For years, Google apps used to be the choice of business owners who wished to create a professional free business email address.
unfortunately, Google have shut down their free sign-up since last year and business owners are now required to pay to open an account on google apps.
As a business owner, you still have the options of opening a free business email address using:
Your domain provider.
Cpanel.
ZohoMail.
ZohoMail is the best option, you will love it's great features. It has premium option with added features, but if you require 10 users and below then the free version serves alright.
In this post, we are going to look at step-by-step guide on how to open a free business email address using ZohoMail.
Step by step guide to open a free business email address using ZohoMail:
ZohoMail sign-up is pretty easy and can be completed under 5 minutes. Get started by going to their sign-up page here and provide all the information needed.
Add your domain name with which you want to use the email address, enter your name, enter your desired name for the email address, you can use any name you like. Most business owners use "admin@yoursite.com".
The next page will show you the confirmation. This is the screenshot:
How to verify domain ownership ZohoMail:
When you click on "Proceed to verify domain ownership" you will be taken to domain setup page, this is where you verify that you own the domain you listed.
There are three methods to verify domain ownership:
CNAME Method.
TXT Method.
HTML Method.
We are going to to discuss about HTML method because it's the simplest and easiest method. All you need do here is to download and upload a html file to the root server of your domain.
Download the html file. You can use Filezilla to connect to your domain server and upload the file to the root server of your domain.
When you have done this correctly, you will receive a success message like this:
How to update MX records to complete ZohoMail registration:
For your newly registered ZohoMail email address to start receiving emails, you need to update the MX records at your Cpanel. Login into your Cpanel.
Click on Mx Entry under EMAIL section. Now you need to add this mx record as shown on this screenshot below:
Click on "Add New Record". If you are sure you have done this correctly then head over to Zoho domain setup and finish up.
ZohoMail offers a great dashboard from where you control things. Don't forget that you still have 9 more email addresses to add, you can do this anytime.
conclusion:
ZohoMail is a cheaper alternative to Google apps. If you are already using google apps, you can migrate to ZohoMail using their migration tool.
You can try all the features of ZohoMail and i bet you, you won't be disappointed. What free business email address service are you using, get in touch and let me know.
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I wish you all the best.
Good luck!
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