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Re: Google Domains

#51

Post by colinbartlett »

joeframbach wrote: post #45

Serious question: What happens in three years when Google decides to "sunset" this service like Wave, Labs, Reader, Buzz, Code Search, Knol, etc? Their target audience doesn't know how to work with registrars, which puts them in the worst possible situation when Google Domains is dropped. Will they help their users transition to other registrars?

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.

Re: Google Domains

#52

Post by Justsignedup »

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.

Re: Google Domains

#54

Post by 0xjvm »

tinkerrr wrote: post #11

"No additional cost for private registration" is badly required in the industry, and glad to see Google take the lead. Also, there should be an option to 301 redirect your blogspot blog to a domain held by Google. Lots of bloggers have outgrown their .blogspot.com blogs.

So does Dreamhost.

http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Domain_WHOIS_Privacy_Service

Re: Google Domains

#55

Post by bakareika »

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.

Re: Google Domains

#56

Post by forgotAgain »

tinkerrr wrote: post #11

"No additional cost for private registration" is badly required in the industry, and glad to see Google take the lead. Also, there should be an option to 301 redirect your blogspot blog to a domain held by Google. Lots of bloggers have outgrown their .blogspot.com blogs.

I wonder if that includes private from Google's internal uses?

Re: Google Domains

#57

Post by eli »

freejack wrote: post #24
eli wrote: post #18

Hasn't Google's been a registrar for years? You could register a domain for $10 as part of signing up for Apps at least 2 or 3 years ago. I guess the new part is they're offering it standalone? Seems like a lead gen effort for AdWords/AdSense more than a serious product.

That offering was just a referral/signup for Godaddy and enom.

Didn't realize that. Maybe I was confusing it with their service acting a registry (as opposed to registrar): https://www.google.com/registry/index.html

I could have sworn it was possible to register domains directly through Google, but I guess it could have been a cleverly disguised front-end to another registrar.

Re: Google Domains

#59

Post by eli »

joeframbach wrote: post #45

Serious question: What happens in three years when Google decides to "sunset" this service like Wave, Labs, Reader, Buzz, Code Search, Knol, etc? Their target audience doesn't know how to work with registrars, which puts them in the worst possible situation when Google Domains is dropped. Will they help their users transition to other registrars?

Hopefully transferring domains is easy regardless. I wouldn't ever recommend a registrar that was hard to quit.

Re: Google Domains

#60

Post by vowelless »

> Create up to 100 email aliases with your domain, such as help@your_company.com or sales@your_company.com, and have them forwarded to existing email accounts, like you@gmail.com. This way, your email is a professional reflection of your business.

So there are no actual email boxes included?

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