What's an ISP email? An ISP email is that free email address you get from Verizon, Comcast, Brighthouse Networks, and other Internet Service Providers. If you're using one of these emails you should stop immediately. Here are three reasons why using that free ISP email address sucks.
1. It's unprofessional.
When I go to a business meeting and someone hands me a card with something like joe.smith@verizonfios.c0m my confidence in that person immediately drops. I can't help but wonder whether they're serious enough about their business to get an email address that matches the domain name of their company website. Or I wonder if they even have a website - especially if it's not on the card. Either way, I know these email addresses are handed out for free from ISPs as a "Oh! Bye the way".
2. Their spam filters are terrible.
If you've been using an ISP email you're going to immediately know what I'm talking about when I say spammers have no problem getting into your inbox while you're left searching your bulk mail folder from legitimate contacts. ISPs don't care about offering a great email experience - they care about getting as few customer complaints as possible. They think by having an overly aggressive spam filter they'll field fewer complaints about spam. After all - you probably won't complain about an email you never knew was sent to you. The only problem with their plan - it makes email completely unreliable and in turn unusable. (But what do they care?)
3. Their email apps are garbage.
Email isn't the core business of an ISP. They feel like they need to provide an email address because their competitors do. For that reason they put very little time in creating a useable web-based email app. Some ISPs don't even offer a web-based email application at all. In the moderne age it's important you have the ability to access your email without having to configure every device you'll ever have access to. That's what makes web-based email so much more powerful than old school email services that rely on configuring POP3 or IMAP (whatever those are) on your local computer. Modern web-based email applications let you search through your email and archive your emails in the cloud. These types of apps are robust, user friendly, and don't require you to back them up to find an archived email from years past.
If you're ready to get professional and take control of your business communications there's nothing like having a matching email address to go with the domain name of your website. This will send a clear message to your business contacts you take your business seriously and you're not too cheap to invest in yourself. WebStarts is the only website builder who includes a domain name when you upgrade from one of our free accounts. Not only that but we can in turn give you a matching email address to with that domain name. All in a matter of a few minutes. Our web-based email service is full featured and easy to use. It can be setup on your iPhone and Android devices in a snap.