These people seem really thrilled about their websites. | Image: Google
Google Domains, the companyâs domain registration service, is losing the beta tag after first launching more than seven years ago, Google announced Tuesday. The service is now generally available in 26 countries, and the company says it already has âmillions of active registrations.â
If you register with Google Domains, you can pick from more than 300 different domain endings, have access to âhigh performance DNSâ (Google says itâs the same infrastructure it uses for itself), âaround-the-clock customer support from real people,â and more. The company is also offering a 20 percent discount off âany single domain registration or transfer-in to Google Domainsâ for new and returning users with the code DOMAINS20.
However, if you register a domain with Google Domains, youâll still need to actually build a website to use with it. Google unsurprisingly suggests its Google Sites product but also recommends its âpremium partners,â which include Wix, Shopify, Squarespace, Weebly, and Bluehost.
Google Domains has been in development for quite a while â it first launched in an invite-only beta in June 2014 and was opened up to a public beta in the US in January 2015. Even Gmail wasnât in beta for that long.