Google Domains stops providing domain name registration, and Google has previously sold its business to Squarespace

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen Alejandro86 for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, September 11 (Xinhua) in June this year, Google Alphabet decided to sell its domain name registration service to website construction platform Squarespace for $180 million (currently about 1.323 billion yuan).

According to reports, Google Domains-related businesses and assets include millions of customers, as well as about 10 million domain names hosted on Google Domains.

From now on, Google will no longer allow new users to sign up for Google Domains and direct them to Squarespace, but existing customers will still be able to manage their domain names through Google Domains during this transition period.

According to the official website, Google Domains no longer provides domain name registration service since September 7, 2023, but existing domain names can still be renewed, and some domain names can be renewed ultra-cheaply by switching to Turkey using lira.

As the transaction has been completed, Google Domains customers and registered / hosted domain names will be transferred to Squarespace in batches within a few months, and untransferred users will automatically become Squarespace customers.

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.