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Company Email Address

by Rae, Window Shopper

  • Created: January 20, 2013, 10:18 am
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Hello Everyone I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction. I need to set up an email account for my business. I have a few domain names and am in the process of building my website. How do I get an email address for the business? I will be needing more than one as in addition to Month of Planning I will also be offering workshops and classes and I would like them each to have their own email address. I have an Aol account but I don't think that is professional and I believe Aol will close your account if it begins to receive a large number of emails. I need an account that will be able to recieve a large quantity of emails without any issues to me or my students. I have heard of companies not receiving emails because their system reads their clients email address as spam. I don't want that to happen. Thanks Rae On a side note I just filed my Article of Organization how long do I have to officially open for business once that is done?
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jthomas | Window Shopper | 4/25/2013 - 2:39 pm

I'm a little late to the party, but would add my vote to those who say use
Google Apps. The only caveat is I think they recently started charging even
for the small business accounts, so you may be better off just using a
personal gmail account with your own domain (check out the support pages on
Google Apps - there is help on how to do this). The best thing about Gmail is
being able to access it anywhere and not having to worry so much about
backups. Plus in 6 years of using Gmail, I've only experienced one outage.
Not bad for free!
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Rae | Window Shopper | 5/7/2013 - 8:40 am

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I'm a little late to the party, but would add my vote to those who say use Google Apps. The only caveat is I think they recently started charging even for the small business accounts, so you may be better off just using a personal gmail account with your own domain (check out the support pages on Google Apps - there is help on how to do this). The best thing about Gmail is being able to access it anywhere and not having to worry so much about backups. Plus in 6 years of using Gmail, I've only experienced one outage. Not bad for free!
Thanks jthomas

I set up the account with my hosting company but thanks for the info. It
really helps to hear what others have experienced.

Rae | Window Shopper | 4/19/2013 - 8:21 am

Thanks for all the advice. I will look into Google Apps and my hosting site
to see which one has the better offer.

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angel2013x | Window Shopper | 1/27/2013 - 1:19 pm

Google apps is where I always go to get a company email address for a client.
Up until a couple of months ago it was free if you got up to 10 email
addresses but I still recommend them because they are cheapear than most and
you won't get all the space and features anywhere else.
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nickajulia | Window Shopper | 1/27/2013 - 11:44 am

Use gmail for business. (google apps)  It's cheap. And AWESOME. lots of functionality beyond email too. - Cloud calendar etc... And you can use your own domain. Cheers, Nick P.S. The offer a really easy guide to get started - happy to give you the link if you'd like. just shoot me an email   This post was edited to remove a link. Please review our Community Best Practices for more information about how best to participate in our online discussions. Thank you.
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JGabriel | Community Moderator | 1/22/2013 - 6:03 pm

Try getting in touch with a local Small Business Development Center or SCORE, two of SBA's resource partners. They're located across the country and provide free business counseling and answers. Visit our local assistance guide to find your local SBA resource partners by entering your zip code.

crisstar | Window Shopper | 1/21/2013 - 9:12 pm

You can either get email address from the same company you get your domain
from, or better yet, get it from the hosting company that is hosting your
website.

So, if your domain is www.widgetsUSA.com, then you can have it
admin@widgetsUSA.com or mary@widgetsUSA.com, etc...

If you plan to send out emails, I suggest you get an autoresponder service
like Aweber or InfusionSoft.

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