Google Domains

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Google Domains
Website logo
Domain registration
languages English
operator Google Inc. ( more )
Registration Google account required
On-line June 13, 2014
https://domains.google/

Google Domains is an ICANN- accredited US domain registration service offered by Google . The service was officially launched on January 13, 2015 as a beta test .

In addition to domain registration , the service offers private domain registration, DNS hosting, DNSSEC , dynamic DNS , domain forwarding, and mail redirection to any Gmail or third-party email service at no additional cost . Google Sites can be configured as a website builder, but Google Domains also offers one-click configuration for Squarespace, Wix.com , Weebly, and Shopify.

Trivia

On September 29, 2015, the former Google employee Sanmay Ved managed to buy the Google.com domain through Google domains from Google, thereby gaining full webmaster control. Google later confirmed the purchase and rewarded Ved with the sum of $ 6006.13. The latter in turn asked for the reward to be donated to charitable organizations. As a result, Google doubled the amount. The reason for the unusual amount was that it should represent the Google lettering.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Greg Kumparek: Google Gets Into Domain Sales. In: techcrunch.com. June 23, 2014, accessed October 6, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Holger Bleich: Google starts domain trading. In: heise.de. January 14, 2015, accessed October 6, 2019 .
  3. ^ Sarah Perez, Google Domains Launches To All In US With Support For Blogger Integration, Templates And More Domain Endings. In: techcrunch.com. January 13, 2015, accessed October 6, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Sanmay Ved: How I Ended Up Purchasing & Owning Google.com via Google domains. In: linkedin.com. September 29, 2015, accessed October 6, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Finder's fee for domain: Short-term purchase from Google.com brings 12,000 dollars. In: Spiegel Online . January 29, 2016, accessed October 10, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Lea Weitekamp: The man who owned Google.com for a minute: That was how high the reward for Sanmay Ved was. In: t3n.de. January 26, 2016, accessed October 6, 2019 .