Google Domains was acquired by Squarespace in 2023. The service that was Google Domains is now Squarespace Domains. For users who already had Google Domains accounts, their domains migrated to Squarespace. New registrations are through Squarespace’s website.
The product retains the qualities that made Google Domains notable: clean UX, no upsells, and free WHOIS privacy. It adds Squarespace’s context stronger integration with Squarespace website hosting, and the possibility of future bundling with Squarespace Commerce or website tools.
Pricing
| TLD | Renewal price | Privacy included |
|---|---|---|
| .com | ~£10–12/yr | Yes, free |
| .co.uk | ~£7/yr | Yes, free |
| .net | ~£12/yr | Yes, free |
| .org | ~£10/yr | Yes, free |
| .io | ~£35/yr | Yes, free |
Prices are competitive with Namecheap and within range of Porkbun. Cloudflare remains the cheapest for .com (at-cost $10.44/yr vs approximately £10–12/yr at Squarespace Domains).
What hasn’t changed from Google Domains
Free WHOIS privacy: Privacy protection is still included free on all domains. No add-on charge.
Clean checkout: No hosting upsells, no email upsells, no SSL upsells during domain registration. The checkout remains one of the cleanest in the registrar market.
Simple DNS management: The DNS editor is straightforward. Adding A records, CNAME, MX, and TXT records is intuitive without requiring technical expertise.
No promotional pricing: Squarespace Domains prices .com at approximately the same rate year 1 and year 2+. No renewal shock.
What has changed from Google Domains
Squarespace integration: The registrar is more visibly oriented toward Squarespace website users. If you’re building a site on Squarespace, the domain-to-website connection is seamless.
Google account login: Google account-based login still works for migrated accounts, but new registrations use a Squarespace account.
Customer support: Support transitioned from Google’s infrastructure to Squarespace’s. Quality varies in early reports Squarespace’s support team is less technically deep than Google’s was for DNS edge cases.
The Google Domains transition summary
If you had a Google Domains account, your domains migrated to Squarespace Domains automatically. Your DNS settings, privacy settings, and renewal pricing carried over. You can transfer your domains to another registrar at any time after the standard 60-day ICANN lock.
If you’re evaluating the service for the first time: Squarespace Domains is a clean, honest registrar with competitive pricing and free privacy. It is not the cheapest option (Cloudflare beats it for .com), but it is better than GoDaddy, and its privacy inclusion makes it cheaper than Ionos when privacy costs are factored in.
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See also: Namecheap vs Porkbun · Cloudflare Registrar vs Namecheap · Domain privacy explained