How
Many Email Addresses Does One Need?
To sell online a person or company must take a
number of steps. Auction sellers must have a product
to sell, a way to take payment, and a shipping process. Many sellers
overlook something just as important;
a business email address. Online sellers come
in many sizes' from the big corporation, the regional
business and the home business owner. Online auction
sellers should consider themselves
business owners and act appropriately
to increase their profits and create good customer relations.
For example, online auction sellers should have
a way to separate their business and personal email.
This is a privacy measure as well as a organizational
tip. When attending to urgent or important
business matters one does not need to hunt through personal email. Also, one
should not have to go through business email to
find
important personal messages. An email user could
attempt to use filters to separate the two, but
this
seldom works well.
There
are three types of email addresses available
(POP accounts, web based accounts, and
ISP email accounts). The first two are good ways for
auction sellers or other online business owners.
If you own a web site create a POP email address
using your hosting company's instructions. For
instance
if your web site is www.readysetgosites.com
create an
email address like orders@readysetgosites.com.
The
best way to have a business email account is
to get a
domain name and hosting account. If you want
an email
address and no web site, some companies sell
email
accounts as a separate product.
A second way to get a business email address
is to use a free online
company such as Yahoo. A disadvantage
of web based email accounts is the space limitation for attachments and
email messages. Once your email account 'fills
up' the rest of your email may not be delivered.
A third option is to ask for a second email address
from your ISP. The disadvantage here is
when you change ISPs, all your business contacts have
the wrong email address. A hassle you ready don't need to deal with.
We strongly support using a hosting company such
as www.ReadySetGoSites.com where we have our
web sites.
Their email service allows you to check your
email on any computer
anywhere or by using Outlook Express. This
is very handy if you travel or go on vacation. Numerous other services are available.
A professional business appearance occurs when one
has a POP email address with your domain name. If you
aren't ready to create a web site have your domain name
forwarded to your eBay page or your auction management store such as Vendio.
A separate business email address makes
correspondence with customers easier. It gives the
appearance you are serious about your work and
customers
can depend on you for quality
products. This increases confidence in your company
and the likelihood of additional sales and positive
feedback.
Author
info: L. C. Peterson is a writer and web
marketing consultant. Check out www.new2auctions.com
for more tips. See www.readysetgosites.com for more
information on a web site and email addresses.
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