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Do you know that using free email
is a VERY BAD business idea?
Lots of people still do not realize how bad an idea
it is to use free email services such as Hotmail or
Yahoo!® Mail). If you've never thought of it, it's still
time to reconsider, before it's too late. Here as six
reasons why.
Six reasons why using free email
services such as Yahoo or Hotmail is a bad
idea.
1. It's
more and more likely that online merchants will
refuse your order. The reason? Too much fraud is
associated with these free accounts; the vast
majority, in fact. So some merchants simply refuse to
accept orders that originate from them. This is our own
case. We do not accept orders from free email
accounts.
2. Your emails may never reach their
recipients. Why? Because so much spam originates
from free account providers. Some Internet Service
Providers (ISPs) simply "blacklist" whole blocks of
their emails – along with yours, potentially – and
refuse to pass them along. There is therefore greater
potential to see emails from such free services as Yahoo
or Hotmail ignored by a number of companies out
there.
3. You'll lose your account if you
don't use it within a certain time. Sure, that's not a
big deal if you use it only for casual, occasional
contacts. But it's crucial if you've used it to register
at Web sites, for example, or order services that
require email notifications. If there are problems with
your account and your address is expired, you're out of
luck. Alll your emails may be lost.
4. It's next
to impossible to get an email address that's easily
useable, let alone memorable. There are just too
many variations in circulation. If for instance your
name is Handy Bus, we bet you will never be able to get
your email to look like handy@yahoo.com or handyb@hotmail.com.
The best you could hope for is some impersonal variation
such as mailto:bhandy50030@yahoo.com.
Do you really want to be a number on the
Internet?
5. Want to use POP3 via Outlook,
for example, or IMAP via Netscape Messenger? You're out
of luck with free Yahoo Mail – Free email services
do not allow IMAP or POP3, so you cannot download your
emails to your computer and read them there. Free email
services want you to visit their sites, so your freedom
is basically hijacked.
6. The adage that "there's
no such thing as a free lunch" is true of these email
accounts, too. Every free email you send could include
advertising insertions, for instance. Do you really want
to be advertising an email provider's promotions when
you're applying for a job, or registering a complaint,
or communicating with friends?
So, if you're relying on a
free email account, it's time to reconsider.
We recommend a robust,
unique, personalized email account from Handy Business
Systems that works with you and promotes YOUR
domain name and your own identity.
Eight reasons why
using a personalized email service is a good
idea
1. It's personalized
because your email address will be based on a domain
name of your choice, which could be based on your own
name or the name of your company. Suppose your name is
Handy Bus and you register the domain name http://www.handybizsys.net/.
Well, now you could have an email such as hmailto:handy@handybizsys.net.
Plus, a personalized email means you could offer email
addresses to your friends, family and
employees.
2. Merchants will easily
accept your orders because they will trust the
uniqueness of your personalized email address. You can
thus freely, securely, and elegantly shop
online.
3. You can reach 100% of
your correspondents because there is very little
chance of seeing your domain name blacklisted by ISPs
and other companies because of spam or other illegal
activities.
4. You do not have to use
your account frequently. It's there, available to
you at all times, whether you log in daily, monthly or
once a year. There is no risk of de-activation or
suspension if you do not use it frequently.
5. You do not have to
spend hours on a free email Web sites such as Yahoo,
trying to find a version of your name that is still
available. You will not be a number such as bhandy50030@yahoo.com.
You will be handyb@hotmail.com.
It will be you from start to finish and you can boast
about it if you want!
6. Your identity is
protected. In a few years, it will become important
for individuals to protect their identity by registering
domain names that correspond to their names. Not doing
so could result in someone else legally "stealing" your
name by owning the corresponding domain name. What if
you became famous and finally came to realize you need
your name registered as a domain name? Well, soon it
will be too late. Do it now before someone else takes
your name legally!
7. You can use POP3 or
IMAP-compatible software to read emails directly on your
computer. With POP3 o IMAP for instance, you do not
need to visit the server or Web site that hosts your
domain name and emails. Simply enter a few information
in Outlook Express, Netscape Messenger or Eudora, and
wham! Your emails are downloaded to your computer for
easier, faster and more comfortable management and
reading (POP3), or your emails are kept on the server,
but shown to you directly on your computer as if you
were actually sitting on the server hosting your emails
(IMAP).
8. You do not have to
suffer through advertising notices and banners. You
are free to do what you want with your account. It's
yours. It's private. No one monitors what you are
doing.
So, if you're
relying on a free email account, it's time to
reconsider. We
recommend a robust, unique, personalized email account
from the Handy Business Systems that works with you and
promotes YOUR domain name and your own identity.
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