Why your business needs email on its own domain

By the Nortel Tech team · · 4 min read

Using a personal email address for your business works at first, but it quickly limits how professional and secure your company looks. Email on your own domain fixes that.

Look more professional

  • An address like [email protected] builds trust with customers and partners
  • Customers are more likely to open and answer email from a business domain
  • Your brand appears in every message you send

Stay in control

  • You own the domain and the addresses, not a personal account
  • Create and remove staff mailboxes as your team changes
  • Keep business records separate from personal email

What to set up first

  • Register or confirm your domain name
  • Create addresses such as info, sales and support
  • Set up email on phones and laptops
  • Add SPF, DKIM and DMARC records so your messages reach inboxes
  • Turn on backups and strong passwords

Get help setting it up

A short setup session is usually enough to get your domain, website and email working together, and we can handle all of it for you.

Planning a project?

Talk to Nortel Tech about the right approach for your business.

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