Website Design Options

Display a featured message in a large bar across the top of your website. This is useful if you have new or important news to report. When enabled, the Announcement Bar will be visible on both your mobile and desktop site.

The announcement bar appears on every page of your site except cover pages. It can't be customized or enabled per-page.

Create a pop-up that appears when visitors land on your site. You can choose when and where pop-ups appear as well as the size and appearance.

Promotional pop-ups are often used for:

• Inviting visitors to join your mailing list

• Advertising a sale or discount code

• Announcing your latest blog post or a new product

• Asking visitors to verify their age before proceeding to age-restricted content

Newsletter blocks add an option for visitors to subscribe to a newsletter. The footer is a popular place for this block, but it can also be placed on any page or as a pop-up.

You'll need to choose a storage option for form submissions from one or more of the options below:

• Google Drive (free)

• Mailchimp (free for up to monthly 2500 sends and one user, fees start at $11/month for advanced packages)

• Squarespace Email Campaigns (starting at $5/mo for 3 campaigns/500 emails per month). Included integrated marketing analytics. Advanced plans have automated email options.

• Zapier (free for up to 5 emails/month. Paid plans start at $19.99/month)

Profiles contains info about your customers, email subscribers, and more, all in one place. Filter profiles to create custom segments, and quickly draft a targeted email campaign through Squarespace Email Campaigns (if subscribed)..

Profiles show the following information:

• Total Subscribers

• Leads

• First-Time Customers

• Repeat Customers

• Donors

You also have the option to import subscribers here.

With Squarespace's built-in blog page, you can create blog posts and excerpts, tag and categorize posts, enable comments, push your posts to social media, and more.

You can update your blog on the computer, or through the Squarespace app. You can also write your blog in a word processor, then copy and paste it over to Squarespace.

Display share buttons that let users share your content with their friends (on your blog posts, for instance). Turn on the services you wish to enable sharing links for including:

• Facebook

• Twitter

• LinkedIn

• Reddit

• Tumblr

• Pinterest

Use events pages to add a list of events to your site. This is a great way to feature concerts, meetings, book tours, or any event you host.

• Events pages don't support booking. For scheduling events or booking classes and appointments, add Scheduling or Acuity to your site.

• It's not possible to set up recurring or repeating events. You can manually duplicate events to create identical events without reentering the same information.

• Each events page supports up to 350 events per month, and displays up to 250 upcoming and 30 past events.

• Events must have a start and end time.

• Events can be scheduled up to 2 years in advance.

Events can be displayed in a list or on a calendar.

With Squarespace Scheduling, clients can quickly view your availability and book their own appointments or classes. They can even pay online and reschedule with a click. Never ask “what time works for you?” again.

• Promote your availability - Share your available hours and let clients book and reschedule appointments.

• Stay organized- Get notified when a new appointment is booked and sync upcoming appointments with the calendar you already use, like Google, Outlook, iCloud, or Office 365.

• Save time - Automate and customize appointment confirmations, reminders, follow-ups, and intake forms to keep clients prompt and client information organized.

• Get paid - Manage and send invoices, accept payments and deposits, and even offer discounts, packages, and subscriptions to entice clients.

Pricing starts at $14 a month for 1 user.

With Location Management, you can create and manage online listings for your business's physical location directly from your Squarespace site. Through our integration with Google My Business, you can push and pull your location information between Google and your site automatically.

Location Management is a premium feature available in both Business and Commerce plans. Only site owners and contributors with admin permissions can make changes to Location Management.

Create a membership to sell access to members-only content, classes, and communities. Additional fees starting at $7.20 per month.

Unfold is a mobile app (iOS and Android) for making standout content to share on social media. With Unfold, you can:

• Create unique stories for social media platforms like Instagram and Snapchat

• Make and publish a hub page of links to your social media accounts and online content, which you can promote in your social media bios

• Map out what your grid of published Instagram posts will look like to visitors (iOS only)

The Meta Pixel is a piece of code on your website that can help you better understand the effectiveness of your advertising and the actions people take on your site, like visiting a page or adding an item to their cart. You’ll also be able to see when customers took an action after seeing your ad on Facebook and Instagram, which can help you with retargeting. And when you use the Conversions API alongside the Pixel, it creates a more reliable connection that helps the delivery system decrease your costs.

Meta Pixel can be used in conjunction with Squarespace Analytics.

Adding social links to Squarespace show social icons to your visitors, helping them find you wherever you maintain a presence on the web.

• If the platform is recognized based on the URL, an icon will be displayed with the platform’s logo.

• If the link is from a page or service not recognized, it’ll be represented by a link icon.

• If the link is an email address, it’ll be represented by a mail icon.

Social icons can be placed in the main navigation, footer or on any page.

Here is the current list:

Apple Podcasts (To learn more, visit Podcasting with Squarespace overview. For help using custom links for podcasts, visit Apple Podcasts Marketing Tools.)

Bandsintown

Behance

CodePen

Discord

Dribbble

Facebook

Flickr

Foursquare

GitHub (If you're using the Squarespace Developer Platform and are looking for more help with Git, visit our Developer Documentation.)

Goodreads

Google Play

Houzz

IMDb (Only links that end in .com display the IMDb icon.)

Instagram

LinkedIn

Medium

Meetup

Pinterest

Reddit

SmugMug

Snapchat

SoundCloud

Spotify

Stitcher

The Dots

Tidal

TikTok

TripAdvisor

Tumblr

Twitch

Twitter

Vevo

Vimeo

VSCO

Yelp

YouTubeApple Podcasts (To learn more, visit Podcasting with Squarespace overview. For help using custom links for podcasts, visit Apple Podcasts Marketing Tools.)

Bandsintown

Behance

CodePen

Discord

Dribbble

Facebook

Flickr

Foursquare

GitHub (If you're using the Squarespace Developer Platform and are looking for more help with Git, visit our Developer Documentation.)

Goodreads

Google Play

Houzz

IMDb (Only links that end in .com display the IMDb icon.)

Instagram

LinkedIn

Medium

Meetup

Pinterest

Reddit

SmugMug

Snapchat

SoundCloud

Spotify

Stitcher

The Dots

Tidal

TikTok

TripAdvisor

Tumblr

Twitch

Twitter

Vevo

Vimeo

VSCO

Yelp

YouTube

Links to any platforms not listed above will show as generic link icons.

Connecting to social services enables you to push or pull data, and allow visitors to connect with you via those services.

After connecting social accounts, you can:

• Display content from your social profiles on your site, like Instagram posts and tweets.

• Automatically share content from your site when you publish it.

You can connect many different social accounts to your Squarespace site. Available connected accounts:

500px

ChowNow

Dropbox

Facebook

Flickr

Foursquare Swarm

Google Search Console

Instagram

LinkedIn

Pinterest

SmugMug

Tumblr

Twitter

Manage accounts associated with your Google Workspace subscription. Log into your Google Workspace Dashboard to view email and advanced settings.

You get one email free for one year with your Squarespace subscription.

Show a simple notification tray to visitors on mobile devices. The Mobile Information Bar will appear at the bottom of your mobile site giving visitors quick access to directions, hours, an email address, and a phone number.

Cookies are small pieces of data that websites store on a device. Cookies can improve visitors’ browsing experience because they help websites remember preferences and understand how people use different features.

Squarespace uses cookies to help your site run effectively. We use analytics and performance cookies to collect information on how visitors interact with our site. To learn more about the types of analytics we track, click here.

For more information about Squarespace’s use of cookies, view the Squarespace Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy.

Your website needs your own Privacy Policy.

LiveChat lets you communicate with your customers in real-time as well as asynchronously. It comes equipped with essential analytics, support, and sales tools that you’ll appreciate in your everyday work.

Contact visitors through popular platforms like Messenger, WhatsApp, Apple Messages for Business, SMS, and emails, assign your agents and chatbots to specific channels, and nurture customers with personalized messages, precise surveys, and a real-time preview of their browsing history.

Starting at $20/month

Chubb - Insurance solutions for your business - starting at $250/year

Swift Filings - Form an LLC, Corp, or Nonprofit in any state - starting at $49

See all orders or filter by status including pending, fulfilled or cancelled. Export to a spreadsheet for further sorting.

See all inventory including:

• Physical products

• Services

• Digital Downloads

• Gift Cards

• Memberships

Search by products, categories, tags.

Quickly change any of the following:

• Visibility

• SKU

• Stock amount

• Price

Allow customers to create accounts on your site for faster checkout. With an account, they can view their past orders and save their payment and shipping information.

With this feature enabled, visitors can create accounts on your site where they'll securely save payment methods, shipping addresses, shopping carts, and online order information.

Create discounts for your customers to use in checkout. Discounts can be scheduled in advanced and have a set expiration date.

You can offer different types of discounts in your store, including discounts for:

• Entire orders

• Orders over a set amount

• Individual products

• Product categories

• Individual member areas

To ensure a discount makes sense for your business, set specific rules to create targeted discounts and promotions like:

• Free shipping on any order

• 10% off orders over $100

• $5 off Tan Leather Purses

• Limit one per customer

• 20% off all items in the “Accessories” category

• 15% off the first subscription payment

• 10% off membership to the Yoga 101 member area

Note: There is no option to discount Gift Cards

• Minimum Order Amount - Require customers to reach a minimum subtotal amount before they can check out. Available for one-time purchases of physical, service, and digital products.

• Service Product Limits - Limit to one service or allow customers to buy multiple service products

• Order Number - Customize the order number starting with a specified number

• Customize Receipt - Customize price and tax details on your receipts based on local requirements

• Email Signup - Allow customers to to sign up for your marketing emails during checkout

• Additional Fields - Collect additional information from customers during checkout

• Store Policies - Define return policy, terms of service, privacy policy and more

• Customize Checkout Style - Add a logo, change colors and branding

• Continue Shopping - Direct shoppers to a specific page on your website when “continue shopping” is click on an empty cart page

• Enable Express Checkout - Allow customers to bypass the cart and go directly to checkout. Recommended for single product stores only.

There are several ways to receive payment including:

• Stripe - credit cards, debit cards, Apple Pay

• Paypal - Paypal Business also accepts Venmo

• Square Point of Sale - Sell your products in person anywhere in the U.S. with the Squarespace app. Keeps you inventory and customer data in sync whether selling online or in person.

• Afterpay or Clearpay - buy-now-pay-later services for customers.

You can choose as many of these as you like.

Note: Payment processors in Commerce are separate from any other payment processors you have connected to Squarespace, such as in Scheduling.

Create shipping options for your customers to choose from. The costs are automatically applied to physical products. Countries not served by any of your shipping options will not be accepted at checkout.

There are numerous Shipping and Fulfillment Extension available to work with Squarespace including:

ShipStation - starting at $9.99/month

Shippo - $0.05/label

Easyship - starting at $0/month

AfterShip - starting at $0/month

ShopBob - variable pricing

Order Desk - starting at $20/month

Returns Center by Aftership - starting at $0/month

Pickup is a fulfillment option for physical products. With a clear checkout and fulfillment experience, your customers can purchase your products online and pick them up on-site.

Taxes can be added in manually or for US sales only, use the TaxJar extension for automated taxes.

TaxJar extension to calculate sales tax automatically at checkout, based on your customer’s shipping or billing address. This extension automatically calculates tax rates for states, counties, cities and zip codes, using TaxJar’s real-time sales tax data.

If you sell outside the US, you can add international tax rates by setting up manual tax rates.

TaxJar is free with all e-commerce hosting plans.

There are some limitations:

• You'll need to be located in the United States and sell in the US to use this feature. If you sell outside the US, you can set manual tax rates for international orders.

• It’s not possible to add product tax categories to member areas subscriptions, so these subscriptions are taxed at the standard sales tax rate.

• It's not possible to exempt certain customers from paying sales tax.

• It's not possible to create tax rules that apply to specific products. Instead, you can add product tax categories to charge sales tax based on the product category. Available categories and their sales tax rates are provided by TaxJar's realtime sales tax data, and can't be edited.

• Subscription products renew at the same tax rate used in the initial order, even if the standard sales tax rate changes over time.

• The TaxJar extension only includes the automatic tax rates feature, which calculates accurate sale tax on orders at checkout. For more TaxJar features, including economic nexus monitoring, reporting, and filing, upgrade to TaxJar's Professional plan.

• Global Email Styles - Create a consistent look across all your customer notifications by editing global styles like color, font, header, and footer.

• Custom from/to/tax id/business address on all invoices and customer notifications

• General Orders - separate email formats for

  • Order Confirmed

  • Order Fulfilled

  • Ready For Pickup

  • Order Refunded

  • Digital Downloads

  • Donation Receipt

  • Payment Declined

  • Product Not Available

• Abandoned Cart - Email is sent when customers leave their cart at checkout.

• Waitlist - Manually sent when waitlisted items become available.

Sell custom products on your site with print on demand services powered by Printful or Printique.

• Only pay for what you sell: No need to hold inventory, products are printed on-demand.

• Shipped automatically: Orders are packaged and sent directly to customers.

Printful

Printful is a print on demand provider, offering 400+ premium products to choose from. Print on demand eliminates waste and overproduction: products are created and shipped out by Printful when an order comes in so you never have to hold onto extra inventory or packaging.

Get set up quickly and start selling your designs without needing to order products up front, hold your own inventory, or pay minimums or upfront costs.

Apparel, shirts, jackets, hoodies, sweatshirts, bottoms, sweatpants, joggers, underwear, leggings, shorts, dresses, swimwear, sports bras, baby bibs, leggings, baby bodysuits, kids clothing, baby clothing, hats, baseball caps, snapback, trucker hats, mesh hats, beanies, bucket hats, visor, bags, fanny pack, backpack, phone case, jewelry, socks, face masks, key chains, flip flops, water bottle, coffee mug, blanket, sticker, pillow, wall art, towel, apron, bean bag, postcard, pet products.

Printique

Sell premium photo products featuring your images printed with state-of-the-art technology on the highest-quality materials. We handle production and white-label (unbranded) shipping when you receive orders to give you the flexibility of offering a variety of product options without the worry of managing inventory.

Our integration allows you to curate products and simply sync them to your Squarespace store. You have full control over the products, sizes, images and crops you want to sell.

Art, photography, photo, print, hardcover book, leather book, fabric book, softcover book, mini book, leather albums, hardcover albums, metal cover albums, photo prints, poster prints, wallet prints, collage, framed prints, acrylic prints, acrylic photo books, metal print, canvas print, standout print, giclee fine art print, wood print, mug, water bottle, thermos, coasters, acrylic blocks, journal, magnetic notepad, puzzle, greeting cards, cards, calendar

Other Extensions:

• Printify - free

• Art of Where - free

• SPOD - free

• Syncee - starting at $0/month

• Candid Wholesale - starting at $0/month

• Spocket - starting at $24.99/month

• Truck - starting at $35/month

• inFlow Cloud - starting at $79/month

Add status badges, text, and more to your products.

Out of Stock - Let customers know which variants are sold out when they’re on a product page. If a variant is sold out, your text will appear next to it in the variant dropdown menu.

Limited Availability - Show a label when a product has limited or low stock.

Track demand for products and notify customers when their waitlisted products are in stock.

Encourage customers to explore your store by suggesting related products as they shop. Related products display on product details pages based on category or tag. This is a great way to help shoppers find what they’re looking for and discover new products. You can display related products for all product types.

Product reviews build trust with shoppers and can increase your sales. Customers can leave reviews for physical, digital, and service products.

Note: It’s not possible to collect reviews for gift cards.

After you enable product reviews, customers who buy physical, digital, or service products will receive an email automatically 14 days after you fulfill their order. Customers can leave a 1500-character written review for each item in the order, and a rating between one and five stars.

If their order contained multiple products, they'll only receive one email, but they can review each product individually. If they bought a subscription product, they’ll only receive one email requesting a review. Customers have 120 days to review their purchase. If you delete a product, it can’t be reviewed.

Review request emails are sent for new purchases after you enable them. They aren't sent for purchases made through point of sale.

Get email alerts whenever a product’s stock drops to a certain threshold.

Sync your Squarespace catalog to Facebook and Instagram to allow your customers to purchase your products directly from posts, stories, and shops on your profile and page.

Download all transactions by week, month, year or custom range.

There are numerous extensions that work well with Squarespace:

• Quickbooks Online Connector - no monthly fee

• TaxJar- no monthly fee

• Dext - starting at $19/month

• FreshBooks - Starting at $15.month

• 1-800Accountant - Starting at $75/month