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AOL My eAddress – Free Email Address With Your Own Domain Name

December 26th, 2006 - Australian Freebies, International Freebies, Worldwide Freebies - 13 Comments

Click here to create a free email address with your own domain name.

From the page:

AOL is the first free email provider to let you create your entire email address from scratch – not just the part before the @.The whole thing like, you@TheNameYouReallyWant.com.

Note: Please read the comments below for important information before taking up this freebie.

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13 Comments...

January 4th, 2007
4:06 pm

Marques White said:

About your post on Dec. 26 regarding the free AOL email address and domain name. Please DO NOT recommend this to anyone if they ever actually want to use the domain. I signed up for a name that was available, cottoncandymodels.com, thinking that it would be mine, but AOL registers it as it’s own, and does not offer you the ability to transfer it away. (since it belongs to them) And the worst part is that they do not yet offer hosting for this service, so now there’s an AOL advertisement on my page that cannot be taken off. I contacted AOL to cancel this scam, and they said it cannot be cancelled and our company would have to choose a different domain. I should have chosen a normal hosting provider and paid the 35 bucks a year. Please reply if you have any tips on helping me get this domain back.
January 4th, 2007
6:40 pm

Teresa said:

Hi Marques, thanks so much for coming back and filling us in on how this free domain actually works. I’ve made a note in my original post to read the comments for important information. I’m really sorry this is how it’s turned out.

I have purchased all my Domain names through http://www.godaddy.com for $8.95 per year (or less with coupon codes). When you purchase a domain through a domain registrar you can change your web host any time you like. You also have the option to cancel your domain. If AOL do not give you the option to cancel, the only option you have is to let the domain expire, it takes a year (actually the whole process of the name becoming available again takes more than a year), then you can repurchase it through a domain registrar.

My suggestion would be to register maybe cottoncandymodels.net , cottoncandymodels.org or cottoncandymodels.us or possibly another extension if available.
April 7th, 2008
1:31 pm

Dina said:

We need to file a class action law suit against AOL for the unbelievable scam that they have created by STEALING THE NAMES WE REALLY WANT. They tricked us into telling them which domain names we really wanted and then they STOLE THEM.

I reported the situation to icann.org . The representative said it is a very easy process for AOL to release the names.

This is just unexceptable.
April 7th, 2008
2:42 pm

Dina said:

Corrected email address-

aol-my-eaddress-is-a-scam-@googlegroups.com
April 7th, 2008
6:17 pm

Teresa said:

This is usually what happens when you get a free domain, I’m not saying it’s right. Just like when you get a free domain name with hosting, the domain is actually in the name of your web host, not yours.

I’ve always gotten my domain names independently of web hosts, free offers etc. That way they are in your name and you control them.
April 23rd, 2008
4:10 am

Erica said:

I still have mine. I see they no longer are giving out brand new domains. I just wonder how long the eaddresses will last. I don’t want mine to expire or get sold to someone else.
August 27th, 2008
2:49 am

Robert said:

Well I see I’m not the only one that got scammed by Aol free little offer!! I registered a domain name that I was going to use for my company’s website and now I can’t!! This is BULL#$! I totally agree with Dina, we should file a class action law suit against AOL. I have had to postpone developing my company because I don’t have a domain name to go with it, thanks to AOL stealing my name!! I’ve tried to call them but they never answer the phone!! Oh by the way, it takes more than a year for the name to expire!! I’ve been waiting for a long time!!
September 7th, 2008
1:23 pm

Gino said:

Looks like I’m not the only one… I, too, registered my domain with AOL last year when they were still allowing people to use it for their e-mail address, free of charge. Now, I want to use my domain to host my website, but I can’t because AOL’s got a hold of it. For those people waiting for their domain names to expire just you could purchase it yourself, don’t hold your breath. I waited, and mine was supposed to expire a couple of months ago and it didn’t. AOL automatically renewed it, and now it’s set to expire next year. I’m pretty sure when it comes to expire again, it’ll be renewed.

You don’t know (well, maybe you do) how much I’ve searched and searched on how to go about having AOL release my domain. It seems like they don’t have any contact information at My eAddress’s main page. They only have contact information for AOL’s Internet service… What can we do? Does anybody have an idea? I think we should all report this to ICANN, like what Dina has done.
September 9th, 2008
9:10 am

meiko harper said:

This sucks!! As of last Tuesday, I can’t log into my email anymore and it just says invalid password. Someone is supposed to be getting back to me but it’s ridiculous!! I have thousands of names and contacts and business info, etc. I should have known it was too good to be true! I guess it’s been a year, so it must expire after a year. I’ll buy the damn thing to get all of my stuff back. They pretended like this is the first report they’ve ever heard regarding this and now I see all kinds of people have been affected. What’s in it for AOL? I’m pissed…
January 24th, 2009
4:10 am

Colten said:

well i got my domain from them about 2 years ago and still have it and actually they are releasing the domains to you through enom
January 24th, 2009
9:49 pm

Michelle said:

Thanks – will keep this in mind if I ever want a website. Have any of you guys who live in Australia thought of bringing this to the attention of Today Tonight or A Current Affair ?
February 17th, 2009
8:28 am

Joe said:

I had the same problem got the free aol domain and now its expired i was told to go through enom but my internet was down during the time i had to have it done by, so now enom cant let me register the domain through them until aol releases it. I cant even contact aol because it wont let me sign in under my email and password. if anyone knows how to contact aol about this so that I can find out when I can re register the domain with enom, and also if i am going to lose the thousands of contacts i had through my aol domain as well. I run a music promotion company, and If i lose all my contacts, this will cost me tons of money and contacts that took a long time to build up. If anyone knows a phone number or email address I can contact aol through I would greatly appreciate it, and also if anyone has any other information regarding this let me know. This was definitely a total scam. Free email domain, and turns out one year later, I have no use of my email and lost all my contacts, and am losing business every day my email is down! Everyone needs to get together and contact aol and complain about this, and as someone else stated a class action lawsuit would also be a good idea. They had no right to do this to any of us, especially those of us using it for business, etc… anyone can contact me through my temporary email at : joejizzo@bigger.com SOMEONE WITH ANY INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT ME! Thanks In Advance. JoeJizzo
July 20th, 2009
3:17 am

Terry Strickland said:

I am at ground zero at starting a business domain and really trying to understand what’s entailed. My first thought was to contact AOL by phone but to no avail was unable to contact AOL by phone. It’s kind of hard to put yourself out there when you don’t know all of the facts. Please give me advice someone!!!

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