You might be tempted to use a free email account for your business, but you’ll look much more professional if you use an email account that includes your business as the domain name. Don’t you agree that you@YourBusinessName.com sounds a lot better than MotherOfThreeTeenagers@hotmail.com?
Remember that many people judge by appearances. I believe it was Will Rogers who said “you never get a second chance to make a first impression.”
You can do this even if you don’t have a web site. Many people are used to thinking of domain names as web sites, but I get email at Sheryl@NoMorePayrollHeadaches.com without having an actual web site. I do own the domain name and have email set up to use that name. You can use something similar for your business.
Most registrars (that’s the folks who you pay for the domain name) offer free parking (that’s a domain name that doesn’t have an associated web site) and email capabilities.
Your business image is certainly worth ten bucks and a few minutes of your time. Actually, it’s only $9.75 at the registrar I use: Domain Name Registration with Dot You This site is very easy to use. They don’t try to get you to sign up for additional unnecessary services and they don’t bombard you with email promotions every other day like some of the big-name companies.
Warning: Don’t buy web hosting from the same place you register your domain name. You’ll have a lot fewer headaches if you keep these services separate.
For more details on this subject, read this article about professional email addresses
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