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Customer Review – "From Google Domains to Squarespace: A Love Story Told by a Hostage"

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Back in the good ol' days, I picked Google Domains for one reason: it was Google. Known brand, simple interface, didn’t try to upsell me a website that looks like a Pinterest board. Just clean DNS settings and $12/year. No drama. No frills. Like a silent roommate who pays rent on time.

But then — BAM — Corporate Plot Twist™.

Google, in all their wisdom (and probably with a handshake deal over gluten-free scones), decided to sunset their domain registrar services and yeet all customers into the soft, minimalist arms of Squarespace. You know, the company that sells you “beautiful websites” with more whitespace than a therapy session transcript.

“Your Google Domain has been migrated to Squarespace Domains. ACTION REQUIRED: Add Payment Method.”

Oh, action required, huh? Love that. So I gave them my card info and got charged $12. Cool. Same price, no problem... at first. Then came 2025, when Verisign — yes, the final boss of .COM pricing — did what Verisign does best: raise wholesale prices like a landlord who found out you're stuck in the lease.

Here’s where Squarespace could have tried to stay competitive. But instead?

Nah.

They kept the prices high and cozy, like a heat lamp for roasted wallet meat.

Meanwhile, domain-focused registrars like Porkbun and Namecheap were out here offering the same .com names at prices that didn’t feel like highway robbery on a toll road you didn't ask to be on. So I transferred out. Because I could. And you should too.

Lessons Learned:

1. Don’t let your domain live in the same basement as your website. That’s how hostage situations start.
2. If everything’s under one provider and that provider gets hacked? Game over, champ.
3. Transfer to Cloudflare Registrar if you're tech-savvy enough. They sell domains at cost. Zero markup. Just vibes and low prices.

Also: fun trivia. My .wiki domain renewal was more expensive than my therapist. And unlike my therapist, it didn’t listen or offer validation.

So I moved it to Cloudflare.

Because the only thing I should be emotionally attached to is my content, not my registrar.

Final Verdict:

I came for the convenience. I stayed out of laziness. I left because I regained self-respect.

💡 Pro tip: Keep your domains where the nerds hang out — not where the marketers are staging photo shoots in front of fake desks.