06/07/2023
Google sunsets yet another product with their Domains business being the latest…
So if your dot com or other domain is hosted by Google, they’re all being sold to Squarespace. That includes over 10 million domains and I have to admit, this one hurts a little as the service is rock solid, fast, easy to use and transparent, not ‘A-Typical’ in the registrar marketplace.
With Squarespace being the new owner, this certainly puts a new perspective on where you recommend a customer purchase or manage their domain. Being a website developer and open to many platforms including Wordpress, Shopify, and Squarespace themselves, its about providing guidance and choice, and I have a strong suspicion that any Google, sorry Squarespace owned domain will be a target for their service. They do however have to recoup that $180m purchase price somehow…
Call me a cynic, but I suspect someone like Cloudflare will see a surge in uptake, but time will tell.