Hi, Im thinking about moving from gmail elsewhere but Im wondering if I should use my own domain for it, I dont have the domain yet but how to deal with whois lookup privacy? (Im EU based) are there any other issues I may run into if I chose my own domain over opening a account on posteo.de or mailbox.org with their domain. I know owning my domain will give me freedom to move my email elsewhere if I would want but I dont know if its worth it.
It’s not too hard to use your own domain and it is certainly worth it. It can even be cheaper price-wise if you go for providers that specialises in “bring-your-own-domain” mail providers. Used to use MXRoute, but I switched to NameCrane because their deal was even cheaper. It’s still available, I think.
The only disadvantage I can think of is that you need to take care of your domain. If you let a spammer spam with your domain, you might ruin your domain reputation, in which case your domain might get blacklisted. Also, try to stick to well-known TLDs (.com, .net, etc). Domains ending in .xyz is usually filtered out because it’s commonly used by spammers.