Switching from Squarespace
Redesign your Squarespace website with Webese
Squarespace templates look good out of the box, but the copy underneath is usually still the placeholder text you never got around to rewriting. Here's what changes when you rebuild on Webese, and how bringing your existing content across will work.
Signs it's time for a redesign
The design still looks sharp, but the copy is close to the template's original placeholder text.
You picked a template for the look, not because it was built around what your business actually offers.
Editing means working inside Squarespace's structured sections instead of just changing what you mean to say.
You want a real store or booking flow and Squarespace Commerce feels like more setup than the business needs.
What changes when you switch
| Aspect | On Squarespace today | After switching to Webese |
|---|---|---|
| How the site's copy was written | A polished template with placeholder copy, often left mostly unedited after launch. | Generated from your actual positioning — audience, outcome, and what makes you different. |
| Editing after launch | Squarespace's structured section editor — clean, but still template-shaped. | Click any text, image, or graphic directly on the page to change it in place. |
| Selling products or services | Squarespace Commerce, a separate add-on tier with its own setup and fees. | A store built in from the start — your own Stripe account or bank transfer, 0% Webese fees. |
| Your domain | Registered and hosted through Squarespace. | Keep it — point it at Webese, or transfer it in. Either way, DNS is handled for you. |
How switching works
- 1
Tell Webese about your business
The same conversation every Webese site starts from — your audience, offer, and what makes you different — whether or not you're bringing an existing site across.
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Bring your existing content across
An AI importer that reads your current Squarespace site and carries over your real content — copy, images, product listings — into the new draft, so you're editing your own material, not starting from a blank page. This is the part currently in development; see the note below.
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Review and edit the draft
Everything lands in the same click-to-edit canvas as any other Webese site — resize a logo, rewrite a headline, delete a section you don't need, all in place.
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Point your domain at Webese
Keep the domain you already own. Webese shows you the exact DNS record to add at Squarespace (or wherever it's registered) and handles verification and SSL automatically.
Import preview — coming soon
The AI importer that reads an existing Squarespace site and carries its content into a Webese draft is in development, not live yet. Until it ships, switching means describing your business the same way any new Webese site starts — and copying over specific text or images you want kept is a normal part of that conversation. This page will be updated with a walkthrough video once the importer is ready.
A good-looking template is still a template
Squarespace's templates are genuinely well-designed, which is exactly why so many sites built on it never get their copy properly rewritten — the page already looks finished, so the placeholder text ('Welcome to our studio') quietly stays in place long after launch.
That's a specific trap: a visually polished site can still fail to say anything specific about the business, and the polish makes that harder to notice than it would be on an obviously generic template.
What actually changes when you switch
Webese starts from your positioning — audience, outcome, differentiator — and generates the copy from that, so the words match the business instead of matching whatever the template shipped with.
The store is also simpler to get to: instead of Squarespace Commerce as a separate tier to configure, Webese's store is built in and fully real, checkout through your own Stripe account or bank transfer, at 0% Webese fees.
Questions about switching from Squarespace
Can Webese import my existing Squarespace site automatically today?+
Not yet — that importer is in development. Right now, switching means starting a Webese build the normal way (describing your business) and bringing over specific copy or images you want kept as part of that conversation. This page will be updated the moment automatic import ships.
Will I lose my domain if I switch from Squarespace to Webese?+
No. You keep whatever domain you already own — Webese shows you the exact DNS record to add at your registrar (Squarespace or anywhere else) for a one-time $24 fee, and handles verification and SSL automatically.
I like my Squarespace template's look — will Webese match it?+
Not pixel-for-pixel — Webese generates its own design rather than cloning a specific template. If the template's look is the main thing you'd miss, describe that style preference when you build, and the generated site's design direction can be steered toward it.
What happens to my Squarespace Commerce products?+
Products need to be re-added in Webese's own store today, since the importer doesn't move commerce data yet. Once added, they're real, purchasable products — checkout runs through your own Stripe account or bank transfer, at 0% Webese fees.
Is switching from Squarespace to Webese free to try?+
Yes — building, editing, and sharing a live preview link are free for everyone, so you can generate and review a redesigned draft before deciding anything. Publishing it to your own domain is what a paid plan unlocks.
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