Business email.

[Rachel B]

Now I have a domain name and website set up I need to set up an email account with my business name in it, I dont want a free account as that is followed with hotmail or gmail or what ever. I was wondering who you use to provide your business emails and how good they are?

I host my website through zenfolio and hostin begins so I cant add email to that.

thanks

[tracknut]

I get my email through the same registrar that I have my domains registered with. To my knowledge that's the only way you can do it if you want your email to be at your domain name. But I could be wrong.

Dave

[jmborkowski]

Google Apps Standard Edition (http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html) is the way to go. Free for a certain number of accounts, you're on Google's mail servers, Gmail is your web interface and you can still use POP3/IMAP if you want.

[Michael_Lambert]

have you registered your own domain?

[Box Brownie]

I agree with tracknut: -

FWIW I have a few domains registered and all are kept parked at the "company" used to buy them.

In the login account area I have full control over such things as email in that I can set it up so they redirect - for example any mail to xxxxxxx@abcbloggs.com can be redirected to one of my isp accounts.

:)

[cory1848]

Once you have a domain name, you then need hosting. Its the hosting company that issues the email addys with the domain for the email. xyz@yourcompany.com... etc.

Its very easy and most hosting companies give you unlimited email address. You create a web account through the backend (ex. cpanel), assign a quote to that email account and thats it. You can then forward it to whatever email client you chose or just check it serverside.

[Rachel B]

I do have my own domain and that domain name is attached to zenfolio (rachelclarephotography.com) I pay a once a year fee of around $8 and the zenfolio yearly fee for the unlimited account (I will upgrade to premium soon) I don't pay any thing else so If I use a hosting site they would charge me monthly right? and I would need to pay monthly to get the email? I dont think I am ready for a proppr professional hosted site?
I bought the domain name because I wanted no one else to get it, and I attached it to Zenfolio as hats where I had been putting my photos.

[cory1848]

I do have my own domain and that domain name is attached to zenfolio (rachelclarephotography.com) I pay a once a year fee of around $8 and the zenfolio yearly fee for the unlimited account (I will upgrade to premium soon) I don't pay any thing else so If I use a hosting site they would charge me monthly right? and I would need to pay monthly to get the email? I dont think I am ready for a proppr professional hosted site?
I bought the domain name because I wanted no one else to get it, and I attached it to Zenfolio as hats where I had been putting my photos.

Ok, I see what you did, you just forwarded the domain to zenfolio. Zenfolio doesnt offer email addys, not that I am aware of anyways... I dont know of any place that offers email forwarding without hosting and without using a subdomain...
Maybe someone else here does...

Why dont you think you are ready for a professional site?

Just found this and this may work for you... Google Apps http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/cs/2009/03/run_yourorganizationcom_with_g.html

[Rachel B]

Not enough experience, right now I am charging very little and only doing friends or friends of friends, that way I can build my portfolio. using zenfolio allows them to see my pictures and is easier to navigate and nicer looking that flikr or photobucket. I am also saving for a decent portrait lens, and a good landscape lens-I have nearly enough saved for the 17-40L. I dont feel my equipment is up to par to start advertising properly, and I defo need more experience.

[cory1848]

Not enough experience, right now I am charging very little and only doing friends or friends of friends, that way I can build my portfolio. using zenfolio allows them to see my pictures and is easier to navigate and nicer looking that flikr or photobucket. I am also saving for a decent portrait lens, and a good landscape lens-I have nearly enough saved for the 17-40L. I dont feel my equipment is up to par to start advertising properly, and I defo need more experience.

I browsed through your flickr site and I dont think you give yourself enough credit. Your equipment is fine for starting out. You dont need L glass to begin a business. In fact, I would hold off on the 17-40L and maybe look at the Tamron 17-50 2.8. Read some reviews on it and you will see that it rivals the canon and at half the cost. I have shot my last 3 weddings using that lens as the main, couldnt be happier with it.

Mainly to start charging, it isnt about what gear you have, but it is about how much self confidence you have. Of course you have to follow through as well.

You have 29 pages in your flickr, pick your best 15-20 photos, and showcase though on a site. Set up the site and you can easily start charging a "little" more. :)

[tim]

Google Apps Standard Edition (http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html) is the way to go. Free for a certain number of accounts, you're on Google's mail servers, Gmail is your web interface and you can still use POP3/IMAP if you want.

Do this.

[kortag]

Do this.

+1 Google Apps gives you 50 free email accounts for the standard edition. 7 Gigs of storage per account... its fantastic. I have it on 3 domains.