Google Domains
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| SuccessorTemplate:Pluralize from text | Squarespace Domains |
|---|---|
| Area served | Country list[1]
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| Industry | Domain name registration |
| URL | domains |
| Commercial | Yes |
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| Current status | Discontinued (Script error: No such module "Date time".) |
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Google Domains was a domain name registrar and domain management service operated by Google.[2] It was launched in 2014 and continued to operate, mostly as a beta service, until most of its assets were acquired by Squarespace on September 7, 2023. The sale included databases of registered domains, customer accounts, and registry accreditation.
Features
The service offered domain registration, DNS hosting, dynamic DNS, domain forwarding, and email forwarding.[3] It provided native integration support for Google Cloud DNS and Google Workspace. It also offered one-click DNS configuration that connected the domains with Blogger, Google Sites, Squarespace, Wix.com, Weebly, Bluehost, Shopify, and Firebase.[4][5] It supports domain privacy, custom nameservers, and DNSSEC.
The domain registration service was accredited by ICANN – the IANA number assigned by ICANN to Google LLC was 895.[6][7] This number was transferred to Squarespace after the sale in September 2023.[8][9][better source needed]
History
Google became a domain name registrar in 2005.[10] Google Domains was publicly launched under a beta test mode on January 13, 2015.[3]
In March 2022, Google announced that Google Domains was officially out of beta. It supported more than 300 top-level domains at that time.[11]
On September 7, 2023, all Google Domains assets—including all customer accounts and approximately 10 million registered domain names—were acquired by Squarespace for about $180 million.[12][13] Squarespace announced it would transfer existing domains to its Squarespace Domains platform after a transition period.[14][15] On the same day, Google Domains stopped accepting new domain registrations (selling new domains) and started recommending users to use Squarespace directly.[16] All domains had been migrated to Squarespace by July 10, 2024.[17]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Support – Google Domains". Google Domains. Archived from the original on August 2, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kumparak, Greg (June 23, 2014). "Google Gets Into Domain Sales". TechCrunch.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Perez, Sarah (January 13, 2015). "Google Domains Launches To All In U.S. With Support For Blogger Integration, Templates And More Domain Endings". TechCrunch. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lisota, Kevin (January 15, 2015). "Google Domains: Useful for some small business owners, but useless in many cases". GeekWire. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pinola, Melanie (January 13, 2015). "You Can Now Buy and Sell Domain Names on Google Domains". LifeHack. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Registrar IDs". IANA. Archived from the original on July 16, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McCarthy, Kieren (February 1, 2005). "Google becomes domain name seller • The Register". The Register. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."List of Accredited Registrars". ICANN. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Registrar IDs". IANA. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McCarthy, Kieren (February 1, 2005). "Google becomes domain name seller". The Register. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hellard, Bobby (March 16, 2022). "Google Domains exits beta after seven years". ITPro. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Squarespace Completes Acquisition of Google Domains Assets". PR Newswire. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Shakir, Umar (June 16, 2023). "Google sunsets Domains business and shovels it off to Squarespace". The Verge.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Li, Abner (June 15, 2023). "Google Domains shutting down, assets sold and being migrated to Squarespace". 9to5Google. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Squarespace Completes Acquisition of Google Domains Assets" (Press release). PR Newswire. September 7, 2023. Archived from the original on September 7, 2023. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Schoon, Ben (September 17, 2023). "Google Domains has stopped selling new domains". 9to5Google. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."About the Squarespace purchase of Google Domains registrations". Google Support.
External links
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