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  • Squarespace Goes After GoDaddy with Squarespace Domains

    Squarespace just announced the launch of Squarespace Domains enabling customers to start their website building process by buying a domain directly from Squarespace.

    In case you think the “goes after GoDaddy” headline is too dramatic, the company is being pretty clear about this being the intent. A spokesperson for Squarespace said in an email the launch allows them to “compete directly with companies like GoDaddy and tap into an adjacent, multi-billion dollar market.”

    “Now, our customers will be able to purchase a domain, create a website, build an online store, connect to Google Apps for a custom email, and more, all in one place and with zero configuration,” the spokesperson says.

    Users can go to Squarespace.com/domains and enter terms or browse over 200 top-level domains, which start at $20/year.

    “Unlike some of our competitors, Squarespace Domains includes WHOIS Privacy at no extra charge, a beautiful ad-free parking page, a same-rate guarantee for renewals, and no hidden fees,” the company tells us. “We’ll also soon be offering SSL certificates and domain transfers at no additional cost.”

    Squarespace says it will introduce additional features for Squarespace Domains in the coming months. You can find more info about the service in this help guide.

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  • Pinterest Integration Just Got Easier For Squarespace Sites

    Pinterest has teamed up with Squarespace to give websites using the latter some new tools to make it easier to integrate Pinterest. Those building sites with Squarespace will now more quickly be able to add the Pin It button, get rich pins, and access website analytics.

    Typically, those building websites have to set up the code themselves to get all of this. Pinterest’s partnership with Squarespace removes the hassle of having to do that.

    “The Pin It button is the best way for your business to get discovered on Pinterest, because it lets people save things they like from your site. Just add the button by going to the Squarespace marketing section,” explains Pinterest’s Jimmy Sopko. “Rich Pins are now automatically available for all Squarespace websites. These are Pins that include additional, real-time details like price, availability, ingredients and reviews. Across Pinterest, Rich Pins are clicked more often than non-Rich Pins.”

    Rich Pins show up higher in Pinterest feeds and help to drive more traffic to websites. They’re also said to help in the search ranking department, so that’s an added bonus.

    “Pinterest Analytics provides info about your audience and your Pinterest profile, but by connecting Squarespace and Pinterest, you’ll get access to your website analytics too,” says Sopko. “Website analytics gives you a more complete picture of how all your content is doing on Pinterest by showing data for all the Pins that people have saved from your website, not just the Pins you’ve added to your own profile.”

    Squarespace is the first website platform to automatically enable Pinterest Domain Analytics and Rich Pins.

    “We’ve also made it easy to automatically push all types of content directly to a selected Pinterest board via our social push feature,” notes Squarespace’s Natalie Gibralter in a blog post. “As soon as you add Pinterest as a Connected Account, you can begin pushing content from your posting interface the same way you do other social services (Twitter, Facebook, etc.).”

    Squarespace has a step-by-step guide to its PInterest integration here in case you have any trouble with it.

    For more more on what works best for Pinterest when it comes to business, these videos Pinterest recently released.

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