WordPress offers Google Domains customers the chance to transfer for free
WordPress tries to grab up to one million Google Domains customers
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Just over a month afterGoogleannounced the closing of itsdomain registrarservice, Google Domains, WordPress has launched a bid to lure former customers to its direction.
As Google Domains gets ready tomove over to Squarespaceby the third quarter of 2023, WordPress.com is offering free domain transfers to the first million domains that move from Google to WordPress.com for a limited time.
WordPress.comsays it will pay the transfer fee, which will also extend domain registration for an additional year, for those who choose to transfer.
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In addition to paying the transfer fee, WordPress claims the renewal price for each domain name transferred over will be the same or lower than what was previously being paid at Google Domains.
“That goes for every one of the 400+ top-level domains (TLDs) we offer. This will also apply to existing WordPress.com customers across most domains, meaning that in many cases we’re lowering your prices,” said WorPress.com in ablog post.
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The deal with Squarespace would mean thewebsite builderwill own approximately 10 million domains hosted on Google Domains spread across millions of customers.
Under the terms of the agreement, Squarespace plans to honor all existing Google Domains customers' renewal prices for at least 12 months following the closing of the transaction.
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WordPress.com, usually known for its popularCMSoffering to create websites, has been a domain name provider for over a decade, and offers its domain registrar service without the need of a website orweb hostingplan to manage the domain.
In a final bid to convince Google Domains customers to transfer, WordPress.com is offering free SSL installation on all domains hosted with them, free privacy protection (with a few exclusions for non-US domains), and fast DNS speeds.
Abigail is a B2B Editor that specializes inweb hostingandwebsite buildernews, features and reviews at TechRadar Pro. She has been a B2B journalist for more than five years covering a wide range of topics in the technology sector from colocation and cloud to data centers and telecommunications. As a B2B web hosting and website builder editor, Abigail also writes how-to guides and deals for the sector, keeping up to date with the latest trends in the hosting industry. Abigail is also extremely keen on commissioning contributed content from experts in the web hosting and website builder field.
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