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| In 2023, we increased our currency options five times, which, alongside growing our support languages, bolsters our ability to support our international customers |
| Blueprint's guided interactive design experience enhances our users' ability to rapidly create a distinct personalized website |
| Turning to our guidance for Q1 and full year 2024, we are expecting another year of strong growth for Squarespace, driven by our expanded ecosystem, contributions from renewing Google domain customers, and the continued strong performance of our website business |
| Our unlevered free cash flow margin expanded to 24% |
| Q4 was an excellent finish to 2023, with faster bookings and revenue growth than we saw for the full year, also aided by the addition of our customers coming over from Google Domains |
| Our consistent levels of positive unleveraged fee cash flow afford us opportunities to innovate and develop new products, where we see opportunity to provide more value to our customers and to plant seeds for long-term growth |
| If we see things floating into certain levels, much like you saw with our other program, which I think was kind of extremely successful over the past two years, we're able to show our support for the stock and buy into it |
| The outperformance was primarily due to strong bookings, driven by renewals and acquisition of our website business |
| We generated strong unleveraged cash flow of $241 million for the trailing 12 months, or 24% of total revenue, a growth rate of 46%, surpassing the high end of our guidance |
| Second, Commerce, where we offer powerful tools to enable customers to engage and transact via their online presence; and finally, third, International, where we're making great progress in expanding our brand and presence in both existing key markets and new ones |
| Renewals from migrating Google customers are going better than expected and we're now poised to grow adoption of our broader offerings as we capitalize on a wider customer funnel and larger customer base |
| We continue to see a positive halo effect following our acquisition of Google domains, where we see robust referral traffic to Squarespace, increases in premium plan mix, and new unique subscriptions |
| We delivered strong cash flow in 2023, surpassing the high end of our guidance |
| Full year 2023 adjusted EBITDA increased 60% to approximately $235 million, or 23% of total revenue, nearly 600 basis points of improvement compared to the previous year, driven by our operational discipline |
| Tock closed out the year with a record Q4, its best revenue quarter ever, and we saw an uplift in seasonal GMV |
| We believe that the product enhancements, new integrations, and an improved iOS app further separate, Tock as the leading hospitality solution for restaurants and diners alike |
| Our marketing attribution model has been efficiently directing the mix of spend to the optimal marketing channels, helping us drive better ROI |
| Enabling merchants to collect money directly through our native solution will be central to enhancing the power of our platform by growing GMV and driving customer growth and retention |
| Adjusted EBITDA is expected to improve as the year progresses, ultimately showing similar leverage to our full year 2024 unleveraged fee cash flow margin as we benefit from improved marketing efficiency in the second half of 2024 |
| Finally, we are excited to the efforts we have put into expanding our international offering are showing up in our performance |
| Our largest international markets continue to grow, and we've seen double digit subscription growth across all key markets |
| So I think the revenue and the bookings we're seeing are great, but I think the best is yet to come |
| As we enter our third decade, Squarespace is in a better position than ever to empower more entrepreneurs online |
| Our teams helped drive steady performance, enabling us to maintain a strong outlook and steadfast execution |
| 2023 was my first full year as CFO at Squarespace, and it is clear that we have a strong foundation for growth, supported by our growing Squarespace ecosystem and suite of products |
| Our customer operations costs increased on an incremental dollar basis, but as a percentage of revenue remained in line with 2022, showing that we are able to sustain an efficient model for our business as we scale |
| The Squarespace ecosystem of products and solid execution fueled our strong financial results |
| Through our powerful business model, we drove profitability as a result of solid execution and operating improvement, offsetting the temporary gross profit margin impact from our acquired domain assets |
| We are driving meaningful top line growth, improving our profitability and delivering strong incremental cash flow, a powerful formula for long term value creation |
| We continue to balance our strong cash flow with sustainable top line growth |
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| There was an 820 basis point degradation in our margin, which we were not surprised by |
| Turning to our margin profile, our non-GAAP gross profit margin was 81% in full year 2023, a decline of 286 basis points |
| So although we certainly see that |
| Finishing where I started, I couldn't be more proud of our performance in Q4 and 2023 |
| I mean, the thesis here is not really like too hard |
| I mean, in my mind, once every two years doesn't feel particularly aggressive with respect to a modest increase in price |
| So we're not stopped from doing anything because of this |
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