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Weebly: Square’s website builder for a brochure site or a small store
Average
Weebly lets you build a website without writing a single line of code: you start from a theme, drag text, image or form blocks onto the page and publish in a few clicks, with hosting and the security certificate included. An online store is built in from the free plan, with a cart, inventory management and in-store pickup, and payments go through Square. Long one of the best-known website builders among small businesses, Weebly is now overshadowed by more actively developed builders and is no longer offered in part of the world.
What is Weebly?
Everything happens in the browser. After signing up, you pick a theme, then build each page in a visual editor where you drop in ready-made elements: heading, gallery, video, map, contact form, button. What you see on screen is what the visitor will see, with no technical settings. Weebly hosts the site, provides a .weebly.com address on the free version and lets you connect your own domain name with a subscription. For selling, a built-in store handles product pages, options, inventory, coupons and gift cards, and syncs with the Square catalog for merchants who also take payments in-store. Those who can code can add their own HTML and CSS, and an app directory rounds out the basic features.
The service was born in 2006 in San Francisco, founded by David Rusenko, Dan Veltri and Chris Fanini, alumni of the Y Combinator accelerator. Its drag-and-drop editor, launched in 2007, built its reputation among freelancers, nonprofits and small shops. Square, the payments company now called Block, acquired it in 2018 for about $365 million; Weebly then claimed more than 625,000 paying subscribers.
Since then, Square has mainly developed Square Online, its other website builder, and Weebly has been sidelined. On June 20, 2026, Square announced it was shutting the service down in 67 countries, citing regulatory changes and a wish to simplify its operations: no more publishing from June 29, sites unpublished on September 27, and account access until December 26, 2026 to retrieve your data and transfer your domain. The list includes, among others, Morocco, Algeria, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Turkey, Russia and Ukraine. Mainland France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada and the United States are not on it, and Weebly was still open to new sign-ups as of October 31, 2026. The mobile apps, for their part, have been pulled from the app stores.
Weebly at a glance
- Type
- Online website builder (SaaS)
- Founded
- 2006
- Founders
- David Rusenko, Dan Veltri and Chris Fanini
- Origin
- United States (San Francisco)
- Owner
- Square (Block, Inc.) since 2018
- Availability
- Withdrawn from 67 countries in 2026, still open in the United States
- Free plan
- Yes, .weebly.com address and Square ads
- Starting price
- $13/month billed yearly ($16 monthly)
What is Weebly used for?
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Build a brochure site
pages put together by drag and drop from a theme, with no technical knowledge.
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Open a small store
cart, unlimited items, options, inventory, coupons and in-store pickup, from the free plan.
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Get paid with Square
card payments through Square, Square gift cards and, on the Performance plan, PayPal.
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Host your site and your domain
hosting and SSL certificate included, custom domain from the Personal plan, free for a year on the higher annual plans.
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Set up basic SEO
SEO tools included on every plan, to help Google and Bing find the site.
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Collect contacts
custom forms to gather visitors’ inquiries and email addresses.
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Add code or apps
custom HTML and CSS, third-party code and apps from the Weebly directory.
Weebly review
Average
For years, Weebly was one of the simplest ways to put a clean website online: a clear editor, a store at no extra cost and a free plan you could really use. Those qualities haven’t gone away. For a brochure site of a few pages or a small store that already takes payments with Square, the tool still gets the job done, and those who have had a site on it for a long time have no reason to panic if they live in the United States, Canada, France, Belgium or Switzerland.
The future is less reassuring. Since the acquisition, Square has bet on Square Online and let Weebly age: dated themes, few new features, mobile apps pulled. The withdrawal from 67 countries in 2026, with sites unpublished within a few months, showed that a service can shut down without its customers being able to do anything about it. Nothing today points to a shutdown elsewhere, but nothing guarantees that Weebly will still be around in five years either; and moving to Square Online isn’t a simple transfer, since you have to rebuild your site.
Customer service is where things go wrong. Support is primarily by chat and email, phone support only comes with a subscription, and billing disputes, charges after cancellation or refused refunds, come up often. On price, Weebly is no better a deal than its competitors, and its entry plan even leaves Square ads on the site.
In short, a decent tool for those who already use it, but a hard choice to defend for a new project.
Strengths
- A simple drag-and-drop editor, accessible with no technical skills at all.
- A store built in from the free plan, with no module to add.
- Natural syncing with the Square point of sale and catalog for merchants.
- A lasting free plan, useful for testing or for a very simple site.
- The option to add your own HTML and CSS when the blocks aren’t enough.
Weaknesses
- An uncertain future: service withdrawn from 67 countries in 2026 and few new features.
- Themes and an interface that have aged, with no mobile app.
- No automatic conversion to Square Online: switching tools means rebuilding the site.
- Slow support and frequent billing disputes.
- A Personal plan that keeps Square ads, and advanced e-commerce features reserved for the most expensive plan.
Is Weebly worth it?
Yes, if you already have a Weebly site that works for you and you live in a country where the service continues: there is no rush, but keep a copy of your content and control your domain name so you can leave smoothly. It can also help out a merchant already set up with Square who wants a simple page with a few products, without spending a dime.
Not necessarily, if you are starting a new site: you might as well choose a tool whose maker is still investing in it. For a polished brochure site, Wix or Squarespace offer more templates and features for a comparable budget; for a Square merchant, Square Online is the logical successor; for a real store, Shopify remains the reference. And if you want to stay free to change hosts, WordPress leaves you the owner of your site. If you are based in one of the 67 countries concerned, the question no longer arises: you have to migrate before December 26, 2026.
How much does Weebly cost?
Weebly offers a free plan and three subscriptions, from $16 a month (Personal) to $36 (Performance), or $13 to $32 a month billed yearly: an annual commitment saves between 11 and 25% depending on the plan. The online store is included everywhere; what makes the difference is the domain name, removing Square ads and the advanced selling features.
| Plan | Per month | Per month, billed yearly | Included | Who it's for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | — | .weebly.com address, Square ads, SSL, store, SEO, forms | Trying it out, a very simple site |
| Personal | $16 | $13 | Custom domain, digital goods, shipping rates, shipping labels, phone support | A small site with its own domain |
| Professional | $20 | $15 | No Square ads, unlimited storage, advanced stats, free domain for a year, password protection | A professional brochure site |
| Performance | $36 | $32 | PayPal, customer reviews, abandoned cart recovery, e-commerce stats, priority support | A small online store |
Source: official Weebly pricing page (US version, archived copy of October 27, 2026).
- The free domain only applies to the annual Professional and Performance plans, for one year and one standard-priced domain, to be registered within 45 days.
- Payments go through Square, which takes its processing fees; with PayPal, transaction fees are added on top.
- No free trial is advertised: the free plan serves that purpose.
- In the 67 countries Weebly is leaving, a subscription is no longer of any use: sites there have been offline since September 27, 2026.
FAQ
Answers to questions about Weebly
Is Weebly shutting down in 2026?
Not everywhere. Square has discontinued Weebly in 67 countries, including Morocco, Algeria, Senegal, French Polynesia and New Caledonia: sites there have been unpublished since September 27, 2026, and accounts remain accessible until December 26, 2026. The United States, Canada, mainland France, Belgium and Switzerland are not affected so far.
Is Weebly free?
Yes, a free plan lets you publish a site with a store, on a .weebly.com address and with Square ads. To use your own domain name, you need at least the Personal plan, which is 20 to 25% cheaper when billed yearly.
Can you transfer a Weebly site to Square Online?
Not automatically. Square Online is a separate tool: you have to create a new site there, although the store’s items can be carried over in the Square catalog. The domain name, for its part, transfers with a code provided in the Weebly dashboard.
How do you retrieve your Weebly site’s content?
From the account settings, under My Data, with the Download My Data feature, or site by site through the archive available in the site settings. This archive is a static copy of the pages (HTML, stylesheets, images), meant as a backup: forms and apps no longer work in it, and no tool can reimport it as is. To migrate, plan to copy blog posts one by one or retrieve them through the RSS feed, export the store catalog as CSV from Square, and rebuild the pages by hand in the new tool.
Information checked on October 31, 2026