{"id":15772,"date":"2012-12-14T21:01:12","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T13:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=15772"},"modified":"2018-12-20T17:55:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T09:55:14","slug":"google-app-mail-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/google-app-mail-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Sign Up Google Apps For Free [Quicktip]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google recently <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.googleblog.com\/2012\/12\/changes-to-google-apps-for-businesses.html\">discontinued the free version of Google Apps for small businesses<\/a>. Previously, you can use Google Apps for your small startup business for free (up to 10 users).<\/p>\n<p>However, now, there is only the premium version, <strong>Google Apps for Business<\/strong>, which includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>24\/7 phone support for any issue, <\/li>\n<li>25GB inbox, and <\/li>\n<li>99.9% uptime guarantee with the price of $50\/user\/year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You still can sign up on a 30-day free trial if you want to test Google apps out. But if want to try out Google Apps for your business for the long term, there is a  simple solution to sign up for Google Apps <strong>for yourself (1 user), and for free<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"note\"><strong>Recommended Reading: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/google-apps-for-beginners\/\">Beginners Guide To Setting Up Google Apps Email<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Signing Up Google App For Free<\/h2>\n<p>Here\u2019s how to sign up Google Apps for free via Google App Engine.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sign up a Google account. <\/li>\n<li>After that, sign in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/appengine.google.com\/\">appengine.google.com <\/a>with your Google Account. Click on \"<strong>Create Application<\/strong>\" to proceed.\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/google-app-mail-for-free\/google-app-engine-page.jpg\" alt=\"google aapp engine page\" height=\"334\" width=\"497\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fill in the requested information with dummy data and click \"<strong>Create Application<\/strong>\" to proceed.\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/google-app-mail-for-free\/dummy-data-google-app-engine.jpg\" alt=\"dummy data\" height=\"361\" width=\"500\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>In \u201cApplication Registered Successfully\u201d page, click on \u201c<strong>dashboard<\/strong>\u201d text link.\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/google-app-mail-for-free\/dashboard.jpg\" alt=\"dashboard\" height=\"311\" width=\"500\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>In dashboard, look for \"Application Settings\" on the left panel and click on it.\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/google-app-mail-for-free\/application-settings.jpg\" alt=\"application setting\" height=\"137\" width=\"500\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>Under \"Domain Setup\" section, click on the <strong>Add Domain\u2026<\/strong> button.\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/google-app-mail-for-free\/add-domain.jpg\" alt=\"add domain\" height=\"107\" width=\"500\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>Now you will be able to see a link named <strong>Sign up for Google Apps Standard<\/strong>. Click on it to sign up Google Apps for free.\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/google-app-mail-for-free\/google-app-standard-sign-up.jpg\" alt=\"google app standard sign up\" height=\"190\" width=\"500\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019ll be redirected to a sign up page where you\u2019re allowed to get started with Google Apps for free.\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/google-app-mail-for-free\/Google-Apps-sign-up-free.jpg\" alt=\"google app sign up free\" height=\"319\" width=\"500\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>With the steps above, you can sign up Google Apps for free, but <strong>only for 1 user<\/strong>. It is a pretty useful workaround to use Gmail or other services to fit your business with your custom email address.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google recently discontinued the free version of Google Apps for small businesses. Previously, you can use Google Apps for your small startup business for free (up to 10 users). However, now, there is only the premium version, Google Apps for Business, which includes: 24\/7 phone support for any issue, 25GB inbox, and 99.9% uptime guarantee&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3407],"tags":[1988,1962,205],"topic":[4523],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How To Sign Up Google Apps For Free<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Google recently discontinued the free version of Google Apps for small businesses. 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