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I love http://domains.Google http://domains.Google You get free email forwarding (even wildcard), free domain privacy, free website forwarding (with ssl), Goog

I love http://domains.Google http://domains.Google You get free email forwarding (even wildcard), free domain privacy, free website forwarding (with ssl), Google infrastructure behind all of that and the authoritative DNS they offer. Cloudflare also offers a registrar service and its good.

bitdotdash 6y ago
Does Cloudflare still require you to transfer in or can you actually buy domains from them directly now? The buy and then wait 90 days to transfer in thing is a hassle.
- tuananh 6y ago
  you can buy now but the tld is limited
ourcat 6y ago
Interesting. I'd never considered Google for my domains. Any idea if the '£10/year' is every year? Or does it go up after the first year? Also, I found it weird that they promote a .app and .dev TLD as 'More Secure'.
- mattl 6y ago
  I think all domains under `dev` have HSTS turned on.
- ascorbic 6y ago
  They call them more secure because the whole TLD is on the HSTS preload list, so no downgrade attacks.
  - colejohnson66 6y ago
    Which means that an SSL certificate is required
- colejohnson66 6y ago
  It’s the same every year. I’m sure they could raise the price later on, but if you’re that worried, you can extend your registration to 10 years for 10x the one-year price. And if they do end up raising the price, you can also transfer your domain away.
buybackoff 6y ago
Second this. Transferred 8 domains a months ago from GoDaddy to Google. GD was good when I was brainstorming ideas and wanted to buy domains for peace of mind just for $1.99 or some other big promo discount. But is goes to $22+ the next year, while the normal price is $12. Google.Domains offers flat $12 + lots of value in email forwarding et al. I used to add domains as aliases to my old free GSuite subscription just for emails, which was highly inconvenient. Also redirects from e.g. .org/.info/.net to .com is small but handy thing. Last time I registered 3 domains with GD 3 months ago there was no promo give-away prices for the first year. Registered with them by inertia. But without almost free prices to "reserve" a domain dealing with GD makes no more sense. One good thing about GD is that domain transferring from them to Google takes couple of clicks and is pretty fast. I did not have to leave my PC during the process - couple of page refreshes.
tuananh 6y ago
how's google support?
- gogopuppygogo 6y ago
  It’s Google, I haven’t had any issue with the service and been using it since launch. Biggest problem is that the site doesn’t work well in ios on iPhone so I use mobile chrome.
commoner 6y ago
Cloudflare Registrar offers domains at cost, which makes it the least expensive option for the TLDs it supports: https://www.cloudflare.com/tld-policies/ https://www.cloudflare.com/tld-policies/ If you use Google Domains, you risk losing access to the domains if Google suspends or terminates your Google account for some reason unrelated to the domains.
- deleted 6y ago
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- gogopuppygogo 6y ago
  You can add multiple Google accounts to admin a domain. Increases the survivability of access to them.
  - commoner 6y ago
    They better not be on the same G Suite account. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21826368 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21826368 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24109809 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24109809 Google Domains charges $12.00/year for .com renewals, compared to $8.56/year at Porkbun and $8.03/year at Cloudflare. With Google's reputation for poor support, most domain owners simply have no good reason to use Google Domains.

bitdotdash 6y ago

Does Cloudflare still require you to transfer in or can you actually buy domains from them directly now? The buy and then wait 90 days to transfer in thing is a hassle.

tuananh 6y ago
you can buy now but the tld is limited

ourcat 6y ago

Interesting. I'd never considered Google for my domains. Any idea if the '£10/year' is every year? Or does it go up after the first year? Also, I found it weird that they promote a .app and .dev TLD as 'More Secure'.

mattl 6y ago
I think all domains under `dev` have HSTS turned on.
ascorbic 6y ago
They call them more secure because the whole TLD is on the HSTS preload list, so no downgrade attacks.
- colejohnson66 6y ago
  Which means that an SSL certificate is required
colejohnson66 6y ago
It’s the same every year. I’m sure they could raise the price later on, but if you’re that worried, you can extend your registration to 10 years for 10x the one-year price. And if they do end up raising the price, you can also transfer your domain away.

buybackoff 6y ago

Second this. Transferred 8 domains a months ago from GoDaddy to Google. GD was good when I was brainstorming ideas and wanted to buy domains for peace of mind just for $1.99 or some other big promo discount. But is goes to $22+ the next year, while the normal price is $12. Google.Domains offers flat $12 + lots of value in email forwarding et al. I used to add domains as aliases to my old free GSuite subscription just for emails, which was highly inconvenient. Also redirects from e.g. .org/.info/.net to .com is small but handy thing. Last time I registered 3 domains with GD 3 months ago there was no promo give-away prices for the first year. Registered with them by inertia. But without almost free prices to "reserve" a domain dealing with GD makes no more sense. One good thing about GD is that domain transferring from them to Google takes couple of clicks and is pretty fast. I did not have to leave my PC during the process - couple of page refreshes.

tuananh 6y ago

how's google support?

gogopuppygogo 6y ago
It’s Google, I haven’t had any issue with the service and been using it since launch. Biggest problem is that the site doesn’t work well in ios on iPhone so I use mobile chrome.

commoner 6y ago

Cloudflare Registrar offers domains at cost, which makes it the least expensive option for the TLDs it supports: https://www.cloudflare.com/tld-policies/ https://www.cloudflare.com/tld-policies/ If you use Google Domains, you risk losing access to the domains if Google suspends or terminates your Google account for some reason unrelated to the domains.

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gogopuppygogo 6y ago
You can add multiple Google accounts to admin a domain. Increases the survivability of access to them.
- commoner 6y ago
  They better not be on the same G Suite account. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21826368 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21826368 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24109809 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24109809 Google Domains charges $12.00/year for .com renewals, compared to $8.56/year at Porkbun and $8.03/year at Cloudflare. With Google's reputation for poor support, most domain owners simply have no good reason to use Google Domains.