Squarespace review

Squarespace is the pick for a small brand whose site needs to look polished before it needs advanced commerce. Every plan lets you sell physical products, services and digital products with no limit on how many you list, and branded invoices are free on all plans. Built-in AI tools help write site content, and annual plans include one year of free domain registration. The plan you choose matters for fees: Basic charges a 2% online store transaction fee and 7% on digital content and memberships, and allows 2 contributors. Moving to Core removes the online store transaction fee, opens unlimited contributors, adds advanced website analytics and allows custom CSS and JavaScript. Squarespace can also sell courses and memberships, which suits brands that pair products with content. It has fewer commerce extensions than Shopify or WooCommerce, and its pricing page showed local currency from our location, so the USD price is pending.

Who it is for

design-focused brands with a small catalog

Price

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Key features

• No limit on the number of products and services you can sell
• Physical products, services and digital products on every plan
• Free branded invoices on all plans
• Built-in AI tools for writing site content
• One year of free domain registration on annual website plans

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: 0% online store transaction fee from the Core plan up
• Strength: Core adds unlimited contributors and custom CSS and JavaScript
• Strength: Courses and memberships can be sold from the same site
• Weakness: The Basic plan charges a 2% online store transaction fee
• Weakness: Digital content and memberships carry a 7% fee on Basic
• Weakness: Basic allows only 2 contributors

Key facts

• Products: No limit
• Transaction fee: 2% on Basic, 0% on Core and up
• Contributors: Up to 2 on Basic, unlimited on Core
• Free domain: 1 year on annual plans

Where it ranks

Squarespace is No. 3 in our Best Ecommerce Platforms verdict and No. 2 in Best Website Builders for Small Business.