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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 panda88888 »

SXX wrote: post #56
panda88888 wrote: post #26

Any recommendations on registrars? I may have to move a couple of domains off Google Domains / Squarespace. Edit: I am located in the US.

UPD: Yeah I wasn't avare they been bought out recently. That's really unfortunate to hear. Gandi served me well for last 10 years: * Plenty of zones supported with reasonable prices. * Have team account access for companies. * In case of emergency there is an option to renew domains registered with Gandi even without being owner.

Thanks for the recommendation. Looks like Gandi got bought out recently. Not sure if it’s for better or worse—will do some more research.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by nocoiner »

rogerkirkness wrote: post #16

I was a Google die hard, everything except Reader that they killed made sense. At this point it seems like the CFO is in charge and no good product is safe.

Reader probably made “sense” too for the axe-wielding CFO, in that I can’t imagine it generated any meaningful revenue. But I also can’t imagine it consumed much in the way of resources either…

I still use Gmail, but that’s it for me among Google’s offerings. (I can’t easily transition away from that due to using my email address for several hundred login credentials, though I suppose I really should begin that project.) But certainly for anything new, I have no confidence in any Google products, paid or unpaid.

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Post by wg0 »

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?

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by DazWilkin »

I'm a long-term, several domains user of Google Domains and disappointed to learn of this sale.

Several others have suggested porkbun and I'm interested to see that it provides an API (https://porkbun.com/api/json/v3/documentation).

Do folks have experience with this API?

I have a hacky a solution to update Google Domains Dynamic DNS record but would value a more functional API to update DNS records. Had I known about this before today, I may have migrated my domains to porkbun for this reason alone.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by themadturk »

wsgeorge wrote: post #8

How long until the "don't trust Google to not kill a product" feeling becomes so widespread it begins to hurt them? I don't know any historical precedents...

Probably not until they sunset free Gmail, at which point there will be millions of voices screaming out in terror.

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Post by akpa1 »

dangerboysteve wrote: post #49

(in the voice of David Attenborough) And thus starts the great domain migration of 2023. 10 million fledgling domains begin their search for safety in new homes, far away from the coming impending onslaught of upsells and limited time offer emails. Some will find refuge in Cloudflare, others, not so.

I moved a domain away from Cloudflare a month or so ago, only to be faced with this. Just my luck.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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Post by thesuitonym »

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'm not an expert here by any means, but my understanding is that some TLDs are just more expensive, but for the first year they're sold at a discount to get you in the door.

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Post by SXX »

panda88888 wrote: post #81
SXX wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

UPD: Yeah I wasn't avare they been bought out recently. That's really unfortunate to hear. Gandi served me well for last 10 years: * Plenty of zones supported with reasonable prices. * Have team account access for companies. * In case of emergency there is an option to renew domains registered with Gandi even without being owner.

Thanks for the recommendation. Looks like Gandi got bought out recently. Not sure if it’s for better or worse—will do some more research.

That's a bummer. I guess it's about time for me to stop recommending them.

Re: Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

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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...

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