Business System Consultation Center - Our Business System ColumnVol.55 2015.07.01 Takahashi Minoru

Should you have a website and email on your own domain?

Thank you for your interest and continued support.
This is Takahashi from the Marketing Plan Research Laboratory.


・"We don’t have a website, so we’d like you to create one for us"
• We only have email addresses provided by our ISP (e.g., @xx.ocn.ne.jp), so we want our own domain


We often receive inquiries like these, but
there are a few things you should try first that will save you money.
Here are the main ones:


① Listing your company information on various directory sites
Yellow Pages, Mapion, MapFan, etc.
⇒ Just doing this will ensure your business appears in search results when people search for your company name online


② (If necessary) Utilizing major e-commerce sites
Yahoo, Rakuten, etc.
There are also affordable services that allow you to build your own e-commerce site


③ There are also services that let you easily create a free business website
Such as Wix
*Note: A custom domain is a paid option with any of these services


④ Get and use a Gmail account (@gmail.com)
⇒ In my experience, Gmail is far more stable and convenient than using email with your own domain
　　If you confidently say, “We use Gmail,” your business partners usually won’t mind
　　*However, be careful about password leaks—don’t use simple passwords


Thanks to recent technological advancements,
there are now more affordable services available, especially for internet-related needs.
Please consider these options before creating your own custom solution.


That's all, Thank you for reading.

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