Product or service · Cloud and developers

Google Domains, the domain registrar sold to Squarespace (2015–2023)

Google launched Google Domains in beta in 2015 and made it generally available in 26 countries on March 15, 2022. It was not an ordinary shutdown: in 2023 Squarespace bought the business’s assets, in a deal announced on June 15 and closed on September 7, 2023, promising to move the accounts of millions of customers to Squarespace Domains after a transition period.

Illustration of two computer screens with drawn people celebrating with bunting — Illustration from the post that took Google Domains out of beta. Google, March 15, 2022 · Source: Find your online home with Google Domains, now out of beta · Image by Google, displayed from the original server; not covered by the museum’s CC BY 4.0 license.

2015

Google Domains

Product or service · Cloud and developers · Discontinued

sources · timeline 2015–2019

Interpretive reconstruction · Material Design Material Design conventions (2014–2019): shadowed cards on a light grey ground, bold flat colors and a round floating button. Does not reproduce any Google page.

Dates

2015 Launch · approximate date [1]
March 15, 2022 General availability · exact date [1]
September 7, 2023 Date · exact date [2]

What the sources say

Claim	Record	Confidence	Sources
General availability	March 15, 2022, in 26 countries	2 · Single primary source	[1] primary
Buyer	Squarespace, which bought the business’s assets	2 · Single primary source	[2] primary
Customers	Millions, according to Squarespace, with no exact number Statement	2 · Single primary source	[2] primary

What the confidence levels mean

Historical captures

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Sources

Find your online home with Google Domains, now out of beta — Lorenzo Baloci — Google, March 15, 2022. Source primary · accessed November 2, 2026 · look for a copy on the Internet Archive
Squarespace Completes Acquisition of Google Domains Assets — Squarespace, September 7, 2023. Source primary · accessed November 2, 2026 · look for a copy on the Internet Archive

What still needs documenting

Sale price
Completion of the migration to Squarespace (2024)
Availability in Brazil

On GD

GD has followed Google since 2006. Search GD for “Google Domains” (in Portuguese)

How to cite

"Google Domains, the domain registrar sold to Squarespace (2015–2023)", Google Museum (GD), https://gd.eurisko.com.br/museu/en/collection/google-domains/, CC BY 4.0. Reviewed on November 2, 2026.

ID: google-domains · Reviewed on November 2, 2026