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Weebly
Weebly, a subsidiary of Block, Inc., is an American web hosting and web development company based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2006 by David Rusenko, Chris Fanini, and Dan Veltri, the company offers WYSIWYG website creation services and hosting. David Rusenko served as the Chief Executive Officer, Chris Fanini as the Chief Technology Officer, and Dan Veltri as the Chief Product Officer.
The company was established to simplify the process of building personal websites. In early 2006, Rusenko began development of Weebly in his college dorm at the Pennsylvania State University where he met Chris Fanini. By June 2006, an invitational beta version was introduced, followed by the official launch of a private beta in September 2006. Before its acquisition by Block in 2018, Weebly had raised approximately $35 million in funding from a range of investors, including angel investors and venture capital firms. In 2018, co-founder Dan Veltri departed from the company.
In March 2007, Weebly re-launched with its WYSIWYG editing interface, "Pro" accounts and Google AdSense monetization features, as well as compatibility with Google Chrome and Safari. In 2010, the company added French, Italian, Spanish, and Chinese languages followed by integrated JotForm software into its services. On October 1, 2015, Weebly Carbon was released to allow plugin integration among other features. In 2016, Weebly began focusing on its e-commerce offerings with the release of Weebly 4 and Weebly Promote, an integrated marketing tool.
As more sellers began using the company, the company created features for doing taxes, integrations with Shippo, a Facebook Ad creator, email marketing and lead capture, abandoned cart features, the release of Mobile 5.0 to help sellers run their store from anywhere, and deep integrations with Square payment processing.[citation needed]
Weebly initially faced criticism[by whom?] for its lack of CSS/HTML editing support, but this functionality was added in 2009.[citation needed]
The company expanded its offices in 2015, including a 36,000-square-foot (3,300 m2) warehouse in San Francisco. Additionally, Weebly opened a Berlin office in 2015/2016 to offer European-based support and marketing.[citation needed]
In 2018, Weebly was acquired by Square, Inc. (now known as Block, Inc.) for approximately $365 million in cash and stock. At the time of the acquisition on June 4, 2018, Weebly had millions of customers and over 625,000 paid subscribers. As of March 2025, Weebly is used by 0.5% of all websites.
Weebly's website creator operates in a web browser, using a widget-based site builder with drag-and-drop functionality. Storage is unlimited, but the service restricts individual file sizes. It automatically generates a mobile version of each website and supports blogging and e-commerce. Sites can be in various top-level domains, including weebly.com, com, net, org, co, info, or us.
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Weebly
Weebly, a subsidiary of Block, Inc., is an American web hosting and web development company based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2006 by David Rusenko, Chris Fanini, and Dan Veltri, the company offers WYSIWYG website creation services and hosting. David Rusenko served as the Chief Executive Officer, Chris Fanini as the Chief Technology Officer, and Dan Veltri as the Chief Product Officer.
The company was established to simplify the process of building personal websites. In early 2006, Rusenko began development of Weebly in his college dorm at the Pennsylvania State University where he met Chris Fanini. By June 2006, an invitational beta version was introduced, followed by the official launch of a private beta in September 2006. Before its acquisition by Block in 2018, Weebly had raised approximately $35 million in funding from a range of investors, including angel investors and venture capital firms. In 2018, co-founder Dan Veltri departed from the company.
In March 2007, Weebly re-launched with its WYSIWYG editing interface, "Pro" accounts and Google AdSense monetization features, as well as compatibility with Google Chrome and Safari. In 2010, the company added French, Italian, Spanish, and Chinese languages followed by integrated JotForm software into its services. On October 1, 2015, Weebly Carbon was released to allow plugin integration among other features. In 2016, Weebly began focusing on its e-commerce offerings with the release of Weebly 4 and Weebly Promote, an integrated marketing tool.
As more sellers began using the company, the company created features for doing taxes, integrations with Shippo, a Facebook Ad creator, email marketing and lead capture, abandoned cart features, the release of Mobile 5.0 to help sellers run their store from anywhere, and deep integrations with Square payment processing.[citation needed]
Weebly initially faced criticism[by whom?] for its lack of CSS/HTML editing support, but this functionality was added in 2009.[citation needed]
The company expanded its offices in 2015, including a 36,000-square-foot (3,300 m2) warehouse in San Francisco. Additionally, Weebly opened a Berlin office in 2015/2016 to offer European-based support and marketing.[citation needed]
In 2018, Weebly was acquired by Square, Inc. (now known as Block, Inc.) for approximately $365 million in cash and stock. At the time of the acquisition on June 4, 2018, Weebly had millions of customers and over 625,000 paid subscribers. As of March 2025, Weebly is used by 0.5% of all websites.
Weebly's website creator operates in a web browser, using a widget-based site builder with drag-and-drop functionality. Storage is unlimited, but the service restricts individual file sizes. It automatically generates a mobile version of each website and supports blogging and e-commerce. Sites can be in various top-level domains, including weebly.com, com, net, org, co, info, or us.