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I did this! Kind of. I bought a domain and was lucky enough to get in to a custom domain email (and more) service with a big company years ago when they had a f

by Masema 5y ago

I did this! Kind of. I bought a domain and was lucky enough to get in to a custom domain email (and more) service with a big company years ago when they had a free version. Unfortunately... it was Google (so kind of hiring the wolf to care for my sheep, as it turns out). And now they're cutting off all of us free tier folks. Which I can't fault them for, but still blame them for. Because I'm petty and entitled or whatever.

Osiris 5y ago
Same here and it's a massive problem because nearly all of my digital presence is associated with, not just that email address, but that Google account specifically. I'll lose important things like my Google Voice number that I've had for a decade unless I pay for a business account.
- kadoban 5y ago
  You can port your number out. I'm working on doing that myself. I think Google charges like $3 for some reason to do it, but whatever.
- Spooky23 5y ago
  Keep in mind you can port out a Google Voice number, also if you pay for Apple services domain hosting is free for iCloud+ users now, although you don’t get as many addresses. It is very frustrating. I did a lot with Google Apps on that domain, and migrating that stuff out to a consumer account is a painful process.
- WheatM 5y ago
- marwatk 5y ago
  You can transfer your Google Voice account to a regular GMail account despite their documentation claiming otherwise. See: https://github.com/marwatk/gsuite-to-gmail/#google-voice https://github.com/marwatk/gsuite-to-gmail/#google-voice
justatdotin 5y ago
whoa! thanks for the heads up :/
somehnguy 5y ago
Same situation here. Have you done the research yet to decide on a new service, or are you planning on starting to pay? For me ideally I would like to move to something else (even paid) just because someday Google deciding to block me for whatever reason scares me quite a bit after having everything for the last decade attached to this account. I would like to export my emails, switch my domain to the new service, and import everything - but I have no idea how realistic that will be yet.
- KarlKemp 5y ago
  I switched to Apple's (paid) iCloud+(?) and it was entirely smooth, even though it was still in beta at the time (or alpha: the signup notification I got still had editorial comments in it).
- lifeformed 5y ago
  Zoho has a free tier that allows a domain.
- marwatk 5y ago
  I've been working on this but my family is pretty hung up on Google Photos so we're migrating most things there trying to preserve as much as possible. We're doing Google One family. As much as Google has annoyed me with the change, the other options weren't any better (O365, iCloud+, random non-FAANG services) I'm documenting everything here if you're interested: https://github.com/marwatk/gsuite-to-gmail/#google-voice https://github.com/marwatk/gsuite-to-gmail/#google-voice
- Hard_Space 5y ago
  Having had my primary Gmail account blocked twice in the last two months, apparently through VPN usage, I became sufficiently terrified to decide to start to move all my email to my own domain. I adopted Fastmail for my domain email, and it has been a good experience (I do know that Fastmail is a five-eyes company with all the related issues around privacy, and I researched alternatives for several weeks, but I guess in the end I was willing to trade privacy for ease-of-use, uptime and various other factors). Now I am looking into getting away from other Cloud-provided backups such as Prime Photos, iCloud, etc., moving to self-hosted NAS storage.

by Masema 5y ago

Osiris 5y ago

Same here and it's a massive problem because nearly all of my digital presence is associated with, not just that email address, but that Google account specifically. I'll lose important things like my Google Voice number that I've had for a decade unless I pay for a business account.

kadoban 5y ago
You can port your number out. I'm working on doing that myself. I think Google charges like $3 for some reason to do it, but whatever.
Spooky23 5y ago
Keep in mind you can port out a Google Voice number, also if you pay for Apple services domain hosting is free for iCloud+ users now, although you don’t get as many addresses. It is very frustrating. I did a lot with Google Apps on that domain, and migrating that stuff out to a consumer account is a painful process.
WheatM 5y ago
marwatk 5y ago
You can transfer your Google Voice account to a regular GMail account despite their documentation claiming otherwise. See: https://github.com/marwatk/gsuite-to-gmail/#google-voice https://github.com/marwatk/gsuite-to-gmail/#google-voice

justatdotin 5y ago

whoa! thanks for the heads up :/

somehnguy 5y ago

Same situation here. Have you done the research yet to decide on a new service, or are you planning on starting to pay? For me ideally I would like to move to something else (even paid) just because someday Google deciding to block me for whatever reason scares me quite a bit after having everything for the last decade attached to this account. I would like to export my emails, switch my domain to the new service, and import everything - but I have no idea how realistic that will be yet.

KarlKemp 5y ago
I switched to Apple's (paid) iCloud+(?) and it was entirely smooth, even though it was still in beta at the time (or alpha: the signup notification I got still had editorial comments in it).
lifeformed 5y ago
Zoho has a free tier that allows a domain.
marwatk 5y ago
I've been working on this but my family is pretty hung up on Google Photos so we're migrating most things there trying to preserve as much as possible. We're doing Google One family. As much as Google has annoyed me with the change, the other options weren't any better (O365, iCloud+, random non-FAANG services) I'm documenting everything here if you're interested: https://github.com/marwatk/gsuite-to-gmail/#google-voice https://github.com/marwatk/gsuite-to-gmail/#google-voice
Hard_Space 5y ago
Having had my primary Gmail account blocked twice in the last two months, apparently through VPN usage, I became sufficiently terrified to decide to start to move all my email to my own domain. I adopted Fastmail for my domain email, and it has been a good experience (I do know that Fastmail is a five-eyes company with all the related issues around privacy, and I researched alternatives for several weeks, but I guess in the end I was willing to trade privacy for ease-of-use, uptime and various other factors). Now I am looking into getting away from other Cloud-provided backups such as Prime Photos, iCloud, etc., moving to self-hosted NAS storage.