Yes, you are correct in thinking that you will need to purchase a domain name and an email service provider to create custom email addresses for your business. There are many different options available for both of these things, and the best one for you will depend on your specific needs and preferences. In terms of email service providers, Google Workspace (formerly known as G Suite) is a popular choice, but it does not offer an annual payment option. However, there are other options out there that do offer annual payment plans, such as Microsoft 365 and Zoho Mail. Both of these options include a variety of tools for email, collaboration, and productivity, and they allow you to create custom email addresses with your own domain name. When it comes to purchasing a domain name, you can do this through a domain registrar such as GoDaddy, Namecheap, or 1&1 Ionos. These companies will allow you to search for and purchase a domain name that is available and meets your needs. Once you have purchased your domain, you will need to connect it to your email service provider so that you can create custom email addresses using that domain. In summary, to set up custom email addresses with your own domain name, you will need to: Purchase a domain name through a domain registrar Sign up for an email service provider that offers annual payment plans Connect your domain to your email service provider Create custom email addresses using your domain name I hope this helps. Good luck with your business! More on reddit.com

Buy your domain name and if you want to use gmail, then follow this https://gsuite.google.com/products/gmail/ If you want a basic landing page, you can use digital ocean ($5/m) and install wordpress + basic theme More on reddit.com

First, look at how your Domain Name Service (DNS) records are setup. Do you own your domain? ie could you take your domain name away from WIX and setup on another provider? The only reason for asking this is to identify just how much you can work with customising your domain. You can go to any email provider, and they will ask you to edit the Mail eXchange (MX) record in your Domain Name Service (DNS) control panel of the company that is holding (or Hosting) your Domain Name Record. You will have to prove that you own the domain, by adding a TeXT (TXT) record in to your DNS Zone here is the knowledge base article on how to edit WIX DNS records. https://support.wix.com/en/article/editing-dns-records-in-your-wix-account Non profits can get free email through Microsoft Office 365. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/nonprofit/office-365-nonprofit-plans-and-pricing?activetab=tab:primaryr1 From never having done it before, it would take you approx 45 minutes to read up on how to do it, and 30 minutes to do it, the second time will take about 10 minutes. there will be a period of waiting, as each record has a Time To Live (TTL) during which time, servers don't ask again for the information (normally held in minutes, some have a TTL of 5 minutes, some of 1 hour, some 1 day. some DNS hosts update on the hour so if you edit something at 3.05, you would have to wait until 4.00 to "see" the change on the internet. a website mxtoolbox.com can show you how some are setup. for example, the following link shows how the redcross.org email setup is configured using office365. https://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx?action=mx%3aredcross.org&run=toolpage Here is the step by step for you. https://hostadvice.com/how-to/how-to-set-up-email-hosting-with-microsoft-office-365/ another step by step from microsoft themselves for editing WIX records is https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/admin/dns/create-dns-records-at-wix?view=o365-worldwide GMail has similar offerings, although of the 700 different organisations the company I work for looks after, none are using the g-suite stuff. https://www.google.com/nonprofits/offerings/apps-for-nonprofits/ and this link shows how to setup in gmail. https://help.ecatholic.com/article/154-set-up-g-suite-nonprofit I hope that this helps. Also I have Capitalised the main search terms you might need to look into what I have suggested. Edit #9 kept adding stuff i found Edit#10 Wow. Thanks for the gold! More on reddit.com

I was able to find a domain name that was part of my name and then I use the @ symbol as an "a" in my name. For example [email protected] More on reddit.com