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Squarespace aims to work with small businesses that have limited web expertise as well as “large brands” that need greater flexibility to customize based on their needs.</p><p><blockquote>该公司提供各种网站创建工具，包括域名、电子商务功能和营销能力。Squarespace旨在与网络专业知识有限的小型企业以及需要更大灵活性以根据其需求进行定制的“大品牌”合作。</blockquote></p><p> Squarespace sees itself playing into a number of trends, including a growing need for businesses to maintain direct relationships with their customers and an increased emphasis on do-it-yourself solutions that are “rapidly displacing expensive agencies and making equivalent design quality out-of-the-box, accessible and easy-to-use for all,” the company said in its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</p><p><blockquote>Squarespace认为自己正在顺应许多趋势，包括企业越来越需要与客户保持直接关系，以及越来越重视自己动手的解决方案，这些解决方案“正在迅速取代昂贵的代理机构，并使同等的设计质量脱颖而出。该公司在向美国证券交易委员会提交的文件中表示，“所有人都可以访问且易于使用”。</blockquote></p><p> The company raised $300 million in a March funding round that gave the company an enterprise valuation of $10 billion, and is not raising any new funding as it lists. Here is what else you need to know about the company.</p><p><blockquote>该公司在3月份的一轮融资中筹集了3亿美元，使该公司的企业估值达到100亿美元，并且在上市时没有筹集任何新的资金。以下是您需要了解的关于该公司的其他信息。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Growing Revenue, Shrinking Profits</b></p><p><blockquote><b>收入增长，利润缩水</b></blockquote></p><p> Squarespace posted $621 million in revenue during 2020, up from $485 million a year earlier. Revenue was up 28% in the latest fiscal year, ahead of the 24% growth rate seen in the prior period.</p><p><blockquote>Squarespace 2020年收入为6.21亿美元，高于上年同期的4.85亿美元。最近一财年的收入增长了28%，高于上一季度24%的增长率。</blockquote></p><p> The company classifies 94% of its revenue as subscription-based. Squarespace added about 700,000 new unique subscriptions in 2020 and the company disclosed that more than two thirds of total subscriptions are annual.</p><p><blockquote>该公司将94%的收入归类为基于订阅的收入。Squarespace在2020年增加了约70万个新的独立订阅，该公司透露，超过三分之二的总订阅是年度订阅。</blockquote></p><p> About 70% of Squarespace’s revenue last year came from the U.S., while the rest was international.</p><p><blockquote>Squarespace去年约70%的收入来自美国，其余来自国际。</blockquote></p><p> Squarespace was profitable last year, recording about $30.6 million in net income, though profits were down from $58.2 million in 2019. The company’s “fundamentals highlight a rare combo of profitability and growth at scale,” wrote MKM Partners analyst Rohit Kulkarni.</p><p><blockquote>Squarespace去年实现盈利，净利润约为3060万美元，但利润低于2019年的5820万美元。MKM Partners分析师Rohit Kulkarni写道，该公司的“基本面凸显了盈利能力和大规模增长的罕见结合”。</blockquote></p><p> Despite a string of profitability on an annual basis, Squarespace generated a net loss of $10.1 million in the first quarter of 2021 compared with a loss of $1.1 million a year earlier. The company posted profits in each of the last three quarters of 2020.</p><p><blockquote>尽管每年都实现盈利，但Squarespace在2021年第一季度净亏损1010万美元，而去年同期亏损110万美元。该公司在2020年最后三个季度均实现盈利。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Competition Aplenty</b></p><p><blockquote><b>竞争激烈</b></blockquote></p><p> The company competes with a variety of different players across the e-commerce industry, according to its filing. Squarespace counts web-creation platforms like Wix.com (ticker: WIX) and Square’s (SQ) Weebly among its competition, along with e-commerce powerhouse Shopify (ticker: SHOP), which lets businesses set up online shops.</p><p><blockquote>根据其文件，该公司与电子商务行业的各种不同参与者竞争。Squarespace将Wix等网络创建平台视为其竞争对手。com（股票代码：WIX）和Square(SQ)Weebly，以及允许企业建立在线商店的电子商务巨头Shopify（股票代码：SHOP）。</blockquote></p><p> Squarespace also calls out competitors like GoDaddy (GDDY) that offer domain-name tools, as well as those providing email-marketing and scheduling functions, while arguing that its own “comprehensive, all-in-one platform, multichannel commerce capabilities” are an asset.</p><p><blockquote>Squarespace还评级了GoDaddy(GDDY)等提供域名工具以及提供电子邮件营销和日程安排功能的竞争对手，同时辩称其自己的“全面、一体化平台、多渠道商务能力”是一项资产。</blockquote></p><p> Jefferies analyst Brent Thill notes that Wix is larger than Squarespace, with revenue of $989 million last year versus $621 million for Squarespace. In addition, Squarespace’s revenue last year was similar to what Wix posted in 2018, but Wix was posting faster growth at that scale, and without the benefit of the pandemic-driven acceleration in e-commerce more broadly, he wrote.</p><p><blockquote>Jefferies分析师Brent Thill指出，Wix比Squarespace规模更大，去年的收入为9.89亿美元，而Squarespace的收入为6.21亿美元。此外，他写道，Squarespace去年的收入与Wix 2018年的收入相似，但Wix在这一规模上的增长更快，而且没有受益于大流行推动的更广泛的电子商务加速。</blockquote></p><p> <b>On the Menu</b></p><p><blockquote><b>在菜单上</b></blockquote></p><p> SquareSpace recently closed its $415 million acquisition of Tock, a company focused on the restaurant and hospitality industries. Tock’s services allow businesses to manage reservations, takeout, event ticketing and more.</p><p><blockquote>SquareSpace最近完成了对Tock的4.15亿美元收购，Tock是一家专注于餐饮和酒店行业的公司。Tock的服务允许企业管理预订、外卖、活动票务等。</blockquote></p><p> This part of the business may position SquareSpace against more tech giants, suggested MKM’s Kulkarni.</p><p><blockquote>MKM的库尔卡尼表示，这部分业务可能会使SquareSpace与更多科技巨头竞争。</blockquote></p><p> “SquareSpace’s offering with Tock faces competition from delivery services such as Uber Eats (UBER),DoorDash (DASH) and Grubhub (GRUB), along with other restaurant [customer-relationship management] services such as TouchBistro and Toast,” he wrote.</p><p><blockquote>“SquareSpace提供的Tock产品面临着来自Uber Eats(UBER)、DoorDash(DASH)和Grubhub(GRUB)等配送服务以及TouchBistro和Toast等其他餐厅[客户关系管理]服务的竞争，”他写道。</blockquote></p><p> At the same time, the acquisition is an example of one way Squarespace has “smartly diversified into selling not just physical goods online but also adding calendar/scheduling capabilities (restaurant or gym reservations), content sales, and subscriptions,” he continued.</p><p><blockquote>与此同时，此次收购是Squarespace“巧妙地多元化，不仅在线销售实物商品，还增加日历/日程安排功能（餐厅或健身房预订）、内容销售和订阅”的一个例子，他继续说道。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Marketing Bucks</b></p><p><blockquote><b>营销雄鹿</b></blockquote></p><p> Squarespace’s marketing and sales costs are growing far faster than its revenue. The company incurred $3.1 million in such expenses last year, up from $1.7 million in 2019, making for a 45% increase, whereas revenue was up 28% in the same span.</p><p><blockquote>Squarespace的营销和销售成本增长速度远远快于其收入增长速度。该公司去年的此类费用为310万美元，高于2019年的170万美元，增长了45%，而同期收入增长了28%。</blockquote></p><p></p><p> The company’s podcast advertisements may be familiar to frequent listeners, though Squarespace notes in its prospectus that it advertises its services broadly, using “online keyword search, sponsorships and celebrity endorsements, television, podcasts, print and online advertising, email and social media marketing.”</p><p><blockquote>该公司的播客广告可能为经常听众所熟悉，尽管Squarespace在其招股说明书中指出，它使用“在线关键字搜索、赞助和名人代言、电视、播客、印刷和在线广告、电子邮件和社交媒体营销”广泛宣传其服务。”</blockquote></p><p> Among its risk factors, Squarespace points to the possibility that Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google could change its algorithm or raise the costs of its search-engine-marketing tools.</p><p><blockquote>在其风险因素中，Squarespace指出，Alphabet（GOOGL）的谷歌可能会改变其算法或提高其搜索引擎营销工具的成本。</blockquote></p><p></p>","source":"lsy1601382232898","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>4 Things to Know Ahead of the Squarespace’s Direct Listing<blockquote>Squarespace直接上市前需要了解的4件事</blockquote></title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 12.5px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\n4 Things to Know Ahead of the Squarespace’s Direct Listing<blockquote>Squarespace直接上市前需要了解的4件事</blockquote>\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n<p class=\"head\">\n<strong class=\"h-name small\">Barrons</strong><span class=\"h-time small\">2021-05-19 15:26</span>\n</p>\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\n<p>The pandemic prompted many small businesses to gain online storefronts for the first time, creating an e-commerce wave that helped website-creation platform Squarespace Inc. accelerate its revenue growth.</p><p><blockquote>疫情促使许多小企业首次获得在线店面，掀起了一股电子商务浪潮，帮助网站创建平台Squarespace Inc.加速了收入增长。</blockquote></p><p> Now Squarespace will test the resilience of that e-commerce momentum as a public company. Its shares are scheduled to begin trading Wednesday in a direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SQSP.</p><p><blockquote>现在，Squarespace将测试作为一家上市公司电子商务势头的弹性。其股票定于周三开始在纽约证券交易所直接上市交易，股票代码为SQSP。</blockquote></p><p> The company offers various tools for website creation, including domains, e-commerce functions and marketing capabilities. Squarespace aims to work with small businesses that have limited web expertise as well as “large brands” that need greater flexibility to customize based on their needs.</p><p><blockquote>该公司提供各种网站创建工具，包括域名、电子商务功能和营销能力。Squarespace旨在与网络专业知识有限的小型企业以及需要更大灵活性以根据其需求进行定制的“大品牌”合作。</blockquote></p><p> Squarespace sees itself playing into a number of trends, including a growing need for businesses to maintain direct relationships with their customers and an increased emphasis on do-it-yourself solutions that are “rapidly displacing expensive agencies and making equivalent design quality out-of-the-box, accessible and easy-to-use for all,” the company said in its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</p><p><blockquote>Squarespace认为自己正在顺应许多趋势，包括企业越来越需要与客户保持直接关系，以及越来越重视自己动手的解决方案，这些解决方案“正在迅速取代昂贵的代理机构，并使同等的设计质量脱颖而出。该公司在向美国证券交易委员会提交的文件中表示，“所有人都可以访问且易于使用”。</blockquote></p><p> The company raised $300 million in a March funding round that gave the company an enterprise valuation of $10 billion, and is not raising any new funding as it lists. Here is what else you need to know about the company.</p><p><blockquote>该公司在3月份的一轮融资中筹集了3亿美元，使该公司的企业估值达到100亿美元，并且在上市时没有筹集任何新的资金。以下是您需要了解的关于该公司的其他信息。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Growing Revenue, Shrinking Profits</b></p><p><blockquote><b>收入增长，利润缩水</b></blockquote></p><p> Squarespace posted $621 million in revenue during 2020, up from $485 million a year earlier. Revenue was up 28% in the latest fiscal year, ahead of the 24% growth rate seen in the prior period.</p><p><blockquote>Squarespace 2020年收入为6.21亿美元，高于上年同期的4.85亿美元。最近一财年的收入增长了28%，高于上一季度24%的增长率。</blockquote></p><p> The company classifies 94% of its revenue as subscription-based. Squarespace added about 700,000 new unique subscriptions in 2020 and the company disclosed that more than two thirds of total subscriptions are annual.</p><p><blockquote>该公司将94%的收入归类为基于订阅的收入。Squarespace在2020年增加了约70万个新的独立订阅，该公司透露，超过三分之二的总订阅是年度订阅。</blockquote></p><p> About 70% of Squarespace’s revenue last year came from the U.S., while the rest was international.</p><p><blockquote>Squarespace去年约70%的收入来自美国，其余来自国际。</blockquote></p><p> Squarespace was profitable last year, recording about $30.6 million in net income, though profits were down from $58.2 million in 2019. The company’s “fundamentals highlight a rare combo of profitability and growth at scale,” wrote MKM Partners analyst Rohit Kulkarni.</p><p><blockquote>Squarespace去年实现盈利，净利润约为3060万美元，但利润低于2019年的5820万美元。MKM Partners分析师Rohit Kulkarni写道，该公司的“基本面凸显了盈利能力和大规模增长的罕见结合”。</blockquote></p><p> Despite a string of profitability on an annual basis, Squarespace generated a net loss of $10.1 million in the first quarter of 2021 compared with a loss of $1.1 million a year earlier. The company posted profits in each of the last three quarters of 2020.</p><p><blockquote>尽管每年都实现盈利，但Squarespace在2021年第一季度净亏损1010万美元，而去年同期亏损110万美元。该公司在2020年最后三个季度均实现盈利。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Competition Aplenty</b></p><p><blockquote><b>竞争激烈</b></blockquote></p><p> The company competes with a variety of different players across the e-commerce industry, according to its filing. Squarespace counts web-creation platforms like Wix.com (ticker: WIX) and Square’s (SQ) Weebly among its competition, along with e-commerce powerhouse Shopify (ticker: SHOP), which lets businesses set up online shops.</p><p><blockquote>根据其文件，该公司与电子商务行业的各种不同参与者竞争。Squarespace将Wix等网络创建平台视为其竞争对手。com（股票代码：WIX）和Square(SQ)Weebly，以及允许企业建立在线商店的电子商务巨头Shopify（股票代码：SHOP）。</blockquote></p><p> Squarespace also calls out competitors like GoDaddy (GDDY) that offer domain-name tools, as well as those providing email-marketing and scheduling functions, while arguing that its own “comprehensive, all-in-one platform, multichannel commerce capabilities” are an asset.</p><p><blockquote>Squarespace还评级了GoDaddy(GDDY)等提供域名工具以及提供电子邮件营销和日程安排功能的竞争对手，同时辩称其自己的“全面、一体化平台、多渠道商务能力”是一项资产。</blockquote></p><p> Jefferies analyst Brent Thill notes that Wix is larger than Squarespace, with revenue of $989 million last year versus $621 million for Squarespace. In addition, Squarespace’s revenue last year was similar to what Wix posted in 2018, but Wix was posting faster growth at that scale, and without the benefit of the pandemic-driven acceleration in e-commerce more broadly, he wrote.</p><p><blockquote>Jefferies分析师Brent Thill指出，Wix比Squarespace规模更大，去年的收入为9.89亿美元，而Squarespace的收入为6.21亿美元。此外，他写道，Squarespace去年的收入与Wix 2018年的收入相似，但Wix在这一规模上的增长更快，而且没有受益于大流行推动的更广泛的电子商务加速。</blockquote></p><p> <b>On the Menu</b></p><p><blockquote><b>在菜单上</b></blockquote></p><p> SquareSpace recently closed its $415 million acquisition of Tock, a company focused on the restaurant and hospitality industries. Tock’s services allow businesses to manage reservations, takeout, event ticketing and more.</p><p><blockquote>SquareSpace最近完成了对Tock的4.15亿美元收购，Tock是一家专注于餐饮和酒店行业的公司。Tock的服务允许企业管理预订、外卖、活动票务等。</blockquote></p><p> This part of the business may position SquareSpace against more tech giants, suggested MKM’s Kulkarni.</p><p><blockquote>MKM的库尔卡尼表示，这部分业务可能会使SquareSpace与更多科技巨头竞争。</blockquote></p><p> “SquareSpace’s offering with Tock faces competition from delivery services such as Uber Eats (UBER),DoorDash (DASH) and Grubhub (GRUB), along with other restaurant [customer-relationship management] services such as TouchBistro and Toast,” he wrote.</p><p><blockquote>“SquareSpace提供的Tock产品面临着来自Uber Eats(UBER)、DoorDash(DASH)和Grubhub(GRUB)等配送服务以及TouchBistro和Toast等其他餐厅[客户关系管理]服务的竞争，”他写道。</blockquote></p><p> At the same time, the acquisition is an example of one way Squarespace has “smartly diversified into selling not just physical goods online but also adding calendar/scheduling capabilities (restaurant or gym reservations), content sales, and subscriptions,” he continued.</p><p><blockquote>与此同时，此次收购是Squarespace“巧妙地多元化，不仅在线销售实物商品，还增加日历/日程安排功能（餐厅或健身房预订）、内容销售和订阅”的一个例子，他继续说道。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Marketing Bucks</b></p><p><blockquote><b>营销雄鹿</b></blockquote></p><p> Squarespace’s marketing and sales costs are growing far faster than its revenue. The company incurred $3.1 million in such expenses last year, up from $1.7 million in 2019, making for a 45% increase, whereas revenue was up 28% in the same span.</p><p><blockquote>Squarespace的营销和销售成本增长速度远远快于其收入增长速度。该公司去年的此类费用为310万美元，高于2019年的170万美元，增长了45%，而同期收入增长了28%。</blockquote></p><p></p><p> The company’s podcast advertisements may be familiar to frequent listeners, though Squarespace notes in its prospectus that it advertises its services broadly, using “online keyword search, sponsorships and celebrity endorsements, television, podcasts, print and online advertising, email and social media marketing.”</p><p><blockquote>该公司的播客广告可能为经常听众所熟悉，尽管Squarespace在其招股说明书中指出，它使用“在线关键字搜索、赞助和名人代言、电视、播客、印刷和在线广告、电子邮件和社交媒体营销”广泛宣传其服务。”</blockquote></p><p> Among its risk factors, Squarespace points to the possibility that Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google could change its algorithm or raise the costs of its search-engine-marketing tools.</p><p><blockquote>在其风险因素中，Squarespace指出，Alphabet（GOOGL）的谷歌可能会改变其算法或提高其搜索引擎营销工具的成本。</blockquote></p><p></p>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n<p> 来源：<a href=\"https://www.barrons.com/articles/squarespace-direct-listing-51621376597?mod=hp_LEAD_3\">Barrons</a></p>\n<p>为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化</p>\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"SQSP":"Squarespace Inc."},"source_url":"https://www.barrons.com/articles/squarespace-direct-listing-51621376597?mod=hp_LEAD_3","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1158638540","content_text":"The pandemic prompted many small businesses to gain online storefronts for the first time, creating an e-commerce wave that helped website-creation platform Squarespace Inc. accelerate its revenue growth.\nNow Squarespace will test the resilience of that e-commerce momentum as a public company. Its shares are scheduled to begin trading Wednesday in a direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SQSP.\nThe company offers various tools for website creation, including domains, e-commerce functions and marketing capabilities. Squarespace aims to work with small businesses that have limited web expertise as well as “large brands” that need greater flexibility to customize based on their needs.\nSquarespace sees itself playing into a number of trends, including a growing need for businesses to maintain direct relationships with their customers and an increased emphasis on do-it-yourself solutions that are “rapidly displacing expensive agencies and making equivalent design quality out-of-the-box, accessible and easy-to-use for all,” the company said in its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.\nThe company raised $300 million in a March funding round that gave the company an enterprise valuation of $10 billion, and is not raising any new funding as it lists. Here is what else you need to know about the company.\nGrowing Revenue, Shrinking Profits\nSquarespace posted $621 million in revenue during 2020, up from $485 million a year earlier. Revenue was up 28% in the latest fiscal year, ahead of the 24% growth rate seen in the prior period.\nThe company classifies 94% of its revenue as subscription-based. Squarespace added about 700,000 new unique subscriptions in 2020 and the company disclosed that more than two thirds of total subscriptions are annual.\nAbout 70% of Squarespace’s revenue last year came from the U.S., while the rest was international.\nSquarespace was profitable last year, recording about $30.6 million in net income, though profits were down from $58.2 million in 2019. The company’s “fundamentals highlight a rare combo of profitability and growth at scale,” wrote MKM Partners analyst Rohit Kulkarni.\nDespite a string of profitability on an annual basis, Squarespace generated a net loss of $10.1 million in the first quarter of 2021 compared with a loss of $1.1 million a year earlier. The company posted profits in each of the last three quarters of 2020.\nCompetition Aplenty\nThe company competes with a variety of different players across the e-commerce industry, according to its filing. Squarespace counts web-creation platforms like Wix.com (ticker: WIX) and Square’s (SQ) Weebly among its competition, along with e-commerce powerhouse Shopify (ticker: SHOP), which lets businesses set up online shops.\nSquarespace also calls out competitors like GoDaddy (GDDY) that offer domain-name tools, as well as those providing email-marketing and scheduling functions, while arguing that its own “comprehensive, all-in-one platform, multichannel commerce capabilities” are an asset.\nJefferies analyst Brent Thill notes that Wix is larger than Squarespace, with revenue of $989 million last year versus $621 million for Squarespace. In addition, Squarespace’s revenue last year was similar to what Wix posted in 2018, but Wix was posting faster growth at that scale, and without the benefit of the pandemic-driven acceleration in e-commerce more broadly, he wrote.\nOn the Menu\nSquareSpace recently closed its $415 million acquisition of Tock, a company focused on the restaurant and hospitality industries. Tock’s services allow businesses to manage reservations, takeout, event ticketing and more.\nThis part of the business may position SquareSpace against more tech giants, suggested MKM’s Kulkarni.\n“SquareSpace’s offering with Tock faces competition from delivery services such as Uber Eats (UBER),DoorDash (DASH) and Grubhub (GRUB), along with other restaurant [customer-relationship management] services such as TouchBistro and Toast,” he wrote.\nAt the same time, the acquisition is an example of one way Squarespace has “smartly diversified into selling not just physical goods online but also adding calendar/scheduling capabilities (restaurant or gym reservations), content sales, and subscriptions,” he continued.\nMarketing Bucks\nSquarespace’s marketing and sales costs are growing far faster than its revenue. The company incurred $3.1 million in such expenses last year, up from $1.7 million in 2019, making for a 45% increase, whereas revenue was up 28% in the same span.\nThe company’s podcast advertisements may be familiar to frequent listeners, though Squarespace notes in its prospectus that it advertises its services broadly, using “online keyword search, sponsorships and celebrity endorsements, television, podcasts, print and online advertising, email and social media marketing.”\nAmong its risk factors, Squarespace points to the possibility that Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google could change its algorithm or raise the costs of its search-engine-marketing tools.","news_type":1,"symbols_score_info":{"SQSP":0.9}},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":2376,"commentLimit":10,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"symbols":[],"verified":2,"subType":0,"readableState":1,"langContent":"EN","currentLanguage":"EN","warmUpFlag":false,"orderFlag":false,"shareable":true,"causeOfNotShareable":"","featuresForAnalytics":[],"commentAndTweetFlag":false,"andRepostAutoSelectedFlag":false,"upFlag":false,"length":4,"xxTargetLangEnum":"ORIG"},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"isTiger":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"url":"/m/post/197968757"}
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