Brett Schulte

Brett Schulte

Geek observations, rants, and ramblings.

The Best Way To Buy a Domain Is Through Google

The best way to buy a new domain is NOT to go through a registrar like GoDaddy, Hover, Namecheap, 1&1, etc.  Why?  Because not only are you paying their full retail price, but they’ll also try to sell you add ons and features you don’t want.  Some registrars like GoDaddy even charges for features like “privacy” that keeps your information form being listed in the public WHOIS domain registry.

The BEST way I’ve found to buy a domain is through Google Apps, the free suite of services offered by Google that includes Gmail as well as word processing, spreadsheets, and more.  While Google is not a registrar, they partner with some of the big ones like GoDaddy and Enom, but they charge a flat $10 and INCLUDE features like “privacy”.

Best of all, when you set up your domain through Google you’re automatically using Gmail for your domain accounts without any complicated configuration.

Here’s the link to start:  Buy Your Domain Through Google

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