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Email Hosting for Australian Small Businesses

Business email at your own domain, set up properly on Google Workspace so your mail lands in inboxes, not spam folders.

Why [email protected] matters

An email address is often the first thing a customer sees after your website, and quotes sent from a Gmail or Bigpond address don't project a professional image. They may also get dismissed as not legitimate with an abundance of scammers around. A professional email at your own domain looks established, keeps your branding in every message, and stays yours if you ever change providers. It also protects the business so staff mailboxes belong to the company.

Why we set email up on Google Workspace

We could sell you cheap mailboxes bundled with hosting. We do not, because bundled email is where small business email problems come from. They often include tiny storage, clunky webmail, and mail that goes missing if the DNS records are not setup correctly. Instead we set clients up on Google Workspace, which gives you Gmail at your own domain, calendar and contacts that sync everywhere, cloud storage, and a spam filter that works. It is the same email system used by companies a thousand times your size, at a small business price. As a bonus, it's very easy to install across all your devices for seamless email syncing.

What our setup covers

The $150 one-off setup fee covers the part people get wrong doing it themselves:

Your addresses created

Mailboxes for you and your staff with your preferred pre-fixes auch as info@ and accounts@ or simply your name.

Your domain connected correctly

MX records pointed at Google without breaking your website.

Delivery records done properly

SPF, DKIM and DMARC configured so other mail servers trust your messages. These three records are crucial to ensure email lands in your inbox and not spam. Most DIY setups skip them.

What it costs

You only pay us for the initial setup. The ongoing mailbox is a payment to Google directly, so you always pay the current rate at cost.
Item
Google Workspace Email Setup
Domain name (.com.au)
Price
$150 (one-off)
about $11 per user / month
Notes
Email setup, delivery and domain records configured
Paid to Google, annual plan (about $13 month-to-month), checked September 2026

Email stays separate from your website, on purpose

Your website and your email should never live on the same service. This way, a website problem never touches your mail, you can change web hosts without touching email, and vice versa. This is how we set up every client, and it is why our hosting page does not include email.

Ready to set up your business email?

Ask us anything about a new email, our team is on standby to help work through the confusing options.

Yes. Your address belongs to your domain, not the provider. We move the mailbox behind it without changing the address.

No. Migration of existing mail is part of the setup.
Can I just use the free email that came with my domain or hosting? You can, but storage is small, spam filtering is weak, and deliverability is worse. For a business inbox the Google licence pays for itself the first time an important email does not go missing.

One paid mailbox per person. Addresses like info@ or sales@ can usually be free aliases pointing at a real mailbox, and we set those up as part of the job.

The mail itself runs on Google, which is the point: it does not depend on us. If you need changes later, new staff, new aliases, that is a quick job we handle at our standard rates.

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