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Squarespace
What Is Squarespace?
Squarespace is an all-in-one platform that gives you everything you need to run and grow your business -- whether you're just getting started or are an established brand. Start with beautiful website templates to make your store stand out. Sell unlimited products and showcase them with rich merchandising tools. Schedule appointments and let customers book your services. Sell subscriptions, digital content, and gift cards. Offer flexible payment options, secure checkout, shipping, and more.
Who Uses Squarespace?
Trusted by the worlds best, Squarespace empowers people with creative ideas to succeed. Entrepreneurs, photographers, restaurants, musicians, businesses, fashion designers, and more use Squarespace.
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Pretty good tool
Comments: It has been alright. For the price we pay it would be nice to be able to have other sites on the same account for additional fees. or at least a couple adding pages as our company grows.
Pros:
I like that it works really well with other apps like Etsy and Squareup. It is pretty easy to set up with a template.
Cons:
Editing items in my shop after uploading from Etsy is a bit cumbersome. (it is one and done). customer service for one of my web domains has been poor.
Great desktop functionality, mobile view is lacking
Comments: Good, I still use it but I really hope someone from Squarespace see's my notes in the cons section.
Pros:
Square Space to me is still the best tool out there to get a website out quickly, but it does have quick a few things lacking still (see below). It has a good amount of templates that you can customize really easily, but they do all look a bit templately still.
Cons:
1) The mobile view cannot be adjusted. Anything you edit from the mobile view will affect the desktop view. I think Squarespace should take a page from UnBounce who lets to optimize the mobile side separately from the desktop side. 2) There needs to be more ajax and jquery type animation functionality to help the website look less templately. Any type of animation is essentially no-existent outside of galleries fading in and the text underline. 3) I don't like how Squarespace is constantly spamming me to upgrade to the eCommerce plan when I'm not making a eCommerce website. They've even added an error icon next to one of the templates I'm using now. This is very annoying.
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Great for Service-Based Website Design
Comments: I attempted to use Squarespace to build my ecommerce website, but quickly learned that wasn't a forte of Squarespace websites. I now use Squarespace for managing my domains that were originally on Google Domains. I was able to get my questions answered quickly in a live chat, once I had waited awhile to connect with a rep.
Pros:
Intuitive to build simple websites and manage domains. Customer service, when able to connect with them, are extremely helpful.
Cons:
The simple website building tools can be a bit restrictive, not leaving much room for customization. Squarespace is more of a platform to build websites that are more focused on serving content, not as an ecommerce platform.
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Such an easy way to create and manage everything web-related
Comments: I love Squarespace, and have used the site for my website, scheduling, domains, email marketing, e-commerce, Google Workplace subscription and booking/scheduling for years. It is SO easy to build a good website with Squarespace. I didn't need to pay someone to do this for me, and have been able to easily create a website I love. But, for me, it's the additional offerings that Squarespace offers that adds the most value. Their booking/scheduling system is great, and I use this to have clients book their meetings. It works seamlessly with my website. The email marketing is also brilliant, and easily sucks website content through to create email campaigns. And it's also great to be able to manage my Google subscription through Squarespace, too.
Pros:
It makes websites, domains, email marketing, e-commerce, booking & scheduling... SO EASY!
Cons:
Price is on the higher side compared with other options.
Best website builder
Comments: Great. I love squarespace and I recommend it to most of my clients because it’s so easy to use and the customer support is so good.
Pros:
It makes building and maintaining a good looking website really easy. I love that they take care of the security and updates so I can focus on doing more important stuff in my business. They keep expanding their features and there are lots of customisation options with css
Cons:
I wish you had more control over the checkout process, for example, being able to sell order bumps and upsells would be useful
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Good for beginngers learning new program
Comments: I use Squarespace daily and appreciate the integrations with Google Workspace, domain and mailchimp. It makes keeping everything sorted very easy.
Pros:
Squarespace is very user-friendly. Easy to use, all aspects are in one platform.
Cons:
Squarespace is a little on the pricer side for the simpler side of things.
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AAA Web Dev
Comments: We have enjoyed Squarespace and will continue to utilize their web services for years to come.
Pros:
We like to use Squarespace because we can teach it to clients as they need them. It’s quite simple to use and become an expert at.
Cons:
We did not like that the pricing didn’t include everything upfront.
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Great website in minutes, literally!
Comments: I know how to setup a website in Wordpress, on a server, but I would again switch to Squarespace. I am happy not to be bothered with a number of other time consuming tasks that you need to take care in WP. It is very easy to start a website!
Pros:
You can set-up a website literally in minutes!
Cons:
I miss a better language support, Slovenian for example. Changing design of the website is not the easiest task to do. Not a deal breaker, though.
It's excellent quality and easy to use.
Comments: It's been an overall good experience. I have used the blog features and the scheduling so far. There are many features, including adding a shop to your site, which I would like to add eventually. It's excellent quality and easy to use.
Pros:
I've had no experience creating a website before, but I purchased a template, and it was easy to make my website. Squarespace helpdesk has been super helpful when I needed it.
Cons:
I can't think of anything at the moment.
The only site I use for website building!!
Pros:
I love squarespace!! I use it for all my websites! It’s so nice that I can have one login to manage all my sites. Their pre-designed site templates look high end and the websites are very easily customizable! They have so many features and I love the SEO tracking
Cons:
The websites are a little pricy, but I feel like you get so many features which makes it worth the value.
Very easy for basic websites
Comments: I really like using Squarespace for our small charity. We have a relatively simple website and it is really easy to edit and add to our website as needed. I don't need to use any code or special plugins to build the website which is great.
Pros:
It is easy to set up a basic website and use the drag and drop editor. It's very straightforward to pick up from the start and you don't have to be a web developer to use it.
Cons:
The design templates and styles can be restricting.
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Great for any capability
Comments: Easy to use, they have great customer service, as someone who had not built a website before it was simplified and looked professional.
Pros:
I loved the versatility of use and ability to change the overall image of my website. That I could implement many pages into it, from blog posts, to a page of recommended items with links to purchase. Open up a store to sell items. There was an abundance of templates and the ease of access for others to access the website with strict permissions to make adjustments.
Cons:
Not all of the templates were exactly what I needed. When I tried to add images from my own computer they wouldn't always line up accordingly and were stuck in a very segmented grid.
Squarespace Design
Comments: Overall, my experience with Squarespace has been very positive. I used the platform to create my personal website, it offers stunning design templates, while making it easy to create. It certainly aided with my time management. While it can be costly its ease of use and integrated features make it a great choice for creating a polished online presence.
Pros:
I appreciate Squarespace's design templates and how easy it is to customize them. The platform is easy to use even for those without coding experience, and makes it simple to create a professional-looking website quickly. The all-in-one approach, including hosting and domain management, is also a huge plus.
Cons:
Yes, it is simple to use but one downside of Squarespace is its limited flexibility for advanced customizations, especially if you need more complex features. The pricing can be a bit high compared to other platforms, particularly for small businesses or personal projects.
My experience with Squarespace
Comments: All in all, Squarespace is a great choice for those who want an attractive, easy-to-manage website with great, powerful e-commerce and marketing tools. If you're interested in having a flawless design with built-in functionality, it could be a solid choice for your business.
Pros:
I like its focus on sleek, minimalist design, while offering an easy-to-use interface and a host of built-in tools for content management, marketing, and online sales.
Cons:
Squarespace tends to be more expensive compared to other platforms, especially if you need to add e-commerce functionality or some advanced features. While you can modify the templates, it's not as flexible as other platforms that allow more control over code and functionality.
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Squarespace Is NOT for Squares
Comments:
I have really liked hosting my website on Squarespace. Despite their recent price increase, I think it is totally worth it. I can host my site with all the Google, payment, and social-media integrations I need/want.
Also their templates are a great starting point, and once you get use to how to edit and organize the webpages, it becomes very intuitive.
Pros:
It's integration of all things needed to fully set up a functional website.
Cons:
Editing the site is a bit counterintuitive at first.
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The Best Website Tool on the Market
Comments: I have created or managed 10+ Square space sites.
Pros:
I like how simple Squarespace is to use. It is intuitive and produces a great product.
Cons:
There is nothing I don’t like about Squarespace
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Very happy
Comments: Overall I am very happy with Squarespace and would recommend it to a friend.
Pros:
User friendly, clean layouts, professional looking without having to be a web design expert.
Cons:
The setup can be time consuming but that is to be expected.
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I couldn't be happier with Squarespace as a web-building platform
Comments: This platform was a winner from the start. I had done trials of a few other builders, and I caught on to this one the fastest. It's extremely intuitive, and they have tons of beautiful virtually plug-and-play templates that anyone can use to make a stunning website.
Pros:
Squarespace is so easy to use. Although having a design background helps, you don't have to have one to understand and use this platform. Having said that, it's also an incredibly powerful tool, with comprehensive features.
Cons:
As I have found with any website-building tool, there always seem to be a handful of features that seem like no brainers, but aren't offered. I found this to be the case when I wanted a scrolling carousel of images. But, there are always work arounds, and although it was a bit more work, I figured out how to use the tools offered to get close to my desired result.
A+ EXPERIENCE
Comments: My overall experience with squarespace has been awesome. Most of the features that com with squarespace i have found easy to use and very important in my business. I would definitely refer this product to friends, family and colleagues.
Pros:
What i liked most about squarespace is the fact that i could easily add products to my website. And i could add all information and description of the product available. I could also have the money payed for a product sent directly to my bank account. I could also pick the themes and colors of my web page. Making it perfect for myself and other users of the software. I love the fact that i get to choose my domain and website name. Allowing it to fit my online retail business perfectly. As well as provided marketing tools andvemail marketing to help improve our customer count. I like the fact that it allows me to create a logo to fit my business. As well as provideva business name generator to help in naming businesses if the client is having difficulties finding a good and unoriginal name for the business. The price is a great pro for this product as well. The pricecwas fair for what they allow us to use to create our online website.
Cons:
What i liked the least about squarespace is that it took a lot of work to set up multiple payment options
Squarespace: My Partner in Digital Experience Management
Pros:
Squarespace allows me to create and design websites even without IT skills. Availability of drag and drop and WYSIWYG editor tools is what I really like most.
Cons:
Whenever I encounter issues, vendor technical team is rapid to resolve them ASAP when contacted.
Squarespace is great for first time website builders.
Comments: I have had a lot of success building and updating websites with squarespace and managing payment through it but have looked into alternatives with better price points and flexibility.
Pros:
User friendliness is next to none when it comes to managing a website for a small business.
Cons:
The cost of squarespace is high for a a single or two person business operation.
Squarespace the best web designing tool
Pros:
Squarespace stands as a beacon of simplicity and power in the realm of website creation and management. As a user who values both aesthetics and functionality, I found Squarespace to be an exceptional platform that caters to the needs of beginners and professionals alike, offering a seamless experience from start to finish.
Cons:
While Squarespace is known for its user-friendly interface, there can still be a learning curve, particularly for users who are new to website building or design. Some features may require time to fully grasp, and users may need to invest time in learning the platform's intricacies.
Making my own site within an hours.
Comments: Squarespace enabled me to build a professional online digital footprint that truly represents my brand while leaving a lasting impression on my audience. It has been essential in helping me to showcase my work, find clients and build my business.
Pros:
Squarespace can surprise you with how easy it is to build a beautiful website. Their templates are beautiful and contemporary, they have an intuitive drag-and-drop interface, and they have built-in features from blogging to ecommerce. Your attention to detail along with aesthetics adds charm to my website.
Cons:
The templates are awesome and a great foundation, but they can feel a little limiting in terms of customization options compared to other website builders.
Best all in one website builder i have ever used.
Comments: Despite of these small cons, Squarespace has been a useful instrument for me. It helped me build a visually stunning and strategically effective website, without the need for my own developer.
Pros:
I have been building and managing my website with Squarespace and I'm loving the results. It is extremely easy to use, even without prior experience in web development. Create professional and beautiful looking websites with the help of drag-and-drop interface.
Cons:
Although I sometimes the price a bit higher, especially for smaller companies. This is one of the major flaws with it, as a beginner I found it overwhelming.
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Comments: My overall experience is excellent. This Square space helps me in expanding my buisness by improving my visibility to my customers
Pros:
It create a very attractive and user friendly website for my business
Cons:
Cost is little bit on higher side for new buisness mens, how ever it is worthy.