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Call this super-lazy, but it works for me, and it's cheap. Say my startup is foo.com and I've registered it at namecheap. I'll get a corresponding gmail accou
by mchannon 8y ago
Call this super-lazy, but it works for me, and it's cheap.
Say my startup is foo.com and I've registered it at namecheap. I'll get a corresponding gmail account (foodotcom@gmail.com) and use that for my outgoing correspondence.
Where you want to impress with your custom domain is incoming email, and in that case, you can set up mail redirects (catchalls in particular) for your new foo.com domain. So if I meet VC Mike at an event, I can direct him to sales@foo.com or info@foo.com. The "handoff" for when I email him back out of the blue from my foodotcom@gmail.com can be a little fraught, but it's good enough until I want to afford actual gmail services or similar.
It's a great way to segment off new areas of your business, so if you hire Vickie in customer service, you can autoforward support@ to vickie@personalmail.mail or vickiefoo@gmail.com, until you hit the big leagues.
- the_narrator 8y agoI don't think using a custom domain for company email is the "big leagues". It is only a minor effort to use your own domain and shows some semblance of a professional operation.
- zakk 8y ago> The "handoff" for when I email him back out of the blue from my foodotcom@gmail.com As far as I remember GMail can send emails on behalf of another address you own: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/22370?hl=en https://support.google.com/mail/answer/22370?hl=en This way VC Mike will have a seamless experience writing you to your @foo.com address.
- mchannon 8y agoGmail used to do that for free, and if you signed your domain up, you're grandfathered in (I have a few domains still like that). They don't do it for free anymore, and their mail hosting for new accounts is surprisingly expensive (though I suppose most things are, when you're used to getting them for free).
- hashkb 8y agoI think you're talking about GSuite users. They are not free. Regular GMail can send mail as another account you prove ownership of. (For free)
- pieterhg 8y agoNot anymore. Only if it’s a Google Apps domain.
- zakk 8y agoI didn't know this, thanks for pointing it out.
- kalmi10 8y agoDisregard the comments saying that gmail aliases are no longer free. That is simply untrue. Parent is not advocating for the use of Google’s G Suite. G Suite is indeed no longer free, but that’s irrelevant. Grandparent was using namecheap’s mail redirect. At no point were the parents suggesting the use of G Suite.
- siquick 8y agoOr you could pay $5 a month and get a Google Apps account with an @yourdomain.com email address