: I bought a domain from Arvixe without hosting, how can I set up email? I bought a domain from Arvixe, without any hosting plan. In the domain settings, I didn't find anywhere to set up email

@Fox8124981

No. You won't need to buy email. Just use some free email for domains provision

If you wish to use emails on domain for your personal use and or for a small number of people, you wont't need to spend on professional email or any kind of hosting if you wish to use it for a few accounts or limited number of space.

There are free email for domains providers like


Pawnmail -
Which allows 2 GB Storage forever free for any number of accounts you wish to create. It allows us to login through a roundcube webmail interface or we can setup an email client.
Zoho for domains -
Which provides 5 GB each for upto 10 user accounts in a domain.


The steps you need to follow for both the above or any other service are


Setup MX Records in your DNS
Create accounts in the control panel
Wait for dns propagation
Login using the webmail or setup an email
client.

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@Cody1181609

Yes, unless promised "free email with domain name registration" you do need hosting services to have @domain .com email service.

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@Harper822

Buying a domain entitles you to your own example.com. Many domain providers will let you keep your domain name for a year. The option you must have with your purchase is the ability to assign an IP address to your domain so that a server is contacted when the domain is requested on the internet. The IP address association with a domain name can be easily demonstrated through the use of a command-line utility PING.

As for the rest of the services such as email, Its best that you rent a server with email software installed on it. If you have enough money and you want a full stack, you could go for a dedicated server with a cPanel/WHM or equivalent software installed then you can have tons of options including email address options, FTP, subdomain creation, logging and more.

Your server provider must provide you with at least one usable IP address you can associate your domain name to.

Once all that is done, give abut 24-48 hours for the domain to be setup correctly across the entire internet.

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@Smith883

The key issue is getting your domain into the Domain Name System so that the internet knows where different services are (mail, website).

If you buy hosting it comes with DNS services. If you don't want hosting, some companies will include DNS when you buy a domain, other hosting companies will sell you DNS only hosting. Once your domain in in the DNS you then have plenty of options for email e.g. gmail, a mail account elsewhere, your own mail server.

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