When you build a website for a client, the data doesn’t stop at handoff. This guide breaks down Squarespace analytics and shows you how to turn traffic, conversion, and ecommerce metrics into concrete recommendations.

A web design business isn’t built on grinding harder. It’s built on knowing where your time actually goes. Puno shares the systems, delegation approach, and honest conversations that took her from overwhelmed to working on her own terms.

A portfolio isn’t about volume, it’s about direction. Puno walks through how to choose which work to show, what to do when you don’t have the right pieces yet, and how to turn any finished project into a case study that earns client trust.

Client ghosting happens at every stage—before the project starts, mid-feedback, and after the work is live. Puno shares the exact follow-up sequence she uses at each one, plus the contract language that means you rarely have to chase twice.

Puno left a six-figure UX director role with no freelance network and no clients—and made $100K in her second year building Squarespace websites. In this column, she breaks down how she found clients, raised her rates, and built a workflow that runs on about 15 hours a week.

Squarespace does more for your web design practice than its beginner-friendly reputation suggests. Here’s what it offers for client work, plus a direct comparison to Wix, Shopify, WordPress, Webflow, and GoDaddy.

Sam Crawford built Six-Figure Design Club to teach web designers how to earn from their expertise and build high-revenue businesses. In this Circle Live episode, he walks through how he built and markets the course, how he runs it entirely inside Squarespace, and what it takes to turn your expertise into something that sells.

With the arrival of summer, web designers may encounter distinct obstacles in effectively managing their time. Discover specialized time management techniques designed for web designers during the summer months.

Code blocks are an essential tool for experienced professional users looking to add custom code to a website. Learn how to creatively use code blocks on Squarespace.

Reconnecting with past clients is one of the simplest ways to grow your web design business without starting from scratch. Learn how to identify who to reach out to, what to offer, and how to turn a check-in into your next project.

Finish Layer is a new suite of professional-grade design and editing tools built into Squarespace, including Block Animations, Block Transforms, Font Uploads, and more. With these new tools, professional designers can create elevated, bespoke designs with no custom code required.

Web designer and Yangu Web Studio founder Marya Nguyen gets real about what it actually takes to run a sustainable design business—rigid routines, confident pricing, and knowing when to walk away from a prospect. Watch Circle Live to hear how she structures her days, shifts her mindset around rates, and spots the early signs of a "vampire client" before saying yes.

Learn the three signals that tell you a client's site has outgrown its navigation, from complex dropdowns to invisible long-tail content and declining mobile engagement.

Build a brand identity that sets your web design practice apart, starting with your mission, positioning, values, and voice. This guide covers the brand-building exercises every professional designer needs to attract better clients and make the right first impression before a single sales call.

In order to streamline your business and meet a variety of clients’ budgets and business goals, you may consider packaging your web design services. Learn the key benefits of building packages and see examples.

Christy Price is a Circle member based in Austin, Texas. She develops websites for small business owners and enjoys partnering with entrepreneurs to bring their web presence to life.

Marya Nguyen is the founder of Yangu Web Studio, a Squarespace design studio in St. Louis that builds bold, strategy-backed sites for small businesses. Learn how she structures her day around deep work blocks, strict boundaries, and her dog Jett, and get her advice on building a sustainable practice that actually compounds over time.

Rache De Luna is the founder of Squarestylist, a Squarespace education and plugin business she runs from Manila, Philippines, with clients across Hong Kong, Singapore, and beyond. See how she architects her entire workday around her son's school schedule, while still finding time to teach custom code, ship plugin updates, and explore AI development after bedtime.

Connor Walsh is the owner of Station Seven, a Squarespace web design agency based in Spokane, Washington. Learn how he leads a creative team on focused morning work blocks, strict inbox boundaries, and mid-day walks, and get his advice for staying productive without letting client work take over your life.

Designing an SEO friendly website is essential. Learn how to make a website more SEO and AEO friendly, and start designing websites with high visibility.