Which is the best email??

[HouseOfTechs]

CompanyName@gmail.com Or Yourname@Companyname.com

Anyone can list some pros and cons with using one email rather then the other??

 

[seedubya]

What's your definition of best?

 

[Martyn]

There's only one winner as far as I can see. If you use a gmail account where is the continuity or the individuality with a company? Even with a one man band like me I can have various emails @hobit.co.uk to give that professional look.

info@
sales@
admin@
support@

etc etc

 

[anglian]

name@companyname.com looks more professional in my opinion.

You can also have sales@ support@ etc and have all the mails delivered to yourname@

 

[HouseOfTechs]

What's your definition of best?

best for the buisness ? or pros and cons



k thanks
anglian and martyn

 

[seedubya]

Your own domain is far more professional. Gmail/Yahoo/Hotmail makes a business look amateurish.

If you like the GMail interface/accessibility etc. then you can use either the free or paid version of Google Apps.

 

[HouseOfTechs]

Your own domain is far more professional. Gmail/Yahoo/Hotmail makes a business look amateurish.

If you like the GMail interface/accessibility etc. then you can use either the free or paid version of Google Apps.

thats great idea.. i dont see a free version only a free trial.. will check them out though thanks

 

[Kitten Kong]

I agree with all the above.

By not having a company named email account. Using a freebie ie gmail, yahoo, aol, hotmail etc, makes you look ameraturish almost to the point where it could influence a client that you have no web presence.

Having the stability of a co name acct, brings forth professionalism.

 

['putertutor]

I agree with all the posts above. A company domain for email is nearly a must have. Given how cheaply one can buy a domain, and the fact that both google and yahoo will allow you to use their service with your domain, I don't know why you wouldn't choose @companyname.com.

 

[uprighttech]

i dont see a free version only a free trial.

http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html

We use the free version of Apps and it works great for us. When we need more accounts than the free version supports, we will upgrade to the Business edition.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Your own domain is far more professional. Gmail/Yahoo/Hotmail makes a business look amateurish.

If you like the GMail interface/accessibility etc. then you can use either the free or paid version of Google Apps.

Agree with the above. If you're doing IT for a living....you shouldn't be using POP3/free/ISP based/AOL like stuff. You're a professional in the field...you should know about e-mail servers....and have a fancy appearing setup....yourname@yourcompany.com. Leave the mickey mouse ISP POP3 stuff for soccer moms at home.

If you don't want to build/run/host your own Exchange server...do some hosted package like O365 or a hosted Exchange service offered by one of your strategic partners that you host your clients websites at.

 

[Velvis]

Whats the difference between the free version and the paid?

 

[atlanticjim]

I agree with all the above.

By not having a company named email account. Using a freebie ie gmail, yahoo, aol, hotmail etc, makes you look ameraturish almost to the point where it could influence a client that you have no web presence.

Having the stability of a co name acct, brings forth professionalism.

Seeing a computer tech company that has a @gmail or @yahoo email means two things to me as a consumer.

1. This is a one person operation.
2. They are not willing to invest the very small amount of capital and time to create a professional appearance.

 

[frase]

info@

gmail is very generic and unprofessional

 

[HouseOfTechs]

thanks for the input guys.. just set it up

 

[geek12]

Yourname@Companyname.com is better.

 

[altrenda]

Whats the difference between the free version and the paid?

We have several of our Home Based Business users on the paid version of google apps, mainly for the google Sync with Outlook feature. I find many gmail users still want to use Outlook.

One of the biggest benefits is you get live telephone support when something goes wrong. We had a client that could not receive email due to a problem on google's end. A conversation with knowledgeable guy in Montreal quickly straightened it out.

 

[Xander]

Whether one opts for "info@", "service@" or whatever, there is no perfect answer to that one.

However, if one is in this field, there is no valid reason for not having your own domain. It's $10 and Google Apps is free. I would never trust a computer tech using a gmail address (and might laugh at one using hotmail).

 

[Martyn]

Whether one opts for "info@", "service@" or whatever, there is no perfect answer to that one.

However, if one is in this field, there is no valid reason for not having your own domain. It's $10 and Google Apps is free. I would never trust a computer tech using a gmail address (and might laugh at one using hotmail).

Me too but run into this so often. Recently i was at a successful company of 14 years with a good website but a btconnect.com email!

 

[altrenda]

one of my best clients, a retail store, uses an aol account.
and he will never change even thought his employees laugh at him for it.