NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Google Inc. (GOOG) said it signed an agreement to resell Web addresses for closely held GoDaddy.com, a unit of Go Daddy Group Inc., and eNom Inc. as part of its effort to penetrate the small-business and education market with a suite of free online services.
The domain-name offering will make it easier for customers to use the suite, Google Apps for Your Domain, Google said. The Mountain View, Calif., company plans to sell domains for $10 a year and will initially support addresses ending in .com, .org, .net, .biz, and .info.
The suite, launched in August and hosted on Google's computers, has been seen as an assault on Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Office applications. It includes communication tools like the Gmail Web-email and Talk instant-messaging services, an online calendar application, Web-page creation tools and a "start page" where customers' employees can access applications and content.
Google executives have said that the company's word-processing and spreadsheet programs, introduced in October, are "good candidates" to be added to the Apps for Your Domain lineup.
According to eNom's Web site, the Bellevue, Wash., company sells domain names to resellers for between $6.95 and $8.95 each a year. GoDaddy, of Scottsdale, Ariz., sells domains to resellers for $7 to $7.75 per name, plus an annual fee and additional charges for hosting and security certificates, according to its site.
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