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Google Domains Launches to All in U.S

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Re: Google Domains Launches to All in U.S

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Post by arfliw »

tamar wrote: post #142
jedc wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been a beta-tester of Google Domains for months, and it's just such a nicer experience than GoDaddy/Namecheap. Particularly with GoDaddy, I feel like there's always a chance I'm going to click on the wrong thing and then get subscribed to some ridiculous service. With Google, it's a clean, transparent, USABLE interface. I'd encourage people to try it out with a domain and form your own views. As for me, I'm movi…

Hey jedc - Tamar from Namecheap here. Can you provide insights into the Namecheap experience? I hear the GD side. Would like to know what you mean from ours. As far as our dashboard, we're building a better user experience, so that's nothing to fret about. I bet you'd agree when it's live that the experience is far more stellar than anything you'd find anywhere else.

The main thing is just clutter. Google Domains has a very simple user interface. It only has the stuff you need. NameCheap and every other registrar has a million links everywhere and all this random crap you never use, making it hard to find the stuff you do need.

NameCheap is better than most, though. The only reason I don't keep a lot of domains with you is price. Your renewal fee's are significantly higher than budget registrars like Dynadot. And when you own a lot of domains, that extra 10% adds up fast.

Re: Google Domains Launches to All in U.S

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Post by kijin »

zippergz wrote: post #91
ewzimm wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's interesting. Do you know where the requirements are published? I've read language recently from at least one registrar specifically stating that private registration prevents transfers to other registrars. Maybe this was before these new requirements were published.

In my recent experience, private registration prevents transfers because you are unable to receive the email message that contains the code you need to complete the transfer. I am still able to transfer my domains, but I need to turn off private registration first, so the email is sent to my real email address. This seems like a silly problem, and one that the registrars cold solve if they wanted to, but obviously th…

I have transferred multiple domains with the privacy service turned on. No problem whatsoever. Every registrar worth doing business with (i.e. not GoDaddy) will forward all important mail to your real email address. Emails can take a few minutes or hours to get forwarded and/or end up in the spam folder, but that's about it.

If your registrar's privacy service is so bad that emails don't get through, transfers should be the least of your worries. Because of the new ICANN verification rules, you're at risk of losing your domain if emails don't get through to you.

Re: Google Domains Launches to All in U.S

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Post by arfliw »

waylandsmithers wrote: post #117
Someone1234 wrote: post #13

None of Google Domain's features are novel. In fact the article spent most of its time talking about an up-sell. Which isn't to say Google Domain isn't a good product, just that we now should look at price because nothing else seems interesting... ~ Google Domains charges $12/year for .COM, .NET, .ORG. ~ NameCheap charges $10.69/year for .COM, $11.98/year for .NET, and $11.48/year for .ORG. Sometimes with an 18c/year…

Something about Google feels more trustworthy to me than all the other registrars, so that's new.

Trust in the brand is negated for me by the fact that if this doesn't go well, I know they'll just shut it down or neglect it in a year or two. You want to know your registrar will be there in 10 years.

Re: Google Domains Launches to All in U.S

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Post by dudus »

briHass wrote: post #167

Does anyone know if they support dynamic DNS on subdomains and is it RFC2136 compliant? For example, I have mydomain.com pointing to a standard server, but home.mydomain.com updated from pfSense to point to my dyn IP on namecheap. As usual with Google, technical details are scant.

The help center page has a lot of info. It does support sub domain support. I don't use it so I'm not sure it follows the spec you mentioned or not but it seems to have a fairly simple protocol.

https://support.google.com/domains/answer/6147083?authuser=1

Re: Google Domains Launches to All in U.S

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Post by wye »

rictic wrote: post #67
Someone1234 wrote: post #13

None of Google Domain's features are novel. In fact the article spent most of its time talking about an up-sell. Which isn't to say Google Domain isn't a good product, just that we now should look at price because nothing else seems interesting... ~ Google Domains charges $12/year for .COM, .NET, .ORG. ~ NameCheap charges $10.69/year for .COM, $11.98/year for .NET, and $11.48/year for .ORG. Sometimes with an 18c/year…

The primary reason I use it is to have two factor authentication defending my domains. [disclosure: Google employee]

name.com has 2FA

Re: Google Domains Launches to All in U.S

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Post by StavrosK »

akadien wrote: post #123
rictic wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The primary reason I use it is to have two factor authentication defending my domains. [disclosure: Google employee]

Namecheap has 2FA.

It has a weird SMS-based TFA thing, not the far more widespread TOTP standard.

Re: Google Domains Launches to All in U.S

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Post by tabrischen »

fugyk wrote: post #61

I think integration with other Google products is the main reason they are venturing here. It can offer one click integration to google apps, app engine, cloud compute and blogger. If they offer free google apps for personal use, I think it can be a major selling point.

Agreed. On the website, it mentions that it'll integrate with Blogger, Shopify, Squarespace, Weebly and Wix. Integration with App Engine would be a big selling point.

Re: Google Domains Launches to All in U.S

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Post by readme »

Someone1234 wrote: post #13

None of Google Domain's features are novel. In fact the article spent most of its time talking about an up-sell. Which isn't to say Google Domain isn't a good product, just that we now should look at price because nothing else seems interesting... ~ Google Domains charges $12/year for .COM, .NET, .ORG. ~ NameCheap charges $10.69/year for .COM, $11.98/year for .NET, and $11.48/year for .ORG. Sometimes with an 18c/year…

Namecheap includes WhoisGuard with all their domains for those prices, so they're even LOWER than they seem.

It seems to me that Google is just trying to throw their enormous weight into every space now and it sickens me. This is how we end up with mediocre goods and services... No thanks Google.

They are much, much more than a monopoly at this point.

Not to mention, with Namecheap, GoDaddy or really any other company, you can probably get ahold of tech support 24/7. Good luck getting that from Google... Not that I've tried yet, but my experience with them in the past has been that it's mission impossible to talk to a human being in charge of something there, unless you're trying to hangout with the devs on Google+ or something for smalltalk, which seems to always be available.

Re: Google Domains Launches to All in U.S

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Post by m0th87 »

Don't waste your time on this service. I registered for it years ago while it was still in beta, and it's been nothing but a trainwreck.

The latest debacle: I can't renew my domain. They started sending me notifications a few months ago that my domain was expiring because my credit card is out of date. I can't sign in because of a redirect bug. There's no support to reach out to, and requests for help on forums have gone unanswered.

Alternatively, dnsimple has been nothing but charming to work with.

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