Google Domain Registration : $10 a year?

Google has entered into the domain registration game via a partnership with eNom and GoDaddy, wherein Google is only offering the registration of .com, .net, .biz and .info domain extensions.

$10 a year is a bit more expensive than some of the other registrars on the market (by a dollar or so) and I find it interesting that Google is not going to be offering .org domains through these partnerships.

Perhaps the effort is one to set up a small business following, similar to Yahoo Small Business, with partnered domain registration, hosting, page building, blogging and directory listings programs.

Interestingly enough, a search for “domains” on Google results with Yahoo Small Business Domains as the #1 organic listing.

Google more or less has all of the offerings under their umbrella, and the domain registration should further benefit the spread and use of Google Webmaster Central.

And if the owners of the domains do not launch a site immediately, Google should also benefit from domain parking and the serving of their AdWords ads on unused yet registered domains.

The Associated Press adds : “Web sites that register their domains through Google will be automatically set up to work with several other company products, including e-mail, calendaring and instant messaging.”

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Loren Baker | Search Engine Journal | @lorenbaker

Loren Baker is the founding editor/creator of Search Engine Journal and remains an advisor and Editor In Chief to this publication.

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  1. Win Maw Oo says:

    i think it needs to support mail.yourdomain.com
    now they only provide the mail.yourdomain.com but they refer to mail.google.com/a/yourdomain.com
    in our country, the google mail n google talk is banned so if it refers to gmail, we can’t use that mail. i think it needs to support for this.

  2. Sam says:

    How do I sign up for the domain?

  3. SeHunSo says:

    This is HTD company’s site.

  4. SeHunSo says:

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  5. SeHunSo says:

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  6. SeHunSo says:

    This is HTD

  7. SeHunSo says:

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  9. Well its been long time but They still haven’t came up with the so called domain venture with enom and G.daddy, and i wonder whose gonnna pay $10 for a domain name hmmmm, But something i would like to point out is that, anyone who’s willing to register new domain name should take a privacy protection cover alone with the domain name, so that they can sleep in peace without having to worry abt anything nasty that is involved with domain name registration

  10. Barb says:

    What kind of nasty things can occur with domain name registration?
    (Warning !! Domain Registration can ruin your life post)

  11. Matt says:

    Google includes private domain registration at no extra charge. I’m not familiar with eNom’s pricing, but Godaddy charges an extra $9 for this ($7 the first year).

  12. Rhonerlianz says:

    Having a good domain name, without a good web hosting is not a good practice. I’m not sure whether web hosting service is included in the package or not.

  13. imran khan says:

    i know google is best in this world hence i want to book domain id ,i want one coperate mail id and website .
    i m stayin in india plz give me quotation for domain id ,business id and website .

    plz send me quotation

  14. imran khan says:

    give quotation for domain id, business id and website

  15. shoaib says:

    i want to buy a domain

  16. Daniel says:

    well $10 is a bit expensive i use Aw2 Networks Web and its only $6 Per domain so im not too sure if i want google owning everything.

  17. Prabhakaran says:

    i have register eg: http://www.example.com on One Server, but they didnt give control panel…

    Now i want to change my server to google as eg: http://www.example.com. Is it possible to do without control panel.
    is possible, i need the steps to do.

    I hope your answer.

  18. nguyo says:

    i want to buy a domain

  19. manish says:

    Hi i would like to host a domain called as http://www.sabres.com

    pls let me know

  20. lisa says:

    Hi, I am building my first website and have 3 pages ready to go. Got my domain registered today and tried to list it with google, but it said it was not available for registration. How do I register with it?

  21. nguyo says:

    pls let me know how to register a google domain

  22. sanchai says:

    i know google is best in this world hence i want to book domain id and website .
    plz give me quotation for domain id ,business id and website .

    plz send me quotation

  23. gandhi says:

    hi i want to know about the details for Domain registerarion. i’m interested to buy domain from google.
    So please send the full quotation for 1GB memory domain.

    pls do as need full

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  25. Dave says:

    THIS IS THE DUMBEST WEBSITE ON THE NET!!!

  26. $10 a year…ok, do they offer something for a longer period of time?

  27. fred says:

    amazing how stupid the people are who have commented. wow.

  28. Ankush Tiwari says:

    i want to register a domain with google
    so please, let me know entire procedure and price for domain registration and hosting……..as soon as possible

  29. Ankush Tiwari says:

    i want to register a domain with google
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