{
  "_meta": {
    "description": "Per-registrar agent profile: a single machine-readable record combining this registrar's identity, editorial category scores, Agent Readiness Index sub-scores, API-access facts, transfer/switch mechanics, and pricing-verification status. It composes data already published on this site and introduces no new facts. Sections not yet covered by a source dataset are null with a coverage note rather than guessed. Every section names the source it is composed from.",
    "site": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com",
    "profile_url": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com/registrars/squarespace-domains/",
    "methodology_url": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com/methodology/",
    "generated_for": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com/data/registrars/squarespace-domains.json",
    "last_updated": "2026-09-29",
    "disclosure": "Best-Domain-Registrars.com is operated within Just (Just Done LLC). Every registrar is scored by the same published methodology on the same evidence."
  },
  "registrar": {
    "id": "squarespace-domains",
    "name": "Squarespace Domains",
    "slug": "squarespace-domains",
    "website": "https://www.squarespace.com/domains",
    "headquarters": "New York, New York, United States",
    "founded": 2003,
    "icann_accredited": true,
    "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squarespace",
    "best_for": [
      "Squarespace site owners",
      "Simple buyers",
      "Polished UX"
    ],
    "not_ideal_for": [
      "Power DNS users",
      "Domain investors"
    ],
    "whois_privacy": "Free, included",
    "two_factor_authentication": "TOTP and SMS",
    "api_available": false,
    "bulk_tools": false,
    "last_checked": "2026-05-12",
    "last_reviewed": "2026-04-10",
    "source": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com/data/registrars.json"
  },
  "editorial_scores": {
    "scale": "0–10, higher is better; overall is weighted per /methodology/",
    "overall": 7.6,
    "why_overall": "Clean experience and free privacy, ideal for Squarespace site owners. Limited for developers and investors.",
    "categories": {
      "pricing": 7.5,
      "renewal": 7.5,
      "pricing_transparency": 8.5,
      "whois_privacy": 9,
      "dns": 7,
      "security": 8,
      "support": 7.5,
      "transfer": 8,
      "tld_coverage": 7.5,
      "developer": 6,
      "beginner_ux": 9
    },
    "last_updated": "2026-05-12",
    "source": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com/data/registrar-scores.json"
  },
  "agent_readiness": {
    "covered": true,
    "scale": "Sub-scores 0-10; overall 0-100 (weighted).",
    "methodology_version": "0.1",
    "basis": "v0.1 is a public-signal assessment. Sub-scores are derived from each registrar's published API documentation, pricing pages, and security/privacy policies as cited per registrar. They are an interpretation of those facts, not a fabricated rating, and they are NOT yet the result of an end-to-end live agent test (search -> register -> configure DNS). Independent live testing is a planned v0.2 upgrade. Any criterion we could not verify from a public source is recorded as null (unknown), not guessed.",
    "rank": 9,
    "overall": 27.8,
    "overall_recomputed": 27.8,
    "summary": "Not built for delegation. Squarespace Domains has no public domain API, so an agent cannot search, register, transfer, or manage DNS programmatically. It scores well only on the non-API basics (free privacy, public pricing) but is unsuitable for agentic workflows today.",
    "best_for": [
      "Squarespace site owners managing domains by hand",
      "Simple, polished manual UX"
    ],
    "not_ideal_for": [
      "Any agent or programmatic workflow",
      "DNS power users",
      "Developers"
    ],
    "criteria": [
      {
        "id": "api_coverage",
        "name": "API coverage",
        "weight": 18,
        "score": 1,
        "note": "No public domain API."
      },
      {
        "id": "auth_delegation",
        "name": "Authentication & delegation",
        "weight": 14,
        "score": 1,
        "note": "No API, so no programmatic delegation is possible."
      },
      {
        "id": "agent_safety",
        "name": "Agent safety",
        "weight": 12,
        "score": 1,
        "note": "No API to delegate; account 2FA only."
      },
      {
        "id": "developer_experience",
        "name": "Developer experience",
        "weight": 12,
        "score": 1.5,
        "note": "No public API, docs, or sandbox for domain operations."
      },
      {
        "id": "agent_interface",
        "name": "Agent-interface readiness",
        "weight": 12,
        "score": 1,
        "note": "No official MCP, manifest, or machine-readable pricing."
      },
      {
        "id": "pricing_transparency",
        "name": "Pricing transparency",
        "weight": 10,
        "score": 7,
        "note": "Public pricing on the website."
      },
      {
        "id": "dns_infrastructure",
        "name": "DNS & infrastructure",
        "weight": 8,
        "score": 4,
        "note": "Basic managed DNS, no API access."
      },
      {
        "id": "privacy_compliance",
        "name": "Privacy & compliance",
        "weight": 6,
        "score": 8,
        "note": "Free WHOIS privacy; 2FA."
      },
      {
        "id": "support_quality",
        "name": "Support quality",
        "weight": 4,
        "score": 6,
        "note": "Email and chat via the Squarespace account."
      },
      {
        "id": "trust_signals",
        "name": "Trust signals",
        "weight": 4,
        "score": 7.5,
        "note": "ICANN accredited; operated by Squarespace (public company), inherited the former Google Domains base."
      }
    ],
    "last_checked": "2026-06-21",
    "sources": [
      "https://www.squarespace.com/domains"
    ],
    "report_card_url": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com/agent-readiness-index/squarespace-domains/",
    "source": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com/data/agent-readiness.json"
  },
  "api_access": {
    "covered": true,
    "tier": "no-public-api",
    "tier_label": "No public API",
    "api_available": false,
    "auth_model": "None, no public domain API",
    "scoped_tokens": false,
    "oauth": false,
    "webhooks": false,
    "sandbox": null,
    "openapi": null,
    "rate_limit": "n/a, no public domain API",
    "gating": null,
    "live_tested": false,
    "docs_url": "https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/sections/360001172391-Domains",
    "note": "No public domain API. Domains registered here are managed only through the Squarespace dashboard, so programmatic or agent-driven management is not possible.",
    "sources": [
      "https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/sections/360001172391-Domains"
    ],
    "dataset": {
      "publisher": "Open Domain Data",
      "id": "registrar_api_capabilities",
      "version": "2026.06",
      "last_checked": "2026-06-28",
      "url": "https://opendomaindata.org/datasets/registrar-api-capabilities"
    },
    "page_url": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com/domain-registrar-api-access/"
  },
  "transfer": {
    "covered": true,
    "transfer_in": null,
    "transfer_out": {
      "prep": [
        "Turn off Domain Lock in your Squarespace domains dashboard",
        "Confirm the registrant contact email is current: the auth code is emailed there"
      ],
      "auth_code_steps": [
        "Open the domains dashboard and select the domain",
        "Request the transfer authentication code: Squarespace emails it from no-reply@squarespace.com with the subject \"Auth code for [yourdomain.com]\", usually within 24 hours",
        "Copy the code from that email and give it to your new registrar"
      ],
      "doc": "https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/205812338-Transferring-a-domain-away-from-Squarespace"
    },
    "hub_url": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com/switch/"
  },
  "pricing": {
    "verified": false,
    "status": "blocked_js_render",
    "method": "manual_browser_read",
    "summary": "Re-checked by manual read in a real browser on 2026-08-19: domains.squarespace.com renders fully but publishes only a range ('$11 - $130') with no per-TLD table, no renewal figures, and no public pricing API: a price appears only after a specific domain is chosen in the search flow. The original finding stands; rows remain sample.",
    "last_verified": null,
    "primary_sources": [
      "https://domains.squarespace.com/"
    ],
    "prices_url": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com/registrars/squarespace-domains/#pricing",
    "dataset_url": "https://www.best-domain-registrars.com/data/pricing.csv"
  }
}