How to Transfer Ownership of a Squarespace Website (2024)

There may be times when you need to transfer ownership of your Squarespace site to someone else. For example, you’re moving to a new job, or you’re a web designer needing to hand over a website to a client.

The good news is that Squarespace transfer ownership is easy to do. Here’s how to transfer ownership of your Squarespace website in three simple steps.

Step 1: Make sure the future site owner is set up as a contributor

If they’re not set up already, you need to invite the person you want to transfer the site to as a contributor.

You also need to be an owner of the website for Squarespace transfer ownership to take place.

To add someone as a contributor, go to Settings and open the Permissions and Ownership Panel. click Invite Contributor, and enter their name and email address.

Click Invite, and they’ll receive an email invite asking them to accept.

If they don’t get the email, ask them to check their spam folder.

Step 2: Transfer ownership

Once the new site owner is signed up as a contributor, go back to the Permissions and Ownership Panel. Click on the current owner’s name and click Transfer Ownership.

You’ll then need to verify this transfer of ownership by confirming your account details.

Next, choose the new owner from the drop-down menu that appears. Click Transfer Ownership and Squarespace will hand everything over.

Step 3: Carry out housekeeping

The new owner will need to make a few extra changes to ensure the handover runs as smoothly as possible. We recommend doing the following:

1. Remove permissions from the previous owner

After the ownership change, the previous owner will still have administrator permissions for the site.

You might want to keep the previous owner on this level of permission, for example, if it’s a developer who will still be responsible for maintaining the site. However, you might want to lower or remove permissions entirely.

To do this, go to the Permissions and Ownership Panel and click the name of the contributor you want to change the permissions of.

You can then toggle their level of permission. Alternatively, click on the three dots and click Remove Permissions to take away their access to your site.

2. Update the billing information

This makes sure the right person or organization is charged when the site renews.

You can change this by going to your account dashboard, clicking on Billing, choosing Payment Information, and updating your details.

3. Update the domain contact information

This ensures Squarespace can contact the right person if there is an issue with the domain.

While Squarespace asks you to review this domain hosting contact information annually, it makes sense to update your details as soon as Squarespace transfer ownership takes place.

To do this, go to the Domains and Email panel, choose your domain, click Edit, and update your details.

So there we have it – how to transfer Squarespace ownership in three easy steps. The key is to remember to add the new owner as a contributor before you get started!