Do you know the Gmail "+" trick to use one email for multiple accounts on one service?
Here's a little trick I use that works for any service.
I talked about this on the podcast episode I did with artist Mortimur K.
In this case, let's say I used up all the uploads I have for my free Soundcloud account. With this trick, I can open a new free account and use the same Gmail address.
I don't want to create another Gmail account to sign up again.
Using my one Gmail address for multiple accounts on the same service
I don't remember when I learned this but you can alter the name on a Gmail address. Like, let's say mine is "tom@gmail.com". To be clear that is not my email. I wish it was, but this is just a short example.
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| Start with the original Gmail address |
Add a "+" after the email name
Where it says "tom" on the address I can put a "+" after that.
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| Add a "+" after the email name |
After that "+" I can write something to remember what account it is. For example, I could add soundcloud1. So it would be "tom+soundcloud1@gmail".
Gmail ignores everything after the "+" until it gets to the "@" symbol.
(RELATED POST: Mortimur K: Photographer, Writer and Musician - Tom Ray's Art Podcast)
So I could create as many accounts like this as I want.
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| Create as many of these as I want |
If I use up that free Soundcloud account for that email I can do it again with something like "tom+soundcloud2@gmail".
They all go to my original Gmail account
All of these emails I use will go to my one Gmail account!
What's great is the messages I get will be labeled as the email address with the pluses. So if people send me messages I know what account it came from!
When I use these additions to the email address the service sees it as a different email because it doesn't match the one in their database.
I can use this trick anywhere
I can do this with all kinds of things, Twitter accounts, free Canva accounts and I don't have to create a different email for it. So when I have a free account and it tells me "you've used your limit" I just think "okay I'll just create another account" and it all goes to my Gmail.
Note: It only works with Gmail
As far as I know, it only works with Gmail, putting a plus after the name. But this is a neat little trick I learned that I use all over the place!