
How to Cancel a Website Subscription: Step-by-Step Guide
Daily website subscriptions can be terminated through two methods: immediate cancellation or disabling auto-renewal. Here's what you need to know before proceeding:
Before Canceling
- Export your content for future use
- Note that cancellation affects:
- Store operations (Commerce plan users)
- Customer subscriptions
- Annual plan cancellations within 14 days of first payment forfeit free domain and incur a $20 domain fee deduction
Alternative Options
- Change plan or billing cycle
- Optimize SEO
- Update website design
- Switch templates (Version 7.0)
- Hire an expert
- Cancel specific services individually:
- Domains
- Google Workspace
- Email Campaigns
- Acuity Scheduling
- Mobile Start Plan
- Digital Products
Refund Policy
- 14-day refund window for annual subscriptions
- No refunds for monthly plans or renewal payments
- Refunds process in 3-10 business days
Option 1: Immediate Cancellation
- Access Billing panel
- Click Site/Commerce/Squarespace under Subscriptions
- Select Cancel subscription
- Choose cancellation reason
- Complete feedback form
- Review active subscriptions
- Confirm cancellation
Option 2: Disable Auto-Renewal
- Open Billing panel
- Click Site/Store
- Toggle off "Renew automatically"
Post-Expiration Access
- Billing information
- Domain management
- Content export
- Google Workspace
- Permissions settings
- Sales records
- Email campaigns
- Digital products
- Contact information
- Scheduling
Additional Considerations
- Other subscriptions remain active
- Domains can be transferred or maintained
- Digital Products suspend for 30 days
- Google Workspace billing continues
- Email Campaigns remain accessible
- Acuity Scheduling stays active
- Search engine listings gradually disappear
- Sites can be reactivated later
- Subscriptions cannot be transferred between sites
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