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Squarespace users flee after massive price hikes

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Demand — how loud & how many (score)
Willing to payExplicit
Momentum (7d) 1.4%
Cluster29 posts · 27 people
MarketplaceSquarespace Extensions
Updated22d ago
The story

The pain

We're being hit with huge, unexplained price increases — some seeing their annual subscription jump by 82% or more. This feels like a slap in the face, especially for those of us running small portfolio or personal sites. Many of us are now actively migrating to cheaper alternatives or self-hosting.

Evidence

What people said · 29 complaints, 27 people

I got charged $395 - originally paid $99. I canceled. They gave me a full refund.
RedditNewEstablishment592Aug 10
My renewal fee next year will be $165 instead of $204, although that's still an increase from the $136 I renewed for earlier this summer. Very frustrated.
RedditIGoToSuperCutsJul 25
I cancelled because of the ridiculous price increase. Gonna build a new website with an EU provider instead, which is gonna be both cheaper and safer.
RedditLow_Energy_7468Jul 19
Add me to the list of people having claude rewrite my site to self-host. It's a simple site, I'm not paying $350/year to run it
RedditY4MJul 17
Same boat, my bog standard photography site was originally $16 per month and is $35 now I think, upping sticks and relocating is the ball ache business plan of so many tech companies.
RedditNorthernsoul73Jul 17
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Score breakdown

Reach
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1.0
Recency
how fresh
.49
Engagement
upvotes & replies
.95
Willingness to pay
people said they'd pay
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