Taken over by Squarespace, Alphabet sells Google Domains business and assets

CTOnews.com June 16 news, Alphabet issued a press release today, announcing that the Google Domains domain name has entered a "transitional period" and the related business and assets will be taken over by Squarespace.

In a press release today, Squarespace announced an asset purchase agreement with Alphabet to acquire Google Domains-related businesses and assets, including approximately 10 million domain names that serve millions of customers and are hosted on Google Domains.

Squarespace said that with the help of the Google Domains team, the first priority is to help customers make a smooth transition in the coming months.

CTOnews.com Note: Google Domains is a domain name registrar operated by Google that provides domain name registration, DNS hosting, dynamic DNS, domain name forwarding and email forwarding.

It provides native integration support for Google Cloud DNS and Google Workspace.

It also provides one-click DNS configuration to connect domain names to Blogger, Google collaboration platform, Squarespace, Wix.com, Weebly, Bluehost, Shopify and Firebase, supporting domain privacy, custom name servers, and DNSSEC.