Buying a new domain
Easy. I have Google Wallet already. The hardest part is finding an URL that is not taken.
Transferring a Domain
Currently I am waiting for the final release of my domain from my old provider but it was quick. There were links to click on with directions for my old provider. They made it simple.
I have had domains with GoDaddy since 2005. GoDaddy has always worked but their screens are messy. The navigation is confusing. Google Domains is cleaner and clearer. It is a Beta with less features so that helps keep the screens cleaner.
Features
I am looking forward to sub-domain. I own mrsalspach.com. Now I can have break that into other URL's such as firsthour.mrsalspach.com or britlit.mrsalspach.com or science.mrsalspach.com. Privacy cost extra with GoDaddy. I have used domain forwarding and email aliases with my old domains. The setup screens looked cleaner with Google Domains, more in later reviews.
Cost
For a .com that cost was the same. But Google Domains included privacy in that cost where Godaddy was extra. Prices will vary.
How did I get invited
This summer, not sure when, I filled out an app to be part of the Google Usability studies. Shortly after I was asked to fill out a survey. The survey would take 45 minutes and they would send me a $50 gift card. The survey was just sorting menu options into what I thought was sensible menu sets. It took 20 minutes tops.
On October 30th, I received an invite in the mail.
