Professional addresses (info@yourbusiness.com) that land in the Gmail you already use — free, in under an hour. Here is the setup.
Part 1: create the forwarding In your DNS/hosting panel, create forwarding rules: info@ → yourgmail@gmail.com, sales@ → same, yourname@ → same. Kairalmas customers: the DNS page's forwarding section handles this without touching raw records.
Part 2: the DNS records that make it work - MX records: tell the world mail for your domain goes to the forwarding service - SPF record: a TXT line authorizing who may send 'as' your domain — prevents your mail landing in spam Support applies these with you if DNS feels alien; it is a two-record job.
Part 3: reply as the professional address (Gmail) Gmail → Settings → Accounts → 'Send mail as' → add sales@yourbusiness.com → verify the code that arrives. Now replies leave AS sales@yourbusiness.com, not as your Gmail. This step is what makes forwarding feel like real mail.
The testing checklist (do not skip) 1. Send from another account to info@ → arrives in Gmail? ✓ 2. Reply → arrives showing FROM info@yourbusiness.com? ✓ 3. Send to a non-Gmail address (a friend's) → not in spam? ✓ (if it is, SPF needs the fix)
The honest limits Forwarding has no separate mailboxes, storage or out-of-office — it is one inbox wearing professional masks. When a team needs separate logins, upgrade to mailbox hosting. But for a solo business, this free setup is genuinely complete.
Own the domain, own the addresses — the cheapest trust upgrade on the internet, and today it is an hour of your time.