Own your digital life without giving up convenience.
A one-time setup for your household: your own domain, email at that domain, synced contacts and calendar, and photo backup on a small server in your home — connected to your phone and laptop so they work every day.
Ownership without another lock-in
The goal is not to replace one dependency with another. You own the accounts, the domain, the credentials, the data, the backups, and the handoff documentation — including how to leave. And if the setup is not working for you within the first 30 days, I’ll help you move back.
Why this matters
When a big provider locks you out, there is no one to call. Google flagged a father as a criminal over photos his son’s doctor had asked for — the police cleared him, but Google never returned his decade of email, photos, and his phone number. Thieves who watch you type an iPhone passcode can take over your entire Apple account — victims were told that without a recovery key there is no way back in. When your email, contacts, calendar, and photos live at your own domain, on accounts registered to you, no single company can take them away.
For people who want more control
This is for technically curious people who want more ownership over their digital life but do not want to spend several weekends configuring domains, DNS, email, sync, and backups themselves. You should be willing to learn how your setup works.
A setup is $2,500 for your household. Ongoing costs are about $15–20 a month for your domain, email, the relay server, and offsite backup storage — paid directly to the providers, not to me. If you need a home server, I source one at cost.
Every setup includes
- A small, quiet home server for your photos and files (hardware at cost).
- Your own domain, registered in your name.
- Email at your own domain.
- Contacts and calendar sync (open standards).
- Photo backup with Immich.
- Password manager setup.
- Setup on your phone and laptop.
- Documentation, walkthrough, and recovery handoff.
- A year of support by call, text, or email.
Your new email address starts fresh; your existing accounts stay yours, and moving old mail over is not part of the setup. After the first year, help is available per incident.
Start with a short email
If you want more ownership over your digital life and are willing to learn how your setup works, send a note about what you want to change. If someone sent you, mention who.