{"id":1955,"slug":"weebly-wind-down-square-2025-evidence","title":"Weebly wind-down under Square (2025) — frozen features, removed mobile app, users report 100s of hours of manual re-entry","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","smb-owner","candid-team","client-prospect"],"topics":["platform-lock-in","data-portability","migration-mechanics","page-builders"],"reference_body":"**Claim:** Weebly under Square's ownership shows the full discontinuation pattern: feature development frozen, **mobile app removed December 1, 2025**, forced migration to Square Online, and users reporting **hundreds of hours of manual re-entry** alongside incomplete data export.\n\n**Source:** Square / Block communications; affected-customer reports.\n\n**Confidence:** Verified / Industry-consensus.\n\n**Why this matters for Candid:** The most concrete current example of vendor-driven exit. When a client asks \"what's the worst case if my builder gets acquired?\" — this is the worst case, and it happened to live customers in the last 18 months. Cross-link [[platform-discontinuation-historical-pattern]] for the longer arc.","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[],"incoming":[{"slug":"research-brief-diy-page-builder-effectiveness-longevity-june-2026","title":"Research brief: effectiveness and longevity of DIY / page-builder websites for SMBs (June 2026)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"weebly-discontinuation-pattern","title":"Weebly — acquired by Square 2018 for ~$365M; mobile app removed Dec 1 2025; users nudged to Square Online","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"diy-builder-exit-triggers-list","title":"DIY-builder exit triggers — customization ceiling, SEO control, performance, data portability, forced migration","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-06-23T12:08:39.278Z","updated_at":"2026-06-23T12:08:39.278Z"}