Every business eventually wants email at its own domain. The question is what it costs, and the answer depends less on the headline price than on how you're billed.
The three ways to pay
Free addresses (Gmail, Yahoo) cost nothing, but [email protected] tells customers you're small, and anyone can register a lookalike.
Office suites (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Zoho Workplace) charge per person, per month, usually priced in dollars. You get email plus documents, spreadsheets and video calls, which is worth it if your team lives in those apps. The catch for Nigerian businesses is the billing: a dollar price means the naira cost moves with the exchange rate, and every new staff member is another seat.
Email-only plans like NG Domain's business email charge one yearly price in naira for a set number of mailboxes. No office apps, but no per-seat maths and no surprises at renewal.
What a team of three pays
For three people who mostly need email:
- With a per-seat suite, you pay for three seats every month, at whatever the dollar rate is that month.
- With NG Domain Business Starter, you pay once a year for up to three mailboxes, in naira, plus VAT.
Check the suites' own pricing pages for today's figures. Then multiply by your team size, by twelve, and by the exchange rate you expect.
Costs people forget
- Setup time. Copying MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records by hand is where most setups go wrong. NG Domain publishes them for you when your domain uses our DNS.
- Aliases. Addresses like
sales@andhello@are free aliases on most plans, so you don't need a paid mailbox for each. - Leaving. Make sure you can export your mail over IMAP. You can with us.
The bottom line
If your team works in shared documents all day, a suite earns its price. If you mainly need trustworthy addresses that work on every phone, an email-only plan costs less and stays predictable.