Google Domains

The service offered domain registration, DNS hosting, dynamic DNS, domain forwarding, and email forwarding.{{cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/01/13/google-domains-launches-to-all-in-u-s-with-support-for-blogger-integration-templates-and-more-domain-endings/|title=Google Domains Launches To All In U.S. With Support For Blogger Integration, Templates And More Domain Endings|last1=Perez|first1=Sarah|date=January 13, 2015|work=TechCrunch|access-date=March 21, 2015}} It provided native integration support for Google Cloud DNS and Google Workspace. It also offered one-click DNS configuration that connected the domains with Blogger, Google Sites, Squarespace, Wix.com, Weebly, Bluehost, Shopify, and Firebase.{{cite news|last1=Lisota|first1=Kevin|title=Google Domains: Useful for some small business owners, but useless in many cases|url=http://www.geekwire.com/2015/google-domains-useful-small-business-owners-useless-many-cases/|access-date=March 21, 2015|work=GeekWire|date=January 15, 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Pinola|first1=Melanie|title=You Can Now Buy and Sell Domain Names on Google Domains|url=http://lifehacker.com/you-can-now-buy-and-sell-domain-names-on-google-domains-1679243236|access-date=March 21, 2015|work=LifeHack|date=January 13, 2015}} It supports domain privacy, custom nameservers, and DNSSEC.

The domain registration service was accredited by ICANN – the IANA number assigned by ICANN to Google LLC was 895.{{Cite web |title=Registrar IDs |url=https://www.iana.org/assignments/registrar-ids/registrar-ids.xhtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716080430/https://www.iana.org/assignments/registrar-ids/registrar-ids.xhtml |archive-date=2023-07-16 |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=IANA}}{{Cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Kieren |date=2005-02-01 |title=Google becomes domain name seller • The Register |url=https://www.theregister.com/2005/02/01/google_domain_seller/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=The Register}} This number was transferred to Squarespace after the sale in September 2023.{{Cite web |title=List of Accredited Registrars |url=https://www.icann.org/en/accredited-registrars?page=1&sort-param=name&sort-direction=asc&iana-number=895&iana-number=3827&view-all=true |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=ICANN}}{{Cite web |title=Registrar IDs |url=https://www.iana.org/assignments/registrar-ids/registrar-ids.xhtml |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=IANA}}{{Better source needed|reason=Non-primary source would be better.|date=September 2023}}

Google became a domain name registrar in 2005.{{cite news |last=McCarthy |first=Kieren |date=February 1, 2005 |title=Google becomes domain name seller |url=https://www.theregister.com/2005/02/01/google_domain_seller |access-date=April 1, 2025 |work=The Register}} Google Domains was publicly launched under a beta test mode on January 13, 2015.

In March 2022, Google announced that Google Domains was officially out of beta. It supported more than 300 top-level domains at that time.{{Cite web |last=Hellard |first=Bobby |date=March 16, 2022 |title=Google Domains exits beta after seven years |url=https://www.itpro.com/network-internet/domain-name-system-dns/367000/google-domains-launches-after-seven-years-beta |access-date=April 1, 2025 |website=ITPro |language=en}}

On September 7, 2023, all Google Domains assets—including all customer accounts and approximately 10 million registered domain names—were acquired by Squarespace for about $180 million.{{Cite web |title=Squarespace Completes Acquisition of Google Domains Assets |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/squarespace-completes-acquisition-of-google-domains-assets-301921300.html |access-date=2023-09-10 |work=PR Newswire |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Shakir |first=Umar |date=June 16, 2023 |title=Google sunsets Domains business and shovels it off to Squarespace |url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/16/23763340/google-domains-sunset-sell-squarespace |website=The Verge}} Squarespace announced it would transfer existing domains to its Squarespace Domains platform after a transition period.{{Cite web |last=Li |first=Abner |date=2023-06-15 |title=Google Domains shutting down, assets sold and being migrated to Squarespace |url=https://9to5google.com/2023/06/15/google-domains-squarespace/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=9to5Google |language=en-US}}{{Cite press release |title=Squarespace Completes Acquisition of Google Domains Assets |author= |date=2023-09-07 |publisher=PR Newswire |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/squarespace-completes-acquisition-of-google-domains-assets-301921300.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907212232/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/squarespace-completes-acquisition-of-google-domains-assets-301921300.html |archive-date=2023-09-07 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-06-15}} On the same day, Google Domains stopped accepting new domain registrations (selling new domains) and started recommending users to use Squarespace directly.{{Cite web |last=Schoon |first=Ben |date=2023-09-17 |title=Google Domains has stopped selling new domains |url=https://9to5google.com/2023/09/16/google-domains-stopped-selling/ |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=9to5Google |language=en-US}} All domains had been migrated to Squarespace by July 10, 2024.{{Cite web |title=About the Squarespace purchase of Google Domains registrations |url=https://support.google.com/domains/answer/13689670 |website=Google Support}}

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