Comment by yeldarb
3 years ago
Bought one for my kiddo.
He’s just a baby but still needs a unique email for me to create him accounts (eg frequent flyer, global entry) and I had previously been using a +variant on my gmail.
Having a vanity email alias seems more fun.
A lot of services don't let you change your email address. Could cause some pain if this service doesn't exist in 20 years.
And even if they did, some need your old email address to approve a change of email address, essentially locking you out. DocuSign is one.
Interesting. Can you name an example of a service that doesn't permit an email change?
Methinks a service that hasn't had a codebase update in 20 years.
I saw the same need, but I've actually purchased domains for all of my children, so that when they get older, I can transfer ownership to them.
10-18 years is a long time window, so I felt that purchasing a domain was more appropriate than setting up an address at a service which may or may not still be available in decades.
Thank goodness for services like Purelymail[1] and Forward Email[2] that offer free or cheap forwarding from various domains!
[1]: https://purelymail.com/
[2]: https://forwardemail.net/