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No storefront required: Squarespace’s new tool lets you get paid via direct messages and QR codes.

  • Squarespace launched Pay Links. Allowing freelancers. Small businesses to share secure payment addresses anywhere.
  • The feature is free for all plans. Supports advance payments. Reservations. Tips. Final payments.
  • You can also use the tool if you don’t have a store.

Website building platform Squarespace just launched a new feature that makes it easier for freelancers. Solopreneurs. Small businesses to get paid. Even if they don’t have an online store.

The tool. Called Pay Links. Allows users to create special URLs for payments. Which can then be shared across many different platforms: via text. Social media. QR codes. Even embedded as links on websites.

“For small businesses. Freelancers dealing with seasonal needs. Getting paid should be easy. ” Squarespace said in a press release. “Pay Links offers a fast way to collect payments with professional branding. Built-in security. Built-in tracking. Analytics tools.”

The company hopes this new feature will be especially useful for entrepreneurs. Small business owners who sell their time. Skills. Such as consultants. Educators. Interior designers.

Photographers. With Pay Links. They can accept everything from deposits. Reservations to final payments. Tips.

Lots of updates this year

All Squarespace users can use Pay Link for free. Without restrictions. The company confirmed.
The feature can be accessed from your Squarespace merchant dashboard when connected to a payment processor. Squarespace’s financial tools also include invoicing. Contactless mobile payments. Access to equity financing.

Instant payments.

Pay Links is just a small drop in the stream of updates Squarespace has released this year. In early October. The company announced a slew of new tools. Features (63 to be exact). Including several key improvements that put Squarespace on par with its top competitors.

As is often the case in 2025. At the center of these updates is is by AI.

With features like Blueprint AI (Squarespace’s AI website builder). Beacon AI (“your new business partner on the Squarespace platform”). Also new ways to animate is are by There. Transform blocks. Create different layouts for mobile devices. Import external sources.

Additional updates have been made to marketing tools. Domains. Donation features. Detailed information is available at .

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