Squarespace Circle referral payments

Receive commission payments for eligible Squarespace subscriptions.

As a Circle member, you can earn money for bringing your clients to Squarespace with the Circle referral payments benefit. This guide is a summary for this benefit and explains eligibility, how to sign up, and how to qualify for referral payments. For full details, visit Circle Referral Payments Benefit Master Terms.

Eligibility

To participate in the Circle referral payment benefit, you need to meet these eligibility requirements:

• Be a Circle member.
• Be at least 18 years of age.
• Be a resident of, or have your principal place of business, in an eligible country or eligible US state, jurisdiction, or territory.
  • Eligible countries include Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and member countries of the European Union. 
  • Everywhere in the United States is eligible, except the following states, jurisdictions, or territories:
    • Alaska
    • Arkansas
    • Idaho
    • Iowa
    • Kentucky
    • Louisiana
    • Mississippi
    • Montana
    • Nebraska
    • Nevada
    • New Hampshire
    • New Mexico
    • North Dakota
    • Oklahoma
    • Puerto Rico
    • Rhode Island
    • Vermont
    • West Virginia
    • Wyoming 
• Use your Squarespace Circle account email address to Register with Impact, our payment processor.
• Read, agree to, and comply with the Circle Referral Payments Benefit Master Terms.
• Not be an employee, family member of an employee, or an entity directly or indirectly owned or controlled by an employee or family member of an employee, of Squarespace or its affiliates or subsidiaries.

Note: If you are a Squarespace Volume customer, you’re not eligible to receive referral payments. For full details, read the Circle Referral Payments Benefit Master Terms.

Earn and receive Circle referral payments

Step 1 - Register with Impact

Note: You need to use your Squarespace Circle account email address to register your Impact account. This should be the email where you receive Circle newsletters and weekly updates. If you're not sure what email you used, visit Recovering your account email address. If you have an existing Impact account using a different email address, you need to sign up for a new account using your Squarespace Circle email address.

You need an Impact account to join this benefit and receive commission payments. Register using the correct registration page for your location, as defined in the Squarespace Terms of Service:

To learn more about your qualifying subscriptions and payments, visit Reviewing your qualifying subscriptions in Impact.

Step 2 - Generate qualifying subscriptions

To generate qualifying subscriptions for website and Scheduling subscriptions:

1. Start a website or Scheduling trial using your Circle email account.
2. Upgrade to an annual subscription.
3. The subscription will count as a qualifying subscription and automatically appear in Impact after it is active for 15 days.

To generate qualifying subscriptions for Member Areas or Email Campaigns subscriptions:

1. Start a website trial using your Circle email account, then upgrade to a paid site .
2. Purchase an annual Member Areas or Email Campaigns subscription for that site.
3. The subscription will count as a qualifying subscription and automatically appear in Impact after it's active for 15 days.

Step 3 - Meet the unlock threshold

To earn commission, you first need to refer the required number of qualifying subscriptions to meet the unlock threshold in the qualifying period. After you have met the applicable unlock threshold, you'll start receiving commission on each additional qualifying subscription you refer during such qualifying period.

Below are the unlock thresholds for the 2022 and 2023 qualifying periods.

For example, in the 2023 qualifying period, you'll start to earn commissions starting with your fifth qualifying subscription through the end of the 2023 qualifying period.

Step 4 - Receive your commissions

Any more qualifying subscriptions referred after you meet the unlock threshold are commission subscriptions. You’ll receive payment for commission subscriptions about 40 days after the end of the month when they become commission subscriptions. For example, if you had a commission subscription in January 2022, you’d receive payment for it in March 2022.

Access your Impact account to find details about qualifying subscriptions you received credit for, commissions you earned, and payment timing. Subscriptions won't appear until they've been active for 15 days.

To learn more, visit Qualifying subscriptions and commission amounts.

Tip: The Squarespace Affiliate Program has its own requirements and eligible Circle members are welcome to apply and participate in both.

Qualifying subscriptions and commission amounts

For a subscription to qualify, it needs to be:

• Upgraded after joining Impact
• On an annual plan at time of first subscription payment
• Active 15 days after the first subscription payment, and remain on an annual plan in those first 15 days

To learn how to access information about your qualifying subscriptions, visit Reviewing your qualifying subscriptions in Impact. 

The commission amount depends on the subscription plan and who started the trial, and is only paid after you meet the unlock threshold. We don't use referral codes or links for this benefit.

Here's a table of how commission credits are applied. Note that for specified Website and Scheduling plans, the commission amount will change in 2023.

Receiving credit FAQs

Here are common scenarios related to receiving referral credits.

Promotions

Squarespace may occasionally run promotions related to the referral payment benefit. For full details, visit the Circle Referral Payments Benefit Master Terms.

Unlock referral payments in 2023

As a one-time, end-of-year promotion, we’re unlocking the 2023 threshold for Circle members who generate 20 or more qualifying subscriptions in 2022.

In other words, if you refer 20 or more qualifying subscriptions on or before 11:59 PM on December 31, 2022 ET, you’ll earn a commission starting with your first qualifying subscription in 2023 without having to separately meet the unlock threshold for the 2023 qualifying period.

Who to contact for support

• If you have questions about Circle referral payments, contact us.
• For help with your Impact account, contact Impact.