"Registrations Decline as Squarespace Acquires Google Domains"

Google's sale of its domain registrar business to Squarespace has led to a significant drop in new domain registrations. Following the transition in September 2023, new .com domain registrations fell by about 25% in a month, from over 250,000 to just under 190,000. Competitors like WordPress have been courting Google's former customers with offers such as free transfer and a year of service. The long-term impact of this shift is yet to be fully understood as more recent data is not available.