Business email in Ethiopia: how to get an address with your company name
An address like sara@yourcompany.com makes your business look real and keeps your mail in one place. Here is how to get one.
When a customer gets an email from yourname@gmail.com, they may wonder who you are. When they get an email from sara@yourcompany.com, they know. Your company name is right there.
This is called business email. It is easy to set up. Here is what you need to know.
What is business email?
Business email is an email address that uses your company name after the @ sign. Your whole team can have one. Sara can be sara@yourcompany.com. Your sales team can share sales@yourcompany.com.
It helps in three ways:
- Customers trust you more.
- Mail from your company is easier to spot and harder to fake.
- When someone leaves, the address stays with the company, not with the person.
What you need
You need a domain. A domain is your company name on the internet, like yourcompany.com. You buy it from a domain seller, who is called a registrar. You pay once a year. You own the name as long as you keep paying.
You do not need a website to have business email.
Not ready to buy a domain?
You can start with a free uMail address and move to your own domain later. This is a good way to try uMail first.
How to set it up with uMail
- Sign up on uMail. Starting is free.
- Add your domain. Type it without www, for example
yourcompany.com. - uMail shows you a few short lines to add where you bought your domain. uMail can also add them for you. We explain each step in our help guides.
- Wait a little, then press Check. When uMail finds everything, your domain is ready.
- Create your own mailbox, then add your team.
Changes can take up to an hour to work. Sometimes it is faster.
Give your team shared addresses
Many companies need an address that more than one person reads, like sales@ or support@. In uMail this is called a team address. Everyone on the team can see the mail and answer it.
Plans
You pay for each person who needs a mailbox. Every plan has the same features. Plans differ in storage for each person. See business email in Ethiopia for the current prices in birr. You can pay with telebirr.
What to do next
Pick a name for your domain, then start free. If you get stuck, write to us. We answer in your time zone.
