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Squarespace

🌎 squarespace.com

Squarespace is a design-driven platform that empowers entrepreneurs to build brands and businesses online. It offers a comprehensive suite of products including website creation, domains, ecommerce, and marketing tools, catering to millions of customers across more than 200 countries. The company is headquartered in New York City and has a global presence with offices in various countries.

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Updates as of Sep 13, 2024

• Squarespace now offers popular payment methods like Klarna, ACH, Apple Pay, and all major credit and debit cards through Squarespace Payments.
• Squarespace launched a free AI Business Name Generator.
• Users are frustrated with the transition of their domains from Google Domains to Squarespace following a recent acquisition.
• A user reported that their Google domains were transferred to Squarespace without their consent and they are required to upload sensitive documents to regain access.
• Squarespace is becoming a private company after Permira purchased it for $7.2 billion.

• Squarespace and Permira amended their merger agreement to increase the offer price to $46.50 per share in cash, with the transaction valued at approximately $7.2 billion.
• Squarespace's acquisition offer was raised to $46.50 per share by Permira, valuing the transaction at approximately $7.2 billion.
• Squarespace is currently hiring a Principal Compensation Consultant in the United States.
• Squarespace ranked #13 on the 2024 Healthiest Employers® of New York City's list of 100 companies.
• Squarespace hosted Women Impact Tech, co-sponsored by their Women+ employee resource group, with over 70 attendees networking and hearing from Squarespace women engineers.
• Matthew Tucker, SVP Squarespace & Head of Tock, celebrated Tock customers featured in the 2024 Colorado Michelin Guide.
• Matthew Tucker, SVP Squarespace & Head of Tock, will speak at the HNGRY Summit 2024 in LA on October 25th.
• From September 12 to October 12, Squarespace and KLIN D'OEIL are launching Nouvelle Vague, a pop-up store showcasing top French creative talents using Squarespace.
• Squarespace Domains LLC has disabled calendar invite functionality.
• Squarespace is investigating login issues through Facebook and Google in the Safari browser.
• Squarespace relies on Rootly for critical incident management.

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