Your business email deserves the same attention as your website. That’s why we’re pleased to introduce Advantage Email, our professional email hosting solution for businesses, organizations and individuals who want dependable email without the limitations of traditional website hosting mailboxes.
Whether you’re starting a new business, moving your website to Advantage Hosting or looking to improve your existing email service, Advantage Email makes it easier to manage your communications.
And here’s the best part:
We’re offering FREE email migration to Advantage Email, including your existing messages and folders.
No need to start with an empty mailbox or leave years of important correspondence behind.
Meet Advantage Email
Advantage Email is a dedicated email hosting service available in two options:
Advantage Personal Email
Professional email for individuals and small businesses that need dependable communication using their own domain name.
Personal Email includes:
- Professional email addresses using your domain, such as
you@yourbusiness.ca - Webmail access through a browser
- IMAP and POP3 support for compatible email applications
- Authenticated SMTP for sending email
- Mailbox storage options to suit your needs
- Spam filtering and email security features
- Access from computers, smartphones and tablets
It’s an excellent choice for everyday business email without the need for advanced groupware features.
Advantage Business Email
For customers who need more than a traditional mailbox, Advantage Business Email adds enhanced productivity and synchronization capabilities.
Business Email includes the core features of Personal Email, plus:
- ActiveSync support for compatible devices and applications
- Calendar and contact synchronization
- Enhanced email and productivity features
- Flexible mailbox storage options
- Support for business communication across multiple devices
Business Email is designed for people who rely on their email throughout the day and want their communications, calendars and contacts working together.
Why choose dedicated email hosting instead of traditional cPanel email?
Many Advantage Hosting customers currently use the email accounts included with their website hosting.
There’s nothing inherently wrong with cPanel email. For straightforward email needs, it can work very well.
However, traditional cPanel email is closely connected to the website hosting account.
That arrangement can introduce limitations as your business grows.
1. Your email is separate from your website hosting
With traditional cPanel email, your website files, databases and mailboxes are generally managed within the same hosting account.
Your email storage can therefore contribute to your hosting account’s overall disk usage.
Advantage Email separates your email service from your website hosting environment.
That means you can manage mailbox capacity independently of your website’s storage requirements.
2. More flexibility when your website changes
Your website and email don’t always need to move together.
With a dedicated email service, you can redesign your website, change hosting plans or migrate your website without necessarily moving your email mailboxes at the same time.
This can simplify future website migrations and reduce the number of services that need to change simultaneously.
3. Flexible mailbox storage
Different people need different amounts of email storage.
Some users only need a modest mailbox for everyday correspondence. Others retain years of messages, attachments and business records.
Advantage Email offers mailbox storage options to accommodate different requirements, allowing you to choose the capacity that makes sense for each user.
4. Professional email on your favourite devices
You don’t have to abandon the email applications you’re comfortable using.
Advantage Email supports standard email protocols for applications such as:
- Microsoft Outlook
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Apple Mail
- iPhone and iPad email applications
- Android email applications
Business Email customers can also use supported ActiveSync connections for enhanced synchronization.
And when you’re away from your usual computer, webmail provides convenient access through a browser.
5. Email services designed for email
Traditional cPanel hosting combines website and email functionality within one hosting environment.
Advantage Email uses a dedicated email platform, allowing website hosting and email hosting to be managed as separate services.
This separation gives customers greater flexibility when managing websites, storage and future migrations.
It also makes it easier to choose an email service based on your communication requirements rather than the limits of your website hosting package.
Already using cPanel email? Upgrading is easy.
If you’re an existing Advantage Hosting customer using cPanel email, you don’t have to create new email addresses or manually copy thousands of messages.
We’ll help you move your existing email to Advantage Email at no additional migration charge.
Our migration service can transfer existing mailbox messages and server-stored folders, helping preserve the email history you rely on.
Your email addresses can remain the same.
For example, if your current address is info@yourbusiness.ca, you can continue using that address after the migration.
We’ll coordinate the necessary email configuration changes and provide the connection settings for your devices.
How to request your upgrade
- Sign in to your Advantage Hosting Client Area.
- Open your existing hosting service or browse the available email hosting products.
- Select Advantage Personal Email or Advantage Business Email, depending on your requirements.
- Request a migration of your existing email accounts.
- Our team will help coordinate the transfer and provide instructions for connecting your email applications.
Important: Don’t delete your existing cPanel email accounts before the migration has been completed and verified.
If you’re unsure which plan is right for you, simply open a support ticket through your Client Area. We’ll help you choose an appropriate option.
What does free email migration include?
Moving email providers can feel intimidating, especially when you’ve accumulated years of important correspondence.
Our free migration assistance is designed to make the process easier.
Depending on the source email system and the information available, we can help with:
- Creating your new Advantage Email mailboxes
- Transferring existing server-stored email messages
- Migrating IMAP folders, including Sent and other custom folders
- Coordinating the necessary DNS and mail-routing changes
- Providing new connection settings for your email applications
- Helping verify that your new mailboxes can send and receive email
Some email applications store messages locally rather than on the email server. These may require additional preparation or a separate import process.
We’ll review the existing configuration before migration so you know what to expect.
What about my existing email addresses?
You can normally keep your current email addresses when moving to Advantage Email, provided you control the domain and the addresses can be recreated on the new service.
Your customers and contacts can continue writing to the same addresses.
The change happens behind the scenes, where your email is hosted and managed.
You may need to update your email application’s incoming and outgoing server settings after the migration.
Is Advantage Email right for everyone?
Not necessarily.
If you have a small website and a basic cPanel mailbox that already meets your needs, you may be perfectly happy continuing with your current setup.
But if your business needs larger mailboxes, more flexible storage, improved device synchronization or greater independence between website and email hosting, Advantage Email is worth considering.
The goal isn’t to force everyone onto a new service.
It’s to give our customers a better choice.
Getting started with Advantage Email
Whether you’re a new customer or have hosted your website with us for years, getting started is straightforward.
New customers: Choose Advantage Personal Email or Advantage Business Email when arranging your hosting and email services.
Existing customers: Sign in to your Advantage Hosting Client Area and request an upgrade or email migration.
Moving from another provider? Ask us about transferring your existing mailboxes to Advantage Email. Our free email migration service can help make the transition easier.
At Advantage Hosting, we believe professional email should be easy to manage, flexible enough to grow with your business and supported by people who understand the technology behind it.
Introducing Advantage Email. Professional email, with the migration assistance to make switching easier.
Advantage Hosting. Canadian-owned. Canadian-powered.
