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Google has closed an agreement for Squarespace, Inc. to acquire all domain name registrations from Google Domains. Squarespace is the registrar of record for your domain and the Squarespace’s Terms of Service apply; however Google will manage your domain during a transition period. Following a transition period your domain will be transitioned to Squarespace, and upon transfer, your data will be governed by Squarespace’s Privacy PolicyLearn more about the agreement.

About .com domains

To get info about price, terms and restrictions, registration details, privacy protection, and more for .com domains, select a category below.

Price
Type Price Learn more
Yearly registration $12 USD Buy a domain
Fee to restore an expired or deleted domain $80 USD Restore a domain
Terms & restrictions
Terms & restrictions Details Learn more
Registrar of record Google Domains Understand your registrar of record
Registry Verisign About registries
ccTLD No Country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) are generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory.
Restrictions No N/A
Registration
Registration info Details Learn more
Maximum registration period 10 years This is the maximum number of years that you can manually add to your domain registration.
Transfer purchase requirement One year About domain transfers to Google Domains
Transfer authorization required No This indicates if the current registrant requires authorization to complete a transfer. If so, the current registrant receives a verification email.
Auto-renew timing versus Expiration date Zero days If you have auto-renew enabled, this is the number of days before or after your registration expires that Google Domains processes an auto-renew payment.
Auto-renew grace period 15 days When you enable auto-renew, this is the number of days after your registration expires that you have to update your payment method until your service is disrupted.
Expiration disruption period Zero days If you don't have auto-renew enabled and your registration expires, you have a certain number of days before your service is disrupted.
Renewal grace period 30 days

When your domain expires, you have a certain number of days to renew the domain for another year.

For more details about price, go to the price section above.

Restoration grace period 30 days

After the renewal grace period, you have a certain number of days to restore the domain for another year. After that time, it becomes available to the public for registration.

For more details about price, go to the price section above.

Availability wait period 35 days When a domain is deleted, you must wait a certain number of days before the domain is available to the public for registration.
Privacy info

If you have privacy protection turned off in Google Domains, only the following info is published in WHOIS:

  • Organization name
  • State or province
  • Country or region
Privacy info Details Learn more
Privacy protection allowed Yes About privacy protection
Privacy protection provider Contact privacy Privacy policy
Domain name system (DNS) info
DNS info Details Learn more
Domain name supports non-ascii characters (for example, À, É, Î, or グ) Yes IANA Repository of IDN Practices
Number of characters in a domain name 3–63 The domain name characters can be letters, numbers, or a combination of both. The character length applies only to the domain name, and doesn’t include the domain ending, such as .com or .net.
Number of name servers 2–13 Manage domain name servers
Supports Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) Yes Set up DNSSEC

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