith2020@gmail.com or mark.smithplumber@hotmail.com.
The fact that anyone can create these generic email accounts makes it more difficult for customers and other businesses to trust them as legitimate business emails.
Below are the top 5 reasons why you need a professional email for your business:
- Compared to Gmail or Hotmail, it looks more professional.
- It is easy to remember business domain names.
- Trust is built by having a branded email.
- Your brand is promoted with every email you send.
- Your potential customers trust the authenticity of your business.
There is no excuse for not getting your own custom business email address since you can get it for free.
Start using a professional business email address as soon as possible if you want to be taken seriously by your customers and other businesses.
1. Register a free domain name
It is impossible to overestimate the importance of email in business communication. In addition to enabling immediate response for customers, email is also an influential branding tool.
HubSpot reports that four out of five small business marketers would rather give up social media than email marketing. This email serves as much as a virtual face for your website as it does for a website – with which a business email is often associated.
In fact, registering a domain name is one of the first steps in getting a business email.
In addition to serving as the address for your website, a domain name is also the basis for your business email address. This is why it should include your business name, or be as close as possible to it. There are many domain registrars out there that you could register your domain with. If you need help with registering your business domain contact us and we will register your domain for free.
2. Choose an email provider
You may be asked to make this decision. It is possible to access free or discounted email services through your hosting plan if your hosting company works with an email partner that allows you to access email services for free or at a discount. You can conduct some research on the hosting providers and do a comparison to go with one that suits your needs better.
At WDA we offer business email services free with all our website hosting packages. To setup your free business email and hosting account, please contact us.
3. Create your email address
Congratulations – you have registered your domain name with a reputable hosting provider, and you have selected your email provider. Your business email address is now ready to use.
To get started, follow these steps:
- Log into your hosting account
- Click on the ‘Email’ section
- Click ‘Create’
- You need to fill in the appropriate box with the business email address and extension you’ve chosen (e.g. henry@yourbusiness.com)
- Create a password using the password generator
- Select whether you want a maximum storage limit or unlimited storage.
- Click ‘Save’ or ‘Create Account’. Well done! You’ve just set up your first free business email account
- Check your email for a confirmation email
If you need help with any of the above steps contact us. Even better, we will set up your free business email for you in our managed hosting services.
4. Access your new email account
In order to send and receive emails, you need to access your webmail account to ensure that you have access to it.
Any webmail application that you choose will come with instructions on how to use it from your hosting provider.
Additionally, you can approve from which devices your email can be accessed.
5. Set up your business email address on your devices
After you have your email services set up and your emails are routing successfully, the next step would be to set up your email account on your devices. Having your business email set up on your device will allow you to send and receive emails on the go. By doing so, you can ensure that all your customers are receiving timely responses and that no leads go unnoticed. The other benefit of setting up your email on multiple devices is that you will no longer have to log in to Webmail to compose or read emails.
How do you set up your business email on your devices? Hosting providers that provide email services will provide instructions on how to do this. To get guidance on this, you can refer to their relevant knowledge-base article. Our experts at WDA provide one-to-one services to help our customers set up their business email services. Please contact us if you need help setting up business email addresses on your devices.
Final thoughts
The reputation of your business relies heavily on your business email address. Our recommendation is to use a business email for communication with your customers. Business email addresses will not only increase your brand’s reputation, but also build your brand’s trust.
Many hosting providers offer business email services. You can look up for some hosting companies that offer this service. At WDA, we offer two months of free website hosting and our email services are including in all our hosting packages for free. If you would like to take advantage of our free business email services please contact us.
