Weebly alternatives: where to move your site before it closes

What is happening to Weebly, and when

Square, which bought Weebly in 2018, announced in June 2026 that it would wind Weebly down in 67 countries. It gave two reasons: 'changes in regulation' and a wish 'to simplify our global operations'. The dates below come from Weebly's support notice, 'Upcoming changes to Weebly's global operations', as news reports quoted it at the time. Your dashboard shows the notice that applies to your account, so check it there too.

Affected countries include the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, South Korea, Turkey, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, Colombia, Chile and Ukraine, plus many others across Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe. The US, UK, Canada, Australia and nearly all of Western Europe are not on the list.

Outside those 67 countries, nothing switches off on a set date, but it is clear where things are heading. Square staff have described a 'gradual' move of Weebly users to Square Online. New business sign-ups now go to Square Online instead of the Weebly editor, and Weebly's mobile apps were taken out of the app stores in December 2025. Moving now, while your site is still live, is far easier than moving in a hurry later.

What moves with you and what you rebuild

No builder can move a Weebly site across automatically, not even Square's own. Square's community moderators have said plainly that a Weebly site cannot be converted into a Square Online site, so you have to create a new one. The same is true everywhere else.

What moves

• Your words: page text, blog posts, product descriptions and FAQs. They are the most valuable part of the site and the easiest to carry over.
• Your images and files. The export includes your uploads, but if you still have the original photos, use those instead.
• Your domain, if you own it (see below).
• Your orders and customers. Weebly can export your orders as a spreadsheet (a CSV file) from the Orders screen and emails you a link when the file is ready. Customer emails from that file, and any mailing list you kept, can be imported elsewhere.

What you rebuild

• Design and layout. The export is HTML that only really works on Weebly, so other builders cannot import it cleanly.
• Forms. They rely on Weebly's servers, so exported copies send submissions nowhere.
• The store: products, variants, shipping, tax and payments. Paid migration services can copy product data to some platforms, but check every product by hand.
• Slideshows, galleries and members areas.
• SEO details: page titles, descriptions and the old address of every page, which you need for redirects.

One gap to watch: users report that the site archive often holds only the blog's index page, not the posts themselves. If your blog matters, copy each post separately, or save it from your browser while the site is still live. In the affected countries, sites have been offline since 27 September, so downloading from your account is now the main option left. Do it this week.

Your checklist before 26 December

Work through it in order. If your country is not affected, the same list applies without the deadline.

1. Download everything. Go to Account Settings, then My Data, then Download My Data. For a single site, open the editor and choose Settings, then Archive. Keep copies in two places, such as your computer and a cloud drive.
2. Export your orders and open the file to check it is complete.
3. List every page address. Weebly page addresses usually end in .html (yoursite.com/about.html), and blog posts and products have their own addresses too. If you use Google Search Console, its Pages report lists every address Google knows about.
4. Copy the title and description of at least your ten most important pages.
5. Gather your content in one folder: every page, post and product, with its images.
6. Note everything connected to Weebly: email, analytics, ad pixels, payment and booking accounts. Each one needs reconnecting or cancelling.
7. Build the new site before you touch the domain.
8. Move or point your domain (next section).
9. Add 301 redirects from each old address to its new page.
10. Test everything: each form, a real small purchase, the site on a phone, your contact details. Then submit the new sitemap in Google Search Console.
11. Only then cancel Weebly billing. My Data also has an option to erase your data afterwards.

Domains and redirects in plain English

First, find out where your domain is registered. If you bought it from a registrar such as GoDaddy or Namecheap and only connected it to Weebly, nothing needs transferring. Change the DNS records at your registrar so they point at the new site. Your new platform will tell you which records to use.

If you bought the domain through Weebly, transfer it before account access ends:

• In the dashboard, go to Websites, then Domains, then Manage Domain.
• Turn off the registrar lock and copy the authorisation code (often called the EPP code).
• Start the transfer at your new registrar or platform and paste in the code. Allow up to a week.
• Do not change the owner's name, email or phone number first. That triggers a 60-day transfer lock, which would take you past the deadline.
• Domains less than 60 days old cannot be transferred, and country domains such as .sg or .ae follow their own rules. If yours is one of these, contact Weebly support early.
• Turning off the lock also turns off privacy protection, so switch it back on with the new registrar.

Redirects tell Google and visitors that a page has moved. Without them, every link to yoursite.com/services.html lands on an error page, and the Google ranking that page had built up is lost. Match each old address to the closest new page and add a 301 (permanent) redirect from one to the other. Wix and Squarespace have a built-in redirect setting, and WordPress has free redirect plugins. Whatever you choose, check that it supports redirects before you commit. Redirects are worth doing even if your site went offline on 27 September, because other sites still link to the old addresses and Google keeps checking them for a while.

Six Weebly alternatives at a glance

Prices are US prices per month, billed annually, at the time of writing (October 2026), unless noted. 'Platform store fee' means a fee the platform adds on top of normal card processing.

Which alternative suits which business

Square Online. The natural choice if you already take payments with Square in a shop, café or market stall, because your products, stock and payments all live in one place. The Free plan costs nothing beyond card fees, but your site sits on a square.site address with Square branding. Using your own domain needs a paid plan, and Square Plus costs $49 a month per location, which is steep for a brochure site. Square Online is built for selling, so portfolios, blogs and service businesses will find it limiting. And although Square owns both, nothing transfers from Weebly.

Wix. The widest choice of templates and apps, plus an AI tool that produces a first draft. Light at $17 cannot take payments, so a shop needs Core at $29 or Business at $39. Wix adds no fee of its own on sales. With so many options, even a simple rebuild can take longer than you expect, and you cannot export a Wix site to another host later (our guide to moving a website off Wix explains what that means).

Squarespace. Reliably good-looking templates with little fuss, which makes it a strong fit for photographers, restaurants and service businesses. Basic at $19 adds a 2% fee to store sales, so once you sell more than about $500 a month online, Core at $29 works out cheaper. You get less freedom over layout than on Wix. Our Wix vs Squarespace comparison goes deeper if you are torn between the two.

Hostinger. The lowest headline price, but read the terms. $2.99 a month needs 48 months paid upfront and renews at $10.99, and selling needs a higher tier that renews at $16.99. The editor is simple, with AI help, and Hostinger advertises 0% transaction fees. A sensible pick for a small brochure site, as long as you are happy to prepay.

WordPress.com. The most flexible option and the hardest to outgrow, with plugins on paid plans and WooCommerce for selling. Personal costs $4 a month, but a store with no platform fee means Business at $25 or Commerce at $45. It also takes the longest to learn: expect more decisions about themes, plugins and settings than with any of the others.

WebNewBiz. This is our own platform, so keep that in mind as you read. You describe your business in plain language, the AI drafts the pages, layout and copy, and you change things by chatting with the AI Copilot instead of dragging blocks around. That suits a Weebly rebuild, because you can give it the text you saved. Every plan includes hosting, SSL and a full WordPress CMS. The online store (cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay) starts on Starter at $29 a month. As with every option here, your content and domain move but the layout is rebuilt. The honest limits: WebNewBiz is a young platform with a much smaller app ecosystem and community than Wix or Squarespace. Lite at $9 has no store, there is no free plan, and the AI's first draft still needs your own photos, facts and edits.

What year one really costs

Take a small shop selling $2,000 a month online ($24,000 a year) on its own domain. Card processing costs much the same on all of these, typically around 2.9% + 30 cents per sale in the US, so the real differences come from plan prices and extra fees.

For a site with no shop, the numbers shrink. In year one, Wix Light costs $204, Squarespace Basic $228, WordPress.com Personal $48 and WebNewBiz Lite $100 ($1, then 11 months at $9). Add your domain renewal if your plan does not include one.

How to choose in five minutes

• You already use Square at the till: Square Online. Only pay for Plus once you need your own domain.
• You want the most design choice and apps: Wix.
• You want a polished site with the least fuss: Squarespace, on Core if you sell.
• You want the lowest cost and can prepay four years: Hostinger.
• You need specific plugins or expect to grow into something bigger: WordPress.com.
• You want the site drafted for you from your saved text, then changed by chatting: WebNewBiz.

Whichever you pick, start with the content you saved, not the template. A rebuild is a good moment to cut pages nobody visits and rewrite the ones that matter. For a wider look at AI-led builders, see our round-up of the best AI website builders. If you want to see what an AI draft looks like before you decide anything, try the free AI Website Preview, which designs a homepage from one sentence.

Quick answers

Is Weebly shutting down completely?

No. Weebly is closing in 67 countries, where sites went offline on 27 September 2026 and account access ends on 26 December 2026. In the US, UK, Canada, Australia and most of Western Europe it still runs, but Square is steering users towards Square Online.

Can I move my Weebly site to another builder automatically?

No. There is no one-click import, not even to Square Online. Your text, images, order data and domain can move. The design, forms and store setup have to be rebuilt.

How do I keep a domain I bought through Weebly?

Transfer it before 26 December 2026. Under Domains, turn off the registrar lock and copy the EPP code, then start the transfer at your new registrar. Do not change the owner's contact details first, because that adds a 60-day transfer lock.

Is Square Online the easiest Weebly alternative?

Only if you already use Square for payments. It is built for selling, the free plan uses a square.site address with Square branding, and using your own domain needs a paid plan from $49 a month per location. Nothing transfers from Weebly automatically.

Will I lose my Google rankings when I leave Weebly?

You can keep most of them if you keep the same domain, add 301 redirects from every old Weebly address to the matching new page and submit the new sitemap in Google Search Console. Sites that were offline for weeks may take longer to recover.

Ready to rebuild?

If WebNewBiz sounds like a fit, our AI website builder can draft your new site from a short description of your business and the text you saved from Weebly, ready to edit in your browser. Every plan is $1 for the first month with no contract, so you can rebuild well before 26 December and decide once you have seen the result. If you leave later, your account stays read-only so you can export your content. Start for $1.

If another option on this page suits you better, the checklist still applies: the export, the domain and the redirects matter wherever you go.