The short answer
A business email like you@yourbusiness.com needs a domain you own and an email provider. Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 are the common paid choices; some web hosts include mailboxes, and a few providers offer a free plan for a handful of users. Then add the DNS records that prove your mail is really from you.
Gmail and Yahoo now require SPF, DKIM and DMARC from bulk senders, and they help every sender's mail land in the inbox. Your provider's setup guide lists the exact records.
Free business email plans exist, usually with limits on users, storage or features, and sometimes without the app access you'd expect. For a one-person business they can be fine. Forwarding your domain to a personal Gmail works for receiving, but replies show your personal address.
It works, but an address on your own domain looks established and stays yours if you change providers.
Yes. Many businesses keep them separate so a website move can't break email.
Your name or a role, like info@ or office@, at your domain. Short and easy to say on the phone.
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