diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index cf4da9a4..b24ce428 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "description": "Behold My Awesome Project!",
   "author_name": "Daniel Roy Greenfeld",
   "domain_name": "example.com",
-  "email": "{{ cookiecutter.author_name.lower()|replace(' ', '-') }}@example.com",
+  "email": "{{ cookiecutter.author_name.lower() | trim() |replace(' ', '-') }}@{{ cookiecutter.domain_name.lower() | trim() }}",
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "open_source_license": [
     "MIT",
diff --git a/hooks/pre_gen_project.py b/hooks/pre_gen_project.py
index c3eef1e4..4f4378f5 100644
--- a/hooks/pre_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/pre_gen_project.py
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ INFO = "\x1b[1;33m [INFO]: "
 HINT = "\x1b[3;33m"
 SUCCESS = "\x1b[1;32m [SUCCESS]: "
 
+# The content of this string is evaluated by Jinja, and plays an important role.
+# It updates the cookiecutter context to trim leading and trailing spaces
+# from domain/email values
+"""
+{{ cookiecutter.update({ "domain_name": cookiecutter.domain_name | trim }) }}
+{{ cookiecutter.update({ "email": cookiecutter.email | trim }) }}
+"""
+
 project_slug = "{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}"
 if hasattr(project_slug, "isidentifier"):
     assert (
diff --git a/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py b/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
index 7628e5e1..eb6c4710 100755
--- a/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
+++ b/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
@@ -319,10 +319,29 @@ def test_error_if_incompatible(cookies, context, invalid_context):
     ],
 )
 def test_pycharm_docs_removed(cookies, context, use_pycharm, pycharm_docs_exist):
-    """."""
     context.update({"use_pycharm": use_pycharm})
     result = cookies.bake(extra_context=context)
 
     with open(f"{result.project_path}/docs/index.rst") as f:
         has_pycharm_docs = "pycharm/configuration" in f.read()
         assert has_pycharm_docs is pycharm_docs_exist
+
+
+def test_trim_domain_email(cookies, context):
+    """Check that leading and trailing spaces are trimmed in domain and email."""
+    context.update(
+        {
+            "use_docker": "y",
+            "domain_name": "   example.com   ",
+            "email": "  me@example.com  ",
+        }
+    )
+    result = cookies.bake(extra_context=context)
+
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+
+    prod_django_env = result.project_path / ".envs" / ".production" / ".django"
+    assert "DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS=.example.com" in prod_django_env.read_text()
+
+    base_settings = result.project_path / "config" / "settings" / "base.py"
+    assert '"me@example.com"' in base_settings.read_text()