Yes, have you ever received a name card and on the name card, the email is from a hotmail or yahoo or gmail?

What was your first impression of this person or company?

LAME!  UNPROFESSIONAL!  CHEAP!  FLY-BY-NIGHT!

Yeap!  These are the thoughts that went through most people…because, if the company is professional & serious, why can’t they even afford a simple domain name cost less than USD10/year and hosting of USD100/year?  In another word, total investment is mere 30cents/day.

If a professional or business owner or company cannot even afford this, I, personally have already discounted its creditability.  Domain name is, nowadays, a virtual representative of your company in the cyberspace.  It’s like a physical company office address.  Will you do business with someone without a office address?  If I were you, I will think twice again!

So, Business 101:  To look professional – at least, own a domain name and use it as your email address!

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