Parker, TX · Member since 2015 · 14 posts · 5 votes
This may be slightly out there, but I am trying to set up a customer email for my new business. I already have a domain name registered, and was looking to see if there were free email applications. Looks like gmail and the like have all moved to a pay service. What does everyone use for setting up their business email? Do I have to resolve for paying someone for the service? I'm not looking to just have a yahoo.com address or something like that. I want to leverage my personal domain.
You can use pretty much any provider to host your e-mail. Unless you host it yourself, you are going to have to pay. I use West Host for hosting my e-mail and website and it's something like $5-$10/month. I used to use HostGator but I didn't like their sneakery. Also, using a service like this allows you to host your website at the same time.
Here's a quick flow of how the Internets work for this:
Buy your domain name (GoDaddy or someone less evil)
Select your hosting provider (GoDaddy, HostGator or someone less evil)
Point your DNS from GoDaddy to HostGator
Log into HostGator and create your e-mail accounts
Use whatever you want to check them (Outlook, Thunderbird, Firefox, Chrome, etc.)