Understanding your Circle partnership status

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Understanding your Circle partnership status

Last updated July 07, 2026 11:43

Unlock more benefits by creating more online experiences for your clients.

Squarespace Circle is a partner program for creative professionals. It's free and open to all customers who register. After you become a partner, you'll be assigned to one of three statuses, depending on your work completed on the platform:

• Circle Silver Partner
• Circle Gold Partner
• Circle Platinum Partner

In this guide, learn about the different statuses and how to unlock more benefits to get the most out of your Circle partnership.

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Partnership status

We use a points system to determine your Circle partnership status. Your status reflects your current subscription activity with Squarespace and your engagement with the Circle community, and your status can change over time.

To check your current status, log in to your Circle dashboard. Your status appears in the top-left. Click the Status tile to review your current perks and benefits.

View your points

Next to your status, your current point total appears. Click the Points tile to find suggestions for how to earn more points and reach the next status.

Your current point count will also be shared in the weekly Circle Release Notes emails. Review your notifications settings and toggle on Circle Product Release Notes to ensure you receive these emails.

Below are the 2026 points requirements for each status:

How to earn points

The following are ways in which you can earn points:

• Start a website trial that becomes a paid subscription, also referred to as being the “trial starter”
• Be the first administrator added to a client's site
• Migrate a 7.0 website to version 7.1
• Connect Squarespace Payments to a new or existing site

Review the tables below to understand how many points you can earn for each subscription type or action:

Note: You can't earn points for subscription renewals.

You'll only receive points for new subscriptions if you started the site. If you're added as an admin to a site that you didn't start and then add a new subscription, you'll only receive points for being added with admin permissions.

Acuity

Digital Products

Email Campaigns

Squarespace Payments

Note: Points are awarded to the Circle partner who starts the trial or, if your client started it, the partner who connects Squarespace Payments.  If multiple Circle partners are involved, points go to the partner who connects Squarespace Payments. Only one partner can receive points.

Points are awarded after your first Squarespace Payments sale is processed. The activity date in your benefits and earnings table reflects the date of that first sale. Only first sales on or after October 1, 2025 are eligible.

Websites

Note: To earn points for moving a site from 7.0 to 7.1, a Circle partner needs to click Publish Update at the end of the process. If a non–Circle partner clicks Publish Update, the points go to the Circle partner who started the original 7.0 trial. If multiple Circle partners are involved, the Circle partner who clicks Publish Update receives the points.

Change your partnership status

When you become a Circle partner, you're automatically assigned to a status depending on your subscription activity up to that point.

If you earn more points throughout the year, you may become eligible for a different status. After meeting the points requirement, you'll automatically receive your new status and can start accessing those perks and benefits. Your new status and total points will automatically update on the Circle dashboard. Your new status will also appear below your name in the expanded header in your account dashboard.

You'll remain in your current status for at least one full term, which includes the rest of the year in which you earn enough points to qualify for a new status, plus the following calendar year. Every January 1, however, your total points will reset to zero to reward points for new subscriptions and Squarespace activity throughout the year. You'll still enjoy the status you earned in the previous year through the end of the term.

At the end of the term, if you've maintained or exceeded the number of points necessary to meet Gold or Platinum status, you'll remain a Gold or Platinum Partner in the calendar year immediately following.

If you don't maintain enough points, your status will update at the start of the new calendar year immediately following to Silver or Gold, respectively.

Note: It can take up to 72 hours for your status to update in your account.

Review the section below for examples of how your status can change over time.

Example situations

Review some common situations that might occur to your status.

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Understanding your Circle partnership status