Web CMD Fall 2024

Squarespace: Proprietary CMS #2

http://squarespace.com/

History

Created in 2003 as a blog hosting service by Anthony Casalena, he was the sole employee of his company until 2006 when it reached $1M in revenue. The company had 30 employees in 2010, then 550 in 2015. Squarespace became a publicly traded company in 2021. In May of 2024, squarespace was acquired by a british equity firm for $6.9 Billion dollars.

Requirements

No requirements are necessary other than a web browser and internet connection, as Squarespace is proprietary.

Hosting

As Squarespace is proprietary, they handle all the hosting.

Cost

Prices for their site hosting range anywhere from $27/month, to an upper range of $49/month.

User base

Roughly 2.96 Million websites that are active are currently using Squarespace. They also currently have around 4-5 million unique subscriptions.