Follow These Steps To Switch From Squarespace to Showit

If you’ve decided to make the move from Squarespace to Showit for your business website, you’ll only need to follow a few steps to get your new website up and running.

1. Choose Your Showit Plan

Showit offers three subscription plans for your website, two of them include a WordPress blog. If you aren’t in need of a blog just yet, you can opt for the basic plan which is $19 per month which paid annually.

Showit is a website creator that includes:

• Website Hosting
• Mobile Responsive
• Drag & Drop Website Builder
• Amazing Support from Real People (shout out to Trevor!) 💬
• Free SSL Certificate 🔓

If you’re still unsure about Showit, you can try it out free for 14 days and get a free month of Showit when you signup with my referral link: https://account.showit.com/r/qgqm4vfh

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2. Find a Showit Website Template

With Showit you can either create your own website from scratch or choose from hundreds of pre-made website templates from the Showit Marketplace or from a Showit designer.

My Showit website templates include:

• 12+ professionally designed page templates
• Blog design
• 20+ Tutorial videos
• Pre-launch checklist
• Setup guide
• Free month of Showit (new accounts only)
• Ability to add on coordinating pages from the shop

3. Migrate Your Blog Posts

If your Squarespace website has blog posts, you don’t want to leave those behind! Showit can help you with migrating your Squarespace blog posts to your new Showit blog with WordPress. Just reach out to their support and the team over at Showit will walk you through how to export blog content and then help you with importing it into your new blog.

Read more details from Showit about blog migration from Squarespace to Showit

4. Transfer Your DNS

Once you have your site ready to launch, it’s time to point your DNS from Squarespace to Showit. This is one of the final steps in moving from Squarespace to Showit – so make sure you are ok with no longer have access to your old Squarespace site. Adios Squarespace!

To find out how to change your DNS, you’ll first want to go to your account page in Showit and then click Your DNS Records ➡. Scroll down a bit on this page and you’ll see the DNS information that you’ll need to update in Squarespace.

Showit has written an article on how to update your DNS when switching from Squarespace to Showit.

Next, you’ll need to login to your Squarespace account to navigate to the DNS settings section:

1. Open your domains dashboard. 
2. Click the domain name. If you have multiple Squarespace domains, you’ll manage their DNS records separately.
3. Click DNS Settings.

Once you finish entering the updated DNS records, it should take about 24-48 hours for your domain to fully change where it points to.

5. Test and Launch Your Site

After you’ve successfully updated your DNS settings, your Showit website will soon be available for everyone to see! If your site isn’t ready to launch on Showit, you can add a Coming Soon page in place of your homepage, similar to this one >> Coming Soon page example

You can preview your website in Showit by clicking the preview button, next to the publish button. This will publish your site to a staging site, which only you can access.

Once you’re ready to publish your website to be live, click the blue publish button and don’t forget to remove your Coming Soon page if you’ve added one. Hooray, you’ve just launched your new Showit website!

You may also be interested in: How To Unpublish Your Showit Website

Moving from Squarespace to Showit FAQs

Why should I consider moving from Squarespace to Showit?

If you’re struggling to achieve the look you want for your website and Squarespace has become too limiting – you’ll absolutely love Showit! The drag and drop interface is what has creatives and professional designers flocking to Showit as their website builder.

I personally love that Showit uses WordPress as the blogging platform, whereas Squarespace, Wix and Shopify do not utilize WordPress.

Will I lose my website design if I move websites?

Yes, if you cancel your Squarespace account, you will lose your website design. That’s why I recommend utilizing the Showit 14 day free trial to setup your new website while your current website is still up and running.

Will I lose SEO if I move my website?

It’s hard to say for sure, but if you take a few additional steps you can maintain the SEO you have already established with your Squarespace website.

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Can I keep my Squarespace domain with Showit?

Yes, you can still keep your domain with Squarespace while hosting your website with Showit. Since Showit does not offer domain name registration, you can either continue to renew your domain name with Squarespace or any other name registrar like Google Domains or GoDaddy.

Can I hire someone to help me setup my Showit website?

Absolutely! I’ve been a Showit Design Partner since 2020 which means I’ve been certified by Showit and follow all of their design standards. You can hire me to setup your new Showit website with the Showit Design Week Experience. Together we’ll create and launch your dream website in just 7 days.

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