Squarespace Says It Will Acquire Google Domains Assets From Alphabet – SlashGear

With the purchase of Google Domains assets, Squarespace will become the new business marketplace for nearly 10 million domains originally tied to Google’s relatively short-lived endeavor. For customers worried about the renewal of domains purchased from the Google service, the company assures that Squarespace “honor all existing Google Domains customers’ renewal prices for at least 12 months following the closing of the transaction.”

The two companies also promise that domain migration will be a seamless process, but that’s barely ever the case. It is also not clear whether following the 12-month honorary phase of keeping the renewal rates intact, Squarespace will charge more or begin to push its website-building services as a mandatory offering.

But it looks like Squarespace got its hands on a plum business opportunity. The company says it will be the exclusive domain market for any person who aims to get a domain with their Google Workspace subscription for a minimum three-year duration. Squarespace, which made a name for itself as a place to build websites, also offers domain name registration services. For existing Google Domains customers, they don’t have to take any action on their end, for now. Squarespace will let users move their website to its own platform alongside the domain transfer, and move their custom domain from one site to another, as long it is hosted on Squarespace servers.