At first glance, it sounds perfect: buy a hosting package, get free email accounts along with it. Why pay separately for email when your hosting provider is already giving it?
But here’s the thing: when your website and your email live on the same server, they share the same risks.
If the server goes down, both your website and your email go down. If your inbox fills up, it eats into the same storage space your website needs to function. That’s like keeping all your valuables in one box—if the box breaks, you lose everything at once.
This is why most businesses today prefer to keep website hosting and email services independent.
- Reliability: Even if your website crashes, your email keeps working.
- Performance: Emails don’t slow down your website by hogging server space.
- Professionalism: Dedicated providers like Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 give better uptime, spam protection, and features.
Of course, if you’re just starting out and don’t have a large volume of emails, the bundled hosting email is fine for a while. But as your business grows, separating email from hosting is not just smart—it’s essential.
👉 Your domain is your identity, but keeping email and hosting separate is how you protect it.