Google Domains
Google Domains logo.svg
Area served
Country list[1]
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • France
  • Germany
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Malaysia
  • Mexico
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Singapore
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Thailand
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Vietnam
IndustryDomain name registration
URLdomains.google
CommercialYes
LaunchedJune 13, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-06-13)
Availability of Google Domains
Availability of Google Domains

Google Domains is a domain name registrar operated by Google.[2]

The service offers domain registration, DNS hosting, dynamic DNS, domain forwarding, and email forwarding.[3] It provides native integration support for Google Cloud DNS and Google Workspace. It also offers one-click DNS configuration that connects the domains with Blogger, Google Sites, Squarespace, Wix.com, Weebly, Bluehost, Shopify, and Firebase.[4][5] It supports domain privacy, custom nameservers, and DNSSEC.

The domain registration service is accredited by ICANN – the IANA number assigned by ICANN to Google is 895.[6]

Google became a domain name registrar as early as in 2005.[7] Google Domains was publicly launched under a beta test mode on January 13, 2015,[3] and the beta phase ended on March 15, 2022. As of February 4, 2022, it supports more than 300 top-level domains.

On March 15, 2022, Google announced that Google Domains was officially out of beta.[8]

On June 15, 2023, Squarespace concluded an agreement to purchase the Google Domains business, including approximately 10 million registered domain names. The Google Domains service will shut down after the sale and transfer of domains is completed, expected in the third quarter of 2023.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Google Domain Frequently asked questions".
  2. ^ Kumparak, Greg (June 23, 2014). "Google Gets Into Domain Sales". TechCrunch.
  3. ^ a b Perez, Sarah (January 13, 2015). "Google Domains Launches To All In U.S. With Support For Blogger Integration, Templates And More Domain Endings". TechCrunch. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  4. ^ Lisota, Kevin (January 15, 2015). "Google Domains: Useful for some small business owners, but useless in many cases". GeekWire. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  5. ^ Pinola, Melanie (January 13, 2015). "You Can Now Buy and Sell Domain Names on Google Domains". LifeHack. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  6. ^ "List of Accredited Registrars". www.icann.org. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  7. ^ "Google becomes domain name seller".
  8. ^ "Google Domains is out of beta".
  9. ^ Li, Abner (June 15, 2023). "Google Domains shutting down, assets sold and being migrated to Squarespace". 9to5Google. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  10. ^ "Squarespace Enters Definitive Agreement to Acquire Google Domains Assets" (Press release). PR Newswire. June 15, 2023. Archived from the original on June 15, 2023. Retrieved June 15, 2023.