About
Squarespace is a content management system which allows users to build a website, they offer e-commerce, website and blogging tools. You can use Squarespace to build websites and online stores. The platform is popular for its extensive range of beautiful professionally-designed templates, ideal for those businesses where good design matters.
No coding knowledge is needed to build a website with Squarespace, they have tools that make this a relatively easy process, including drag-and-drop tools to add content text and images.
Squarespace makes it easy to sell both products and services (e.g consultation services etc.)
A Squarespace subscription includes content hosting, template and 24/7 support. Domain name registration included for free the first year. They offer a free 14-day trial, with no credit card required.
Pricing
Squarespace offers monthly or yearly plans, and they do offer a discount for an annual subscription. There are no Squarespace transaction fees for Squarespace Commerce plans (Basic and Advanced). They charge a transaction fee of 3% on sales in the Business plan.
- Personal – $14 – Great intro package including unlimited number of pages, unlimited bandwidth and storage, built-in mobile responsive design, an easy-to-use editing interface, access to customer support, and basic website metrics.
- Business – $23 – Adds marketing features like Pop-Ups and the Announcement Bar. Online store with a transaction fee of 3%
- Online Store (Basic) – $27 – All features that allow you to sell online without transaction fees.
- Online Store (Advanced) – $49 – Everything included as well as some advanced ecommerce features
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Features
- Inventory management – manage your inventory with an easy-to-use interface and quick views into your variants and stock levels.
- Reviews – Squarespace makes it easy to build customer trust through product reviews.
- Gift cards – enable customers to share products with others
- Social integrations – Easily share your products to Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, and tag products in your Instagram posts.
- Subscriptions – Generate recurring revenue and build customer loyalty by selling subscriptions
- Maps – Easily embed maps to help customers find your business.
- Customer management – collect customer emails and build mailing lists.
- Rich product displays – Give shoppers the best browsing experience with rich product descriptions – Related products – help them find what they’re looking for by suggesting relevant products.
- Mobile optimized – Our template designs are created with modern browsers and mobile devices.
- Search engine optimization.
- Squarespace Analytics – traffic patterns, referral sources, and other key metrics. Connect with Google Analytics.
- Responsive design – for mobile viewing.
Pros
Great selection of design template to choose from.
Cons
No support for customisations.
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