Most Cost Effective Option to Get a Custom Email?

[schurchill39]

I've recently purchased a domain and I want to set up two email addresses using that domain. Whats the most cost effective option to do that?

Seems like I can do it with Google Workspace for ~$8/month/user but it comes with a bunch of access to stuff I would never use. I have a Microsoft 365 personal subscription and run all my documents and calendars through office so the extras google offers for what would be $192/yr would go unused. I could switch from the personal 365 to business because that gives you a custom email option but then it looks like I'd be spending $16/month/user for the subscription ($384/yr) versus $80/year that I spend now for personal.

Currently I have a 'CustomName'@gmail.com but would rather it be 'schurchill39'@CustomName.com

I feel like I'm either over thinking this or just not tech savy enough to not get hoodwinked.

[ThePenIsMightier]

I would go the Office 365 route. You'll be showering in gold once the biz takes off and that money will be what you're tipping waitresses at Smitty's.

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[spikerS]

usually whoever you bought the domain from, like GoDaddy, gives you email accounts for that domain at no charge...

[ExtraSlow]

I did it all through google. I liked that solution. I hosted my domain at site ground, and those dudes were basically my IT department, so helpful.

[schurchill39]

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usually whoever you bought the domain from, like GoDaddy, gives you email accounts for that domain at no charge...

From what I can tell GoDaddy just offers email forwarding as part of the domain purchase, so outgoing emails would still come from @gmail.com. But it looks like they do full custom emails for $8/month/user (1st year is half price though). Their domain purchase is $26/yr versus google at $17/yr.

I suppose this could also just be me being cheap and thinking $8/month/email address is expensive. That's a very real possibility.

[ExtraSlow]

Google plus site ground. Transfer your domain there. Go daddy is shaite.

[killramos]

Isn’t gsuites with a custom domain literally exactly what you want?

[suntan]

Private email. About $12/yr.

[ercchry]

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From what I can tell GoDaddy just offers email forwarding as part of the domain purchase, so outgoing emails would still come from @gmail.com. But it looks like they do full custom emails for $8/month/user (1st year is half price though). Their domain purchase is $26/yr versus google at $17/yr.

I suppose this could also just be me being cheap and thinking $8/month/email address is expensive. That's a very real possibility.

Just need to add the new custom domain as an alias

https://seannewmanmaroni.medium.com/...n-d190cff0b19b

[riander5]

G suite not the cheapest but comes with lots of add ons. Do it

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

I went G Suite w/ Google Domains. I'll never pay GoDaddy a cent.

[suntan]

Godaddy is very expensive these days. Not worth the cost at all.

[Tik-Tok]

Got to pay for all that advertising somehow.

[schurchill39]

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Isn’t gsuites with a custom domain literally exactly what you want?

Not quite. All I want is the email, I don't want all of the other G-Suite (now Google Workspace) addons for $8/mth/user. I was just trying to see if there was a cheaper/bare bones option that only had the custom email.

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Just need to add the new custom domain as an alias

https://seannewmanmaroni.medium.com/...n-d190cff0b19b

This is basically what I was looking for. I didn't buy my domain through go daddy but it looks anything that has email forwarding might be able to make it work. Thanks!

[suntan]

Not sure that helps at all. You still need a mail server, which is the thing you’re trying to get.

[ercchry]

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Not sure that helps at all. You still need a mail server, which is the thing you’re trying to get.

Server is gmail

[schurchill39]

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Not sure that helps at all. You still need a mail server, which is the thing you’re trying to get.

If gmail allows me to send and receive as that custom alias then I'm good with that.

[taemo]

this doesnt work anymore?
https://themeisle.com/blog/use-gmail...ain-name/#free

[CompletelyNumb]

Google is reliable as fk, and I recommend it to everyone. $8 isnt expensive.


For the real low budget people, I recommend https://mxroute.com/

[msommers]

Zoho lite works well for me