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Get a Business Domain and Professional Email

Buy a domain name and use it for an address like you@yourbusiness.com. How Google Workspace verifies the domain, and what to put on your site and Google profile.

Last reviewed October 20, 2026 · 3 min read

On this page
  1. 1. Pick and buy the name
  2. 2. Put email on that name
  3. 3. Use the address in public
  4. Common mistakes
A domain such as riveracakes.com, an email such as sam@riveracakes.com, and a website that can wait. Diagram: Sac Business Launch.

A domain such as riveracakes.com, an email such as sam@riveracakes.com, and a website that can wait. Diagram: Sac Business Launch.

What you'll need

  • Two or three name ideas, close to the business name

  • A card for the yearly domain renewal

  • The login you will use at the registrar, stored in a password manager

1. Pick and buy the name

Read the renewal price, not only the first-year discount. Put a second inbox you already have on the registrar account. Diagram: Sac Business Launch.

Read the renewal price, not only the first-year discount. Put a second inbox you already have on the registrar account. Diagram: Sac Business Launch.

Search the name at a registrar, the company that sells domains. Read the renewal price, not only the first-year discount. Turn on auto-renew only if you will notice the charge. Save the registrar login somewhere other than your only inbox.

We are not naming a registrar. Compare them on their own sites. Buying the name is separate from the website. If you want the site built with you, that is the Digital Storefront.

2. Put email on that name

Google Workspace is one way to get you@yourdomain.com. The click-path, the editions, and the TXT steps are in set up Google Workspace with your domain.

Short version of Google's check: in the Admin console, copy the TXT value that includes google-site-verification=. At the registrar, add a TXT record. For the root domain, the host is blank or @. Confirm in the Admin console. Google says this can take up to 72 hours. Keep the record until verification succeeds.

An address such as info@ can be an alias or a shared inbox.

3. Use the address in public

Put it on the website, on invoices, and on your Google Business Profile. Retire the personal Gmail address from the profile once the new mail is arriving. The steps to edit the profile phone and website are in update your address, phone, and website.

Common mistakes

  • Letting the domain expire because the renewal was a surprise.

  • The only recovery email is the new business address. Keep a second email on the registrar account.

  • Publishing the address before a test message arrives.

Questions people ask

Do I have to buy a website to get a professional email?

No. You buy the domain name. Email can live on that name even before the website is finished.

How does Google check that I own the domain?

You add a TXT record at the company that sold you the domain. Google says verification can take up to 72 hours.

Can I keep using a free Gmail address?

You can. A business address on your own domain is easier for customers to trust and easier to hand to the next person you hire.

We will look at the site you already have and email what to fix first.

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Words to know

  • Domain: The name customers type, such as yourbusiness.com.

  • Registrar: The company that sells and renews that name.

  • Professional email: An address at your domain, such as hello@yourbusiness.com.

  • TXT record: A line you add in the domain settings so a service can confirm you own the name.

Sources

  1. Verify your domain with a TXT record - Google Workspace Admin Help · support.google.com
  2. Compare Google Workspace editions - Google Workspace Admin Help · support.google.com

This is general information for Sacramento and Northern California businesses. We are not attorneys or tax advisors, and this is not legal or tax advice. Check the official sources, and a local pro, before you act.

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