Google 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 JPMorgan Chase Bank is providing financing for part of the purchase. Google launched its domain registrar in 2014, originally calling it […]
  • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    This is a surprising move by Google, one would think there would be no benefit them selling the domains business?

    Squarespace hopes to convert some of these people into customers of its site building and other tools

    No thanks

    Squarespace will honor Google Domains renewal prices for current customers for at least 12 months

    This quote has me slightly worried, especially considering some Google domains already cost almost triple of a regular ‘.com’