Online Fax Service: MyFax.com, eFax.com and more

Cost Coach on online fax services.

There are a number of online fax services you can use for your home or business. I have used eFax for years.

Typical features of an online fax service:
You have your own unique fax number
Access your faxes from anywhere online
You receive faxes by email
You can send faxes by email
Your fax number can be a local or toll-free number
24/7 customer support

eFax used to have a free and a paid option. Now they have eFax Plus and eFax Pro which run $16.95 and $19.95 respectively.

Gawd, I can hear you moaning and complaining about those monthly costs. Read a little further and you will find a FREE ONLINE FAX SERVICE and learn why even paying for a fax service is a deal.

Here is a little secret, you don't have to pay for a phone line, and you don't have to buy a fax machine. When you factor that in, it becomes pretty reasonable, ESPECIALLY if you are a business, as business lines cost a lot more than an extra residential line. Wait, there is more, you also eliminate all the associated fax expenses such as fax paper, ink cartridges and too many people reading your private fax at the fax machine before you pick it up.

And another cost saving secret: in some cases you can transfer your existing fax number to an online fax service and save those high recurring telephone fees that you currently receive from your telephone company.

I still have the free version, although that is not offered any more. Cost Coachette uses the eFax pro version as she receives a lot of faxes from those are still living in the 90's and haven't learned either HTML yet, or even how to attach a document. Most of her faxes come from attorneys, you think they would be experts at document management - go figure...

Here is info on the eFax online fax service:

eFax is an online Internet fax service that uses email to send and receive faxes from anywhere.
The need for a fax machine is eliminated.

You have your own private fax number that's forwards the fax to your email and send and receive faxes as email attachments.

Here is how eFax works: Sign up for eFax, you’ll select either a local or toll-free fax number.

Someone faxes you, you receive the fax in your email inbox as a file attachment.

To send a fax, you can either attach a file a scanned hard copy to an email. Then type the recipient's fax number and hit send.

You can save a fax just like you would any email attachment and you’ll always have access to them.

eFax also gives you access to your faxes online by logging in at http://www.efax.com/ for up to two years with eFax Plus or eFax Pro.




There is also MyFax, which like Efax, has a free and paid account. Here are the FAQ's for the online fax service.

Too use MyFax you just need Internet access, an email account, and a MyFax account. That means you don't need a fax machine, and you don't even have to install any fax software.

To send an online fax from your email, just type the recipient's fax number and attach your document to fax. You can also log into MyFax and use their control panel to do so.

The good news is that you don't even need to have your computer on to receive a fax. It just goes to your email provider and waits until you review your inbox.

To receive a MyFax, just look in your email inbox. eFax is the same way - faxes come via email.

You can send up to eight documents in one fax as attachments.

You can set up a fax distribution system to send online faxes to up to 5 designated email accounts.

If you already have a current fax number, you can keep that. Just call-forward your existing fax number. In some cases, you can actually transfer your fax number to MyFax and let them do the work.

MyFax does not require a long-term contract and does not have a minimum registration period.