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crabfoot · 28-05-2009, 02:40:25 AM

There are a lot of caveats to be considered here.

The gmail/hotmail addresses are no longer acceptable to register with eBay, because they have been heavily abused by scammers. If the service is offered free, you need some sort of checking mechanism to screen out Mr Bogus, or you will find the scammers are in clover again. Many check the validity of the postcode, or the telephone number.
Having said that, I once helped a friend of mine in the Ukraine to register a free UK email address. He needed an address with a valid UK postcode, I gave him one. Unfortunately, the house it applies to was removed by Hitler (Demolition) GMBH over 60 years ago, but the email still works!

People get free email from their ISPs - then find out that it ties them to the service. You could use this as a marketing point, "a separate email address allows you to change your ISP easily, with seamless continuity" or something similar. But you would really have to spell it out, or target people who have had a bad ISP experience, before you can win them over.

I have been using a couple of free services for some time now, to divorce myself gradually from my ISP and gain independence. I'm not using the free email I get with my domains, because it gets tedious having to check all those mailboxes on a regular basis.

I have eight "regular" email addresses, some of which are targeted to receive business (I only look at the number of mails and check the messages if the number has changed), some of which are full of spam (I open those once a fortnight and delete a few hundred mails), and two of which I check daily.

I cannot see why I would want to "buy" an email service, unless it was part of an email-based business venture, where I wanted a name - and then, I would be more likely to buy a domain and go with the registrar's service.

Whatever I want, I can get for free, although it might require a "black hat". I know "free" providers that will give really fancy email services, and I know that the services I rely on are not going to fall over tomorrow.

I think you need a discount deal or two, linking into some premium services, in addition to email, to make this idea take off. A free offer would just help those eBay scammers, and get you a bad reputation. Perhaps you could roll in a deal that included access to Pogo Games, for example.

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crabfoot Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 821 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 1)	There are a lot of caveats to be considered here. The gmail/hotmail addresses are no longer acceptable to register with eBay, because they have been heavily abused by scammers. If the service is offered free, you need some sort of checking mechanism to screen out Mr Bogus, or you will find the scammers are in clover again. Many check the validity of the postcode, or the telephone number. Having said that, I once helped a friend of mine in the Ukraine to register a free UK email address. He needed an address with a valid UK postcode, I gave him one. Unfortunately, the house it applies to was removed by Hitler (Demolition) GMBH over 60 years ago, but the email still works! People get free email from their ISPs - then find out that it ties them to the service. You could use this as a marketing point, "a separate email address allows you to change your ISP easily, with seamless continuity" or something similar. But you would really have to spell it out, or target people who have had a bad ISP experience, before you can win them over. I have been using a couple of free services for some time now, to divorce myself gradually from my ISP and gain independence. I'm not using the free email I get with my domains, because it gets tedious having to check all those mailboxes on a regular basis. I have eight "regular" email addresses, some of which are targeted to receive business (I only look at the number of mails and check the messages if the number has changed), some of which are full of spam (I open those once a fortnight and delete a few hundred mails), and two of which I check daily. I cannot see why I would want to "buy" an email service, unless it was part of an email-based business venture, where I wanted a name - and then, I would be more likely to buy a domain and go with the registrar's service. Whatever I want, I can get for free, although it might require a "black hat". I know "free" providers that will give really fancy email services, and I know that the services I rely on are not going to fall over tomorrow. I think you need a discount deal or two, linking into some premium services, in addition to email, to make this idea take off. A free offer would just help those eBay scammers, and get you a bad reputation. Perhaps you could roll in a deal that included access to Pogo Games, for example. __________________ Cloud Factories ppi-info Last edited by crabfoot; 28-05-2009 at 02:43:54 AM.