How to create a professional business email address?
Why use an email address on your own domain instead of a free one?
As a business, having email on your own domain is a sure step toward gaining trust and improving your credibility. After all, how much would you trust a company where employees use free personal email accounts?
Our website plans provide you with a professional email service that’s not only reliable and secure but they also come with an integrated calendar and address book.
How do I create my own professional email address?
- Choose a domain name that will serve as a connector for your email addresses
- If you’re a business, you should definitely check if YourCompanyName.com is available; local companies also often pick up the corresponding country-code domain like .dk for Denmark or .co.uk for the UK. Your email addresses can then follow the format of [email protected].
- If your email is for your personal brand or family venture, you can consider the business owners last name as the domain so emails will be like [email protected] or [email protected].
- If you prefer a personal touch or want something a bit quirky, you can even look at an email like [email protected] or [email protected]!
You might have to run several domain searches to find the best one.
- Add an Email hosting package to your domain, and you’re set for a year! We offer a selection of hosting packages, all with the ability to create and manage email accounts with no email size limitations – as long as you stay within the overall storage limit for the hosting plan.
- Set up an email address to start sending and receiving messages. After your order is placed, set up one or more email addresses that you’re going to use, from your one.com Control Panel, select ‘Email’ and click on ‘New Account’. If you need help, our team have put together this step-by-step guide.
- Create aliases if needed. An alias is an email address without an actual mailbox. All emails sent to an alias get redirected to a hosted email account. Aliases can be useful for new businesses. For example, when a start-up doesn’t yet have any staff, an alias address sales@ or enquiries@ will make your business look well established and legitimate. If you need help, our team have put together this step-by-step guide.
What other benefits come with having a professional email address?
Build a professional image
By having a professional email address, you will create a professional image for your brand. In turn, building trust between you and your current or potential customers. Creating a company email address is one of the first things any business should do. Even if you’re a freelancer or contractor, it is equally as important when trying to establish a professional connection with your clientele.
Receive all your emails
Imagine an important customer sends you an email but accidentally misspells your email address. All is not lost. Having your own email domain means you can set up a ‘catch-all’ function. This means all your email is forwarded into a selected account, which saves you from missing out on potential business opportunities. The same goes for former employees whose company email addresses no longer function. Catch-all allows you to monitor former employees’ accounts and act quickly.
Secure your business
When you have a custom professional email address, it is hosted by a reputable provider, such as one.com. This means not only will your website be secured by an SSL certificate, but we also keep your security at the top of our mind. Therefore, all of our plans include features such as our daily webmail backup, built-in spam and virus protection, as well as, blacklists and trusted sender functions.
Enjoy ad-free browsing
Free services flood your browser with advertisements and leverage user data for marketing purposes. If you opt for a professional email domain, you will enjoy freedom from ads and have complete confidentiality.
Professional business email features at one.com
Our email comes with a number of useful features. For example, we have created a custom webmail interface that you can use to manage your email, address book, calendars and tasks. However, you can always stick to the tried and tested POP or IMAP to sync your email across devices, as we offer this too.