It emerged back in June that Google Domains was shutting down and that customers would be migrated to Squarespace. WordPress.com now wants to attract customers of Google Domains with free transfers.
WordPress.com will pay the transfer fee for the first million domains that move away from the Google service. It has been a domain name provider for over a decade and notes how “you don’t even need a site or hosting plan to manage your domains with us.” This offer started yesterday and comes as there are about 10 million domains hosted on Google Domains.