Migration Check

Squarespace site migration

Keep your Squarespace look. Lose the lock-in.

Squarespace sites look polished, but the design only runs on Squarespace, and its export leaves most of it behind. I move your pages and blog posts to Redline, rebuild the design as fast, plain pages, and keep every address working, including dated blog links. Enter your address to see what your move would involve.

I look at your public pages and page list, the same way a visitor would. Nothing is saved unless you ask for a quote.

Typical level

A quick move for small, simple sites. Scheduling, several forms or many pages add some custom work.

Typical price

$1,800–4,000 for most Squarespace sites, $4,000–6,000 for big ones. Hosting and care is $150 a month.

Time

Usually 1–3 weeks. Your Squarespace site stays live until the new one is ready.

After the move

Edit pages, posts and photos yourself in a simple editor, or let me: an hour of edits a month is included.

What Squarespace's export leaves behind

Squarespace can export your site, but only as a WordPress-format file meant for moving to WordPress, and only part of it comes along:

  • Comes out: regular pages and blog posts, with their text and most images.
  • Left behind: your design and styles, custom code, products, and several kinds of content blocks.

So a move is part copy, part rebuild. I use the export for your pages and posts, rebuild the design to match from your live site, and copy every image so nothing depends on your Squarespace plan. On Redline your pages are plain and fast, and if you ever leave, you get your whole site as standard HTML, CSS and JavaScript files.

What moves over

Comes over

  • Every page and blog post, with your words and images.
  • Your design: same layout, colors and fonts, rebuilt as plain pages.
  • Contact and newsletter sign-up forms, set up again in Redline.
  • Your domain, connected to the new site.
  • Search titles and descriptions, page by page.

Needs a closer look

  • Scheduling and other built-in tools, matched with one that does the same job.
  • Member areas: free logins are supported, and I map every page behind the login with you.
  • Squarespace Commerce, paid member areas and courses, which aren't covered yet.

The free check above lists the outside tools it can see, such as booking or chat, so you know what to expect.

Squarespace blog posts often have the date in their address, like /blog/2024/3/14/post-name, and its other pages follow patterns of their own. I list every address your site has today and make sure each one still reaches the right page on the new site, then test them all before we switch over.

How the move works

  1. Check your siteEnter your address above. You'll see the level, and I'll reply with a fixed price.
  2. Send your exportIf you'd like, export your site from Squarespace's settings. If not, I work from your live site.
  3. You review itYou see the new site before anything changes, and I test that every old address still works.
  4. We switch overI connect your domain to the new site. Then you can cancel your Squarespace plan.

If you ever leave, here's what you take with you

Your website

As standard HTML, CSS and JavaScript files that any web host can run.

Your data

If your site keeps records such as members, bookings or form entries, you get a complete copy in a format other tools can read.

Your code

Anything built just for your business is yours. I don't own it and I won't keep it.

Your domain

It was always yours, and it goes wherever you go.

The Redline engine stays with me. Everything else goes with you. Your files, data and code are always handed over free. If you'd like help setting them up somewhere else, that's billed at my normal rate.

Questions about moving from Squarespace

Can I export my Squarespace site?

Partly. Squarespace exports pages and blog posts as a WordPress-format file, but not your design, styles, custom code or products. I use the export for your content and rebuild the design to match.

How much does it cost to move a Squarespace site?

Most Squarespace sites are $1,800–4,000: a small, simple site is a quick move, and scheduling, several forms or many pages add some custom work. Big sites are $4,000–6,000. Hosting and care is $150 a month, or $1,500 a year, with an hour of edits a month included. The free check on this page shows your site's level.

Will my blog post links still work?

Yes. Every blog post keeps its current address, including the dated ones Squarespace creates, and I test each one before we switch over.

Will I lose my Google rankings if I leave Squarespace?

No. Every page address keeps working and your search titles and descriptions come over. Plain, fast pages usually score better: an old WordPress site I moved went from 62 to 91 out of 100 on a search and AI-search audit, with no extra tuning.

What about my domain? I bought it through Squarespace.

It stays yours. A domain bought through Squarespace can be pointed at the new site, or transferred to a registrar of your choice, and I'll walk you through it.

What happens to my images?

I copy every image to your new site, so nothing depends on your Squarespace plan after you cancel it.

Who's behind this

I'm Brad Simon, and Coder B Dev is my one-person studio. I've been writing software for more than 30 years: enterprise systems, web applications and SaaS platforms, for companies from startups to large enterprises. Redline is the platform I built so small business sites can get that same engineering without the upkeep. I take on a small number of sites at a time, so each one gets my full attention.

I'd rather you stay because you want to. I've seen too many business owners stuck with a platform because leaving meant losing their site. I don't work that way. Your words, images and data are yours, and so is any code written for your business: I don't claim any rights to it. If you ever decide to move on, I'll hand you your site as standard files, a full copy of your data and all of your own code, with no runaround. The only thing I keep is the Redline engine itself.

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