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One of the headaches of setting up a domain is getting the email sorted correctly. Instant integration to Gmail is a nice feature.

If you want privacy protection on your whois lookups, then Google would be cheaper than the other providers, as they sell it as an add-on.

I also trust Google to have speedy DNS servers, if you're leaving the defaults in place. GoDaddy's DNS can be quite slow.

Perhaps not a "mind-blowing" product, but one I'd consider using.

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>One of the headaches of setting up a domain is getting the email sorted correctly. Instant integration to Gmail is a nice feature.

name.com has had that for years. Click a button and it configures all the MX records for you and a few CNAMES on top (so you can do stuff like mail.yourdomain.com and calendar.yourdomain.com).

please stay the hell away from name.com, their webmail is an absolute joke!

I only use them as a registrar and DNS.

...which is why Google got into the game.

>then Google would be cheaper than the other providers, as they sell it as an add-on

Godaddy also sells this as an addon, actually, every domain seller does, I don't know what is so special about Google's offert.

It's included with Google. Thus if it's something you use (and most people do), then Google's pricing is very competitive for domains.

It has been free for the first year with Namecheap for as long as I can remember.

It's free for Google indefinitely, not just for the first year.

NameSilo includes whois privacy and is cheaper than any alternative (.com is $9/domain).

When I want to know if a site is trustworthy, the first thing I check is whois information. If hidden, do not trust.

This seems to be a controversial opinion: first +1 point, then -2.

I whish I could make a poll on this subject: Do you think you can trust a website if it is hidding its whois information ?

Would you trust a bank where all employees were wearing a mask ?

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