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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 shurcooL »

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…

For me, and I think many others, the main advantage is a simple, sane UI. It just works, no surprises.

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Post by DomKM »

adrianlmm wrote: post #126
nostromo wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One of the headaches of setting up a domain is getting the email sorted correctly. Instant integration to Gmail is a nice feature. If you want privacy protection on your whois lookups, then Google would be cheaper than the other providers, as they sell it as an add-on. I also trust Google to have speedy DNS servers, if you're leaving the defaults in place. GoDaddy's DNS can be quite slow. Perhaps not a "mind-blowing"…

>then Google would be cheaper than the other providers, as they sell it as an add-on Godaddy also sells this as an addon, actually, every domain seller does, I don't know what is so special about Google's offert.

NameSilo includes whois privacy and is cheaper than any alternative (.com is $9/domain).

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Post by prawn »

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

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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.

I use Namecheap for SSL certificates (we have domains and hosting elsewhere).

The old interface within the redesign is jarring and, as you know, that old interface is pretty ugly! I love how it will show me the first 10 in a listing and then offer paging rather than showing 100 or all by default. Will be happy to have that fixed.

Other than that, I have at times found the split between the old (customer) and new (sales) interfaces confusing. I'll often be clicking through SSL info in the sales interface when I'm trying to remember where to get my client SSL lists.

Apart from that, I've been happy with the pricing and when I've needed support via live chat it's been really polite and quick. I recommend Namecheap despite that interface issue.

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Post by crdoconnor »

curiously wrote: post #205
crdoconnor wrote: post #171

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>One of the headaches of setting up a domain is getting the email sorted correctly. Instant integration to Gmail is a nice feature. name.com has had that for years. Click a button and it configures all the MX records for you and a few CNAMES on top (so you can do stuff like mail.yourdomain.com and calendar.yourdomain.com).

please stay the hell away from name.com, their webmail is an absolute joke!

I only use them as a registrar and DNS.

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Post by SG- »

iancarroll wrote: post #107
EarthLaunch wrote: post #52

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That's just it - it's impossible to social engineer a takeover of your domain, since nobody can reach a human!

Actually, I've gotten pretty fast response times on normal business days with Google Domains.

I'm assuming before it launched?

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Post by SiVal »

prawn wrote: post #213
tamar wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I use Namecheap for SSL certificates (we have domains and hosting elsewhere). The old interface within the redesign is jarring and, as you know, that old interface is pretty ugly! I love how it will show me the first 10 in a listing and then offer paging rather than showing 100 or all by default. Will be happy to have that fixed. Other than that, I have at times found the split between the old (customer) and new (sal…

I would be interested to know Google's plans for selling SSL certs, if any. They have been quite vocal that sites should switch from HTTP to HTTPS at the risk of having their Page Rank downgraded if they don't, but this requires paying for and deploying an SSL certificate.

So, if Google is so interested in seeing universal HTTPS, what sort of SSL cert carrot will they provide to their registered domains to go along with the Page Rank stick?

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Post by SiVal »

Animats wrote: post #198
rpedela wrote: post #19

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Private registration usually costs extra, but not with Google domains. That is a compelling reason to me. I also like the clean interface, some of the other vendors have horrible interfaces.

Private registration on a business domain is a scumbag flag. Use it only for blogs and such.

I don't agree. I have a one-man online business, which means I can operate from home to save a lot of money, making it possible to charge less to my customers while still making a profit. I really would rather not have people who are angry at the business, for whatever reason, have easy access to my home address.

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Post by teddyh »

dudus wrote: post #185
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

> Google Domains uses the dyndns2 protocol

So, not RFC 2136. No standard protocol for you.

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Post by reacweb »

nostromo wrote: post #29
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…

One of the headaches of setting up a domain is getting the email sorted correctly. Instant integration to Gmail is a nice feature. If you want privacy protection on your whois lookups, then Google would be cheaper than the other providers, as they sell it as an add-on. I also trust Google to have speedy DNS servers, if you're leaving the defaults in place. GoDaddy's DNS can be quite slow. Perhaps not a "mind-blowing"…

When I want to know if a site is trustworthy, the first thing I check is whois information. If hidden, do not trust.
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