How To Set Up Domain Name Email With Gmail For Free

When you start a company or a business, having a business email with your domain name will add credibility. A lot of paid services are available for these purposes and if you have enough money, you can get one easily. Also, if you tech savvy, then you use your cPanel’s webmail option. But, If you are startup or a new business owner who don’t have a budget for domain name based email, then I have a solution for you.

Here, I am going to teach you how to set up Domain name email with Google’s very own “Gmail” without paying a single penny. Yes, you have heard me correct. Using Gmail, you will be able to send and receive emails with your business or domain name email address and that too free of cost. Let’s find out how.

Tutorial To Set Up Domain Email With Gmail For Free:

1) To get started, go to your Domain control panel or the cPanel. You can access it by typing the either of the following URLs in the browser address bar:

a) yourdomain.com/cpanel
b) yourdomain.com:2082

(Replace yourdomain.com with your business domain address).

2) You will see a window asking for your username and password. This detail will be available with your hosting company and they usually send it to you while purchasing an account with them. So, get it and log in to your cPanel.

3) Once you logged into the cPanel, you will see a lot of options and most of them will be confusing. Just, scroll down to the “Mail” category and click on “Email Accounts” option.

4) Now, you will need to create an email account which will be your business email. You will need to enter the email account name (I have used my name “Sathish” for this tutorial) and password. Once done, click on “Create Account” and your business email or domain name email will be ready.

5) Once the account is created, you will need to enter one of the following URLs in your browser address bar to access Webmail:

a) yourdomain.com/webmail
b) yourdomain.com:2095

(Replace yourdomain.com with your business domain address).

6) In the Webmail log in window, enter the email address including the domain name (sathish@crackaloud.com) and password (from Step 4) to log in.

7) Now, in the Webmail mail window click on “Forwarding Options“.

8) In the next window, click on “Add Forwarder” and enter your personal Gmail address. Once done, click on “Add Forwarder” option and you will see a confirmation message stating a similar message to this one “All email that is sent to “sathish@crackaloud.com” will forward to “sathishvaratharaj@gmail.com”“.

9) Next, go to Gmail and log in using your personal email address. Once done, press the Settings icon and in the drop down option, click on “Settings“.

10) In the Gmail settings page, click on “Accounts and Import” tab and you will see a lot of options. In that, click on “Add another email address you own” option, which will be located under the option “Send Email As“.

11) Now, you will see a pop up window opening and asking for your email address. In that, enter your business email or domain name email which you have created before (Step 4). Once done, keep the tick mark in “Treat as an Alias” option and press “Next Step“.

12) In the next window, enter your domain name (crackaloud.com is my domain name) in “SMTP Server“, your domain email (sathish@crackaloud.com is my email address) in “Username” and enter the password which you have used while creating the domain email account (Step 4) in the “Password” box. Keep the port as “587” and don’t change the “Secured Connection Using TLS” option as well. Once done, click on “Add Account“.

13) Now, Gmail will send you a confirmation email (to find out whether you actually own the domain name email account) and will ask you to enter the confirmation code in the pop-up window.

14) Next, go back to the Webmail window in your browser (Step 5), log in and access your email account. There you will find the confirmation email from Gmail.

15) Just copy the confirmation code from there and paste it in the pop-up window and click “Verify“. And that’s it. Now, you have successfully integrated your business email or domain name mail with Gmail, and you can send and receive emails at free of cost. This method serves as an alternative for “Google Apps for Business“.

16) You can make your Business Email the Primary email by clicking on “Make Default” option in the “Accounts And Import Tab” in Gmail Settings. Once you have done that, all the email you send will have the Domain Name mail in the Sender information.

If you have any queries or if you face any challenges while following this tutorial, do let me know by dropping a comment below. I will provide you a solution as soon as possible.