Universe Is Shutting Down: Your Site Goes Offline After 31 December 2026, Here's Where to Move It

Universe, the website builder you could run from your phone, is shutting down, and your Universe site stays online only until 31 December 2026. Universe will cancel every subscription before that date, and its export tools for images, videos, mailing lists, order history and domains are already live. Keepp is a Universe alternative that’s free to start, and the site you rebuild there can sell, take bookings and answer your customers’ questions, all from one link.

What is happening to Universe, and when

Universe announced that it is shutting down and plans to wind the service down over the rest of 2026, running through December. These are the parts that affect you:

Soon: Universe is blocking new sites, new subscriptions and new domain registrations.
Until 31 December 2026: your existing site stays online, and you can keep editing it.
Before 31 December 2026: Universe cancels all existing subscriptions automatically. You can cancel earlier through Apple or from your subscriptions page on the Universe web app.

Universe hasn’t said your site stays up after 31 December, so plan for your universe address to stop working on that date.

What happens to your Universe site and data

Your pages, your shop and your mailing list live inside Universe. Once the service closes, anything you haven’t exported goes with it. Universe’s export tools let you:

download your images and videos;
export your mailing list;
export your order history;
transfer your domain to another provider.

The mailing list and the order history are the two files you can’t rebuild later. They’re your customers.

What to do now

Export your mailing list and order history from Universe’s export page (web.univer.se/export). Save both files somewhere you’ll find them again.
Download your images and videos while you’re there. You’ll want them for the new site.
Write down what your site says. Copy your About text, your product names, descriptions and prices, and any links. A few screenshots of each page help too.
Move your domain if you bought it through Universe, using the transfer option in the export tools. If you bought it elsewhere, it stays where it is and you only need to point it at your new site.
Rebuild before December, so your new site is ready and tested before your Universe site goes dark.

Why move your Universe site to Keepp

People picked Universe because building a site felt easy, even on a phone. Keepp keeps that ease, and the same page can run more of your business.

You build it by describing it. Tell Keepp’s AI what you do and it builds the first version of your site. Then keep changing it by asking, or edit any block yourself on your phone or laptop. You can also build it from Claude or ChatGPT.

Your shop comes with you. Physical products and digital downloads each get a card with a picture, a description, a price and a buy button. Checkout happens on your site, the money goes into your own Stripe account, and digital files are delivered automatically.

Customers can book you. If you sell your time, a booking block shows your real availability, checks your Google Calendar and takes payment when someone books, with a Zoom or Google Meet link added for calls.

Your mailing list keeps growing. A sign-up form collects new subscribers, and you can turn on email verification so every address on the list is real.

Questions get answered at any hour. The chat answers visitors from everything on your site, and you take over from Telegram on your phone when someone needs a person.

It’s a full website behind one link. Every product, booking and form opens as its own page with its own link, and a menu at the top ties them together. Point your own domain at it and your old address opens your new site. And because sales run through your own Stripe and your contacts and orders export, you won’t be stuck again. A Keepp page never locks you in has the detail.

How to move from Universe to Keepp

Export everything first, following the steps above.
Pick your name at keepp.link and start from a template. The Small Business Site template has your services, recent work, a quote form and a map. If your Universe site was a single scrolling page, the One-Page Site template gives you sections and a contact form. Or describe your business and let the AI build it.
Add your products with the photos and prices you saved, and connect Stripe so you can take payments. Sell a product walks through it.
Add your sign-up form so your mailing list keeps growing, and keep your exported list for your newsletter tool.
Connect your domain so your old address opens the new site. Connect your own domain has the steps.
Update your bios on Instagram, TikTok and anywhere else that links to your Universe site. Putting your link in your bio covers each app.

Universe alternatives

Keepp

A website and link in bio in one, built from blocks, free to start. The AI builds your first draft, and the same site sells products, takes bookings, collects sign-ups and answers customers in chat.

Wix and Squarespace

Full website builders with large template libraries and a lot of design controls. Expect to spend time learning the editor.

Shopify

A store platform built around selling, with apps you add for everything else. It’s more than most Universe shops need.

Common questions

When is Universe shutting down? Universe is winding down over the rest of 2026. Your site stays online until 31 December 2026, and Universe cancels all subscriptions before that date.

What happens to my Universe website after 31 December 2026? Universe has only promised that sites stay online until 31 December 2026. Plan for your site to stop working after that, and export what you need before then.

How do I export my Universe mailing list and orders? Universe’s export tools at web.univer.se/export let you download your images and videos, export your mailing list and order history, and transfer your domain.

Can I keep my domain? Yes. Use the transfer option in Universe’s export tools if you bought it through Universe, then point it at your new site. A domain bought elsewhere stays with that provider.

Do I need to cancel my Universe subscription? No. Universe cancels every subscription automatically before 31 December 2026. You can cancel sooner through Apple or the Universe web app if you’ve already moved.

What is the best Universe alternative? Keepp, if you want a site that’s as easy to build as Universe and does more: an AI that builds your first draft, a shop that pays into your own Stripe, bookings, a mailing list sign-up and a chat that answers customers, all behind one link.