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Squarespace completes Google Domains acquisition

Google Domains no longer offers new registrations; customers continue to use Google Domains until transition. Website-building platform Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) has completed its acquisition of Google Domains (NASDAQ: GOOGL) for $180 million. The company announced the surprising acquisition in June. Many competing registrars in the domain business were surprised by the announcement, and it appears […]

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No Comments September 8, 2023 11:55 am
WordPress gains 44,000 domains from Google Domains (so far) Read more

WordPress gains 44,000 domains from Google Domains (so far)

WordPress.com will pay for up to one million domain transfers. On August 1, WordPress.com announced that it is offering free transfers for anyone who had their domains at Google Domains. WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg told Domain Name Wire today that 44,000 free transfers have occurred so far. In June, Google announced it was selling its domains […]

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No Comments August 23, 2023 12:33 pm
Revenue and bookings up 16% at Squarespace ahead of Google Domains acquisition Read more

Revenue and bookings up 16% at Squarespace ahead of Google Domains acquisition

Company reports earnings and says it is revamping its domain platform ahead of Google Domains acquisition. Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) reported Q2 earnings this morning. Both revenue and bookings (sales) were up 16% year over year. Revenue came in at $247.5 million, and bookings at $256.1 million. At the time of the Q1 earnings release, the […]

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No Comments August 8, 2023 11:33 am
WordPress offers 1 million free transfers for domains at Google Domains Read more

WordPress offers 1 million free transfers for domains at Google Domains

Company hopes to siphon off domains headed to Squarespace. WordPress.com is offering to foot the bill for up to 1 million domain transfers. In June, Google announced it was selling its domains business to Squarespace for $180 million. WordPress.com wants to capture part of those domains, in part because it doesn’t like the idea of […]

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No Comments August 1, 2023 12:09 pm
Top .com registrars, ranked Read more

Top .com registrars, ranked

Here are the biggest and fastest-growing domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers March 2023. It’s interesting to think about how this chart will change later this year with Squarespace’s acquisition of Google Domains. Some current Google […]

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No Comments July 7, 2023 9:20 am
My thoughts on Squarespace’s acquisition of Google Domains Read more

My thoughts on Squarespace’s acquisition of Google Domains

It could be a win for more than just Squarespace. Squarespace made a surprise announcement yesterday that it was buying Google Domains, Google’s domain name registrar, for $180 million. Google Domains currently has about 10 million domains under management. Over half of those are .com domains, making Google the #5 registrar by .com domains under […]

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No Comments June 16, 2023 10:22 am
Squarespace buys Google Domains for $180 million Read more

Squarespace buys Google Domains for $180 million

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 […]

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No Comments June 15, 2023 4:31 pm