Comments on: Ditch your ISP Email Address

By: Bee

Bee — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:42:28 +0000

I agree Nicky, having your own domain as your email address indicates that your business is professional and permanent. A Gmail/Hotmail/RandomISP address gives the feeling that you are not going to be sticking with that business for long.

By: Kaj

Kaj — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:16:19 +0000

I’ve seen ISPs go out of business and leaving their customers with email addresses they could not access.

This resulted in domain names then lapsing (and subsequently being re-registered by those without scruples) because the owners did not receive the emails.

By: Oliver Wright

Oliver Wright — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:49:00 +0000

Couldn’t agree more Nicky. Now when anyone is in the position to start a new business and they are looking for a company name, they seriously have to consider the internet, and their e-mail address.

It is relatively simple to register a domain, and setup e-mail re-direction to “hide” your underlying ISP e-mail address, and instantly you are no-longer tied to that ISP, and can move to new suppliers (or even new countries). Should you later change your company name, you can still accomodate this with the e-mail re-direction.

ollie@Superdooper.com -> ollie1274@internode.on.net.au

But you should also consider the mispellings of your domain name, or similarities to other existing domain names. Heaven forbid would you want your e-mail to go to a competitor or even another country should your customers mistype .com or .com.au (And beware, unscrupulous competitors DO register domain names of similar spellings as a means of catching your customers!)