Transfer Your Google Domains to WordPress.com—On Us

We’re also matching Google’s pricing for top-level domains.

August 1, 2023

Matt

A domain is your most valuable online asset. A great domain name says something about you—your personality, your work, your creative spark. People understand this intuitively: when coming up with new ideas for a business or website, we don’t start with design or specific content. We start by giving it a name.

But if your domain name is currently with Google Domains, things recently became complicated. You may have heard that your account has been sold to Squarespace. Everything is expected to transfer and close later this year.

Fortunately for you, you’re not locked into that deal. And we think we can do better. For the first million domains that move from Google to WordPress.com, we’ll pay your transfer fee, which also extends your registration for an additional year. 

That’s just the beginning. Here’s our commitment to you when you bring your domain from Google to WordPress.com:

  • Your renewal price will be the same or even lower than what you were paying with Google Domains—and that goes for every one of the 400+ top-level domains (TLDs) we offer. This will also apply to existing WordPress.com customers across most domains, meaning that in many cases we’re lowering your prices!
  • This isn’t a temporary thing. We’re committed to keeping domain prices low for new-to-us domains, and will only raise them if our wholesale costs go up (we’ll run our domains business like Costco).
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You may know WordPress.com as a leading platform for building stunning websites, but we’ve been a domain name provider for over a decade. You don’t even need a site or hosting plan to manage your domains with us. 

And you’re getting much more than just a URL:

  • Performance: Our DNS speeds are faster than Google, GoDaddy, and DigitalOcean. But don’t take our word for it. Feel free to check for yourself at dnsperf.com.   
  • Privacy: Unlike at many other registrars, privacy protection is free. (There are a few exclusions for non-U.S. domains.) 
  • Security: We install SSL for free for all sites hosted with us. And when you host your site at WordPress.com, we provide serious security features to keep your site running smoothly such as real-time backups, one-click restores, malware scanning, WAF (web application firewall), DDOS mitigation, and more.

What it really comes down to is that WordPress.com, along with the larger Automattic family, is committed to the open and inclusive web. Our mission is to democratize publishing for the entire world. Ultimately, we will always support your ability to truly own your content and identity on the web. 

And it all starts with your domain. Transfer now and we’ll pay for an additional year of registration if your domain is registered before 1 July 2023.

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  1. Brenda Aug 1st at 2:47 pm

    Why is this recording playing on ALL comments etc I’m opening? Even before I opened this post

    Liked by 6 people

  2. Aladdin El-Haraty Aug 1st at 4:34 pm

    What is the link to the domain renewal pricing?

    Liked by 5 people

  3. wernermward Aug 1st at 4:57 pm

    Estimados WordPress.com News,

    Espero que se encuentren bien. Me gustaría saber si podrían proporcionarme más información sobre el proceso de transferencia de dominio y cómo puedo comenzar.

    Agradezco de antemano su atención y apoyo en este asunto.

    Saludos cordiales, Werner Ward

    Liked by 2 people

  4. ladonnacontenta Aug 1st at 5:11 pm

    Can I transfer my 1&1 domain at no charge?

    Liked by 5 people

    • Eric Binnion Aug 1st at 5:20 pm

      Thank you for letting us know about your interesting in transferring from 1&1. At the moment, the offer only applies to domains transferred from Google Domains.

      Liked by 2 people

  5. dolphinpistachiotriton42895 Aug 1st at 5:44 pm

    I hope that I am not taking on too much or more than I can handle.

    My site is. RogerCummiskey.com

    Liked by 4 people

  6. sheltonbissell Aug 1st at 6:07 pm

    I believe my domain is with WordPress not Google. Am I right?

    Shelton Bissell

    Liked by 3 people

  7. Johnny M Månsson Aug 1st at 7:19 pm

    Hej, vad skulle det kosta om jag flyttade mina 2 domäner till er? Jag har en på svenska med å i månssonskultur

    Liked by 4 people

  8. jtpavia Aug 1st at 7:34 pm

    How do I know who my domain is with? I always thought it was with WordPress. If that’s the case, do I need to do anything?

    J

    Liked by 3 people

  9. Flora Ngondi Aug 1st at 7:46 pm

    I transfered my domain to bluehost and not google.i dont underdtand this message. Kindly explain

    Liked by 2 people

    • supernovia Aug 1st at 8:24 pm

      This announcement is for folks whose domains are through Google Domains. It sounds like you don’t, but if you know people who do, this is a great deal for them.

      Liked by 1 person

  10. theluxurytraveller Aug 1st at 9:01 pm

    What if you’re domain use with GoDaddy? Same deal if you transfer?

    Karen

    Liked by 2 people

  11. theluxurytraveller Aug 1st at 9:02 pm

    That should have read “is with”

    Liked by 2 people

  12. The Jazzi 1! Aug 2nd at 2:20 am

    I do not want WP.com at all I want WP.org

    Liked by 1 person

    • Eric Binnion Aug 2nd at 1:00 pm

      Hello 👋 I’m sorry to hear that. But, I am glad to tell you that you can have your domains at WordPress.com and use them for a site that is hosted anywhere else.

      Liked by 1 person

  13. anavarrostaytechnet Aug 2nd at 2:37 am

    Great context. Thank you.

    Liked by 1 person

  14. Wishnu Aug 2nd at 3:30 am

    done transfering mine. just one question: is there any plan in the future for “domain forwarding” feature like I previously had on google domains?

    Liked by 1 person

  15. evnwdmkcm Aug 2nd at 4:18 am

    I transferred 3 domains over from Google Domains. My WordPress dashboard is still showing I need to verify my email address even though this has already been done via the verification email that was sent to me and all of my email forwarding for my transferred domains now doesn’t work. Any recourses to help with this? The chat in the dashboard is useless.

    Liked by 2 people

    • Adam Leone Aug 2nd at 3:38 pm

      Hey there, thanks for reaching out! You should be able to reach out for help here – but, let us know one of the domains you’ve transferred and we’ll look to retrace some steps and get you set up.

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  16. Renato Quiroga Aug 2nd at 6:47 am

    Last year I move most of my domains from WordPress.com to Google since the prices went all up… now I move back! I’m glad the price is the same or even cheaper. Now, most of my domains are hosted here, except for that one linked to a Tumblr site, since is a “legacy domain” probably all settings will wear off if I move it.

    Liked by 1 person

  17. Wesley Carnicle Aug 2nd at 6:34 pm

    Awesome. How long is this promo going to last I think WordPress should offer more stuff for google domain customers.

    Liked by 1 person

  18. Jkund Aug 3rd at 2:02 am

    whoa this is a surprise, I’ll doing this soon then!

    Liked by 2 people

  19. hicav Aug 3rd at 3:40 am

    1 year from the time the domain was planned to renew or 1 year from the time of transfer?

    Liked by 1 person

    • Adam Leone Aug 3rd at 3:57 pm

      Hey there! When the transfer to WordPress.com completes, your domain’s expiry date will be extended by an additional year. If you just renewed the domain with your current provider, you will not lose that renewal. We hope that helps!

      Liked by 1 person

  20. abbatimansur6 Aug 3rd at 2:59 pm

    Ok thanks

    Liked by 1 person

  21. Tara Aug 3rd at 8:02 pm

    Did this today and it broke my site

    Liked by 2 people

  22. Kelvin Opoku Aug 4th at 3:29 am

    Please help me

    Liked by 2 people

  23. Mario Seminerio Aug 4th at 7:55 am

    I have transferred three domain names to WordPress.com, coming from Google Domains. Everything went fine except a persistent alert in a site, telling me that my site “needs an update” that I have to “correct”. No other hint but the concerned site is using Cloudflare DNS. Is this the reason?
    Thanks

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  24. Ivan Aug 4th at 12:03 pm

    Thank you for this offer – I am certainly considering it. Another feature that was quite unique to Google was free email forwarding for the domains – will you be able to replicate it?

    Liked by 1 person

  25. Fahim Murshed Aug 14th at 6:00 pm

    I am super excited! Transfaring my two domains today!

    Like

  26. Ivan Aug 21st at 2:56 pm

    Once again, this is a very generous offer, but just to point out that if you do intend to match Google’s prices, £10 for a .com domain was inclusive of VAT in Google in the UK, whereas wp.com’s isn’t, so comes to £12.

    Liked by 1 person

  27. fashionablefabrics Aug 21st at 10:55 pm

    You need email forwarding for standalone domains, until you give that away, I will let google send me to squarespace.

    Liked by 1 person

  28. alshakero Aug 23rd at 3:40 pm

    Great tips. Thank you!

    Like

  29. Ryunosuke jansen Aug 30th at 1:07 am

    When I try to export my .co.uk domain from Google it asks me for your TAG but when I look at https://registrars.nominet.uk/uk-namespace/registrar-agreement/list-of-registrars/ your tag is not there. Does that mean I can’t transfer my .co.uk domain to you? 😦

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