How to Create a Free Email Account on SiteGround – Custom email address

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How to create free email account on SiteGround

Looks like you are in need of a custom email address for your online business and thinking if you can create it on SiteGround.

If this is the case then you have come to the right place as we are going to discuss how can you create a free email account on SiteGround easily.

Let me start this tutorial with a question- Have you ever received and email from a reputed business using a regular or free email address such as Gmail, Yahoo or AOL.

The answer in most cases will be NO and the reason behind this is simple, a custom email address lets the users know that your business is legit.

Hence, it helps build trust and reputation.

On the other hand, think about a scenario where after buying a product online you get an confirmation email from the business using an email address like [email protected].

Will be answering or engaging with such as email or will you be cautious in your approach when you see the email address it is sent from.

Here I will confidently say that most of you will have second thoughts about the reputation of the business and will think twice before engaging with it as it can compromise the security and personal information.

Keeping this in mind, it is always recommended that you create a professional email address first before you launch your blog or website.

And in this article we will be discussing how can you create a free email account on SiteGround and configure it with your choice of email client like Gmail or Outlook.

But first things first

What is a custom email address

To understand what exactly is a custom email address or a profession email, lets take a look at 2 different types of email addresses and compare

• [email protected]
• [email protected]

Before we start the comparison just want to let you know that the example email or any other email used in this article is not working. In case you want to get in touch then you can visit the contact page and send your message using the form.

Having said that,

As you can see in the above example, there are 2 different email addresses and both of them have different domain names associated with them.

First one is created using free Gmail service and therefore has the Gmail domain name while the second one is a custom email address and it has a custom domain name associated with it.

It is important to know anyone can create an email using Gmail as it is a free service. However, until and unless you don’t own the domain name which is in this case BloggingUnplugged.com, you cannot create an email.

And this takes me to the next point which is when anyone can create and send emails using free services then most definitely the service will be used to send junk emails making it less trustworthy.

On the other hand as you are the whole and sole owner of your domain name and no one can create an email on it expect you. This makes the custom email addresses much more safe and trusted, giving your business a professional look.

On top of that, with every email you send, you are also promoting your brand name which is a huge plus.

Before we move forward, it is important to know that Google has a service called GSuite that allows you to create professional email addresses.

Unlike Gmail which is available for free, this service for businesses which means it is a premium service and the owner of the business has full the control over all the resources including emails.

Also, G Suite is a very popular and a pocket friendly service using which you can create professional email addresses easily.

What do you need to create a free email account on SiteGround

Now that you understand what is a professional email address and how it is different from a regular one.

The next question is what are the requirements to create a custom email address in SiteGround.

And for this you just need 2 things

• Web hosting
• Domain name

As this tutorial is about creating free email account on SiteGround, it is required that you sign up with SiteGround as it is the space where your email database will be stored.

It is important to know that SiteGround offers free email accounts with all its plans and below we have listed its pricing and features.

SiteGround offers 3 plans

• Startup at $4.99 for hosting 1 site
• GrowBig at $7.99 for hosting Unlimited sites
• GoGeek at $14.99 for hosting Unlimited sites

All the plans include

And more. See all the features offered here.

Having said that,

To sign up on SiteGround and buy hosting the first step is to visit SiteGround.com using our SPECIAL LINK and it will get you an exclusive 63% discount.

Doing this will take you to the home page of the website where you will have to select a hosting service that you want to buy.

On selecting a hosting service, it will show you all the plans offered by SiteGround.

And here you will have to select one depending on your requirement by clicking Get Plan.

When you select a plan, it will take you to a new page where it will ask you to either provide an existing domain name or purchase a new one from SiteGround.

It is important to know that if you buy a domain name from SiteGround it will cost you $15.95/year extra. However, you can save some money here by claiming the GoDaddy $1 domain name deal.

Alternatively, you can also purchase a domain name from Namecheap and it will cost you somewhere near $9 which is again significantly cheaper than what SiteGround has to offer.

Once you have entered the domain name in the box, click Proceed.

And it will take you to the next step where you will have to fill out a simple form to create an account with SiteGround and complete the payment process.

After you are done till here, the next step is to install WordPress and for that you can follow our guide on How to install WordPress on SiteGround.

Once you have installed WordPress, the next step is to

Create a Free Email Account on SiteGround

To create a free email account on SiteGround, the first thing you have to do is login to your SiteGround dashboard and once you are in, you need to click Websites in the navigation.

On doing this, it will show you all the websites that you have hosted on SiteGround. In the next step you need to visit the Site Tools for the site you want to create an email address for.

When you click Site Tools, it will take you to the all new and improved Control Panel of your website and here you need to locate Email in the sidebar and select Accounts.

This will take you to the SiteGround Email account manager and here the first thing you will see is the option to Select a domain and the second setting lets you create a new email account in SiteGround.

In the next step, you need to select an account name for the email account and enter it in the box below Account Name.

Keep in mind, this is the name that will come before the @domain.com part. For example, you can see in the screenshot above we have entered “support” as the Account Name and therefore the above email address will be [email protected].

Having said that,

The next step is to select a password for the email account and you can enter it in the box below Password.

If you want to create a strong password for your email account then you can click Generate and SiteGround will automatically generate one for you.

Once you are done till here, the last step is to click Create and within a few seconds the new professional email account will be created.

Also, it is important to know that once the email address is created it will be listed under Manage Email Accounts as well.

Before we move forward, it is important to know that you can access settings related to each email address by clicking the kebab menu (3 dots) in front on the email account.

As you can see, these settings let you

• Login to webmail- On clicking this, it will take you to the online mailbox where you can find all your emails and you can reply using the same interface as well.
• Change password- Using this setting you can change the password of your email account. When you click this setting a popup will appear just like the screenshot below.

And all you have to do is select a new password and hit Confirm.

• Change quota- In case you want to increase the size of your mailbox then you can use this setting. On clicking Change Quota, you will see a popup showing you the minimum and maximum size you can select.

And you can drag to increase or decrease the size depending on your requirement and then click Confirm.

• Mail Configuration- As the name suggests using this option you can find the settings that you need to configure your inbox in a different client like Outlook or Gmail. (More on this later in the article).
• Delete- With the help of this option you can delete the mailbox that you have created and are on longer using.

This concludes all the settings in the SiteGround Email Manager and the next step in the process is to

And that’s it you have successfully created a free email account on SiteGround

Having said that,

I hope you will find this tutorial helpful and are able to create free email account on SiteGround.

In case you have any feel free to reach out via comments and we will be happy to help. Also, don’t forget to share this tutorial with your friends on social media.

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