The last thing I trust Google with is my domains. They can outright ban or disable you just like with any of their products and not offer support or explanation.
Google Domains Launches to All in U.S
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#52So when somebody steals your domain, do you actually get to talk to a person at Google to help resolve the matter, or is it like every other customer service experience they offer?
That's just it - it's impossible to social engineer a takeover of your domain, since nobody can reach a human!
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#53Dethroning Godaddy is a noble act of course, but other than that I don't see any show stoppers from Google in managing domains space.
Adding support for more .bullshit TLD's that no one cares about?
Connecting to Blogger?
Yawn...
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#54None 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…
Security and convenience. It's tied to a Google Account which I already have and offers the same level of protection.
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
What is private registration?
Registration without revealing your private information in the whois database. Providers usually put their own details there and forward emails to the end user. Depending on the registry, it's unavailable or at least against the rules for some tlds.
.us for example prohibits it.
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#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
What is private registration?
With standard registration, the site is registered to you with ICANN. With private registration, it is registered to your registrar and you are provided access. Whois will show their info.
Note that this means you are technically not the owner of the domain, and you may be limited in your ability to transfer it, sell it, or do other things with it. Permissions are limited to what the registrar allows instead of what ICANN allows, although in most cases they give you nearly full control. You'll just have to read their terms if you want to know what you can do with it.
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#57Ive had beta access for a while now and havent had any problems yet. The main reason why I switched my domain to google was how seamless it works with gmail.
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#58Google: please provide free and easy to setup SSL with every domain. :)
It's more of a request to your hosting provider albeit Google likely will be happy to selling you SSL certificate :)
Agree though - clear instructions are missing.
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#59None 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…
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.
I ordered a domain recently on Namecheap, with free privation registration addon.
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#60Knowing first hand google support I will stick to namecheap ...
I like everything about namecheap, except the name. I hate having to mention their company name to a customer who I'm managing the domain for. It sounds like I'm using a discount service from the bottom of the barrel when that's really not how the company operates. It would be nice if I could refer to a parent company with a more appealing name.
I actually agree re:name, but besides that - everything else seems to be pretty solid with namecheap.