As mentioned , I have decided to confirm that a discounted domain bought from another provider ( ie GoDaddy ) can be transferred over to Google Domains without issue before going ahead, proving the process by transferring over an existing domain. I have never done this before so I am putting up a complete blow-by-blow how-to on the switching process [as of Mar 2018]. The first task is to navigate to the Google Domains website ( https://domains.google/#/ ) From there you can either click on MANAGE MY DOMAINS (top right corner) or hit I'D LIKE TO TRANSFER, INSTEAD. The first will log you in to your active Google account (and who doesn't have one of these??) and bring up your Domains list. Hitting the link in ' transfer a domain that you already own' will take you to the same page that you would have reached with the ' I'd like to transfer ' link under the search box of the Google Domains landing page. Next, off to GoDaddy to si