# FACTS · squarespace-exit

All checked Wed Oct 21, 2026 (PT). "Read directly" means the page was loaded and read from the box. "Snapshot" means search-index text only.

| ID | Claim as used | Source URL | Checked | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | Studio Mesa (Jul 17, 2026): Squarespace emailed existing customers Jul 6 and 7. Table: Basic $192 to $228 (+19%), Core $276 to $348 (+26%), Plus $468 to $588 (+26%), Advanced $1,188 unchanged. Core billed monthly: $39/mo. The Core increase is "$72". It argues many owners should stay, change tier or switch to annual billing. Disclosure: the author sells Squarespace templates. | https://studiomesa.co/articles/squarespace-alternatives-what-switching-costs/ | 2026-10-21 | Read directly |
| S2 | Correction for existing subscriptions: annual Business/Core is $331. SF.DIGITAL table: Basic $228, Core $331, Plus $561, Advanced no change. New prices apply at the first renewal at least 28 days after notice, often after Aug 19, 2026. Reddit r/squarespace "Correction to Squarespace price update", Jul 24, 2026: "From $348 they went down to $331." | https://forum.squarespace.com/topic/349053-business-subscrition-price-increase/ ; https://sf.digital/squarespace-solutions/is-squarespace-raising-its-pricing ; https://www.reddit.com/r/squarespace/comments/1v54ykg/correction_to_squarespace_price_update/ | 2026-10-21 | SF.DIGITAL read directly. Forum and Reddit: **snapshot** (403 and bot wall to the box). The $331 is consistent across all three. |
| S3 | Squarespace pricing page today: Core $39/mo and $29/mo (the annual rate, which is $348 a year), Basic $25 and $19, Plus $65 and $49, Advanced $139 and $99. | https://www.squarespace.com/pricing | 2026-10-21 | Read directly via WebFetch. The billing-period labels weren't in the text extract. Reading $29 as the annual-billing rate matches Studio Mesa's "$348/yr, $39/mo billed monthly". Confirm in a browser. |
| S4 | You can check and change the plan and billing cycle under Billing > Subscriptions. Annual switches apply immediately. | https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/205826008-Change-your-site-s-billing-plan-and-cycle | 2026-10-21 | Snapshot (page last updated Oct 6, 2026) |
| S5 | Export makes an .xml file. It exports layout pages, one blog page (all posts, up to 1,000 comments per post), text blocks, image blocks, embed and Instagram text with minimal structure, and gallery pages. It doesn't export other page types (album, cover, index, info, calendar, portfolio, store), page-specific headers, footers and sidebars, more than one blog page, dropdowns, audio, product and video blocks, drafts, style settings or custom CSS. The site must be published and public, and you can't export from a trial site. | https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/206566687-Export-your-site-content | 2026-10-21 | Read directly (last updated Oct 9, 2026) |
| S6 | Importing into self-hosted WordPress may keep image links pointing at Squarespace, and those stop working after the Squarespace site is cancelled. | https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/206566687-Export-your-site-content | 2026-10-21 | Read directly |
| S7 | Squarespace auto-generates a sitemap at https://www.yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml. It can't be edited. | https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/206543547-View-your-site-map | 2026-10-21 | Read directly (last updated Jul 7, 2026) |
| S8 | Transferring away: switch Domain Lock off, then Request transfer code. The code is emailed to the registrant contact within 24 hours. The transfer can take up to 15 days. Registrars: Squarespace Domains LLC, Squarespace Domains II LLC, Tucows, Key-Systems. A free domain offer doesn't carry over. Transferring doesn't cancel the site, so cancel the website subscription after the transfer. Remove DNSSEC first. Record your DNS (screenshot), because most providers can't keep the settings during a transfer. | https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/205812338-Transferring-a-domain-away-from-Squarespace | 2026-10-21 | Read directly (last updated Jul 1, 2026) |
| S9 | Cloudflare Registrar transfer: the domain must be active on Cloudflare first. Disable DNSSEC and wait at least 24 hours before changing nameservers. ICANN 60-day rules (registration, prior transfer, registrant changes). Unlock and get an auth code. For gTLDs, the transfer adds one year. At-cost pricing. Most registrars process within 5 business days, total up to 10 days. Cloudflare Registrar requires Cloudflare DNS. Cloudflare's scan isn't guaranteed to find every record. Cloudflare lists nameserver instructions for Squarespace. | https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/get-started/transfer-domain-to-cloudflare/ | 2026-10-21 | Read directly (last updated Apr 24, 2026) |
| S10 | Cancelling Google Workspace in Squarespace transfers the account to Google, with a 7-day grace period to add billing in the Admin Console. | https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/206542007-Canceling-your-Google-Workspace-subscription | 2026-10-21 | Read directly (last updated Sep 17, 2026) |
| S11 | Google site moves: permanent server-side redirects (301/308); avoid chains; don't redirect many URLs to one irrelevant page (possible soft 404); self-referencing canonicals; keep redirects "for as long as possible, generally at least 1 year"; submit the new sitemap; a medium site "can take a few weeks or more"; Change of Address only for domain or subdomain changes. | https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/site-move-with-url-changes | 2026-10-21 | Read directly |
| S12 | `_redirects` limits: 2,000 static plus 100 dynamic. Placeholders like `:slug` are supported. Bulk Redirects for larger sets. | https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/redirects/ ; https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/ | 2026-10-21 | Read directly |
| S13 | Dardo Studio (read Oct 15, 2026): small sites rebuilt on Webflow or Framer start at USD 800 to 2,500 with freelancers. A studio that prices by size starts at USD 1,500 for up to 7 pages. Agency migrations start around USD 7,500. | https://dardo.studio/en/blog/website-migration-cost/ | 2026-10-21 | Read directly. Internal pricing context only. Not in public copy. |
| S14 | JKCA care from $69 a month. The existing "Leave WordPress" guide is $39. | https://jkca.studio/notes/ ; /workspace/jkca-stack/social/PDF-LAUNCH-PACK-2026-10-20.md | 2026-10-21 | Read directly |

## Not verified / not used
- **Reddit Jul 16 ("$348 is absolute highway robbery") and Jul 26 ("Claude helped me re-create my site ... Saving about $300 a year")**: snapshot only. Not used in copy.
- **TechRadar coverage**: listed in the research. Not re-read. Not used.
- **Upwork $3,000 job**: WebFetch-only in the research. Not re-read. Internal context at most.
- **The Squarespace URL patterns in the example table** (`/blog/...`, `/s/...pdf`): illustrative only, not sourced. The crew must build each map from the client's own sitemap.xml.
- **A product or order export path in Squarespace Commerce**: not checked. The guide tells owners to check Squarespace's help center.