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Re: Google Domains

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Post by Oletros » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 9:46 PM UTC

vertex-four wrote: post #80

colinbartlett wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Has Google ever "sunset" a product they actually charge money for? That might help us understand what they'd do in this case. But I don't think there's a lot of precedent there.

Sure, Postini. They basically transferred everyone over to Google Apps. I'm not entirely sure how that worked, though.

So, they have not "sunseted" it, they have transferred it to their other paid services

Re: Google Domains

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Post by opendais » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 9:51 PM UTC

aviraldg wrote: post #38

ep103 wrote: post #17

So now my domains can be hosted by a company famed for its responsive and transparent customer service!

Support With Google Domains, you get phone and email support (M-F, 9am to 9pm EST).

And if it goes down at 9:01pm?

No thanks. I'd rather have 24/7 support.

Re: Google Domains

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Post by bhartzer » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 9:53 PM UTC

bjt wrote: post #104

bhartzer wrote: post #91

Really, Google? You are calling the new gTLDs "domain endings"? Is that what we're supposed to call them?

The tie-in with Weebly, Squarespace, Shopify, etc. tells me they're targeting the low end of the market. Freelance photographers, caterers, and people currently selling stuff on Etsy. If I were targeting that market, I would also prefer "domain endings" over "gTLDs".

bjt, that target market needs to be educated. Call them what they are, and don't make up "silly names" for them. What if they were selling pickup trucks? Would they call it a car that has a place in the back for your stuff?

Re: Google Domains

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Post by mattl » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 9:55 PM UTC

shiftpgdn wrote: post #108

mattl wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think new users can sign up for Postini, but they're still supporting it.

Postini support got dropped very recently and on very short notice. It sucked.

Ugh. Sorry to hear that.

Re: Google Domains

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Post by dclara » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 9:56 PM UTC

andybak wrote: post #70

jyxent wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I assume that is where Google Apps comes in.

Or a free Gmail account for incoming mail. The only missing part of the jigsaw would be an SMTP server - otherwise your email appears to others with something like 'sent on behalf of' or similar (depending on the mail client).

GoDaddy gives you one email box with your domain name so that when you reply the email, it is sent from the real email account.

Re: Google Domains

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Post by kin » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 9:58 PM UTC

Great news to me, recently switched from GoDaddy to Namecheap and I still don't like the experience.

Re: Google Domains

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Post by Diamons » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 9:59 PM UTC

opendais wrote: post #112

aviraldg wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Support With Google Domains, you get phone and email support (M-F, 9am to 9pm EST).

And if it goes down at 9:01pm? No thanks. I'd rather have 24/7 support.

So your complaint is that a support line for businesses is only available during business hours.

Re: Google Domains

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Post by opendais » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 10:00 PM UTC

Diamons wrote: post #117

opendais wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And if it goes down at 9:01pm? No thanks. I'd rather have 24/7 support.

So your complaint is that a support line for businesses is only available during business hours.

I get calls at 3am for outages. Remind me what business hours are again?

Plenty of domain & DNS providers offer 24/7 x 365 support.

Re: Google Domains

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Post by S4M » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 10:04 PM UTC

bakareika wrote: post #55

ep103 wrote: post #17

So now my domains can be hosted by a company famed for its responsive and transparent customer service!

Exactly my thoughts. It may be acceptable-ish for a personal home page, but using this for anything that's remotely useful and/or has more than one user, no way in hell. Already tried that with email (Google Apps for Business), and the punishment was swift like the new Apple programming language.

>and the punishment was swift like the new Apple programming language What happened exactly?

Re: Google Domains

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Post by nachteilig » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 10:07 PM UTC

Right now I have a reseller account with OpenSRS/Tucows, and I have to say that this service from Google interests me. OpenSRS has seemingly been stuck in the 90s with UI stuff for a while now, and recently started charing $3/year extra for private registration.

Looks like I'll give it a try as soon as I get an invite.