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Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by x0x0 »

brycewray wrote: post #34

I've been using Google Domains for a few years (previously used Namecheap); but, a few months ago, I took a domain I don't actively use and transferred it to Porkbun after reading so many positive comments on HN about that registrar. I was thinking, "Well, you never know about Google, so I may as well see how it goes, just in case." Have, indeed, been very pleased with Porkbun. The article says it'll be some months b…

I just registered a porkbun account -- I had used google domains because I trust their security.

Re: porkbun: A+ work for allowing multiple yubikeys. If anyone else is looking for a registrar that has their security shit together, they seem promising.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by CydeWeys »

blooalien wrote: post #130
brycewray wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In my case, it added a year to my existing renewal date for each domain.

Nice! So, not only no loss involved, but there's a bonus added? Guess Porkbun's gettin' another happy customer soon. Saw that they also offer a few other services I'd likely use as well, so win/win for them (and me) I suppose.

It's not a bonus, you're paying for that extra year. The way domain transfers work is, they're not free; you pay for a year of renewal as part of them.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by simianpirate »

latexr wrote: post #25

> In an unexpected announcement today, Google Domains is “winding down following a transition period,” (…) Google killing a product should no longer be a surprise to anyone. It’s the opposite of Monty Python’s Spanish Inquisition: everybody expects it. https://killedbygoogle.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spanish_Inquisition_(Monty...

I still mourn the loss of Google Reader.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by CydeWeys »

petercooper wrote: post #12

Does anyone know whether or not this ties in with Google Registry (a.k.a. Charleston Road Registry)? That's the entity that owns GTLDs like .app and .dev. I'm going to guess Google is hanging on to that part of it.

Google Registry is unaffected so far.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by Dalewyn »

panarky wrote: post #143
latexr wrote: post #25

> In an unexpected announcement today, Google Domains is “winding down following a transition period,” (…) Google killing a product should no longer be a surprise to anyone. It’s the opposite of Monty Python’s Spanish Inquisition: everybody expects it. https://killedbygoogle.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spanish_Inquisition_(Monty...

Microsoft has killed more products than Google.

Microsoft has also set more products in solid granite than Google.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by CydeWeys »

orbz wrote: post #75

The thing I take biggest offense to is the fact that I hear about this from Bloomberg before Google making any outreach. Also no mention of if Google Cloud Domains is impacted.

It's materially significant information being made public. Of course it'll be released first in a press release.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by bombcar »

wildrhythms wrote: post #4

This is so disappointing. I never had an issue with Google Domains. It offered free WHOIS protection, easy to buy a domain and set it up. Nothing fancy. No BS fees. Shame

Most registrars offer free privacy settings now, even Epik. Maybe Godaddy doesn’t.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by CydeWeys »

dsgnr wrote: post #96
wg0 wrote: post #84

Anyone knows how domain name pricing works? Why some domains are cheaper in first year and then 10 times expensive the next year? Can a domain registrar exploit the situation where they know you have a good business around that domain so now the domain price per year is let's say 5,000 dollars?

I work in the domain industry and there are a few answers. A company can be a registry for a tld, like how Google owns the .app tld. That is different than a registrar, like godaddy, who resells the names in namespaces provided by registries. The registries set the price for that tld and other things like requiring .app namespace to be secure, so you need HTTPS and an SSL certificate for your website to load on most…

> Due to these SSL requirements, domain forwarding isnt supported.

That's just a limitation on some registrar. Domain forwarding absolutely does work on .app; you simply need to configure an SSL certificate on the web server serving the redirect for the forwarding.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by CydeWeys »

BehindTheMath wrote: post #147
SkyPuncher wrote: post #124

I think this one officially concludes “don’t trust Google for anything”. Maybe I’m not familiar enough with GCP, but why is this not just rolled into GCP? Is it even possible to buy a domain on GCP when this rolls off?

GCP has Cloud Domains. It's unclear to me what the future of that is.

There isn't one.
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