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Squarespace (squarespace.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2016.
Webstarts (webstarts.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2020.

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👉 Total Reviews: 11
🙌 Average Rating: 4.5 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 4
👎 Bad Reviews: 7
👈 Official Responses: 0 4.5 / 10VISIT WEBSITE

11 user reviews
Profile completion status:
Things done
✓ Company descriptions is fine
✓ Company address location is complete
✓ Company phone/fax is added
✓ Company Twitter and Facebook accounts are added
✓ "About page" URL or "Contact page" URLs are added
✓ Forum, Blog/Announcements, Knowledgebase or FAQ URLs are added
✓ Products (plans) are added
Note: Add a promotion or coupon

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👉 Total Reviews: 71
🙌 Average Rating: 4.6 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 33
👎 Bad Reviews: 38
👈 Official Responses: 5 4.6 / 10VISIT WEBSITE

71 user reviews
 
Squarespace
225 Varick Street 12th Floor
Monkton, NY 10014
US

Webstarts
235 W. Brandon Blvd STE 252
Brandon, FL 33511
US

📧 Emailcustomercare@s...support@w...
☎ Phone+1 14106044044, Fax: +1 410 332 09471-800-805-0920
Ranks🏆 Semrush 1,017 (lower is better)
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 79/73🔗 Links 17,940,139		🏆 Semrush 315,318 (lower is better)
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 44/54🔗 Links 58,791
Languages en-US fr-FR de-DE it-IT pt-PT es-ES en-US
📄 InfoFounded in 2003, Squarespace has grown into one of the leading all-in-one website building platforms, powering millions of websites worldwide. The company originally focused on blogging but has since expanded into ecommerce, scheduling, domains, email marketing, and design tools. Their platform is available in multiple languages (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese) and supports billing in several currencies (EUR, GBP, USD, DKK, NOK, PLN, SEK).

Square space positions [...] Read full review		WebStarts (founded 2004) is a website-builder–first platform that bundles hosting with a visual, true drag-and-drop editor, integrated ecommerce, and a wide set of built-in apps (forms, chat, calendars, galleries, audio/video players, animations, notifications). They target individuals and small businesses that want to launch quickly without server management or third-party plugins.
They offer a free plan with unlimited pages and 1 GB cloud storage/transfer, which is useful for trying the [...] Read full review
📡 EstablishedMarch, 20032004
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squarespace
Started from: April, 2008
  • Tweets: 28,217
  • Followers: 138,728
  • Friends: 7
  • Last activity:
webstarts
Started from: March, 2009
  • Tweets: 4,289
  • Followers: 5,237
  • Friends: 129
  • Last activity:
Squarespace
  • Likes:
  • People talking about them:
  • Last activity:

https://www.facebook.com/WebStarts/ (inactive)
Squarespace
  • Followers: 8,404
  • Entity type: Privately Held
  • Founded: 2004
  • Employee Count: 201-500
  • Industry: Internet
WebStarts
  • Followers: 11
  • Entity type: Privately Held
  • Founded: 2007
  • Employee Count: 2-10
  • Industry: Internet
Squarespace Blog
  • Blog Posts: 180
  • Software Site-Server v@build.version@ (http://www.squarespace.com)
  • Blog added on: Feb, 2012
  • Language: en-US
  • Last written post:

Webstarts Blog
  • Blog Posts: 140
  • Software https://www.webstarts.com
  • Blog added on: Nov, 2011
  • Language: en-US
  • Last written post:

🔧 Domains - 1/0
💡 Plan Name.COM-
💰 Price$ 12.60/yr.
($ 18.00 after first term)		-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over).COM registration with free WHOIS privacy on eligible domains, free SSL via Lets Encrypt when hosted with Squarespace, Premium DNS backed by providers like Google Cloud DNS, up to 100 email forwarding aliases and domain forwarding. One year is added when you transfer in a .com and renewals are [...]-
📅 Date PlanSep 2025-
🔧 Website Builder - 4/3
💡 Plan NamePersonalFree
💰 Price$ 16.00/mo.$ 0.00/mo.
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited 
📶 Data Transferunmeteredunlimited
🔌 Hosted domains  
🆓 Free Domain10
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control Panel[In-house][In-house]
🌏 Server Location
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Best for personal sites, portfolios and simple blogs that do not need integrated ecommerce. Includes mobile optimized templates, SSL, basic analytics, up to two contributors, and a free custom domain for the first year when you choose annual billing. You can publish galleries, pages and a blog, [...]INFO (mouse over)Free lets you kick the tires with no credit card required and publish a starter site under WebStarts without paid features. You can set up a basic presence, try the editor, and evaluate templates and core publishing before deciding to upgrade. It’s ideal for quick prototypes, one-page profiles, or [...]
📅 Date PlanSep 2025Sep 2025
💡 Plan NameBusinessIndividual
💰 Price$ 23.00/mo.$ 14.00/mo.
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited 
📶 Data Transferunmeteredunlimited
🔌 Hosted domains  
🆓 Free Domain10
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control Panel[In-house][In-house]
🌏 Server Location
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Adds unlimited contributors, custom code injection and advanced design controls, promo pop ups and announcement bars, and fully integrated commerce with a 3 percent transaction fee on sales. Suitable for small shops or service businesses that sell occasionally and want access to additional [...]INFO (mouse over)Individual is positioned for organizations, clubs, and freelancers that want a branded site without ads. It includes a custom domain name, a custom email address, and ad-free pages. The lowest effective price is $14/mo when billed annually; if you choose month-to-month the site lists $25/mo, so [...]
📅 Date PlanSep 2025Sep 2025
💡 Plan NameBasic CommerceBusiness
💰 Price$ 27.00/mo.$ 25.00/mo.
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited 
📶 Data Transferunmeteredunlimited
🔌 Hosted domains  
🆓 Free Domain10
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control Panel[In-house][In-house]
🌏 Server Location
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Designed for dedicated online stores with no Squarespace transaction fees and commerce focused templates. Adds customer accounts, checkout on your own domain, product importing from CSV or other platforms, inventory tools, regional shipping, and additional commerce analytics. Ideal for shops that [...]INFO (mouse over)Business is for teams serious about their online presence and collaboration. In addition to a custom domain, custom email, and ad-free pages, it adds search-engine submission, access to premium apps, unlimited collaborators for shared editing, and priority support channels. The lowest effective [...]
📅 Date PlanSep 2025Sep 2025
💡 Plan NameAdvanced Commerce-
💰 Price$ 49.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain1-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]-
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Top tier store plan for scaling ecommerce with advanced features like abandoned cart recovery, advanced discounts and promotions, subscriptions, real time carrier calculated shipping, and more granular analytics. Removes Squarespace transaction fees and keeps the full set of commerce basics while [...]-
📅 Date PlanSep 2025-
🔧 Emails - 1/0
💡 Plan NameGoogle Workspace Business Plus
[Cloud]		-
💰 Price$ 18.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space5000 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]-
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Adds compliance and bigger meetings for teams that need governance as they scale. Business Plus raises pooled storage to 5 TB per user, supports up to 500 participants in Google Meet with attendance tracking and recording, introduces Vault for retention, legal holds and eDiscovery, and adds [...]-
📅 Date PlanSep 2025-
💻 Supported Operating Systems
  • Cloud
    📤 List of products
    • Domains
    • Website Builder
    • Emails
    • Website Builder
    ✍️ Support Options
    • Email
    • Help Desk
    • Available 24/7
    • Live Chat
    • 0 WHTop support responses
    • Email
    • Help Desk
    • Phone / Toll-Free
    • 5 WHTop support responses
    💰 Payment Options
    • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
    • PayPal
    • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
    👪 Last positive / negative customers review
     
    Alan (-no email-)
    on 📆 Jun 16, 2011
    Squarespace is fantastic.
    😁 I'm a designer who uses Squarespace daily, an in-fact Squarespace is THE ONLY CMS I'VE USED for over a year now. In the past year, I've helped over 30 clients ranging from start-ups, and 'mom & pops' to large multi-national corporations. With [...]

    -anonymous- (-no email-)
    on 📆 Mar 04, 2013
    😠 squarespace stole my domain and now even though I am using a different host when people type in my domain in their browser address bar it goes to a squarespace error message.

    -anonymous- (vanmeveren@h...)
    on 📆 Apr 24, 2020
    😉 I have had my business site hosted with them for 3 or 4 years now and have always loved how responsive they were to support questions both email and phone. BUT.... I recently had to make a registrar change with one of my domains that is also [...]

    -anonymous- (-no email-)
    on 📆 Aug 15, 2020
    😠 my email and other sites have been automatically removed after months or years and u have to pay the custom domain name for all website builders, and why bother saying that it is a free website builder anyways? liars!

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