Isn't it boring to have an email ending with "@gmail.com" or "@yahoo.com"? It seems that everybody is using emails from these and other larger email provider. You can have your own domain and be able to have your own unique email address, e.g.myname@smashmehard.com.

Owning a domain is inexpensive, around $10-$15 per year. Once you have your domain, you can have the domain provider provide you with email service. One popular domain registrar and email service provider is GoDaddy.com.

Try it out and be different.