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Google Domains is the shiz.

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Steven Fuller, MBAView profile
Plant Manager in Corporate at Acorn Paper Products Co. (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Used as part of our internal company website package.

Pros

  • Ease of use.
  • User interface.
  • Price

Cons

  • More video tutorials.
  • Keeping tutorials up to date.
  • Integration with more google apps/services.

Return on Investment

  • Landing page that 100% of my clients use.
  • Integrates with my payment provider.
  • Simple to build a website on.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Squarespace and Wix

Good interface could use AI improvement

Incentivized
Davida Ginter, M.Sc.
founder & CEO in Corporate at Eloo (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Each employee has a Google inbox, and we use Google Drive to share documents. The main purpose is to provide one source of information

Pros

  • User-friendly inbox interface
  • Reliable
  • Drive holds information without a time limit

Cons

  • Inbox is pricy
  • Drive should have a more comfortable way to filter/organize information
  • AI features are still missing
  • Doesn't have easy API to use with external AI tools

Return on Investment

  • Trust with customers
  • Productivity increased

Usability

Other Software Used

Canva, Gamma, ChatGPT, LinkedIn Sales Navigator

It was great while it lasted

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Tyler Newman
Marketing Director in Marketing at MGT Films (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used to use Google Domains to hold several of our domains that we use to market under. This was a cost-effective way to have domains to market from that integrate well with Google Workspace. We used to host all domains on Google Domains as it was an effective method for managing domains easily.

Pros

  • Domain ownership
  • Domain email creation
  • Domain hosting

Cons

  • Ease of management of separate accounts
  • Longevity, it was sold to Squarespace
  • It could have had more features.

Return on Investment

  • Marketing domains
  • Google ecosystem intergration
  • Easy to use

Usability

Alternatives Considered

HostGator, Squarespace and GoDaddy

Other Software Used

HostGator, SiteGround, Elementor, Google Search Console, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics

The. Best. Registrar.

Incentivized
Nancy ChorpenningView profile
Founder and Managing Director in Corporate at C-Suite Advisors, LLC (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • Includes privacy registration standard
  • Very simple to manage renewals
  • Simple to program redirects, CNAME, etc.
  • Reasonable cost
  • Confidence in reputation of Google

Cons

  • For the uninitiated, some more teaching around how to use DNS settings
  • Make it easier to see a payment plan for each domain

Return on Investment

  • Time-saving
  • Single stop for all my business needs (Google Office integration)
  • Fast and easy changes possible
  • Mobile friendly for on-the-go business

Other Software Used

Google Workspace (formerly G Suite), Zoom

Usability

So Simple to Use

Incentivized
JaCoby Marston, CPAView profile
Chief Financial Officer in Finance and Accounting at Shopper Approved (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

  • Affordable Pricing: No promo codes are needed.
  • It's very easy to purchase a domain.
  • Very easy to maintain your domain once you have purchased it.
  • User-Friendly.
  • It's designed so that anyone can use it.

Cons

  • Some kind of ability to work to obtain domains that are owned by someone else.

Return on Investment

  • Affordable.
  • It's easy to Purchase Domains, a time-saver.
  • It's easy to maintain your purchased domains.

Alternatives Considered

GoDaddy

Other Software Used

Dropbox, QuickBooks Online, Divvy