Squarespace Payments account permissions

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Squarespace Payments account permissions

Last updated October 07, 2025 16:07

Overview of the available permissions and what features you can access with each permission level.

Squarespace Payments has added a new permission level— Payments Account Manager. This guide explains the differences between website owner, administrator, Payments Manager, and store manager.

Note: We’ll be rolling out Squarespace Payments to more countries soon. Review this availability guide to check if Squarespace Payments is available in your area.

Permissions

Contributors with site owner or administrator permissions can create a Payments account. Whoever creates the Squarespace Payments account is, by default, the Payments Manager.

Management of the Payments account can be transferred to contributors with appropriate permissions. To learn more, visit Transferring your Squarespace Payments account.

The following table shows the permissions available to each contributor role:

Payments Permission	Website Store Manager	Website Owner / Admin	Payments Manager
Payments panel
Create a new Payments account for a website	❌	✅	✅
Connect an existing Payments account to a website	❌	❌	✅
Disconnect a Payments account from a website	❌	❌	✅
Reattach a connected Payments account to a website	❌	✅	✅
Access to Payments signup page	❌	❌	✅
Finance panel
Access to Payments dashboard (Payments, Payouts, Overview)	❌	❌	✅
Connect a bank account	❌	❌	✅
View account status	✅	✅	✅
Issue refunds	✅	✅	✅
Respond to requests for information regarding account status	❌	❌	✅
Account settings page
Access to Merchant Dashboard settings page	❌	✅	✅
Turn on or off alternative payment methods	✅	✅	✅
Update signup information	❌	❌	✅
Update the payout bank account	❌	❌	✅
Update payment/payout statement descriptors	✅	✅	✅

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Squarespace Payments account permissions

Overview of the available permissions and what features you can access with each permission level.

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Overview of the available permissions and what features you can access with each permission level.

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