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Squarespace Membership and Courses
A Squarespace membership site is a section of your site placed behind a paywall, where only paying members can reach your courses, videos, or other gated content. Squarespace's Digital Products suite, Member Sites, Courses, and Video Pages, lets you sell that access and earn recurring income, and we build and configure the whole thing so it works from sign-up to payment.
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What it is
What is a Squarespace membership site?
A Squarespace membership site is gated content on your Squarespace site that visitors pay to access, built with the platform's Digital Products tools: Member Sites, Courses, and Video Pages. You put courses, video libraries, downloads, or members-only pages behind a paywall, and members sign up and pay directly on your site, with no third-party membership platform needed.
It fits creators, coaches, and educators who want recurring or one-time income from their expertise rather than only selling physical products. Squarespace offers free, fixed-price, and subscription pricing plans, so you can run a paid course, a subscription library, or a free email-gated area. One honest caveat: members-only content is not visible to search engines, and advanced features like content dripping need workarounds, so we plan around those limits up front.
What's included
What a Squarespace membership build includes
Paywall setupYour chosen content placed behind a paywall with the right pricing plans attached.
Member siteA members-only area built to hold courses, videos, downloads, or community content.
Course buildLessons, modules, and materials structured into a course members can work through.
Video pagesPaywalled video libraries set up for on-demand viewing by your members.
Pricing and paymentsFree, one-time, and subscription plans connected to payment so members can pay on your site.
Member experienceSign-up, login, and member emails set up so the journey is smooth from start to access.
Access managementMember accounts, plan tiers, and access rules configured and tested.
How we work
How we build your Squarespace membership
1Model and fit
We confirm Squarespace suits your membership goals and plan the content, tiers, and pricing.
2Content structure
We organize your courses, videos, and gated pages into a clear member experience.
3Member site build
We build the member site and paywall on Squarespace 7.1 with your branding.
4Pricing and payments
We set up free, fixed, or subscription plans and connect payments.
5Sign-up and access
We configure accounts, login, member emails, and access rules, then test the full journey.
6Launch and review
We launch, watch the first sign-ups, and refine the flow where members drop off.
Why it matters
Why sell memberships on Squarespace
Done right, a Squarespace membership turns your content into recurring income, managed from the same site you already run.
Recurring income
Subscription plans turn one-time content into a steady, repeatable revenue stream.
One platform
Your site, content, and memberships live together, with no separate membership tool to wire up.
Scales with you
A course or library sells to one member or a thousand without extra delivery cost.
Who this is best for
The right fit
Best fit when
You are a creator, coach, or educator with content worth paying for, you already use or like Squarespace, and you want courses or memberships running on your own site rather than a separate platform.
You might not need this
If you mainly sell physical products rather than gated content, this is not the right page, see Squarespace Ecommerce Development instead. And if you need a heavy-duty learning platform with features like detailed quizzing or automated drip schedules, Squarespace's course tools may be too basic, and we will tell you so.
FAQs
Common questions about Squarespace memberships
Can I sell courses on Squarespace?
Yes. Squarespace Courses lets you build and sell structured courses with lessons and materials, either behind a paywall or open to the public. It is well-suited to a focused course offering, though it is lighter than a dedicated course platform on advanced features like detailed quizzing.
How do paywalls work on Squarespace?
You attach a pricing plan to content like a member site, course, or video page, and that content then sits behind a paywall. Visitors create an account and pay to get access. You can offer free email-gated plans, one-time payments, or recurring subscriptions.
What is the difference between Member Sites and Courses?
Courses are structured lesson-by-lesson content for teaching something step by step. Member Sites are broader gated areas that can bundle courses, video libraries, downloads, and members-only pages into one membership. Many memberships use both together.
Will my membership content show up in Google?
No. Members-only content is hidden from search engines, which is the point of gating it, so it will not be indexed or appear in search. We make sure your public marketing pages are well optimized so people can still find and join your membership.
What does it cost to run a membership on Squarespace?
Memberships require a qualifying Squarespace plan, and Squarespace applies a transaction fee on sales that can be reduced with a Digital Products add-on. Exact plan requirements, fees, and video storage limits change, so we confirm the current numbers for your setup during the audit. [verify]
Can members get different levels of access?
Yes, within limits. You can offer multiple pricing plans and separate member sites for different content, so members get access based on what they pay for. Advanced setups like tiered access to the same content or automated content dripping need workarounds, which we plan for up front.
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