Soldato
Hey
Firstly, my bad if this is not the right subforum, I scrolled through 4 times and this is the best I could find, yet I feel it doesn't fit..
I cannot apologise enough for the following post. Its pretty much an unfiltered dump directly from my brain and would probably be better split over a few posts, but here we are.
I'm about to launch what I guess could be called a "hobby business". The product is in my hand, and the packaging is 90% done.
Total investment is very low. In my mind, if I can make a few quid a week I'll call it a success, along with the knowledge I have gained for any future projects.
I'll be doing the ebay / amazon thing initially, and honestly, this product is suited to that so will probably go no further (though I already have product range 2 in my head)
The problem...
I'm about to sign up for an email, and *[email protected] is taken, and any kind of variation such as my.brand@gmail or anything that doesn't look stupid is taken. I could get [email protected], but I feel like I've never seen a business use @live where I've seen a few @gmails. I guess, honestly, its only really the PayPal address and no one will care?
However... mybrand.com is available, and even if I have no plans to use it soon, I guess I would be a fool not to secure that right?
The question...
Should I take [email protected] or [email protected] and just secure the mybrand.com domain at lowest cost, or...
...Should I just take the mybrand.com and have a [email protected]? As I said, this has been a low cost endeavor thus far, so blowing money per month on a vanity e-mail address doesn't seam like the way to go to me...
Does anyone have a recommendation for the cheapest way to sit on a domain and not use it, or the cheapest way to register a domain and make use of it via e-mail?
In case its not clear, I know literally nothing about domain names or how e-mail works.
Any advise would be very, very much appreciated...
Thanks
Firstly, my bad if this is not the right subforum, I scrolled through 4 times and this is the best I could find, yet I feel it doesn't fit..
I cannot apologise enough for the following post. Its pretty much an unfiltered dump directly from my brain and would probably be better split over a few posts, but here we are.
I'm about to launch what I guess could be called a "hobby business". The product is in my hand, and the packaging is 90% done.
Total investment is very low. In my mind, if I can make a few quid a week I'll call it a success, along with the knowledge I have gained for any future projects.
I'll be doing the ebay / amazon thing initially, and honestly, this product is suited to that so will probably go no further (though I already have product range 2 in my head)
The problem...
I'm about to sign up for an email, and *[email protected] is taken, and any kind of variation such as my.brand@gmail or anything that doesn't look stupid is taken. I could get [email protected], but I feel like I've never seen a business use @live where I've seen a few @gmails. I guess, honestly, its only really the PayPal address and no one will care?
However... mybrand.com is available, and even if I have no plans to use it soon, I guess I would be a fool not to secure that right?
The question...
Should I take [email protected] or [email protected] and just secure the mybrand.com domain at lowest cost, or...
...Should I just take the mybrand.com and have a [email protected]? As I said, this has been a low cost endeavor thus far, so blowing money per month on a vanity e-mail address doesn't seam like the way to go to me...
Does anyone have a recommendation for the cheapest way to sit on a domain and not use it, or the cheapest way to register a domain and make use of it via e-mail?
In case its not clear, I know literally nothing about domain names or how e-mail works.
Any advise would be very, very much appreciated...
Thanks