How to Sign Up for Verizon Outsourced Email

Outsourced email is a multiple-user form of service, designed for multiple accounts operating with business volume. It is specifically intended for commercial use, and can be a cost-effective alternative to creating an in-house email service for your business.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Call the Verizon business service center in your state. Leave ample time to complete the call--the customer service representative you speak to will need to ask you detailed information about your business' day-to-day operations to determine the best service plan to meet your needs.

2. Determine which service plan is best suited to your situation, and proceed with the signup process. You can complete the registration aspect of the process on the phone with the customer service representative, online or by fax or snail mail. Verizon can send you the documents you need to fill out in order to proceed with your registration.

3. Submit all required information to Verizon and make an appointment for a Verizon technician to visit your business and install any hardware you might need.

4. Pay any necessary start-up costs in order to activate your outsourced email system. Depending on the size and scale of your outsourced email operation, it may become active immediately after you sign up, or after the outstanding fees have been paid.

5. Review the first month's bill very closely to ensure it conforms to the schedule of fees outlined when you first signed up for outsourced email service. Make sure you have a thorough understanding of all service costs and charges which apply to the setup of your account, which will be added to your bill on top of the monthly service charge.

6. Access the Verizon business email website to learn further information about the different plans Verizon has available (see Resources below). The site contains fields in which you can enter questions specific to your situation.

Tips & Warnings

• You can sign up for Verizon outsourced email even if Verizon isn't your business' Internet service provider.
• If you're worried about the ability to control your own email system, Verizon outsourced email provides clients with the ability to administrate the system themselves, even though Verizon maintains and monitors the email network for you.
• Do your due diligence. Consider the size of email network you need, and determine whether it would be more cost-effective to set up your own email network or outsource the job to Verizon.

Resources

• Order Verizon business email