How to Sell Squarespace Templates Online to Earn Money, Make $3000/ MONTH w Etsy Digital Products

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Are you looking for a way to make money online? In this video, we'll show you how to make passive income with digital products by selling Squarespace templates on Etsy!
Squarespace is a popular website building platform that allows users to create beautiful websites without any coding knowledge. With our step-by-step tutorial, we'll show you how to design stunning templates that will attract customers on Etsy (or your ecommerce platform of choice!)
Selling on Etsy is a great way to make money online because it's a popular marketplace for creative entrepreneurs. By creating Squarespace website templates, you can tap into this market and offer unique designs that will help others build their own websites!
So if you're ready to start making money online, watch our tutorial and learn how to sell Squarespace templates on Etsy today!
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0:00- Intro
0:49 Our Experience with Selling
1:50 How To Design Templates on Squarespace
8:56 Do I have to Pay for Each Template?
10:19 Prepping Your Site to Sell
10:46 What to Do When Someone Purchases
11:25 Transferring Ownership to Customer
13:37 How to Market Your Templates
14:50 Designing Mockups
19:57 Doing Keyword Research
21:18 PLR Website Templates

[@reimart]

Quite possibly the greatest advice and tutorial I've seen regarding this topic so far. None have managed to do this as impeccably well as you two! Grateful for the advice and the entire tutorial.

[@pokemonaddict3d20]

Hey Steve, I was in your live today! Great video, I definitely understand more and will be buying from your website!

[@SerenaAlfaro]

I’ve paid for squarespace templates in the past and realized how much I LOVE customizing mine. I honestly never thought of selling them, despite the fact I’ve bought them in the past. This was a great video! Thank you guys. ❤

[@BreeandSteve]

Glad this is helpful!! We never buy something without wondering if we can sell it too🤓

[@admworldent]

Great video! Concise and a ton of helpful information. Thanks Guys!

[@astridmariana25]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR VIDEO! I hope you make more about Squarespace ! Loving your channel!

[@saraoneill2017]

I can't begin to say thank you enough for this 🥰 I am just starting in the digital art space after years of pursuing a different career but making digital art truly brings me so much joy. The only downside was feeling so lost and overwhelmed with what type of projects to start creating to sell and I am thrilled to have found your page ❤ Definitely followed!! 🙌

[@BreeandSteve]

omg this is seriously the best comment EVER! so stoked to have you here, thanks so much for such kind words 💖 excited to see what you create and how you grow in this space! if you ever need anything, feel free to reach out!

[@o5991]

This was so helpful. Thanks so much!!

[@Thecrystalnicole]

Wow!!! Thank you so much for this video!!!

[@mil8903]

I’m so happy I found yall thank you so much ❤

[@jaztobefree2012]

Great video thanks. Would you be able to make a video on how/ what to add in a tutorial/website walk through video to go with the website template for the customer? That would be really helpful. :)

[@PrettyLeek3]

I can’t tell you how long I have searched for how to take the long screenshot… thank you

[@janahardin4954]

Thank you for all of the information!

[@hawashama9777]

OMG! Such an informational video, thank you so much, I have been waiting for a very long time 😊

[@BreeandSteve]

Thank you, glad this is helpful🙌🏼

[@SAAD_2001]

it was really helpful .you guies are killing it .

[@adasanti7312]

You guys really help and provide value. Thank you so much!

[@ashakora]

Wonderful video, thank you so much❤

[@NytiaHenry]

This is walk through is amazing! Thank you! 😊😊😊

[@mabel6020]

such a great video thank you for sharing!!

[@marniewhite4257]

This is an incredible video - thank you so much!

[@ericaburton320]

You two are a gift from God. Thank you

[@leticiaamerico__]

Amazing video. Thank you

[@staticmotion1628]

just had to stop the video and say WOW amazzing information here THANK YOU I'm a photographer getting into web design and development looking for a passive income and i was thinking the squarespace templates and found your video I'm hoping i can incorporate my photos to my templates as part of the design be a little more unique or further more create custom design if client would like but anyway thank you so much . good day

[@chenaim23]

Detailed video, definitely worth watching! 😊

[@BreeandSteve]

Thanks so much🙌🏼

[@sweetascanbee]

woah u guys are epic thanks so much!

[@Aftonstraus]

Hey Steve and Bree! Love your videos so much! What percentage of your sales would you say are through Etsy vs your own website?

[@amandamthombeni4830]

Love this! So informative ❤️ cannot wait to delve into this!!

[@amandamthombeni4830]

Can you also write a step by step on how to avoid paying for each website please? Thank you ❤️

[@BreeandSteve]

@@amandamthombeni4830 thanks for watching! ☺️ and at 8:58 i cover how to avoid paying for each template! you will need to duplicate each template right before they expire and this will prevent you from having to pay for each individual website! it’s a little annoying that squarespace doesn’t have a multi site bundle, but we just set a reminder in our calendar to update each site before they expire. hope that helps!!

[@QUOTESSAYINGs-]

Keep going .. you r doing great ..Best of luck❤

[@BreeandSteve]

Thank you so much 😄

[@susanne.mcmillan]

Thank you very much!

[@honeyluv1109]

thank you! this was so helpful. pleae can you tell what do you use to screen record?

[@lexiriley585]

This is amazing! Thank you!

[@BreeandSteve]

Thanks so much for watching! 😀

[@benedekanna924]

do you have to upgrade the squarespace plan for every template you create? thank you!!!love your content

[@BreeandSteve]

Was this helpful? Drop any questions below & don't forget to check out our re-sellable templates in the description! 🤌🏼 PS: for those who don't see the "create your own site" button, scroll down below the first few template options and you should see it there!

[@jazmin8213]

I can’t find the button to create my own to save my life. I’m also on an iPad would that make a difference?

[@patafast]

Thank you for this video!, can you tell me, once I 'transfer' the template to the customer, they have to purchase their own Squarespace account to continue developing their website? thank you again!

[@MeganHendricks-md9eg]

Hi, how do I get to view my template in demo mode? I'm not able to screenshot the entire site in 1 go. I don't see a camera option anywhere. Please help?

[@shamratakbar2181]

Hi, may I know what tools are beings used to market analysis?

[@becayebalde3820]

You guys are really awesome. Thank for this informative video

[@BreeandSteve]

Our pleasure! :)

[@floridehounkpatin2110]

thanks, a question when you duplicate before the expiration do you delete the expired one?

[@maigokonekochan]

Great video. Once you pass on the ownership to the buyer, will they also get the "Website expiring in..." notification and they have to continue to pay for that to use it?

[@nashvilletreehouse]

Incredible!

[@DanielleBaker]

It is prompting me to upgrade when I try to password protect. Is there a way around this?

[@3rdtwirl494]

hi I have a new client asking me to design their site. maybe I can design a template and upsell it ? they already have a domain and hosting with Square space so presumably this doesn't matter. right ? also is there a way to download and zip the site to save for future work opportunities ? secondly . apparently the first signed on file years ago. does it matter if square space has changed ? do I need to seek out help for the back end before I start to make sure everything is up to date ?

[@growamind]

What if the client does not use the template before the expiration date? How do you let the customers know about this?

[@alanahandford]

This video was so helpful, thank you so much! I was just wondering what subscription you need to buy for Squarespace yourself in order to make the templates to sell, does it matter?

[@patafast]

Thank you for this video! Would you please tell me what's the size of the "product" image? I mean, the size in Px to put the digital products for sale on Etsy? thank you again! 🙂

[@BrionySkerjance]

What kind of square space account do you have to have to make multiple templates? Can you do it with a personal plan or do you need a business plan?

[@ashfakqkhan4764]

How many websites I can create under one squarespace plan, do I need to buy a separate plan for each website?

[@tadashitheshiba]

Thank you so much for this video!! I was wondering, I see people offering 20% off subscriptions and 6 month free trials. How can we offer the same to our customers?

[@monicaterrobaphotography]

Where can i get images that dont disappear once i transfer the template?

[@TheKeyBoardWarriorOfficial]

Hi, thanks for the tutorial video. I have a Question, so once you transfer ownership and remove yourself, the new owner AKA the buyer, won't have to duplicate the templates on their side every time provided they sort of subscribed to Squarespace right?

[@clarebrody1]

Great video

[@LS-wg1vp]

I love the content 💝🤩

[@BreeandSteve]

Thank you🥰

[@mariahaldridge5843]

I’m excited to get started on this! Thank you! I’m much newer to the digital design and just learning about the different terms. What would be the difference between if we used square space and duplicated to sell Vs if we bought the PLR to sell? How would the outcome be different on my end, I’m meaning?

[@BreeandSteve]

thanks so much for watching! :) the PLR templates are for someone who doesn't want to spend the time designing and wants to get straight to selling them! you can totally create templates from scratch and sell as well and still have a great outcome!

[@schmidwellness9724]

Which subscription is best to buy for the templates?

[@lyricsdelivered]

Does this link to using wix

[@Erica-cp8lb]

Do you recommend creating video or written tutorials with the template?

[@jennifercalero6326]

I found it really difficult to get any traction selling on Etsy with other digital products. Do you sell any where else besides Etsy? And what do you do to drive people to your listings?

[@mayragaribo]

Can you do a video on explaining what you talking on video frame 8:40 :) thank you!

[@user-yt4wd5vr3b]

What pricing plan do you recommended to start selling template?

[@thinkwith-sujon5482]

Please make a video for Wix to Etsy.🥰

[@sherylmorrison8587]

what pages should we include?

[@rajmeena-]

Keep continue......

[@BreeandSteve]

Thanks for watching!

[@Faizan34342]

Can we customise and sell templates of jimdo, weebly or any other web builder which has a free plan?

[@scarletteroseproductions6964]

For the font, if you have a commercial license for a font, can you import it to use? And transfer ownership to another person? Also, can you do a video comparison with selling Wix and WordPress as well?

[@laiacreative2950]

Thank you so much for this guys, that's amazing!! Last year I designed a Squarespace template but it expired, it still appears on my dashboard, do you know if there is a way of getting it back ?😅

[@patrickt3818]

Great Content! Stupid question: does it make Sense to Start With a plr Template? It could be found more often behause everyone can buy it or am I wrong?

[@langloisdoriane5406]

Thanks a lot for your video, so helpful ! To have the button "create your own template" should you have to pay for something on SquareSpace ? Like did you chose a specific pricing ?

[@BreeandSteve]

We don't pay for any membership or subscription on squarespace! every design we do is just a free trial that we duplicate to keep active. if you don't see the "create your own template" option, you can always use one of their pre-made templates and customize it to make your own designs! hope that helps!

[@igor1197]

How do you prevent buyers from reselling your template?

[@daveedajane]

So we design the template inside SquareSpace? Very similar to designing Google Site Templates

[@Oldworldrepair]

What are you using to conduct your keyword research?

[@topazerox9707]

Great!! ...but where's the "video showing a full walkthrough with a sitebuild"?

[@lindseycapron2327]

This video is CERTIFIED PHENOMENAL!!! Thank you so much for this. I do have a question about the renewal for the trial when designing. Is there a limit as to how many times you can renew the template before it expires for good? Maybe I missed it but I want to make sure when I do this, clients have an active link? Thanks a million. You both are the best!

[@BreeandSteve]

Thank you!!🥰 nope, the only limit is the 14 day free trial for each site so you'll want to set a reminder every 14 days to avoid paying the subscription for each of your templates! It's up to the customer to purchase their subscription once you transfer the site to them! You can let them know in your product description that they get a 14 day free trial to edit their site before launching!

[@lindseycapron2327]

@@BreeandSteve Thank you so much for responding. AWESOME! That's peak society information 💛

[@lindsm4]

What website do you guys use to do keyword market research?

[@sherylmorrison8587]

can you make a step by step in-depth tutorial about how to do this?

[@thethriveist]

Great video and super helpful! I wonder though, is there any way earn Squarespace affiliate commission when the person buys a template then signs up for the account?

[@user-px9cw9jo4p]

This video was SO helpful, I can't wait to add this to my Etsy shop and can't thank y'all enough! Had a question though- since you list it as a digital product, you have to attach a PDF in order to list it, do you just attach a PDF with the information saying that they'll receive an email within the next 24 hrs and what to do? Thank you again and I can't wait to learn more from y'all!!!

[@user-px9cw9jo4p]

Also would you guys ever make a tips and tricks video on how to design with Squarespace? I'm a graphic designer so I've used many platforms but this one gets so aggravating sometimes (specifically with moving things around using that grid and not having complete control over where things go) and just wondering if you had any tips :)

[@BreeandSteve]

thank you so much for watching!!! so glad it was helpful! and yes, we just attach a PDF that re-iterates that they'll get their site soon and we also include the link to canva elements if the website uses any! hope that helps :)

[@tadashitheshiba]

I have a shop where I sell templates for small business owners but mostly canva. Should I start a new shop for just squarespace templates? Or just add them to my existing shop.

[@BreeandSteve]

Great question! We decided to keep canva templates and Squarespace templates on the same shop since they’re all tools for business owners 😊

[@elocheez]

another question haha! How can I copy paste a background effect to redo exactly the same on my other pages or a section just above?

[@BreeandSteve]

The only way I can think of doing this is “saving” the section by hitting the heart icon! Then when you go to another page, add your section from “saved sections” and it’ll have the same effects on it! I don’t think there’s a way to only copy the background over so that’s the way I would do it!

[@angiesgoodfacts]

Great video. Does the customer who buys the template pay Squarespace for their monthly subscription fee (which you avoided doing)? And also, I didn't understand how you avoided paying for each template you designed. Do you do the free trial and then copy the website, and somehow you don't get charged for the template--how did you do that?

[@abigalemchardy2112]

I have a few questions I hope they get answered 😢 I want to start selling square space templates. Say I purchase the personal plan, and I create a template and sell to someone, would they need to purchase a package to launch their website? Question 2: if they already have a domain elsewhere, can I suggest to them to get hosting elsewhere other than square space in case they don’t have to purchase the package?

[@angelfernandez2730]

up

[@aminamouri8687]

keep up

[@Michaela1900]

Great stuff! From the Customer's viewpoint once they've purchased from you, do they also have to pay for a subscription from SquareSpace to use the website?

[@BreeandSteve]

thanks for watching! and yes, if they want to keep their site active and publish it without the password, they'll have to pay for a subscription!

[@theadventureseries6739]

@@BreeandSteveis that how they get their own email or do you set it up for them?

[@dianasofea4384]

Any PLR for thrivecart ?

[@KennyB813]

Hi! I'm trying to get a screenshot of my entire page, but it will only do the first part. How do I make sure I'm in "demo mode" thank you!

[@MeganHendricks-md9eg]

I have the same problem

[@anthonyaustin6936]

hi im having the same problem did you ever find out how to fix this thank you

[@juj5343]

This was so helpful, thank you so much! From what I understood from your video, you keep duplicates of all the templates you sell - may I ask for what purpose? As a reference for future designs? I am just thinking of the backlog of sites you must duplicate regularly to keep all those going…

[@BreeandSteve]

We don’t keep all duplicates! we delete the templates that expire and we also remove ourselves from the sites we transfer over to clients after they’ve purchased! so we’re left with about 9 sites (give or take) on our dashboard at any given time! i hope that makes sense :) and we just set a reminder on our calendar of when sites will expire to go in and update them, so it only takes a few minutes every two weeks to keep them up to date!

[@juj5343]

@@BreeandSteve Ah, that makes a lot more sense 😅 Thank you for clarifying!

[@linazemgulyte3220]

@@BreeandSteve hey. If I understood correctly you would be reselling the same templates as customization would take a lot of time. But if dublicate and then remove yourself from the access how are you then able to sell it again? Thanks

[@BreeandSteve]

@@linazemgulyte3220 you would duplicate the original, send the copy to a customer, and keep the original so you can duplicate it again to send to the next customer :)

[@elocheez]

I really don't understand why, but I don't have the option " create my own template " when im on Squarespace. I juste have many templates that I can choose but not the option to create from scratch. HELP!

[@BreeandSteve]

Try scrolling to the bottom of the page and you’ll see it🙌🏼

[@sherylmorrison8587]

can you do a more in depth video on this?

[@lovebobacandles]

HOPING YOU SEE THIS COMMENT AND WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY ❤ You said there is a expiration date? If the customer bought the COPY/DUPLICATE one, is there gonna be an expiration on them too? What if it expires to them? Will they come back to me?

[@dzulhelmi81]

Is it free to sell templates at Squarespace marketplace?

[@benedekanna924]

hii, ive tried to take screenshots of my squarespace templetes with gofullpage but it doesnt work. i reached out to them, and they said that it isnt possible in preview mode, and that i would have to officially publsih the site! do you have a trick to do this?

[@beccadeci4382]

I’m in the same position! Can’t screenshot the whole page in preview mode. Have you found a solution for this?

[@Faizan34342]

Is there any other free alternative like Squarespace for this?

[@sheenathephotographer7646]

Did the "Build Your Own Template" button disappear for anyone else? It's not there when I go to create a template now!!! So strange!!!!

[@BreeandSteve]

If you don't see it at the top then scroll down half way and you should see the option to build your own template :)

[@sheenathephotographer7646]

@@BreeandSteve Oh my goodness you're a lifesaver!!! haha. Thank you for the quick reply AND for the wonderful video!! Super helpful!!

[@BreeandSteve]

@@sheenathephotographer7646 happy to help!! have a blast selling Squarespace templates!🙌

[@thedigitallabco]

I think squarespace now doesnt expire the domain name. I saw This is your built-in Squarespace domain. Your site can always be accessed from this domain and it never expires.

[@TaMisuus]

I dont see the ‘build your own’ option. Do you need to have a subscription for that?

[@BreeandSteve]

No you don't need the subscription! If you dont see it at the top, you can scroll down and should see it about half way down on the same page! Hope that helps :)

[@ChariotHemp]

@@BreeandSteve NOT SEEING the "Build Your Own" option anywhere on the page. Please advise...thanks

[@sarahandshauna694]

Killer information!! So beneficial and useful! Do you need to duplicate your template each time someone new purchases? Also, what is the price point we should be starting out charging? You guys have me so excited to start creating my own templates! Thank you!!

[@BreeandSteve]

thanks so much!! and yes, you would duplicate each time someone purchases and then you would remove yourself as a contributor! it’s a little annoying to do each time but we just batch orders together within a 24 hour period and do them all at the same time so we aren’t going back and forth to our computer! as far as a price point, a lot of them start at around $100 and go up to $250+! We have a “mini” template that we sell for $100 and it only has 3 pages! so it really depends how thorough the site is and what you believe is a competitive price for your work and time invested! hope that helps :)

[@ocelot379]

@@BreeandSteve question, would I need to have a circle membership in order to prolong the buyers trial for 6 months? or I could just tell them to duplicate their site every 2 weeks?

[@digidownlo]

Hi, thank you for the information, it has helped me to understand the process. Would it be possible to pay a freelancer to create templates then have them transfer the right to me so I could sell them with agreement of PLR. I know this sounds lazy although faster as I work full time.

[@BreeandSteve]

you're so welcome! and yes, if you can find a designer who is open to selling the commercial rights then that's a great option! we have some templates linked in the description that are PLR (private label rights) and you can take them and re-sell them as your own!

[@digidownlo]

@@BreeandSteve HI, thank you for your reply, I will take a look at your Templates. I hope your success continues x

[@digidownlo]

@@BreeandSteve HI, I have had a look on your website. I was a little confused where it says upload to Etsy or Shopify. If I understand correctly, all of the templates are Square Space web pages which can be sold in an online shop. I thought it meant a Shopify web template. Just checking I got it right or wrong thank you

[@motionmuse5684]

Cool, so you can do multiple sample sites under one trial?

[@BreeandSteve]

Yes exactly! You’ll want to duplicate it every 14 days when the trial expires or you can pay monthly for each site, it’s up to you!

[@motionmuse5684]

@@BreeandSteve ♥️thank you!!!

[@nataliea3936]

Why is Steve staring at us

[@migueltovmach1816]

Name of your Etsy store?

[@ssr6101]

If someone but template, Do i have to pay squarespace to transfer website to the buyer?

[@BreeandSteve]

nope you can use their free plan :)

[@ssr6101]

In your video you said we have to change link every month what does it mean?

[@BreeandSteve]

@@ssr6101 if you don't want to pay for a squarespace membership, you'll have to re-duplicate your template every 14 days before your free trial ends!

[@ssr6101]

Overall I can start this business for absolutely free

[@bl6442]

This is great info. Is Etsy the only place you can see success or can you sell them on other platforms and still grow?

[@BreeandSteve]

Thanks so much! you can definitely sell on other platforms, but etsy is a search engine that already has customers searching throughout their site. so you have an upper hand if you can utilize keywords to rank higher, plus it’s virtually free to host your products (besides small fees) vs creating/designing your own site from scratch, having to pay to host your site & running ads, etc to get traffic! if you can do multiple platforms that’s ideal, but we always suggest to start on etsy since it’s super easy to begin with!

[@sherada]

How often do you update the private label templates? I’m just wondering how it’s going to work with a thousand of us selling the same templates 😊

[@BreeandSteve]

@@sherada great question! while you can sell them as is, we suggest making small tweaks like swapping out the images, fonts and colors so you can have a bunch of variations and that way they aren’t the exact same! so while some may keep the same layout, they’ll have a completely different look overall with those small adjustments! hope that helps ☺️

[@Soba518]

Just to confirm, duplicating an already made template, restarts the trial end date?

[@BreeandSteve]

Yes exactly! And if you want a 6 month trial on your templates instead of a 14 day trial, you can start with our PLR templates linked in the descrption :)

[@Soba518]

@@BreeandSteve Thank you for your response, and thank you for the PLR links!

[@oliviamilicic7206]

Hey can we have a video on how to upload it on etsy , do we need to pay etsy , how dose the money enter our account , Thank you !

[@BreeandSteve]

great idea!! we can definitely film a video about that whole process, thanks for the suggestion! :)

[@oliviamilicic7206]

@@BreeandSteve Thank you !!

[@oliviamilicic7206]

@@BreeandSteve Also i am not sure about others but i also needed more help with what the templates are about and where to get good information for the templates and topics , Thank you !! :)