Don’t bring your work home with you! Rent a dedicated office space to keep your work and home lives separate.
If you’re a small business owner, you may not yet know the importance of having a physical business address. There are plenty of reasons for having a dedicated business space, such as enjoying a separate office space away from your home. This can improve your mental health and more easily allow you to separate work life from home life. If you run your company from your home, you may find yourself falling into unhealthy workaholic tendencies that may affect your mood and performance. Drawing a clear line between these two parts of your life will help you dedicate more focus to each part.
Benefits for You and Your Business
However, there are plenty of other great reasons why you’d want to invest in a business address separate from your home address. For example, a physical address can make your business seem more trustworthy. If you lack a physical address for your company, clients may worry that your business is actually a scam since they can’t confirm your actual location. You may say on your website that you operate out of Katy, Texas, but if you fail to provide an address located in Katy, you might seem suspicious. This can turn off potential clients who would otherwise be happy to use your services. On the other hand, if you have a clearly labeled physical address that clients can visit, they are more likely to trust you as a reputable business.
There are also safety concerns that you’ll want to consider. It is not recommended to use your home address for your company because this is your private living space. Although it is rare, there is always the possibility that bad actors will take advantage of this and either send junk mail to your home or even attempt to visit it in person. If you engage in a business or profession that may attract unwanted or negative attention, having such personal information on the web can be dangerous. For the safety of yourself and your family, rely on a physical business address elsewhere.
Following Regulations
Some types of businesses require either a physical address or a P.O. box. We can provide both!
Another case where a physical business address is important is for website domain ownership. Anyone who owns a domain (such as a .com or .net website) is required to register a physical address due to ICANN regulations. You can also use a P.O. box for this requirement, which means you can take advantage of our contactless mail service if you like. Either option will again keep bad actors from taking advantage of public WHOIS listings and using them to find your home.
Physical addresses are actually required for some businesses. For example, if your company falls under food distribution, the FDA requires that you provide a physical address. This cannot be a P.O. box because the purpose of the physical address is to allow people to find you. Your address must be the place where you “conduct your business.” Thus, a P.O. Box wouldn’t work since it’s not an actual location where you can work.
No matter which reasons are important to you, the benefits of having your own dedicated business address and office space are unmatched. Give us a call today to find out how Titan Business Suites can offer you a convenient location to run your company smoothly and safely.