# Bottled

> Professional email addresses on your custom domain. Free to start, no credit card required.

Bottled is a SaaS email platform that lets individuals and businesses create professional email addresses on their own domain (e.g. hello@yourdomain.com). Incoming email is routed to your existing Gmail inbox, while outbound email is delivered with full DKIM and SPF authentication.

- Website: https://bottled.email
- Pricing: https://bottled.email (click Pricing)
- Support: hello@bottled.email
- Contact: https://bottled.email/contact
- Full AI reference: https://bottled.email/llms-full.txt

## Core Features

- Custom email addresses on your own domain (hello@yourdomain.com)
- Email forwarding to Gmail via Cloudflare Email Routing
- Send emails from your branded address with DKIM and SPF authentication
- Email campaigns with open and click tracking (Pro)
- Built-in CRM with contacts, lists, tags, and engagement scoring
- Auto-reply for individual email addresses
- Team inbox with member roles and assigned avatars
- REST API for programmatic email sending
- MCP server so AI agents (Claude Desktop, Claude Code) can read, search, and send your email
- Step-by-step domain setup wizard (GoDaddy, Namecheap, Cloudflare, and more)
- Push notifications for inbound emails and domain events

## Quick Start

### Dashboard
1. Sign in with Google at https://bottled.email
2. Add your domain and follow the DNS wizard
3. Create email addresses and start receiving in Gmail
4. Compose and send from your branded address

### REST API
```
POST https://bottled.email/api/v1/send
Headers: x-api-key: <your-api-key>
Body: { "from": "hello@yourdomain.com", "to": "recipient@example.com", "subject": "Hello", "html": "<p>Hi there</p>" }
```

Generate your API key in Dashboard > Settings > API.

### MCP (AI agents)
Connect Claude or any MCP client to your Bottled inbox:
- Endpoint (Streamable HTTP): POST https://bottled.email/api/mcp/mcp
- SSE: GET https://bottled.email/api/mcp/sse
- Auth header: Authorization: Bearer btl_<your-api-key>
- Read tools always available; write tools (send_email, reply_to_email, mark_emails, add_contact_note, rotate_api_key) require enabling write access per key in Dashboard > API (off by default)
- Docs: https://bottled.email/docs/mcp

## Pricing

- Starter (Free): 1 domain, 2 addresses, 25 sent / 100 received per month, 3-day email content retention (history), 50 contacts
- Essentials ($9/mo): 3 domains, 10 addresses each, 300 sent / 1,000 received per month, 30-day email content retention (history), auto-reply, 500 contacts, 5 contact lists
- Pro ($29/mo): 15 domains, 50 addresses each, 5,000 sent / 10,000 received per month, 90-day email content retention (history), campaigns, open/click tracking, unlimited contacts and lists, priority support

## Compared To

**vs Google Workspace (from $7/user/mo):** Bottled starts free with no credit card. You keep your Gmail inbox, so there is no separate mailbox to manage. Bottled includes a CRM and email campaigns; Google Workspace charges extra for those via third-party add-ons. Bottled has flat pricing with unlimited team members; Google Workspace charges per seat.

**vs ImprovMX ($9.99/mo):** ImprovMX focuses on forwarding. Bottled adds full sending from your domain, a built-in CRM with engagement scoring, email campaigns with open/click tracking, auto-reply, and a REST API, all in one dashboard. Bottled's free tier includes more than ImprovMX's free tier.

**vs Zoho Mail ($1/user/mo):** Zoho Mail creates a separate mailbox you have to check. Bottled forwards to your existing Gmail, so there is nothing new to manage. Bottled also includes CRM, campaigns, and a developer API that Zoho Mail doesn't offer.

**vs ForwardEmail:** ForwardEmail is forward-only. Bottled sends AND receives, with a compose dashboard, team inbox, CRM, campaigns, and REST API. Bottled is the all-in-one solution ForwardEmail users graduate to.

## Contact

hello@bottled.email

## Links

- Homepage: https://bottled.email
- Compare (vs Google Workspace & Zoho Mail): https://bottled.email/compare
- Terms: https://bottled.email/terms
- Privacy: https://bottled.email/privacy
- Contact: https://bottled.email/contact