Can I keep my email address?
Question:
We have been using this email address that we got through Polka. We want to cancel this Polka (now Mweb) as they are charging us the R 150.00 for the adsl and this email address. The other company said theirs include 5 free email addresses. Will I be able to keep my current email address?
Answer:
NO, you won’t be able to keep yur current address because it is a polka addres. It is yourbus@polka.co.za .
When you get your own domain create yourself an email address on your domain instead. Something like david@yourdomain.co.za . Your domain and the internet service provider are not the same thing. If you have your own email on your own domain you can switch internet service providers without loosing your email address. You will also be promoting your own brand instead of that of another company. If you send somebody an email now, do they see your domain name in the email or your internet service provider’s name?
See, you are promoting their service for them for free instead of your own.
The best thing you as business can do is to get your own domain and setup your own email addresses on your own domain.
To answer your question; Yes you will loose your current email address but if you create your email on your own domain you won’t have this problem in future.
It’s a reasonable question to ask why anyone would want a free email address, because they have a reputation for just being used by spammers.