{"id":10136,"date":"2026-04-29T08:20:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/?p=10136"},"modified":"2026-04-29T08:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:23:21","slug":"how-the-hostinger-mail-trial-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-the-hostinger-mail-trial-works\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Hostinger Business Email Free Trial works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Hostinger, all web, cloud, and agency hosting plans include a free trial of Hostinger Business Email. This trial allows you to test professional email functionality and decide if you want to upgrade to a dedicated Business Email plan.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-hostinger-mail-trial-features\">Hostinger Mail trial features<\/h2><p>The free trial provides professional email capabilities with the following specifications:<\/p><ul>\n<li><strong>Mailboxes per website<\/strong>: The number of mailboxes depends on your specific hosting plan. You can find the exact mailbox count in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6976044-parameters-and-limits-of-hosting-plans-in-hostinger\/\">Hosting parameters and limits<\/a> guide.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Storage<\/strong>: Each mailbox includes 1 GB of storage. This is separate from your hosting plan storage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trial duration<\/strong>: The trial is active for one year. If your hosting plan billing cycle is shorter than one year, the email trial remains active as long as you renew the hosting plan. If your hosting plan cycle is longer than one year, the email trial expires before the hosting plan.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Usage limits<\/strong>: Certain features, such as Webmail AI credits and the daily message rate, have lower limits during the trial period compared to paid plans.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-hostinger-mail-trial-requirements\">Hostinger Mail trial requirements<\/h2><p>To access the Hostinger Business Email trial, you must meet these criteria:<\/p><ul>\n<li>An active and eligible Hostinger hosting plan.<\/li>\n<li>A registered custom domain name.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-manage-the-hostinger-mail-trial-expiration\">Manage the Hostinger Mail trial expiration<\/h2><p>When the trial period ends, you have the following alternatives:<\/p><ul>\n<li><strong>Automatic renewal<\/strong>: If you have a valid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5394917-how-to-manage-payment-methods-in-a-hostinger-account\">payment method added<\/a> to your account, all mailboxes will automatically renew as a paid Hostinger Business Starter plan. This ensures no service interruption, your email resources will increase, and all existing content is preserved.\n<ul>\n<li>You will receive an advanced notification via email with the renewal details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Manual upgrade<\/strong>: If no payment method is saved, you must <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5505897-how-to-upgrade-a-hostinger-email-plan\/#h_233215d19f\">upgrade your plan<\/a> manually to a paid Hostinger Business Mail plan before the expiration date to keep the service active.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Data backup<\/strong>: If you do not wish to continue with a Business Email plan, ensure you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5778153-how-to-export-emails-from-hostinger-email\/\">export your emails<\/a> before the trial expires to prevent data loss.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>The Hostinger Mail trial offers a seamless way to establish a professional digital presence with advanced communication tools. By providing a direct path to the Business Starter plan, you can ensure your professional emails remain secure, accessible, and ready to scale with your needs.<\/p><p><strong>NOTES<\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li>The trial expiration date is independent of your hosting plan expiration date.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure your payment information is up to date in the Billing section of hPanel to avoid service interruptions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understand the features, duration, and renewal process of the Hostinger Business Mail trial included with your hosting plan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hostinger-email-management"],"hreflangs":[],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10136"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10139,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10136\/revisions\/10139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}