Overview
Squarespace got you online. But now you’re paying $16-99/mo for a site that loads slowly, looks like every other Squarespace site, and limits what you can actually do with it.
I migrate your entire Squarespace site to Astro — a modern framework that gives you a site you own outright, loads in milliseconds, and costs a fraction of what you’re paying now.
No content loss. No SEO damage. No more renting your own website.
What You’re Paying Squarespace
| Plan | Monthly (annual billing) | Monthly (month-to-month) |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $16/mo | $25/mo |
| Core | $23/mo | $36/mo |
| Plus | $39/mo | $56/mo |
| Advanced | $99/mo | $139/mo |
That’s $192-1,668/year — every year, forever — for a site you don’t own and can’t take with you. Miss a payment and it goes dark.
After migration, your hosting drops to $5-30/mo on Cloudflare and the site is yours. No platform lock-in. No recurring platform fees.
What’s Included
- Full content migration (pages, blog posts, images, galleries)
- Design rebuilt in Astro + Tailwind (custom, not a template)
- SEO preservation (meta titles, descriptions, canonical URLs, OG tags)
- 301 redirect map from old URLs to new structure
- Sitemap generation and robots.txt configuration
- Contact forms re-implemented (no Squarespace dependency)
- Analytics and tracking tag migration
- Domain transfer assistance (if registered through Squarespace)
- DNS cutover support and launch-day monitoring
What You Keep
- Every page, post, and piece of content
- Your existing URL structure (with proper redirects for anything that changes)
- All SEO equity you’ve built up
- Your domain, your email setup, your brand
What You Lose
- $192-1,668/year in Squarespace platform fees
- Template limitations and design constraints
- 2-4 second load times
- Platform lock-in (try exporting a Squarespace site sometime)
- The Squarespace badge
Why Leave Squarespace?
| Squarespace | Astro | |
|---|---|---|
| Load time | 2-4s typical | Under 500ms |
| Annual cost | $192-1,668/yr | ~$60-360/yr (Cloudflare) |
| Design control | Template-bound | Fully custom |
| Code ownership | You rent it | You own it |
| Uptime | Squarespace servers | 99.99% (Cloudflare) |
| Export options | Limited XML export | It’s your code |
Custom Functionality
Most Squarespace features have a cleaner equivalent:
- Blog / content — Astro Content Collections (markdown-based, type-safe)
- Contact forms — Rebuilt with a lightweight handler, no platform dependency
- Image galleries — Native Astro image optimization, faster than Squarespace’s renderer
- SEO tools — Proper meta tags baked into templates, no platform limitations
- Analytics — Direct script integration, no Squarespace wrapper
A note on e-commerce: If you’re using Squarespace Commerce heavily, a full migration may not be the right move. I’ll assess this honestly upfront — some sites genuinely need a commerce platform, and I’d rather tell you that than sell you something that doesn’t fit.
How It Works
- Assessment — I audit your Squarespace site: page count, blog volume, integrations, SEO baseline, and domain setup
- Migration plan — Clear scope document covering what moves, what gets rebuilt, and what (if anything) stays behind
- Build — I rebuild the site in Astro + Tailwind with your content fully migrated
- Review — You verify everything looks right. We iterate until it does
- Launch — Domain transfer (if needed), DNS cutover, redirect verification, and post-launch monitoring
Who’s Doing the Work
I’m Jayson Lindsley — a web developer who builds with Astro full-time (including this site). I handle the entire migration personally — audit, build, launch, and monitoring. No handoffs, no junior devs, no agency overhead.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will I lose my Google rankings if I migrate away from Squarespace?
No. I map every existing URL and set up 301 redirects so Google transfers your ranking equity to the new site. Meta titles, descriptions, Open Graph tags, and your sitemap all carry over. I also resubmit your sitemap to Google Search Console after launch and monitor for crawl issues.
How long does a Squarespace migration take?
Most Squarespace sites take 2-3 weeks from kickoff to launch. Squarespace sites tend to be more straightforward than WordPress since there are fewer plugins and custom integrations to account for. You’ll get a clear timeline during the free assessment.
I’m paying for Squarespace annually — should I wait until my plan expires?
That’s up to you, but waiting means another year of slow load times and platform limitations. The money you’ve already paid is a sunk cost. If your site is costing you business because it’s slow or you’ve outgrown the templates, migrating sooner pays for itself faster.
What about my Squarespace domain?
If you registered your domain through Squarespace, we transfer it to a standard registrar like Cloudflare or Namecheap. You keep the domain — it’s yours. If your domain is already with a third-party registrar, we just point the DNS to the new host. Either way, zero downtime.
Do I need technical knowledge to manage the new site?
A little, but it depends on how often your site changes. Many businesses rarely update their site after launch — and if that’s you, it’s a non-issue. For occasional updates, I offer a retainer starting at $200/mo that covers hosting, maintenance, and incremental changes so you never have to touch code.
Pricing
Starting at $5,000
Most standard Squarespace sites (pages + blog + contact form) land in the $5,000-7,000 range.
Assessment is free. If the migration doesn’t make sense for your site, I’ll tell you.
Ready to own your site? Contact me and I’ll assess your Squarespace site for free.