Want a professional email address? All you need is a domain and hosting

Despite all the technological change over the decades, email remains a key part of running both big and small businesses. If you’re just starting out, it’s tempting to do what you’ve always done and just set up a free inbox online. But that’s a mistake, and one that’s cheap to avoid.

It all starts with your email domain

One of the most important things when setting up a proper company is registering your own domain. That’s the name that comes after the @ sign in an email, or the part before .co.nz on a website. If you didn't already know, domain names are important for many reasons.

Having an email address that is the same as, or close to, your brand name (e.g. @myhost.nz for MyHost) speaks volumes on the legitimacy of your business, unlike free email services like Gmail and Yahoo. Customers find brand name emails a lot more trustworthy than emails from generic addresses with @gmail.com domains.

It’s important to note that if you own a domain for a website, you already own the right to use that domain name for an email. You can use a domain name for both emails and a website, or for just one or the other.

With MyHost, you have a one-stop-shop for registering domains and getting your own Email Hosting.

What is Email Hosting?

Having an email domain name is just one thing. Choosing the right choice email host is crucial to make email do wonders for your business.

Your email hosting platform is where you create new email addresses and mailboxes, then connect them to apps (like Outlook, Apple Mail, mobile email apps, etc). It’s also where you can manage everything from spam filters to email groups. Once you’re all set up, it’s where all your emails and attachments are stored.

Free email services like Gmail can look like an easy way to save money, but professional hosting isn’t expensive and it brings a lot of benefits over free email.

There are three primary reasons to get an email hosting provider:

Use your own domain. However many addresses or inboxes you need, professional email hosting lets you create them all with your brand after the @.

Get a LOT of storage. Email hosting allows more storage space, which you will need if email is your main client communication channel. More storage space eliminates the constant need to delete emails and ensure that you keep receiving them. Free email services like Gmail are usually capped at 15 GB, while email hosting plans, like MyHost, give a lot more room for scaling up—even as far as providing unlimited email storage.

Customer service. When you're growing a business, your to-do list is always full. Troubleshooting email issues shouldn't be one of them. You want professionals on the job so you know that your email infrastructure is always in top shape and problems such as attacks or breaches are as unlikely as possible. You can also rest easily knowing email hosts like MyHost won’t suddenly take away features that you rely on, like Gmail does.

When comparing email hosting providers, look into the support they offer. At one end of the scale, free webmail is unsupported—whatever you’re trying to do with it, you’re on your own. At the other end, providers like MyHost have a 24/7 support team available to every customer. Having an expert team on hand, and knowing that they’ll respond quickly to any issues, is a cost-efficient way to stop worrying about email management.

What MyHost’s Email Hosting can do

With MyHost, you can create email accounts and easily manage them through cPanel.

MyHost allows you to check your email anywhere—Outlook, Mac Mail, Thunderbird and mobile—while still protecting your data with full encryption whatever your connection. You can also depend on our regular backups in case you accidentally delete some files.

MyHost's Email Hosting also lets you set up auto-responses and auto-forwarding, so you can create mailboxes that run themselves.

Spam filters can also be enabled with Email Hosting. Its auto-detection of spam messages lessens the work of your team on non-relevant emails and helps you be more efficient.
On top of all this, MyHost has a team of engineers working to keep your email running as smoothly as possible.

It’s worth knowing that all Web Hosting plans at MyHost come with Email Hosting features. If you’re looking to host a website, you may want to consider the option that comes with Email Hosting included, rather than buying Email Hosting separately.

Get the best Email Hosting experience

If you want a reliable email experience that can grow when your business grows, start by registering a domain name then sign up for hosting—either MyHost’s stand-alone Email Hosting, or Web Hosting to give your customers the chance to interact with your brand through a website as well as email.

Whether you’re on-board with our Email Hosting or Web Hosting, you can create email accounts straight away.