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Re: Google Domains

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Post by pmurphyirl »

dublinben wrote: post #73
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.

Google discontinued (presumably paid) radio and television ads a few months after starting each. This does seem entirely like a whimsical side project for Google. If you want a reliable domain registrar, find one that doesn't do anything else.

Google closing down the radio & tv ads business (c. 2009) was a function more of an acquisition that went badly and an industry that was loathe to change - so imho don't think there's a great corollary here.

Re: Google Domains

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Post by drusenko »

gmays wrote: post #100
pbreit wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looks pretty nice. I'm still startled at how lousy the options are for new (smaller) businesses wanting to get online (ie, Wix and Weebly). Google Apps is now $50/year?

I agree with your point on lousy options for small businesses. See my other comment in this thread. The SMB website market is ripe for disruption.

I'd absolutely love to hear your feedback on how we (Weebly) can get better! We are constantly improving the product, but there's still a long ways to go.

Re: Google Domains

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Post by hackuser »

stormbrew wrote: post #133

Free whois privacy. Hopefully this pushes some other dns providers to do the same.

"Private" domain registrations result in your domain being registered to the privacy service and not to you. At least, that was true for the ones I looked into.

That may not matter to some people, but it could be a problem to have that critical resource outside your organization's control.

EDIT: See the posts re Gandhi, whose privacy service apparently leaves the domain registered to you. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7934145

Re: Google Domains

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Post by newaccountfool »

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.

The people at the business may only work during business hours, but people purchase items and interact with websites 24/7 meaning that if you get a text saying your domain is down at 03:00, then by 03:02 you want to be in touch with someone figuring out why.

Re: Google Domains

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Post by dragonwriter »

bhartzer wrote: post #91

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

> You are calling the new gTLDs "domain endings"?

Actually, they seem to be calling TLDs (not just the new ones, and not just gTLDs) "domain endings" and referring to the new ones as "new domain endings".

> Is that what we're supposed to call them?

People that know what "gTLD" means can continue to call them that, but in marketing to people who don't know anything about buying domains and are doing it for the first time -- a significant target of this effort, I suspect -- "domain endings" is clearer and more accessible.

Re: Google Domains

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Post by josephb »

stormbrew wrote: post #133

Free whois privacy. Hopefully this pushes some other dns providers to do the same.

Namesilo include whois privacy and email forwarding for $8.99

This seems like a 30 percent premium over other offerings currently available, no doubt the value is there for some folks.

Re: Google Domains

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Post by david_shaw »

Justsignedup wrote: post #52
ep103 wrote: post #17

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

When dealing with Google Apps, if they are not satisfied that my issue is perfectly resolved in a very short period of time, they hunted me down until I confirmed that everything was working honkey dorey. That includes cold-calling me to ensure everything is good. Their support is top notch for paid products.

I had a dissimilar experience. I upgraded our account to the Apps for Business trial. Although it was neat, I didn't really need it - so when the trial ended, I decided to revert to my free account.

It turns out they don't let you do that. "Free trial" means 30 days free, then it's Apps for Business or no Apps at all.

I felt (and, to some extent, still feel) extorted by that. The customer service experience was extremely dissatisfying. So, will I eventually use Google Domains? Probably. I just won't depend on it without a failsafe - which is what I should have done since the beginning.

Re: Google Domains

#149

Post by bwblabs »

lobster_johnson wrote: post #137
bwblabs wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Domain name registrar like Hover, NameCheap, NameBright and NameSilo still do not yet support DNSSEC (nor have an ETA for it!). Here is a list of DNSSEC supporting registrars: https://www.icann.org/en/news/in-focus/dnssec/deployment Based on pricing ($9.99/.com) and a growing irritation with GoDaddy, I finally moved my domains to Dynadot: https://www.dynadot.com/ They have a (custom) 2FA app and 2FA SMS. BTW this fri…

Dynadot doesn't support .io, looks like?

Correct, no .io support.

Re: Google Domains

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Post by renata »

tdicola wrote: post #88

I don't get it, I already have a domain managed by Google with my Google apps account. I understand they shut off this service for new signups a while back. So are they releasing a _new_ managed domain service? How long until I am forced to go through some ugly merge process to put my Google apps account onto this new system? Would really love to hear the rationale for killing the old service to replace it with somet…

This is domain registration, not Google Apps associated with a domain. Google is moving into GoDaddy/Namecheap/Gandi space here. Once this opens up I imagine you can just transfer your domain from your current registrar and nothing will change in your Google Apps account.
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