You may have initially purchased your web hosting account just to get your site onto the Internet, but depending on the hosting plan you purchased you may also have the ability to create/manage e‑mail accounts for your domain. In fact, some web hosts offer inexpensive e‑mail‑only cPanel accounts that don’t include web hosting.
If you already have e‑mail accounts from other sources (perhaps through your ISP or from a free service like Hotmail or Gmail) you might be wondering why you should bother with more e‑mail accounts. Here are a few of the many reasons:
Give your communication a more polished appearance: This is especially important if you are running your own business. If you sell products online and then ask people to contact you at an AOL or Hotmail e‑mail account, they may wonder if your company is real. With e‑mail coming from your domain, you can give the impression that you are a large business even if you’re just...