Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups
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Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups
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Re: Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups
#2Not sure how to feel about this. The core feature of the free Google Apps was that you could use GMail with your own domain without having to run a dedicated mail server yourself.
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#3This is really a logical step. If you are an individual and don't really see the value in $50 a year, you can forward your own domain to your regular Gmail account and set the reply to email address to whatever you want.
If you run a business and need the Google Apps platform, then $50 a year really shouldn't be a barrier for you. If it is, time to rethink your business priorities.
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#4Why hasn't Google offered an option to increase from the default 25GB of email storage? Drive has an option to increase upto 16TB, but Gmail is locked at 25GB? What gives?
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#5Please note this change has no impact on our existing customers, including those using the free version.
I give it six months before they start strong-arming free users into paid accounts.
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#6This is unfortunate indeed. The free Google Apps offering was a substantial value. What viable alternatives are there?
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#7Not sure how to feel about this. The core feature of the free Google Apps was that you could use GMail with your own domain without having to run a dedicated mail server yourself.
Maybe this will drive alternatives that are cheaper than $50 per user per year.
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#8Contrarian view...
by offering One could argue that the removal of the free tier at this point is simply because they've created an entrenched position, but one could also suggest that this creates a modicum of opportunity for another player to try to enter this space.
Certainly until today the $ size of the addressable market in the small business email space was practically $0 given Google's position.
[discuss :)]
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#9Not sure how to feel about this. The core feature of the free Google Apps was that you could use GMail with your own domain without having to run a dedicated mail server yourself.
And? You want this to be free? It clearly costs money.
Re: Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups
#10This is unfortunate indeed. The free Google Apps offering was a substantial value. What viable alternatives are there?
You could pay for it?