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Move your website off Squarespace, faster and cheaper.

Lower cost, quicker loading and a real person to call. We move you off Squarespace, keep your domain and rankings, and handle everything.

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Moving a website off Squarespace is for people who like the look of their site but not the monthly fee, the template limits or the slow load times. Squarespace produces a tidy page. The polish comes with trade-offs: you live inside their layouts, the subscription lands every month whether you touch the site or not, and there is no one local to call when you are stuck. Plenty of businesses reach a point where they want something faster, cheaper and more their own. We rebuild the site, keep your domain and your ranking, and give you a real person on the end of the phone.

This is a rebuild rather than a file copy. Squarespace does not hand you a portable site you can park on your own hosting. We carry across the words and images that already work, including ranking blog posts, then put 301 redirects on the old addresses. Squarespace blogs often sit under a folder path such as /blog/post-name. Those need mapping with care. Throwing the back catalogue away is a common and costly mistake.

Your domain stays in your name and we point it at the new site when it is ready. Email is untouched and keeps working. The current Squarespace site stays live until you have signed the new one off. Only then do you cancel the subscription. If you like the current look we can stay close to it, without the template feel. If you want a refresh, this is a good moment. Either way it is your call.

Afterwards there are no Squarespace fees and nothing to manage in their editor. One simple price with everything included. The comparison is on our Squarespace alternative page. The ranking steps, including the blog folder quirk, are in how to move off Squarespace without losing rankings. A free website audit will tell you straight whether the current site is earning its keep.

Rebuild, do not lift and shift

A cheap “move” that clones the Squarespace layout onto another builder often keeps the same problems: heavy code, the same slow scores, and a new set of URLs with no redirects. We rebuild on a clean stack so the page actually loads, then we protect the ranking with a URL map. Keep the same path where we can. Redirect what we change. Test the old links after launch. Resubmit the sitemap in Search Console.

Squarespace is at its best for a photographer or a designer who wants a portfolio and is happy to live in the editor. It is a weaker fit for a local trade or a small firm whose customers search on a phone and want a number they can tap. Those visitors bounce from a slow page. Google notices. The businesses that win the call are usually the ones whose site answers in the first screen: what you do, where you work, how to ring you.

Oilfire Heating in Uckfield had already tried Squarespace (and Wix) before coming to us. The frustration was the same: hours in a drag-and-drop editor when he would rather be on the tools. A migration done for you is the opposite of that. You send the details, we rebuild, you sign it off, we point the domain. Six content updates a year after that are included, so you still never have to log in.

AI search has the same preference as a hurried customer. ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude quote pages that are factual, fast and structured. A Squarespace template is designed for humans scrolling a layout, not for a model trying to lift a clear answer. After the move we write answer-first copy, add FAQ pairs and structured data, and make sure the AI crawlers are allowed in. That is GEO, from £99.

What we protect in the move

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No more monthly Squarespace fee

Setup from £99, then £29 a month or £299 a year, with hosting and updates included. The Squarespace subscription goes once you are live.

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Your domain stays yours

We point it at the new site. You keep ownership. Email keeps working throughout.

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Blog posts come with you

Ranking posts are carried across and their /blog/ paths get 301s. We do not leave a back catalogue behind.

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Your look, or a refresh

Stay close to the current design if you like it, or use the move to tidy it. Either way it is built around your business, not a template.

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No downtime

Squarespace stays up until the new site is checked. We only switch the domain when you are happy.

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Clearer for AI assistants

FAQ pairs, schema and crawler access, so ChatGPT can quote you instead of skipping a heavy template page.

How the move works

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We plan the move, including the blog

We list pages and posts, note what ranks, and agree what carries over. Squarespace stays live. Nothing is cancelled yet.

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You keep your domain

The domain stays in your name. We simply point it at the new site when it is ready. You never hand ownership to us.

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We rebuild and move the content that works

We rebuild the site, bring across words and images, and keep ranking blog posts. Your email is left untouched.

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We redirect old Squarespace addresses

Folder paths and /blog/ URLs get 301s to the new home, so Google and old links follow you across.

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We switch over, then you cancel Squarespace

Only once the new site is live and checked do we point the domain. Then the Squarespace subscription can stop.

See the difference

A typical Squarespace site

  • cancel A monthly fee for as long as you have the site
  • cancel Polished templates, but slow and heavy to load
  • cancel Locked into their layouts and their limits
  • cancel Editing is a chore, and it’s on you to keep it current
  • cancel You build it and maintain it all yourself

The Page Forge way

  • check_circle £99 setup + £29/month, everything included
  • check_circle Hand-built to load fast and rank well
  • check_circle Nothing for you to update or maintain
  • check_circle Secure and hosted for you, nothing to patch
  • check_circle A real person in Sussex to call any time

Weighing up another platform? See how we compare to WordPress and Wix.

Three steps. That’s it.

No jargon, no committees, no six-week timelines. We get your area businesses online fast.

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Tell us about your business

A quick call or email. What you do, where you work, your contact details. That’s all we need to get started.

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We build your site

We design and write everything a professional one-page website with your services, area, and contact info. Ready for review within days.

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You’re live

Domain registered, hosting sorted, site live. You focus on the work we keep everything running.

What our clients say

Real businesses we’ve helped get online. Real feedback.

Sites we’ve built

A look at some recent client work. Click through to see them live.

Simple, honest pricing

No hidden fees, no long contracts. The prices below are our starting point for a standard website.

Monthly Forge

From£29/month

+ £99 one-off setup fee

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Prices are a starting point for a standard website. Bigger projects, such as lots of products, custom features or ongoing work, are quoted to match, so you only ever pay for what you need.

Common questions

Will moving off Squarespace hurt my Google ranking?
Not if it is done right. We redirect every old page to its new version so the ranking you have built carries across, and the new site is usually faster, which Google rewards.
Do I have to cancel Squarespace before we start?
No. Keep it running while we build the new site alongside it. We only switch your domain over once everything is ready, and you cancel Squarespace once you are happily live.
Can I keep a similar design?
If you like your current look we can build something close to it, only faster and without the template feel. If you fancy a refresh, this is a good moment for one. Either way it is your call.
What happens to my Squarespace blog?
Posts that bring traffic come across, and their old /blog/ addresses get redirected. Abandoning a ranking back catalogue is one of the most common migration mistakes, and we do not do it.
What happens to my domain and email?
Your domain stays yours and we point it at the new site. Your email runs separately and keeps working right through the move, with no interruption.
How much does it cost?
A £99 one-off setup plus £29 a month, or £299 a year, with the rebuild and redirects included, and no more Squarespace fees. Larger projects are quoted to match.
Will ChatGPT still find the site after the move?
Yes, if we keep the facts clear and the crawlers unblocked. We add FAQ pairs and structured data as standard on request via GEO, from £99.

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