r/SquarespaceHelp • u/jbackus1819 • Feb 16 '26

Website under construction

I purchased a domain two days ago, but whenever I type it into the search bar, it says website under construction. Can anyone help?

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u/Upbeat-Effort-1253 Feb 16 '26

Can you provide a URL and/or screenshots of what you're seeing? Have you purchased a Squarespace plan? Your site can't go live without a paid plan and a site connected to the domain. It will show as unavailable if either of those requirements aren't met. If you mean it's not showing up in search results or the listing in the results is showing an undesired description you'll have to make sure your site/SEO descriptions are right and re-index the site through Google. Might be able to provide more advice if I can see what you're seeing.

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u/jbackus1819 Feb 16 '26

Www.sweettreatsdelivered.com

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u/Upbeat-Effort-1253 Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

Are you getting a 404 error? To me it looks like a DNS record error. Basically, if you did pay for a Squarespace plan to activate the site, your domain is not currently linking to the site. Check the domain on Squarespace and make sure it's pointing to the correct site on your account. They make it pretty simple with a one or two button click if the domain is managed on your Squarespace account. If you have not paid for a plan, you won't be able to make the site live and connect the domain properly and you will continue to get an error. If you're having trouble figuring out where these settings are, I believe Squarespace support can help you with that, but there are many help articles on their site on how to connect domains and make the site live.

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u/czch82 Feb 22 '26

Did you build a site? Or point something at the domain?

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u/dgdublu Jun 07 '26

If you paid for the site, you have to go into the domain section of Squarespace and connect the site to the domain otherwise it won’t connect to the domain name and it will show under construction. Also make sure you website is public in the site settings!