Quarterly revenue tops guidance, but annual guidance is reduced in the face of currency headwinds. Website, scheduling and online marketing company Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) reported second quarter earnings this morning. The company reported ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Squarespace reports earnings and predicts slower growth in 2022
· Domain RegistrarsNo surprise as Squarespace points to slower growth. The problem for public companies that have a great year is that they have higher benchmarks to clear the following year. For website building companies, that means the Covid-induced boom has set a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Wix and Squarespace stocks plummet after weak earnings report
· Domain RegistrarsInvestors send shares into freefall after Wix shows slowing growth. Website builder Wix (NASDAQ: WIX) reported earnings today, and the disappointment sent its stock and rival Squarespace's (NYSE: SQSP) stock into a tailspin. Shares in Wix are down ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Squarespace reports 24% revenue growth in Q3
· Domain RegistrarsWeb presence company reports strong growth in Q3. Squarespace (NYSE:SQSP) reported Q3 earnings after the market closed yesterday. The website platform reported $201.0 million in revenue, up 24% year over year. That's down from 31% growth in Q2, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
SQSP reports: Squarespace hits 3.9 million unique subscriptions
· UncategorizedWeb presence company reports earnings for the first time as a public company. Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) issued its quarterly results today for the first time after going public in May. The company reported that it had 3.9 million unique ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Squarespace files to go public
· ServicesSite builder files S-1. One month after raising $300 million from investors, website building software company Squarespace has filed its S-1 with the SEC to allow investors to sell their shares on the market. Here's a look at Squarespace's ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Why Wix, Weebly and Squarespace exist alongside WordPress
· UncategorizedWordPress is too much for the typical small business owner to manage. Yesterday I got yet another reminder of why managed website builder services like Wix, Weebly and Squarespace exist. I updated the plugins on one of my WordPress sites and POOF! ... Continue Reading9 Comments
The problem with WordPress
· ServicesWordPress is too complex for the average small business owner to use. The on ramp needs to be simpler. WordPress powers 31% of the web. I've used it on this very blog since 2005. But WordPress has a problem for the millions of small business owners ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Building a site on Squarespace
· ServicesHopefully you read my overview of sitebuilders including Wix, Weebly and Squarespace. In today's post, I'm going to explain how I built a site on Squarespace. (I want to be clear up front that I'm not ranking the site builders. I built different types ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Testing out the website builders: Wix, Weebly and Squarespace
· ServicesIn the coming days I will review my experience building sites with several popular website builders. The way in which small businesses get online has changed. It used to be that everyone searched for a domain name as a starting point. Once they ... Continue Reading4 Comments