Google unexpectedly sells its domain-hosting business to Squarespace | Engadget

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Imho a decision that doesn't make sense, Google already has paid for all the infrastructure so running the service to them is pure profit, not to mention the lost possibility to upsell Google workspace (paid gmail with a custom domain) or Google cloud services to all their customers.

Although I would never subscribe to something from Google for my business, then when they eventually change mind and kill my product, i have to migrate in an hurry. I've been hurted too many times

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Google still sells domains through GCP. I think this is just removing a duplicate service.

So it's even worse? They still have to maintain the infrastructure but at the same time have less customers

Knowing Google, they likely had all that infrastructure duplicated, not reused between GCP and Google Domains.

Every business has overhead and infrastructure is usually the least of that overhead. They probably had lots of people working in that division and if it's just a redundancy at this point might as well sell it off and get some cash out of the deal.

Sounds like those are migrating as well.

For customers who purchased a domain in the Google Workspace sign up flow

Once regulatory approvals are obtained and the transaction closes, you will become a customer of Squarespace. After close, there will be a transition period during which customer information associated with your domain will be migrated over time, subject to limited exceptions, after which your domain management will be managed in a Squarespace account. This includes DNS and WHOIS settings and domain name renewal. We will work with Squarespace to make the transition as seamless as possible for you. Billing for your domain will continue to be managed by Google Workspace directly, even after your domain is transitioned to Squarespace.

https://support.google.com/domains/answer/13689670