LESSON #26: Email Address on Your Own Domain

In the past few lessons, we’ve registered a domain name, and then we acquired web hosting.

Today we’re going to start putting your domain to good use, by setting up an email address on it…

(Watch this video…)

Main points:

  • Most people are still using freebie email accounts.

  • Don’t use cheesy email addresses!

  • Why it’s important to have an email address on your own domain:

    1) It looks more professional. This is more important than you may think. You want to invoke TRUST.

    2) You have ultimate control of what’s delivered to your inbox. You can avoid having to search through junkmail folders for important messages, or you can add high levels of filtering.

    3) It can improve your outgoing email deliverability rate. This is an important concept for list building. An increase of a few percent can make a difference of thousands of dollars of profit.

  • (Video shows how to set up an email account via Cpanel)

  • (Video shows how to check email via the web… ie. http://yourdomain.com:2095 )

  • (How to configure Microsoft Outlook for POP3)

  • (How to set up an email forwarder)

  • Forwarders allow you to advertise or give out a certain email address without actually having to manage another email account.

    Action step:

    1) Set up an email account or a forwarder on your own domain (if you don’t yet have one).

    2) Test it and make sure it works.

    Important Note: If you’ve changed your primary email address, be sure to update your subscriptions such as Eric’s Tips. For Eric’s Tips, just click the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any email from me… but on the following page do NOT unsubscribe. Instead simply change your email address to your new address and save it.

    Now that you’re all set up with your email, it’s time to turn our attention to building your website starting in the next lesson.

    As always, you are welcome to post your questions and comments below :-)

    Have a great day!

  • 117 Comments

    • At 2008.10.25 05:31, venkatesha s said:

      Dear Sir,

      Please creat my website as above

      • At 2008.10.25 12:24, Eric said:

        Not sure what you mean venkatesha…

        • At 2009.05.15 05:19, opara john said:

          sir,thanks for ur lesson ,please teach me how to creat my own marketing e mail adress that only me can have access to it ,thanks for ur concern.

        • At 2008.10.25 05:50, Mohamed Aslam said:

          Nice Tutorial. Thank you and Keep it up..!

          • At 2008.10.25 12:24, Eric said:

            Thanks Mohamed!

          • At 2008.10.25 06:02, Andy said:

            Thanks,Eric!
            There are a lot of things we must do but…
            Andy

            • At 2008.10.25 06:14, Liz said:

              lol not its not a professional name Eric lol i know that but it wont be used on my professional site either lol good to have you back

              • At 2008.10.25 06:45, Angelina said:

                Hi Eric,
                Thanks for again another great lesson. Somehow I thought having a gmail account is respectable but I will follow the action step soon and update my subscription to Eric’s tips newsletter soon thereafter…
                Other points I appreciate about your lessons are your solid recommendations for building a real online business. Now I have realized that for a newcomer like myself, it is more productive to invest in real business opportunities like the domain seller business you have recommended earlier. Having this one in place, one can then learn online strategies to maximize opportunities. Rather than buying internet marketing stuffs that purports to boost your online earning with lightning speed!Judging from experience, it is so easy for a beginner to be tempted to buy the next internet marketing training course to make money in affiliate programs and everything in the internet; forgetting that it takes time to really learn and apply those strategies… Thank you for making that emphasis on us building a real product for a lasting online business opportunity. God bless!

                • At 2008.10.25 12:27, Eric said:

                  I’d say Gmail is respectable in most circles, its just not as good as your own domain. As Loren mentions below, you can get away with Gmail if you use a formal address.

                • At 2008.10.25 08:56, Tom Curran said:

                  Hey Eric,

                  This was another very informative lesson. I agree with you 100%. If you are going to give yourself a professional appearance online, you need to have an email set up on your own domain.

                  The freebie email accounts are great if you want to sign up for mailing lists and you aren’t looking to promote your website.

                  The name recognition and credibility that you build up online is critical to your success. If you establish a positive reputation at the beginning, this will stay with you and help you to become very successful online.

                  Eric, thanks for another great lesson.

                  Tom Curran
                  http://www.vipmarketingsecrets.com/

                  • At 2008.10.25 12:28, Eric said:

                    Yup, freebie emails are good for signing up for FFA mailing lists, etc. Thanks Tom

                  • At 2008.10.25 09:02, Loren said:

                    If you do not have a domain yet and must use a free email provider, use gmail. Gmail conjures a much more positive brand recognition than ‘hotmail’ and the like. Just be sure to use a more formal address such as firstname.lastname@gmail.com. If have seen this technique used with success in a professional setting. Again, this is if you do not have a hosted domain yet (or if your domain is cheesy).

                    • At 2008.10.25 12:29, Eric said:

                      Good call, I agree bro :-)

                    • At 2008.10.25 09:36, Luca - Reach Success Online said:

                      Hi Eric,
                      I do have my own domain email address but was actually thinking of changing it to a Gmail account because I see so many marketers with a Gmail address. I though that they knew something I did’nt. I thought it was to avoid spam. Your advice is timely. I will use my Gmail account for newsletters and optins so my primary account does’nt get overwhelming as it is now.
                      I’ve looked at your Trading System but I don’t think I have the personality for it. It sounds a little risky.
                      Maybe a post from you so we could discuss it would help.
                      Do you have an affiliate program for it? I’d consider promoting it on my blog.

                      Thanks and keep up the great work

                      • At 2008.10.25 12:40, Eric said:

                        Keep in mind there are things you can do to eliminate spam from your account, such as spam assasson, box trapper, or a paid service like spam arrest.

                        There is always risk involved in trading, but the method Dave teaches shows how to totally minimize the risk and manage it by the numbers.

                        I thought about posting about it on Erics Tips, but I was afraid it might actually be TOO effective and take everyone’s focus away from Internet marketing while we’re in the middle of my lessons. But since I’m advertising it in the sidebar now, I suppose it would have made just as much sense to write about it.

                        There is an affiliate program on clickbank:
                        Click here to become an affiliate
                        Click here to get your affiliate link

                        • At 2008.10.25 15:38, Luca - Reach Success Online said:

                          Thanks Eric,
                          Do you have any promo materials yet such as banners or pre written blog posts?

                          • At 2008.10.25 23:36, Eric said:

                            I don’t have any banners, but I do have some email copy that you can use and could also customize for a blog post. Please open a helpdesk ticket or send an email to the questions@ email address on the Trading Pro site, and we’ll get that to you.

                      • At 2008.10.25 09:52, proson cheng said:

                        Hi Eric, I know what you mean, in fact I was using my own domain email address before I switching to use gmail, why? primary reasons, email spams. you know every email stored in my domain account cost me money and spam emails actually wasting my time of deleting unwanted emails. I don’t want that to happen.

                        for a gmail account for instance they have an in built spam filters and there is no cost of using it. More importantly I don’t need to worry about disk space which I got charged if it is oversized. so why I am using freebie account. I know there is spam arrest type of thing to block spams, but you know it cost money as well. well anyway, your email forwarding probably is one solution to the spam problems but if I forward it to a gmail account, when I reply my subscribers will know this is a free email account anyway…

                        after Eric, spamming is a pain issue!
                        thanks for your tips by the way…

                        Proson

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                        • At 2008.10.25 12:43, Eric said:

                          Good points Proson. Spam sucks

                        • At 2008.10.25 10:43, Gary Packer said:

                          Hi Eric,

                          First of all, let me say a big thank you for the FREE lessons. They are a great help to those of us who are just starting out with internet marketing.

                          The title of your latest mailing had me smiling (is your email a PROFESSIONAL email address?).

                          I must say that I use a free email address purely for subscribing to newsletters and would never think to use it for my marketing emails.

                          Some of the solo ad email addresses I have received from some who are using them for marketing emails are, quite frankly, unbelievable, for instance, ones like pinkfluffyfairy@xxxxxxx.com or rabidrabbit@xxxxx.com.

                          In all honesty, would you take people with email addresses like that seriously?

                          Eric, you have some valuable lessons on offer here and I would be very surprised that those who do take your advice does not make some success at internet marketing.

                          Keep up the good work. I will keep an eye out for your further emails.

                          Kind Regards,

                          Gary

                          • At 2008.10.25 12:43, Eric said:

                            Thank Gary, I appreciate it :)

                          • At 2008.10.25 11:13, WhoWantsLeads said:

                            Hi 5 Eric. Now that is what most people need. Real World applications, not theories.

                            • At 2008.10.25 11:19, Sandy said:

                              Hi Eric, I have been following your lessons. I would like to ask you if you have ever tried to sell a physical product not a digital or ebook product? I have a website that sells costume teddy bears. I don’t have a front end product or back end product just the bears. Do you have any suggestions for someone who is selling a physical product? Thank you for your attention to this issue.

                              Sandy

                              • At 2008.10.25 12:48, Eric said:

                                I have sold physical products on Ebay, and I have also sold physical infoproducts (CD’s, DVD’s).

                                For a specialty ecommerce store such as yours, I would recommend getting this:

                                Stomping the Search Engines from StomperNet.

                                Brad Fallon and Andy Jenkins make a killing from such stores (Brad sells wedding favors, and Andy sells swords, among other things…). They’re really on the cutting edge of that type of Internet marketing, and they specialize in optimizing your store for success and getting free traffic from the search engines.

                              • At 2008.10.25 13:00, Hal Olney said:

                                Thanks, Eric,
                                I needed this lesson because I have to get rid of the domain address I am currently using for the newsletters I get. No I wont cuss but I want to, Someone stole my domain address and sent it to a lot of list servers and I’m getting scads of spam. So, it reminded me that I hadn’t changed the address for you. It is changed now. So, even the domain addresses are not safe. But, we can block a specific address as a throw-away.
                                Yeah, this lesson was necessary.
                                Thanks again.
                                Hal

                                • At 2008.10.25 13:13, Jeff Miles said:

                                  Eric, you are correct on using email on your own domain. And the name also should make sense not some non-sensical name or numbers.

                                  I use free email to sign up to newsletters.

                                  Good point keep it up !

                                  Jeff Miles

                                  • At 2008.10.25 16:02, Mike Kingston said:

                                    Thanks Eric
                                    Another great lesson in such a clear, relaxed and concise style. You always manage to hit on details that I’ve been uncomfortable with, and given me confidence. Email forwarding is now so simple - I messed it up before.
                                    Many Thanks
                                    Mike Kingston

                                    • At 2008.10.25 17:13, ken said:

                                      Great info as usual Eric.
                                      This has to be the best FREE course of lessons on the web today.

                                      You rock man,

                                      Ken.

                                      • At 2008.10.25 21:23, Eric said:

                                        Thanks Ken :-)

                                      • At 2008.10.25 18:38, Halina said:

                                        Hi Eric,
                                        I am agree with Gary and want to thank you thousand times for your free lessons.
                                        They are a great help.
                                        I have one question. I am involved in the Trading Program. I began the 30 days bonus but I can not open the files. It is very pity.
                                        Please perhaps you could provide me with info on this regards.
                                        Thank you very much

                                        • At 2008.10.25 21:25, Eric said:

                                          Regarding the trading program… If you’re having trouble viewing/downloading any of the files in the member area please open a ticket at http://www.ericsupport.com If you are having issues with the Daily Market Review, please send an email to Dave, his contact info is on the support page of our member area. Thanks

                                        • At 2008.10.26 05:39, roniks said:

                                          Hi Eric
                                          I’ve a forwarded a/c but continue to use a free email address.Reason: simply my website is not ready.Wouldn’t want to dissappoint those who may want to search my URL N find it not ready. Does it make sense.Looking to the next lesson on website building.
                                          Thanks for the great lessons you have been giving out.

                                          • At 2008.10.26 08:46, Mike Wong said:

                                            Hi Eric,

                                            Thanks Eric for lesson #26.”How to set up an
                                            email account”.I still couldn’t follow some
                                            parts in the video.

                                            1. In ” Mail Account Maintenance” section:-
                                            What info must I type into the fields.

                                            Address Login
                                            Outlook Express
                                            |__________| |_| cpdemo |___| Auto config
                                            Change
                                            |_ info _| |_|info@cpdemo |__|Quota

                                            Add Mail Account:

                                            1. Should I use my username @mydomain name: “username@maximumincometips.com” ?
                                            OR: ” mike@ideacash.org

                                            I appreciate your comment on this.

                                            Thanks and God Bless,
                                            Mike

                                            • At 2008.10.26 13:51, Eric said:

                                              When you set it up in Outlook, the username would be the full email address that you created on your domain. Depending on the settings of your web host, you might need to use a “+” in the username instead of “@”. But usually the “@” will work.

                                            • At 2008.10.26 09:07, Michaela said:

                                              Hi! Eric,
                                              I have emails with domain, but I cannot see where in Eric’s tips I can change my email, this being a free blog/newslwter we don’t have accounts.
                                              Anyway I’ll create new email for my new website with the domain in them as well.

                                              Thanks, YES you are the one who teach useful details and how to…, about all components of a business, the rest of the world just tell you “what you need to do”, like “you need a squeeze page”, well, thank you, I already know, but how to, which elements will attract visitors and so and so.

                                              This is why I am here, you know to teach, and everything is coming from a good, solid, and success proved experience.

                                              By the way, this is why I like “country first” vs. “spread the wealth” = experiments ideas coming from nothing.
                                              Regards
                                              Michaela

                                              • At 2008.10.26 18:00, Don said:

                                                Question!

                                                Is there a way to “Send” emails “From” this newly created email address???

                                                Don

                                                • At 2008.10.26 19:14, Eric said:

                                                  Yes, it is a full email account and you can send from it either via the webmail platform, or via SMTP (SMTP is the sending side of POP3. If you set it up in Outlook, it will send through the account via SMTP).

                                                  The only case where you would not be able to send FROM it, would be if you only set up a forwarder without creating an email account. However, Outlook also allows you to essentially “spoof” your own email address, so you could actually make emails appear to be from yourname@yourdomain.com even if they were being sent via yourname@anotherdomain.com (although some of the recipients of your email would still see yourname@anotherdomain.com due to safety mechanisms on their own email client).

                                                • At 2008.10.26 18:30, Company Registration said:

                                                  Hey Eric,

                                                  Couldnt agree more. Was having a chat with a professional friend over the weekend who promotes herself as an expert and still uses yahoo!

                                                  Lets just say the marketing conversation that I unloaded on her was straight to the point.

                                                  Rich

                                                  • At 2008.10.26 23:46, Sze said:

                                                    Hi Eric,
                                                    The way you teach us shows you’re one of the few internet marketers who really know what they are doing - quite a contrast to the many who are only interested in selling us their products, and nothing else.

                                                    I’d like to extend a note of deep appreciation for the kind things you do -like sending us free teaching videos.

                                                    May God bless your life mightily and prosper you in all that you do.

                                                    • At 2008.10.27 04:32, Jenni said:

                                                      Hi Eric
                                                      Are you planning on doing a session on how to change from one isp to another? I would find that really helpful.
                                                      Regards
                                                      Jenni

                                                      • At 2008.10.27 21:39, Eric said:

                                                        Are you referring to changing web hosts? If you’re moving from one Cpanel host to another, it’s pretty easy. If you’re moving to a different platform it can be trickier if you have databases. I’m not planning on covering it in a session, but my recommended web host (Hostgator) will actually move your site for you if you switch to them.

                                                      • At 2008.10.27 06:31, WS Tips said:

                                                        I seen so many web site owners they have their own domain (website) and email address but they use free emails like hotmail, yahoo or gmail , may be they want to save the space because if you start to submit email address , so more then 80% of email are garbage emails. But if you have good space from hosting provider you should use your own domain , you can empty the mailbox anytime.

                                                        • At 2008.10.27 07:40, Harry said:

                                                          Hi,

                                                          Given the growing support for ‘cloud computing’ the bad effect of using say gmail.com is probably not so great as it once was.

                                                          What is important is the name you choose hotdude96 for example might be a fun name for personal email but does not convey a professional image.

                                                          On the other hand if you take advantage of the gmail’s Address Plus function you can have email addresses such as

                                                          johndoe.acmeincATgmail.com

                                                          or

                                                          sales.acmeincATgmail.com

                                                          Which are probably ok for small & medium sized businesses.

                                                          7 or 8 yrs ago people might have been impressed if you owned your own domain, but I doubt that there’s any significant status value these days.

                                                          Harry

                                                          • At 2008.10.27 08:42, Sarah Cook said:

                                                            Thanks for the helpful tips. I’m newer to this world of social networking, websites, etc. so I am always fascinated with the new information out there. Thanks for passing this along to those of us who are not ‘in the know’

                                                            • At 2008.10.27 09:58, Michael said:

                                                              Eric,

                                                              How do you decide what message rules to make?

                                                              I think I’m guilty of message rule overkill - I have over 120!

                                                              I probably have too many subcategories. For instance, instead of having 1 rule for all social websites, I have a rule for MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, etc…

                                                              Any suggestions?

                                                              • At 2008.10.27 21:41, Eric said:

                                                                If it’s efficient for you, I wouldn’t worry about having too many rules. You’re letting your computer do the work for you.

                                                              • At 2008.10.27 11:34, Mary E. Griswold said:

                                                                Eric, now you are getting into things I need. I have been trying to get my book on my website. I didn’t even know there was a thing called PDF. It has been days finding out about this PDF. Hopefully I’ll get my book on my site soon. Thanks for your help. God bless you.
                                                                Mary

                                                                • At 2008.10.27 16:49, Wendy said:

                                                                  I have my domain emails sent through my Gmail account using Google’s Mail Fetcher, so I can send and receive with email addresses on my domain and still use Gmail’s awesome spam filtering and awesome searching capabilities.

                                                                  • At 2008.10.27 20:38, Rod said:

                                                                    Hey Eric,
                                                                    Super nice lessons. You’ve gone way beyond, this time. I have a question a little off topic. I’m intrigued by your video. What application do you use to produce it and how do you put it on the web? It’s really nice. Thanks for your work, Eric!

                                                                    • At 2008.10.27 21:43, Eric said:

                                                                      I use a screen capture program called Camtasia, by Techsmith. It has a built in editor and flash producer, and I upload the flash videos via FTP to my website.

                                                                      • At 2008.10.28 09:39, Rod said:

                                                                        Hey Thanks, Eric!
                                                                        Yes, that’s it! I’d purchased a product on which you and Joel did some nice stuff with Camtasia. So… is the slick-looking viewer on your site also from Camtasia, or is that from somewhere else?

                                                                        • At 2008.10.28 11:03, Eric said:

                                                                          The viewer itself is from Camtasia, and they enable the ability to drop in your own pre-load graphic or movie. The “viewer” that you see before you click to watch the movie is just a static image that I made in photoshop. When you click that image, it brings up the real player.

                                                                    • At 2008.10.29 22:04, Juneroy Gay said:

                                                                      Hi Eric.
                                                                      Can you do a lesson on changing a active domain. I have one i need to get change.

                                                                      One Love.
                                                                      Junero

                                                                      • At 2008.10.30 00:54, Kasim said:

                                                                        Thanks 4ur good effort 2 enrich our knowledge.pls cud u supply me info on GOOd website host( Pay & Free). Thanks.

                                                                        • At 2008.10.30 00:56, Kasim said:

                                                                          Thanks 4ur good effort 2 enrich our knowledge.pls cud u supply me info on GOOD website host( both Payhost & Freehost). Thanks.

                                                                          • At 2008.10.30 17:54, Melissa said:

                                                                            Hey Eric,
                                                                            Just wanted to say that I been missing you. It has been a while since your last email. I’m patiently waiting for lesson 27. I hope that I have not missed it somehow. I really depend on your advice. It means a lot to me. You keep up the good work and God Bless You and Your Family.

                                                                            • At 2008.10.31 10:12, Michaela said:

                                                                              Hello Eric,
                                                                              I got on my cPanel today, and I noticed that you have a new control panel layout. I like it is more intuitive, I have to play a little more with it. I like that it is a video icon in top when I click on different icons from control panel, but I cannot hear them, I don’t know why, you are still working on it?
                                                                              As usual you are inventive and in top of new technology.
                                                                              Michaela

                                                                              • At 2008.11.02 14:22, Suzi said:

                                                                                Hi Eric.

                                                                                I am looking at using xsite pro to build my website. From what I can see though, it can’t be used with macs. Do you know if there is a way around this, or can you suggest an alternative software to use for mac users?

                                                                                Thank you

                                                                                • At 2008.11.04 01:02, Ngahiwi Smythe said:

                                                                                  Hi Eric
                                                                                  Thanks from me too for the awesome free tutorials.

                                                                                  Wendy is correct. Google Mail Fetcher is awesome.
                                                                                  You dont have to go to your own domain to get your mail.
                                                                                  In fact Google Labs are a great source of information, applications etc and its all free!

                                                                                  • At 2008.11.04 17:02, Michaela said:

                                                                                    Hi!
                                                                                    I vote today, now I am back to my work.

                                                                                    I spent more time on cPanel I have from Host Gator, I like the new layout. And the templates are absolutely great.

                                                                                    I have and I work for 2 years now with xSitePro and I like a lot, I don’t see any reason to change the tool especially because:
                                                                                    * Site Builder and Site Studio don’t work with add-on domains
                                                                                    * I really am handy with xSitePro

                                                                                    Because I like the templates on cPanel I have some questions:
                                                                                    1) it is possible to import a template from cPanel on xSite Pro? How? (I used to import Joel’s templates on xSite Pro and worked very well)
                                                                                    2) if the import is possible, the template in xSite Pro will be customizable as well? I hope YES because the customization is part of xSite Pro functionality.

                                                                                    Let me know
                                                                                    Thanks
                                                                                    Michaela

                                                                                    • At 2008.11.06 00:31, Eric said:

                                                                                      Any template that you can import into XSitePro can be customized in XSitePro, but I’m not sure what you mean by importing it from Cpanel?

                                                                                      • At 2008.11.06 08:22, Michaela said:

                                                                                        Eric,
                                                                                        in the new layout of cPanel (a have it from my hostgator account) there is a button now for free templates (4,000 or so of them) they are excellent. My question was if I can import one of them to my eSitePro.
                                                                                        Thanks
                                                                                        Michaela

                                                                                    • At 2008.11.05 02:29, Nik Nasruddin N.M said:

                                                                                      Dear Eric,

                                                                                      I think the BEST way to build a good website is to have all related functions in one internet builder. I mean you get your own email address,marketing tool,written salescopy,website builder,payment setup,opt in list,contact list,recommended traffic tool and much much more.I use this software to build my own website http://www.easyartscraftstips.com.

                                                                                      http://www.bebiz.com/internet-business-builder/t/996320

                                                                                      Nik Nasruddin NM
                                                                                      http://www.easyartscraftstips.com

                                                                                      • At 2008.12.01 16:32, Bounama Diallo said:

                                                                                        Great, Eric
                                                                                        We’re really learning, no jokes.
                                                                                        Je further we go, the more we get.
                                                                                        Keep it high
                                                                                        Thanks
                                                                                        Bounama

                                                                                        • At 2008.12.05 17:59, Antonio Neo said:

                                                                                          I not stendy your expression in my email,especific please

                                                                                          • At 2008.12.14 16:18, Irene said:

                                                                                            Hi Eric,
                                                                                            Thanks again for the great tips. Merry Christmas!
                                                                                            Blessings,
                                                                                            Irene

                                                                                            • At 2008.12.19 01:58, Leanne said:

                                                                                              Once again, you have saved the day. I was finally able to get all that accomplished and thanx to you have the domain, the hosting provider, set nameservers, and e-mail account. WOW, that was a lot and some of it was a little tough for this newbie. But once again, you helped me understand all of that stuff. You are a great teacher, Eric. Thanx so much for all your help. You ROCK!!!!

                                                                                              • At 2009.01.07 10:32, Najma said:

                                                                                                Hi Eric, I cannot get through to Mike’s Affiliate website. can I have another link please. Thanks!

                                                                                                • At 2009.01.20 17:48, kestia mMangura said:

                                                                                                  Thank You so very much Eric

                                                                                                  Kestia

                                                                                                  • At 2009.01.20 18:01, kestia mMangura said:

                                                                                                    Hi mEric
                                                                                                    I forgot something. My choice is sxydude44@yahoo.com
                                                                                                    Kestia

                                                                                                    • At 2009.01.22 18:56, kestia Mangura said:

                                                                                                      Hi Eric
                                                                                                      I see what are you talking about this morning.For another website yes but I will talk to you about it soon.
                                                                                                      kestia

                                                                                                      • At 2009.02.02 10:26, Margaret J Aleman said:

                                                                                                        Good lesson. I have one email address on my site for “info@mybatehsets.com” but I think I will make another one - “Margaret@mybathesets.com”. I agree that is a great idea and much more credible - not to mention more professional. Thanks for all the valuable information. Margaret.

                                                                                                        • At 2009.02.27 16:09, Neil said:

                                                                                                          Thanks Eric
                                                                                                          I’ve just got a question. As you can see, I have a .co.uk account (which you can’t even enter in the Getgater application form). I am considering getting a new .com domain name but what do I do with the affiliates I already have? Do I need to contact them one by one to change my url details or is there a more efficient way?

                                                                                                          • At 2009.02.28 16:42, Eric said:

                                                                                                            you can silently redirect your old domain to your new one, so it should not affect your affiliates at all. Most domain registrars allow you to do this, so you wouldn’t even need to keep paying for hosting for the old domain. If your affiliate program is actually running on the domain itself (ie. your domain is actually a part of the affiliate’s affiliate link), then it will be a bit more work, but still very do-able.

                                                                                                            By the way, hostgator CAN host your .co.uk domain. You just need to click “I will use My Existing Domain and update My Nameservers only.” on the first step of the order form.

                                                                                                          • At 2009.03.08 07:49, Majeed Mahdi said:

                                                                                                            Thank you for your efforts to build this video
                                                                                                            lesson.I saw your video at first time and I am looking for other 25 lessons.
                                                                                                            yours sincerly
                                                                                                            Majeed
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                                                                                                            • At 2009.03.14 14:43, Gail said:

                                                                                                              I have a gmail account and only gave it to one person and much to my surprise I get lots of other mail on there. Some the same as my yahoo account.I only monitor my yahoo account which is loaded everyday. I once signed up for survey taking and after that I got tons of spam mail. Just a warning for others

                                                                                                              • At 2009.04.01 12:35, Chris Harris said:

                                                                                                                Thank you SO much. I’ve never used Outlook before ’cause I don’t understand the procedure. I had a lot of trouble with lavabit. But since this lesson I have been successful. I even changed my email contact above. Now lets see if I can get this VERY valuable info. Thanks. Since starting an On-line business, my learning curve has “flat lined” my business. You have helped and I shall be sure to give back some of your valuable assistance. Chris

                                                                                                                • At 2009.04.02 16:39, Kevin said:

                                                                                                                  I have been following your videos & pausing them so that I can copy what you are doing.

                                                                                                                  However, when trying to create a new email acccount, I don’t get a successful message like you do.

                                                                                                                  I get Account created. The email account xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.com with the login The disk write test failed. You may have exceeded your quota, or the disk is full. and password xxxxxx with a quota of 100 Megabytes was successfully created.

                                                                                                                  Could you please advise what’s wrong or what I am doing wrong?

                                                                                                                  Thnx

                                                                                                                  • At 2009.04.02 16:55, Eric said:

                                                                                                                    one of 3 possibilities…

                                                                                                                    1) your host’s server is full (unlikely)
                                                                                                                    2) your hosting account is full.
                                                                                                                    3) the 100MB that you chose for your email account exceeds the available quota for your hosting account.

                                                                                                                    On your main cpanel when you log in, you should be able to see your account’s quota…

                                                                                                                    • At 2009.04.02 20:10, Kevin said:

                                                                                                                      I don’t have any business yet…I am brand spanking new to this Internet Business stuff, but I purchased the basic Reseller Hosting Account.

                                                                                                                      • At 2009.04.13 16:09, Kevin said:

                                                                                                                        I spoke with Hostgator support & they advised me that I would have to go into the WHM & assign a package, however I don’t remember any of your videos explaining how to do that…

                                                                                                                        • At 2009.05.03 19:53, Kevin said:

                                                                                                                          Hey Eric,
                                                                                                                          I know you’ve been very busy, but I was wondering if you could explain to me what Hostgator Support meant by going into the WHM & assigning a package. I still haven’t figured out what they mean.
                                                                                                                          I would greatly appreciate any help you can provide regarding this matter.
                                                                                                                          Thanks

                                                                                                                          • At 2009.05.13 17:31, Eric said:

                                                                                                                            Your WHM is your reseller control panel. A package is the “limits” of the site you are setting up. For example, the amount of storage and bandwidth that you are assigning to that particular domain. Here is a tutorial about managing packages:

                                                                                                                            Hostgator WHM package management

                                                                                                                • At 2009.04.20 12:40, Rick said:

                                                                                                                  Eric,

                                                                                                                  When I tried to set up my email in lesson 26 I received a message that said “the disc write test failed I may have exceeded my quota or the disk is full. What do I do next?

                                                                                                                  Rick Huerta

                                                                                                                  • At 2009.04.20 13:16, Eric said:

                                                                                                                    On the main page when you log into your cpanel, you should be able to see if you’ve used your disk quota. If you have, you may need to delete some stuff, or upgrade to a bigger account. If you’ve still got space available, make sure the limits of the email account you’re attempting to create will fit within your remaining quota.
                                                                                                                    If that doesn’t solve it, contact your web host and provide as much specifics as possible.

                                                                                                                  • At 2009.05.07 11:04, casscilla cosby said:

                                                                                                                    i dont have a website but i want one can you make me one please!

                                                                                                                    • At 2009.05.13 16:48, Eric said:

                                                                                                                      These lessons will show you how to build one. And if you don’t want to build it, these lessons will also show you how to outsource it ;)

                                                                                                                    • At 2009.05.31 00:43, Viktor said:

                                                                                                                      Thanks!

                                                                                                                      • At 2009.06.28 20:42, jaka said:

                                                                                                                        any other free e-mail beside yahoo or google ?

                                                                                                                        • At 2009.07.04 12:02, Elliott said:

                                                                                                                          Hello Sir,
                                                                                                                          I want to thank you so much for your help. It has been such a blessing. I hope i have done avery thing correctly so far. Keep the lesson’s coming.

                                                                                                                          Thank You

                                                                                                                          • At 2009.08.21 10:59, robert said:

                                                                                                                            i went to hostgator but for some reason when i hit the down load button everything went dead.guess i have to start over with it and try again.what does error message 101 stack overload mean and how do you correct it?
                                                                                                                            thanks for the lessons i like them very much and i am learning about all my pass mistakes maybe this time i’ll do it right.thanks again.

                                                                                                                          • At 2009.08.24 01:58, Andres said:

                                                                                                                            Domain email would be better in a perfect world without spam and email filters.

                                                                                                                            I use only a Hotmail address to communicate with clients.

                                                                                                                            I have 24 email addresses between domain ones and free ones and I was tired of my address being blocked by email filters, rejected, or simply dissapearing.

                                                                                                                            I even attemped to use email aliases with Gmail to masquerade my gmail address as a domain email and created an alias for each people I emailed to track spammers and delete them (that I thought would be the perfect solution! the emais looked like send out from my domain, but Gmail was the sender, so his reputation made all my email to the inbox), but after creating 20 of these, my Gmail account suffered a technical glitch and I couldn’t log in to it for 3 months.

                                                                                                                            Gmail and Hotmail never get rejected and are very resistant to spam (spambox and spamassassin are crap). It is impossible to compete with the storage and capabilities they offer.

                                                                                                                            I can live with what some ignorant people could think about people using a free email address because all my emails get delivered.

                                                                                                                            • At 2009.08.24 21:48, dyuane said:

                                                                                                                              Eric,
                                                                                                                              thanks for the great info.

                                                                                                                              • At 2009.08.26 11:19, Claudia said:

                                                                                                                                Hi Eric! This was a great lesson and I like the idea of a domain account better than hotmail (live.com) While I am doing this course with you, I have put up a site on http://www.myclickbankbusiness.com to learn quickly what was involved. Andrew and Steven got me going with http://affiliatemarketersystems.com.
                                                                                                                                Now I’m getting back to doing my lessons with you and I want to know if I should stay at one hosting company OR use Host gator for what we are doing???

                                                                                                                                Thanks,
                                                                                                                                Claudia

                                                                                                                                • At 2009.08.28 01:13, Eric said:

                                                                                                                                  I’d say it just depends on whether you’re happy with your current host, and if they’re providing everything you need.

                                                                                                                                  It is important to have a good host, so if you have concerns I’d switch to Hostgator, but if not you’re probably OK.

                                                                                                                                • At 2009.08.26 11:35, Claudia said:

                                                                                                                                  Hi Eric,

                                                                                                                                  If I have a bunch of domains - say one for each ebook I am selling….I have setup a support@ email address for each…

                                                                                                                                  Should I have a personal email account on my company site , or have one on each site and forward them all to my company site??? How is the best way to set this up do you think?

                                                                                                                                  Thanks!!!
                                                                                                                                  Claudia

                                                                                                                                  • At 2009.08.28 01:10, Eric said:

                                                                                                                                    If you have a reason to keep the businesses separate, you could have emails on each of them. But in general, I would recommend trying to keep things simple for yourself. I would just keep your main support email and your personal email address on your company domain.

                                                                                                                                    and yes, you could use forwarders… I’ve done that a lot.

                                                                                                                                  • At 2009.09.09 16:00, zane said:

                                                                                                                                    Hey Eric just wanted to let you know cpanels has changed since you did the video,so navagation a bit different now…I hope you see this.

                                                                                                                                    • At 2009.09.09 20:22, Eric said:

                                                                                                                                      Yeah it kind of depends on where you’re hosted and what version of cpanel is on your server. But the email setup is fundamentally the same.

                                                                                                                                      But I do appreciate the heads up, and when I’m done with the 100 lessons I will probably go back and update some of the videos, so I will keep note of this one!

                                                                                                                                    • At 2009.10.13 19:59, edy sasongko said:

                                                                                                                                      Thanks for your tips on email issue. It change my mind. I am aware now in the business perspective which I never think about it.

                                                                                                                                      • At 2009.10.28 10:26, Bert said:

                                                                                                                                        Hi Eric,

                                                                                                                                        I also subscribed to Getresponse. What is the difference between Domain webmail and Getresponse?

                                                                                                                                        Thank.

                                                                                                                                        Bert

                                                                                                                                        • At 2009.11.06 02:29, Eric said:

                                                                                                                                          Getresponse is a 3rd party autoresponder and email management solution (I use Aweber). That’s what you use for building and communicating with your opt-in list(s). I’ll be covering that in depth later on.

                                                                                                                                          Your domain webmail is just an email account on your domain.

                                                                                                                                        • At 2009.12.13 03:33, Chuck Swope said:

                                                                                                                                          Great lesson, eric. I missed the lesson on CPanel; how can i get it?

                                                                                                                                        • At 2009.12.16 20:59, Sam said:

                                                                                                                                          Hi Eric,

                                                                                                                                          I hear what you are saying about my email address … and had a laugh! NO! I don’t use this address for any business oriented communications. It’s an old address I use for receiving expert “lessons” such as yours. Your lesson today has confirmed my set up so far!

                                                                                                                                          Sam

                                                                                                                                          • At 2010.01.25 04:56, make own music said:

                                                                                                                                            Hello Eric… ok, you got me :) But I have quite a few other email addresses, which are not from a freemail account. In a forum or blog, I prefer to use a freemail address…

                                                                                                                                            I’m very interested in the “Crazy Resale Rights - 7 DAYS ONLY!”, but I have a question:
                                                                                                                                            Do I need an Aweber Account for that?
                                                                                                                                            Did you use Adwords to receive so much traffic?

                                                                                                                                            I hope you can answer me, before it’s too late.

                                                                                                                                            Thank you very much.

                                                                                                                                            All the best,
                                                                                                                                            Arne

                                                                                                                                            • At 2010.01.29 13:48, Eric said:

                                                                                                                                              You don’t need an aweber account, but I do recommend it!

                                                                                                                                              I received traffic from various sources. Affiliates, PPC, and my own lists.

                                                                                                                                            • At 2010.02.10 03:41, Anonymous said:

                                                                                                                                              Hello from sunny South Africa Eric,

                                                                                                                                              it is refreshing to deal with someone like you.
                                                                                                                                              No crap and excellent free help to gain our trust.
                                                                                                                                              As a very experienced businessman, but relative newbie on the web, it is clear to me that you set the right example of how to market with dignity and skill.
                                                                                                                                              Well you have me on side and i am recommending you to all of my network.

                                                                                                                                              all the very best to you and thanks for your stirling effort.
                                                                                                                                              Martin

                                                                                                                                              • At 2010.02.17 07:37, amy said:

                                                                                                                                                i tryed to use ur host gator and it keeps going to a ” over max people” reading, then i tryed just going directly to the website and it did the same message, is there another hosting u recommend or is there a time limit to when it will be able for others?

                                                                                                                                              • At 2010.02.20 19:53, Tad said:

                                                                                                                                                Eric,

                                                                                                                                                Great stuff, that’s my email and website, albeit just parked. Need to get on monetization curve ASAP

                                                                                                                                                Tad

                                                                                                                                                • At 2010.02.21 16:58, Daniel Carriere said:

                                                                                                                                                  Hi Eric,
                                                                                                                                                  I recently purchased your Trading Pro systems but have not done much with it yet.
                                                                                                                                                  Things still seem very complicated.
                                                                                                                                                  But your tips are very handy.
                                                                                                                                                  Due to working long hours it is difficult to find time for internet work and I am usually tired when I do, so it can be a slow process for me.
                                                                                                                                                  I recently read lesson #26 and created an email at my domain using my real 1st and last name. I am not sure if I should use my last name because it may be too long or difficult for some people to spell..? Also my domain name is the english translation for my Lakota name, as I am Native American, with review added to the end. But I am not sure if it is the best idea as people do not understand where I am coming from or it can sound misleading.
                                                                                                                                                  Do you think that I should register another domain name and then use both my first and last name for email or just my first name..?
                                                                                                                                                  Also I edited my personal email to my domain for Eric’s tips. Will they all be sent to new address or will I have to transfer the other ones..?
                                                                                                                                                  Your time and comments are very much appreciated..!

                                                                                                                                                  Thank You
                                                                                                                                                  Daniel

                                                                                                                                                  • At 2010.02.28 22:46, Eric said:

                                                                                                                                                    As far as the email address, simpler is usually better if you’re using it for business purposes.

                                                                                                                                                    For the domain, it just depends on what you’re using it for. If you’re using it to sell the Trading Pro System, I’d recommend registering a domain specifically for it.

                                                                                                                                                    You can edit the email address of your subscription by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any email from me. But then don’t unsubscribe… just update your email address.

                                                                                                                                                    Thanks

                                                                                                                                                  • At 2010.02.22 11:52, Lively1 said:

                                                                                                                                                    Really excellent lessons. You have the gift of teaching and not just letting me know how much you know. Thanks for all of your help. L1

                                                                                                                                                    • At 2010.02.23 01:04, Elisabeth Kuhn said:

                                                                                                                                                      Hi Eric,

                                                                                                                                                      well… gmail works soooo much better than my “professional” accounts, especially lately.

                                                                                                                                                      Webmail is pretty clumsy (and I refuse to use Outlook), and as of late, impossibly overrun with spam. I love my gmail spam filters. They rarely err anymore, and it’s not too hard to take a peek into the spam area every now and then to make sure nothing has gotten trapped in there..

                                                                                                                                                      I do use the professional emails occasionally and for specific purposes, but I’m trying to move everything to gmail…

                                                                                                                                                      Backwards?

                                                                                                                                                      Then again, maybe I should split test it…

                                                                                                                                                      Elisabeth

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