u/Feisty_Drama2186

Can I make cold email outreach with gmail?

I recently started selling websites to small businesses and have been doing cold email outreach for about a week.

Right now I'm sending emails from a regular Gmail account because I genuinely can't afford to buy a domain yet.

Is it still possible to get clients this way, or is a custom domain basically required for cold outreach?

I'm not looking for the perfect setup—I just want to know if I should keep going with Gmail until I make my first sale, or if using Gmail is likely to hurt my chances too much.

I'd appreciate any advice from people who started with little or no budget.