How-to guides · Checked 5 Oct 2026

Connect a GoDaddy domain to Squarespace and stop paying twice

Squarespace can use a domain registered elsewhere — connecting it costs nothing extra. You then stop renewing the domain Squarespace charges you for.

At GoDaddy, turn off any DNSSEC setting for your domain first.
In Squarespace open Domains → Use a domain I own, enter your domain, then Connect domain.
If you have email on this domain, choose DNS Connect (“No, use DNS records”) — Squarespace warns that the other method can break custom email. Pick GoDaddy, log in, and click Connect → Continue.
Wait 24–48 hours until Squarespace shows the domain as Connected.
Then open the domain Squarespace charges you for and switch Auto-renew off, at least one day before it renews.
If you track it in SlopDox, delete the “domain” charge.

Good to know

Your site must be on an active trial or paid Squarespace plan to connect a domain.
You keep paying GoDaddy for the domain itself — that becomes your only domain bill.