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Google Domains includes private registration - no additional cost. The service is simple with transparent (although not the best) pricing. Have a few domains th

by rkibbe 8y ago

Google Domains includes private registration - no additional cost. The service is simple with transparent (although not the best) pricing. Have a few domains there now. And yes, I'm aware that Google and privacy are strange bedfellows in the same sentence.

neya 8y ago
I second Google domains. For some domains it's worth the money, for others not so much. But still, you get really good DNS and a really nice + simple interface and the fact that I don't need to remember another pair of username/password makes it well worth it.
- test6554 8y ago
  But who knows who really owns the domain? Google Knows Who...
  - judge2020 8y ago
    This is like saying that GoDaddy, Namecheap, or any of the countless number of other domain registrars own every domain registered with them. Performing a fraudulent transfer or DNS change would destroy their registry business and cause a PR nightmare.
- curun1r 8y ago
  I've been hesitant to use Google for services like this after hearing about incidents where Google disabled everything associated with a Google account after detecting some violation of their ToS. I'd hate to lose my domain name because I, say, used the Maps API in some way that Google didn't appreciate. Google needs to be better at siloing their products before I'd consider using them for something that mission critical.
  - natch 8y ago
    >after detecting some violation of their ToS. And often it's not a violation, it's an alleged, unspecified, un-counterable data point hidden in Google's cloud with no way for the user to determine what it might have been.
dustingetz 8y ago
Yeah the shenanigans are caused by rock bottom price market (similar to airfare shenanigans) I moved everything to AWS DNS and am super happy about it. Domains are mission critical, I'll pay double without blinking to know that my stuff isn't gonna be held ransom over some contrived baloney
- p49k 8y ago
  > to know that my stuff isn't gonna be held ransom over some contrived baloney Like accidentally changing the name on a kindle to “baba”? https://www.reddit.com/r/amazon/comments/5gvgdl/using_a_amazon_kindle_fire_destroyed_my/ https://www.reddit.com/r/amazon/comments/5gvgdl/using_a_amaz...
tracker1 8y ago
I'm currently using Google Domains for all of my domains... the really simple UX made the choice and lack of any in your face additional services was nice too. Though, bulk editing would be nice, I'm about to move. :-( If anyone here works for google domains, it would be REALLY nice to be able to update all contact info on all domains at once.
- Operyl 8y ago
  I'm extremely surprised that they didn't offer some sort of API to it. I just spent the past 10 minutes looking to be sure, but that seems very unlike Google.
  - themihai 8y ago
    >> but that seems very unlike Google. Not really. Appengine for example didn't have an admin API until recently(and it's still quite limited).
_o_ 8y ago
Google is probably the last I would give my personal details, actually I would rather gave them to Facebook. Whois is bothering me exactly becoase of google and similar companies.

by rkibbe 8y ago

neya 8y ago

I second Google domains. For some domains it's worth the money, for others not so much. But still, you get really good DNS and a really nice + simple interface and the fact that I don't need to remember another pair of username/password makes it well worth it.

test6554 8y ago
But who knows who really owns the domain? Google Knows Who...
- judge2020 8y ago
  This is like saying that GoDaddy, Namecheap, or any of the countless number of other domain registrars own every domain registered with them. Performing a fraudulent transfer or DNS change would destroy their registry business and cause a PR nightmare.
curun1r 8y ago
I've been hesitant to use Google for services like this after hearing about incidents where Google disabled everything associated with a Google account after detecting some violation of their ToS. I'd hate to lose my domain name because I, say, used the Maps API in some way that Google didn't appreciate. Google needs to be better at siloing their products before I'd consider using them for something that mission critical.
- natch 8y ago
  >after detecting some violation of their ToS. And often it's not a violation, it's an alleged, unspecified, un-counterable data point hidden in Google's cloud with no way for the user to determine what it might have been.

dustingetz 8y ago

Yeah the shenanigans are caused by rock bottom price market (similar to airfare shenanigans) I moved everything to AWS DNS and am super happy about it. Domains are mission critical, I'll pay double without blinking to know that my stuff isn't gonna be held ransom over some contrived baloney

p49k 8y ago
> to know that my stuff isn't gonna be held ransom over some contrived baloney Like accidentally changing the name on a kindle to “baba”? https://www.reddit.com/r/amazon/comments/5gvgdl/using_a_amazon_kindle_fire_destroyed_my/ https://www.reddit.com/r/amazon/comments/5gvgdl/using_a_amaz...

tracker1 8y ago

I'm currently using Google Domains for all of my domains... the really simple UX made the choice and lack of any in your face additional services was nice too. Though, bulk editing would be nice, I'm about to move. :-( If anyone here works for google domains, it would be REALLY nice to be able to update all contact info on all domains at once.

Operyl 8y ago
I'm extremely surprised that they didn't offer some sort of API to it. I just spent the past 10 minutes looking to be sure, but that seems very unlike Google.
- themihai 8y ago
  >> but that seems very unlike Google. Not really. Appengine for example didn't have an admin API until recently(and it's still quite limited).

_o_ 8y ago

Google is probably the last I would give my personal details, actually I would rather gave them to Facebook. Whois is bothering me exactly becoase of google and similar companies.