Google Domains
Domain registration service by Google
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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.
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Canada
- France
- Germany
- India
- Indonesia
- Italy
- Japan
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Philippines
- Poland
- Singapore
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Thailand
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Vietnam
| |
| Successor | Squarespace Domains |
|---|---|
| Area served | Country list[1]
|
| Industry | Domain name registration |
| URL | domains |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | June 13, 2014 |
| Current status | Discontinued (September 7, 2023) |
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]