The change you need on your Squarespace site is one the platform decides. Start with a measured migration assessment.
Squarespace is a fine place to start. If your design, your content, your shop, your speed or the tools you connect to have outgrown it, we will show you what a custom build costs next to what you pay now. From $1,500, fixed before we start, no minimum project size, 2 to 4 weeks, and you own the code.
Drop your Squarespace address when you book. We will test your site live on the call and give you a fixed price for the move.
Reassess the Platform as Requirements Change
How much you turn over does not decide the right platform. Look at how you work, your content, the design, what it connects to, whether you can take it elsewhere, what it costs to run, and who maintains it.
Why You Started
- Beautiful templates looked good immediately.
- Drag-and-drop editor made changes easy.
- All-in-one hosting meant no setup headaches.
- Basic analytics to track your visitors.
What to Review Now
- Performance: Measure real example pages, then work out which scripts, images, templates and integrations are moving the number.
- Design System: Write down what the editor has to handle: every screen size, the components, the content, and accessibility.
- Portability and Cost: Check what you can export, who controls the domain, your account terms, the subscriptions and add-ons, and what a replacement would actually cost.
Examples of Issues to Investigate
Check before deciding to rebuild. Our free website audit explains the technical findings and offers a free founder review.
These April 2026 posts describe individual experiences and are not representative performance evidence. Follow the links for the original context, then verify any relevant issue against your own account and current provider documentation.
One user described difficulty applying local typography changes and maintaining image layouts across responsive breakpoints.
Another user reported frustration while adapting a desktop layout for mobile and compared the workflow with other builders.
A user described repeated difficulty obtaining the authorization code needed for a domain transfer.
A user described a service incident that affected a booking path and dissatisfaction with the support response.
Use anecdotes to form questions, not conclusions.
A migration assessment should check what the editor will not let you do, how it behaves on every screen, who controls the domain, what you can export, what your uptime depends on, how fast it is now, and any third-party terms. Your written quote, not this page, has your price, your dates, the support you get, who owns the code at the end, and what happens if something goes wrong.
Talk to the founders →How We Migrate Your Squarespace Site
A four-phase planning and delivery path. Your written quote gives the date for each phase, how we keep your site running while we build, who does what, and what counts as done.
Page List & Export Review
Phase 1We list your pages, posts, media, products, members, forms, scheduling, domains, page titles and descriptions, and whatever Squarespace will let you export, then write down the gaps and the manual work.
Design & Content Mapping
Phase 2We say what is kept, what is redesigned, what is reshaped and what is dropped, including how it behaves on each screen and what accessibility needs.
Build & Forwarding Plan
Phase 3We build the agreed work and write down where every old web address forwards to. Forwarding cuts the risk. It does not guarantee your rankings or your traffic.
Switchover & Verification
Phase 4We work through the agreed checks: DNS, content, does it work, analytics, accessibility, monitoring, switching back if needed, training and handover.
Compare the Current Site.
Define the migration case.
We measure your site as it is, check what Squarespace will let you export, and show you what staying costs against what moving costs.
Current Setup vs What We Would Build
Commercial Inputs to Verify
Written proposal
What to Review Before Migrating
These are useful areas to test against your requirements; they are not assumed defects or financial-loss estimates:
Performance Baseline
Measure representative pages across agreed devices, networks, cache states, and consent states. Identify scripts, media, templates, and integrations before setting targets.
Design and Accessibility
Check whether the current component system supports the required brand expression, content hierarchy, responsive states, keyboard use, and accessibility criteria.
Account and Operating Costs
Review the actual subscription, commerce, scheduling, member, domain, integration, and maintenance costs, then compare them with a complete migration estimate.
Search Implementation
Check that Google and AI assistants can actually read the page, that your titles and descriptions are right, and that every link works. Search engines still decide the rankings.
Workflow Fit
Map portals, bookings, forms, commerce, APIs, and editorial workflows to determine what the current platform supports and what a replacement would require.
AI Discoverability
Review crawlability, entity clarity, structured data, content quality, and source credibility. Inclusion and citation by AI systems remain controlled by third parties.
Choose the Architecture That Fits.
A custom build gives you control Squarespace does not. Your written quote says what speed we hit, what you pay monthly to run it, what support you get, and that the code is yours at the end.
Scoped Design System
Define the components, responsive behavior, content states, and accessibility checks needed for the approved experience.
Search-Ready Implementation
Implement the agreed rendering, metadata, internal linking, structured-data, and performance controls without promising rankings or citations.
Clear Access and Rights
Record repository access, third-party licenses, IP transfer, deployment responsibilities, recurring services, and handover in the accepted proposal.
Migration scoping note
Review Squarespace migrations at the component and workflow level. List the Fluid Engine layouts, Commerce products, scheduling, member areas, exports, and integrations before committing to a build or a date for switching over.
Your quote names who is doing the work.
A Squarespace 7.1 assessment can cover Fluid Engine layouts, Commerce products, payments, Acuity or Squarespace Scheduling, Member Areas, scripts, domains, DNS, blog content, metadata, and redirects. Export availability and replacement feasibility vary by account and feature. Performance and interaction behavior are measured before and after under the same documented conditions. For the factors that shape a proposal, read our Squarespace migration scoping guide.
Start with evidence. Put the agreement in writing.
The call is where we work out what you have, what you want, and what is in the way. Nothing is a commitment until it is in your written quote. For most projects that quote is a short document you accept by email. Regulated or complex work gets a fuller agreement.
Diagnostic first
We begin with the URL, stack, content, integrations, analytics, and operational constraints. Automated audit output is treated as an estimate to investigate, not proof of revenue loss or a guaranteed business result.
Evidence before outcomes
Any speed number, ours or anyone else's, is a snapshot of one day. Your quote names which pages we test, on what device, with which tool, and what counts as passing.
Scope before certainty
The proposal says what is included, what is not, what we need from the client, what it depends on, and how changes get approved.
Targets need a method
If there is a performance or visibility target, we write down how it gets measured and what happens if it is missed.
Terms belong in the proposal
Payment milestones, support coverage, ownership, licenses, handover, and out-of-scope work are confirmed in writing.
What should be documented before work starts
Use the call to get the facts. Use the written quote for the promises.
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| Review area | During discovery | In the written proposal |
|---|---|---|
| What you get, and what you do not | List what they have today, what it depends on, and what we are assuming | Say what is included, what is not, who does what, and how changes get handled |
| Speed, and how we prove it | Record a dated baseline, and name what only the client can change | Agree the target, which pages, which tools, the test conditions, and how it gets signed off |
| Payment, support and who owns it | Talk through payment, support, ownership, access, and what happens at handover | State the milestones, what support covers, the licences, the handover, and what happens if something is wrong |
If a commercial term, target, or remedy is not in the written project terms accepted by both parties, this page should not be read as creating that commitment.
Every limit, and what we would do about it.
PandaCodeGen moves Squarespace sites to custom Next.js code you own. From $1,500 for a site of up to 7 pages at a fixed price, from $3,500 with your blog moved and every old link forwarded. No minimum project size and no retainer. Each pair below is something we check on your site, because what Squarespace allows changes by plan and by template.
Current-state question
Review whether the current template supports the required structure
Possible scoped response
Scope components and layouts around the approved content and user flows.
Current-state question
Review supported code injection, extensions, APIs, and exports
Possible scoped response
Define source access, routes, integrations, repository access, and licensing in writing.
Current-state question
Audit control over semantic markup and structured data
Possible scoped response
Implement agreed HTML and schema, then validate output without promising search or AI visibility.
Current-state question
Measure the current script, media, and interaction baseline
Possible scoped response
Set project-specific budgets and verify them under documented test conditions.
Current-state question
Test the current grid across required responsive states
Possible scoped response
Define the target design system and the accessibility checks, agreed in writing before we start.
What sets the date here is how much falls outside what Squarespace exports, because a store, a members area or Scheduling is rebuilt by hand rather than carried across.
Scope and Commercial Review
Choose a planning path. Confirm the project in writing.
These are starting points for the first conversation, not quotes. Your written quote has the real price, the dates, what is included, what support you get and who owns the code.
Before Discovery
Working assumptions
We still have to look at the features, the integrations, the content, what could go wrong in the migration, and what it depends on.
After Discovery
Written proposal
The approved scope is where we write down what we committed to, what we assumed, what is excluded, the milestones, and how you sign it off.
Scope option
Starter
From $1,500
1 to 2 weeks
A focused brochure or portfolio migration with validated inputs.
- A page-by-page list of what stays, what gets redesigned, and what gets dropped
- Everything Squarespace lets you export pulled out, with the gaps written down
- Your Fluid Engine layouts rebuilt as components that hold on every screen size
- Your Squarespace site stays live the whole time we build
A starting point, not a quote. Your written quote has the real price, the dates and who owns the code.
Scope option
Growth
From $3,500
2 to 4 weeks
A business site with broader content, forms, or commerce requirements.
- Everything in Starter
- Every blog post, image, author and date carried across
- A plain editor you write posts in, with no code
- Every old Squarespace address forwarded to its new page
A starting point, not a quote. Your written quote has the real price, the dates and who owns the code.
Scope option
Scale
From $5,000
3 to 6 weeks
Commerce, scheduling, member, data, or complex integration requirements.
- Everything in Growth
- Your Commerce products, and the tax and shipping behind them, checked first
- Member Areas and Acuity or Squarespace Scheduling rebuilt by hand
- The domain switched over in stages, with a backup taken first, and switched back if anything is wrong
A starting point, not a quote. Your written quote has the real price, the dates and who owns the code.
Examples on a website are not a quote. Third-party fees, what we need from you, migration risk and anything out of scope get identified during discovery and documented in the proposal.
If none of these match what you have, call +1 (302) 773-8982 or email info@pandacodegen.com and we will quote it.
Choose Your Future
Option A
Optimization Only
Audit the current site and scope improvements that are feasible within the account, template, extension, and editor constraints.
- Measured optimization opportunities
- Image compression
- Current subscriptions and add-ons remain
- Platform constraints still apply
Option B
Full Migration to Next.js
A custom site from $1,500, fixed price, 2 to 4 weeks, with the code and every account handed to you at the end.
- Documented performance baseline and budgets
- Every old web address forwarded and checked
- Current hosting and service estimate
- Written repository and rights terms
Common Questions
Everything you need to know about migrating from Squarespace.
Yes, and Squarespace is genuinely easy to edit, so we are not going to pretend otherwise. Every site we build includes an editor from $1,500 up: text, images, prices, opening hours, staff and service entries, plus new items in any list the site already has. What changes is not the editing. In Squarespace you are editing inside their system and the site exists while the subscription does. Here you own the code and the accounts, so the editing carries on regardless of who you work with next.
Yes, as closely as you want. We go through your site page by page and list what stays, what gets redesigned and what gets dropped, so nothing changes without you agreeing to it. The rebuilt site scores 90 or better on Google's PageSpeed test on phone and desktop, which most templates can't reach with the same design.
Sometimes, and we'll tell you if you should. If your shop is small and working, keeping it can be the cheaper answer. If the store does need to move, a full custom store is from $5,000, and we check your products, orders, tax and shipping before recommending anything.
From $1,500 for a site of up to 7 pages. From $3,500 for 8 to 20 pages with your blog moved and an editor you update yourself. From $5,000 for a large catalogue, a members area or more than 20 pages. A simple store of a few products starts at Starter, at $1,500. An hourly agency sells you time. We sell you the finished site at a fixed price. Pay 30% to start and 70% when it's done. No retainer, and your written quote has the exact figure. If none of these match what you have, call +1 (302) 773-8982 or email info@pandacodegen.com and we will quote it.
It comes with you. Every post, image, author and date moves over, and every old link forwards to the new page so Google keeps finding your posts. You keep writing in a simple editor with no code. Blog migration is included from $3,500.
No. Your Squarespace site stays live the whole time we build. On launch day we switch the domain over in stages, with a backup taken first, and if anything is wrong we switch back. Your customers never see a gap.
Two to four weeks for most sites, about three on average. A site of up to 7 pages ships in 1 to 2 weeks. A store, a members area or more than one language takes longer, and you get the dates in writing before we start.
Define the migration and what counts as done.
Your written quote lists the pages, the speed test we run, the link forwarding, what you need to give us, what support you get after launch, and who owns what at the end. It is the quote that counts, not this page.
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