iDEAL payments in Squarespace Member Areas

Update Feb. 25, 2026:
iDEAL payments are now available in Squarespace Payments. Read here to find out what this means.

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If you want to create an online training program or course within your own website environment, you can use Squarespace Member Areas. To enable iDeal payments, a workaround is needed because Squarespace does not support iDeal.

This blog post provides a step-by-step guide on how to use Plug&Pay in combination with Member Areas so that you can enable iDeal payments.

Step 1. Create a Member Area

1. Create a Member Area in Squarespace with a free membership.

2. Create all the pages for your online training course and post them in your member area.

Step 2. Hide the "Join" button on the "Access Denied" screen

May 2022 Update: Squarespace has implemented the option to hide the "Join" button. As a result, the code below is no longer needed. You must hide the "Join" button for each Member Area in the Access Denied Screen settings. (via Design > Access Denied Screen)

To prevent anyone from creating a free account via the "Access Denied" screen, this button must be hidden using code.

Enter the code below in Settings > Code Injection > Footer

<!-- Verberg Join button -->

<script>
var sqelem= document.querySelector('#sqs-member-access-page-root .sqs-editable-button');
sqelem.remove();
</script>

<!--Einde verberg Join button -->

If you have multiple Member Areas, this code applies to all Access Denied screens. This is because each Member Area has its own Access Denied screen.

Enter the code below in Custom CSS (Design > Custom CSS):

#sqs-member-access-page-root .sqs-editable-button {
display:none;
}

Note: Be sure to also update the "description" on the Access Denied screen.

Step 3. Create a sales page

Create a sales page for your offer/training/course and add a button to it using the Button block. Later, you’ll link this button to a payment link that you generate in Plug&Pay (see step 5).

Step 4. Create a "Create Account" page

This page on your website is where visitors will be redirected after they've paid via Plug&Pay.

1. Create a page in the "Not Linked" section and hide it from Google on the SEO tab via the page settings. (Page settings > SEO tab > Hide for Search Results)

2. Make sure the URL isn't easy to guess. For example, use a string of characters for this. You'll enter this URL later on the Thank You page in Plug&Pay (see step 5).

3. Add a thank-you message (e.g., “Congratulations on purchasing this course!”) and place a Member Sign Up block below it. Select the appropriate Member Area in the block’s settings. On the Design tab, you can hide the Title, Description, and Fee so that only the Join Button remains. You can also change the text on the button here.

Step 5. Create a payment link in Plug&Pay

1. First, create an account with Plug&Pay and Mollie.

2. Enter all the default settings in Plug&Pay and link your Mollie account. The cost for the P&P Lite version is 15 euros per month or 108 euros per year (excluding VAT).

3. In Plug&Pay, create a Product for your training session and then a corresponding Checkout. 

4. At checkout, on the Thank You page, enter the URL of the Create Account page you created in step 4.

5. Link the Checkout URL to the button on your Sales Page (see step 3). 

→In the mini-training Plug & Get Paid , you’ll learn how to set up Plug&Pay and Mollie yourself and connect them to your Squarespace website.

Step 6. Configuring Other Elements in Member Areas

For more information on setting up Member Areas, please refer to this blog post.

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