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5 benefits of using Gmail for business email on own domain
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Businesses make their marks on the world by making their brand known to customers. It is no different in the case of emails, where they can serve as extensions of their respective domains. Commercial email services such as Yahoo Mail and Gmail are two of the most popular services used by people today.
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Gmail alone currently has a user count of more than 1 billion worldwide. I will be discussing at length the benefits of being able to use the business version as part of your company, along with an exclusive domain name.
Benefits of Using Gmail/G Suite
I’ll give you the down and dirty of web hosts and email.
Many web hosting services in the world give entrepreneurs the option to create an email address through them.
My issue with the services provided by web hosts is that they run on outdated software such as PHP 5.6 was used as far back as 2014 (there has been a lot of changes since then).
Web hosts also tend to raise prices, which made me give pause. It’s one of the reasons why third-party email services such as Gmail, Edison Mail, Hop, Spark, and Mailbird are prevalent in today’s age.
1. Email ownership and branding
How do you get a business email for free? It’s simple really: me and my guys signed up with Gmail, and we were able to get the perks that came along with signing up through the service. However, you’ll need to keep in mind that there are limits to anything free.
When people sign up with Gmail, they get a privately-owned email address, which could present potential problems further down the line.
I decided to solve this particular problem with the G Suite, as it gave me a reasonable degree of control over my business. The G Suite provides business owners like me and you the ability to retain administrative control if someone within the company leaves.
You’ll be able to change their password immediately upon their departure. If a client attempts to communicate with you, you’ll have a frame of reference to work with based on email correspondence between your employees and the clients. It’s also a good practice to keep personal and business emails completely separate from each other.
Having an exclusive domain tied to my business helped develop my brand to people who do not know me. This branding inspired trust between my clients and me and enabled me to repeat business with them any time they require my organization’s services. It also makes prospects curious and wants to learn more about my company.
2. Group email addresses and email migration
When you sign up with Gmail, you’ll be given the gmail.com extension as part of your email addition. It may be fine and dandy, but to use just the free features that go along with the Gmail name screams a lack of ownership and lack of professionalism. You can configure individual emails to route over to other client service systems such as Salesforce or Zendesk.