Google Domains no longer offers new registrations; customers continue to use Google Domains until transition. Website-building platform Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) has completed its acquisition of Google Domains (NASDAQ: GOOGL) for $180 ... Continue Reading7 Comments
WordPress gains 44,000 domains from Google Domains (so far)
· Domain RegistrarsWordPress.com will pay for up to one million domain transfers. On August 1, WordPress.com announced that it is offering free transfers for anyone who had their domains at Google Domains. WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg told Domain Name Wire today ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Revenue and bookings up 16% at Squarespace ahead of Google Domains acquisition
· Domain RegistrarsCompany reports earnings and says it is revamping its domain platform ahead of Google Domains acquisition. Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) reported Q2 earnings this morning. Both revenue and bookings (sales) were up 16% year over year. Revenue came in ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
WordPress offers 1 million free transfers for domains at Google Domains
· Domain RegistrarsCompany hopes to siphon off domains headed to Squarespace. WordPress.com is offering to foot the bill for up to 1 million domain transfers. In June, Google announced it was selling its domains business to Squarespace for $180 million. ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Top .com registrars, ranked
· Domain RegistrarsHere are the biggest and fastest-growing domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers March 2023. It's ... Continue Reading1 Comment
My thoughts on Squarespace’s acquisition of Google Domains
· Domain RegistrarsIt could be a win for more than just Squarespace. Squarespace made a surprise announcement yesterday that it was buying Google Domains, Google's domain name registrar, for $180 million. Google Domains currently has about 10 million domains under ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Squarespace buys Google Domains for $180 million
· Domain RegistrarsGoogle sells its domain registration business. In a surprising announcement today, website building platform Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) announced that it's buying Google Domains, Google's domain name registrar. The purchase price is $180 million, and ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Google Domains was still in beta?
· Domain RegistrarsGoogle says its Domains product is finally out of beta. Google Domains announced yesterday that it was out of beta. Your likely response: Wait, Google Domains was still in beta? The company is known for playing fast and loose with the term beta. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Google launched a new top level domain yesterday
· UncategorizedEarly Access is underway. What, you didn't get in on the big landrush yesterday? To little fanfare, Google launched the .day top level domain name yesterday in Early Access. That means, for an early bird premium, you can secure your .day domain ... Continue Reading4 Comments
How Google became a strong competitor for domain names
· Domain RegistrarsFrom an innocuous beginning, Google has grown into a key competitor for retail domain name registrations. I was in London in June 2014 at an ICANN meeting when the news broke: Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) was becoming a domain name ... Continue Reading9 Comments
