Where are you going with all those papers under your arm? At the stationery to send a fax ? Of course you are an old-fashioned type! Yes, I know that in some cases the use of the fax is still necessary but, believe me, thanks to technological progress, it is no longer necessary to leave the house to send one.
Nowadays there are several Internet sites that allow you to send faxes online for free without moving from your chair at home: everything is done via computer (or even from smartphones and tablets). The only operation you need to do is to register for free to one of the services that I will show you in this guide, select the document to fax (preferably in PDF format) and wait a few moments for the fax to be delivered to the recipient.
The printer? It is not necessary. The only device you may need – except the computer and router to connect to the Internet – is the scanner, to scan the documents to be sent. In short, do not get too much trouble, you already have everything you need at your fingertips, even just a click away. Curious to find out how to send a fax online for free , sitting comfortably in front of your PC? Fine, then you just have to follow my instructions in detail. Enjoy the reading!
Index
- How to fax online for free
- Faxapp
- HelloFax
- MyFax
How to fax online for free
If you agree, let’s go straight to the point and see how to send faxes online for free using some services suitable for the purpose. Keep in mind, however, that these are not 100% free: in some cases there are limits in sending documents (eg you cannot send more than a number of pages), which can be circumvented by signing up for a paid subscription; in other cases, full access to the service is offered but only for a limited time. The choice is yours on the solution you prefer.
Faxapp
The first service that I invite you to consider is Faxapp which allows both to send and to receive faxes. It is not free, but can be tried at no cost for 10 days without providing credit card information. Its basic plan costs 3.75 euros / month and allows you to send 50 pages and receive an unlimited number of documents.
Please note that faxes sent with this service are received within a few hours and that no promotional writings are applied to the documents sent. Clear? Well, then let’s take action.
To activate the trial version of Faxapp, connected to the home page of the service using the link I provided you a little while ago and click on the Try it 10 days free button located at the top right. Then fill out the registration form providing email address , username and password , select the teleselective prefix you want for your virtual fax number and, after having also provided your personal information in the appropriate form (eg name , surname , address , etc.), presses the Continue button .
Once completed, authenticate your account by clicking on the verification link received via email. After logging in to the website, using the appropriate login form that will ask you to re-enter your email and password , click on the Login button .
Once logged in, click on the item Send a fax in the Faxapp sidebar and, on the page that opens, click on the Choose file button located under the Document item . Select, therefore, the file to fax, type the recipient number in the appropriate text field and click on the Send fax button to forward the document. You can choose PDF files, Microsoft Office documents and images, up to 25MB in size.
To extend the use of the service, once you have used the 10-day free trial, you will need to take out a paid subscription to the service. Prices depend on the length of the subscription and vary further if you want to get additional services, starting at $ 5 / month.
HelloFax
To send faxes online for free, you can also contact HelloFax . It is an online solution that allows you to send faxes at no cost all over the world. Faxes are delivered within a few hours and do not contain promotional writing inside them.
In the free version it is possible to have only the basic version of the service, characterized by the limitation of being able to send faxes with a maximum of five pages . To receive faxes, however, and to take advantage of other benefits, a subscription is required starting from $ 9.99 / month.
To be able to use HelloFax, you must connect to the main page of the service using the link I provided you before, and click on the Create an account button to start creating your free account immediately or register through the Google account , using the special button.
If everything went well, within a few moments you will receive a message to the e-mail address with which you have decided to register: click on the link inside it and, after providing the password with to access the account you just created, click the Continue and No, thanks buttons , I’m good to go .
Once this is done, click on the text Send a fax located at the top left and click on the Send a fax button in the center of the page. Now, click the Upload file button and select the file to send or, if you prefer, drag it to the Drag and drop files here box .
Once the upload is complete, click on the Next button at the top right, add the fax signers , specifying their names and email addresses in the appropriate form, and click on the Next button located at the top right. If you are the only signer of the fax, however, click on the link I am the only signer .
Then, customize the fax by inserting (if you want) a signature, initials, an additional text field, etc. or click the Skip button located at the top right if you want to skip the step; then specify the recipient’s fax number or email address in the field located under Fax number or email address and first press the Send document and Send with HelloSign buttons .
In this way, the fax will be sent and delivered to the recipient within a few minutes or, at the latest, a few hours.
MyFax
MyFax is another solution that I invite you to try. This service can be used free of charge for 30 days, guaranteeing the sending of 2 faxes per day. At the end of the trial, the use of the service is guaranteed only if you subscribe to one of the paid plans among those in the price list, starting from 13 euro / month. Even MyFax does not imprint promotional messages on the documents sent and allows their receipt to the recipients within a few hours.
To test MyFax, go to its main page using the link I gave you a moment ago, press the Start free trial button and choose Italy from the drop-down menu corresponding to the item In which country do you want a fax number? . Then, select your city through the menu under the heading Choose a city and click on the Continue button .
Now, specify your name and email address in the appropriate text fields, specify the data relating to your credit card , necessary to activate the trial (know, however, that no charge is made if the subscription is deactivated before the trial expires) , provide your billing address and your phone number and press the Activate button located at the bottom.
Once these steps have been completed, I strongly recommend that you follow the detailed instructions included in the message that will be sent to the email address with which you registered, so that you can send all the necessary documentation to activate your account: this must be done within 10 days , under penalty of account closure.
Once this is done, go to the login page of the service , specify your login details in the appropriate text fields and click on the Login button . Once logged in, click on the Send fax button and fill in the form that is proposed on the screen, taking care to specify the fax recipient’s telephone number in the first box and the sender’s data in the second box . Remember to click on the Choose file button , select the document to send and click on the Send fax button to proceed with sending.
To deactivate the subscription before the free trial ends and not be charged, click the Update account button on the main page of your profile, select the Billing tab and, after clicking on the Cancel My Account link , follow the instructions that receive on screen to complete the procedure.
