1ShoppingCart vs Squarespace

1ShoppingCart

If you need an ecommerce, email marketing and affiliate program - it is great to have this all in one solution. Larger businesses with many employees in remote locations may need a different solution. If you do not need ecommerce or affiliate, you can use a lower cost program that costs less. The learning curve is short for a solo entrepreneur with some technical knowledge.

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Karen Repoli

Internet Marketing Specialist: Content Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Blogging

HIT VirtualInternet, 1-10 employees

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Squarespace

Squarespace is a great starter resource and a good option for a lean team who needs to get a website up cheaply using internal resources. It is intutive, requires no coding knowledge, and helps you get up a professional looking website for a small cost. It also allows you to add custom code to pages if you want to integrate other systems, like databases etc.I think teams usually grow out of Squarespace as it doesn't allow you to create a truly customized, well-branded experience and has functionality limitations

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Project Manager in Product Management

Professional Training & Coaching Company, 11-50 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

1ShoppingCart

7.9

Squarespace

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Product catalog & listings

7.5

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Product management

8.0

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Bulk product upload

9.0

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Branding

7.5

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Mobile storefront

9.0

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Product variations

9.0

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Website integration

7.0

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Visual customization

7.0

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CMS

7.0

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1ShoppingCart

8.0

Squarespace

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Abandoned cart recovery

9.0

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Checkout user experience

7.0

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1ShoppingCart

7.5

Squarespace

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eCommerce security

7.5

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1ShoppingCart

7.5

Squarespace

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Promotions & discounts

8.0

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Personalized recommendations

7.5

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SEO

7.0

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1ShoppingCart

9.0

Squarespace

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Multi-site management

9.0

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Order processing

9.0

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Inventory management

9.0

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Shipping

9.0

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Custom functionality

9.0

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1ShoppingCart

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Squarespace

8.3

Role-based user permissions

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8.3

1ShoppingCart

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Squarespace

7.2

API

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7.3

Internationalization / multi-language

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7.2

1ShoppingCart

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Squarespace

8.5

WYSIWYG editor

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8.5

Code quality / cleanliness

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8.5

Admin section

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8.2

Page templates

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8.5

Library of website themes

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8.0

Mobile optimization / responsive design

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9.3

Publishing workflow

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8.4

Form generator

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8.5

1ShoppingCart

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Squarespace

7.2

Content taxonomy

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7.8

SEO support

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7.3

Bulk management

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6.6

Availability / breadth of extensions

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6.7

Community / comment management

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7.5

Pros

Email Marketing - Easy to use templates but you can also use your custom html template.
Managing your list - It is easy to set up separate lists and create opt in forms for each one. It allows multiple opt in forms with customized messages for all steps of the opt in process.
Ecommerce - Setup of your product or service is easy. You can use buy now type buttons on the 1ShoppingCart store. Integration with your merchant account or Paypal is offered.
Includes an affiliate management option. This module allows you to manage an affiliate with custom links and an area to post materials for affiliates to use - such as banners.

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Internet Marketing Specialist: Content Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Blogging

HIT VirtualInternet, 1-10 employees

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Easy to create visually appealing designs using the gridded drag and drop and preset formatting options/ themes
Maintains consistent design elements across your whole site - which you can change at a high level with one click and automatically updates globally
Instantly updates content to your live site
Great photo slideshow options and quotation box features

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Project Manager in Product Management

Professional Training & Coaching Company, 11-50 employees

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Cons

Customer Service - You have to pay in order to speak to a live customer service rep.

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Karen Repoli

Internet Marketing Specialist: Content Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Blogging

HIT VirtualInternet, 1-10 employees

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I'd like to see a few more business-centric templates. They have some good ones but the majority are for consumer websites or design type of businesses.
Although we have decent access to the code and can inject our own code, we'd like an easier way to setup events such as tracking buttons being pushed for Analytic goals.

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Shirin Elkoshairi

Co-founder, Cloud and Infrastucture Consultant

ColoAdvisorInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

1ShoppingCart5.5

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If I were in charge of the renewal decision I would really take a look at 1SC vs. Infusionsoft. There are many ways each are great and many ways they are different. I would look at what was best for my company and make the choice accordingly. I find that Infusionsoft has many more ways to intuitively market, segment and cultivate new leads and grow the business as a whole than 1SC currently has.

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Eliza Hammesfahr Ceci

Owner

Peace on My PlateProfessional Training & Coaching, 1-10 employees

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Squarespace10.0

Based on 2 answers

I've renewed my Squarespace 3 years in a row

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Mandy Cramer

Graphic Designer

Miss Mandible DesignsHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees

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Usability

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Squarespace10.0

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It's simple to use for someone who is really good with computers as well as those who are not. I've been using my personal squarespace for years and have also helped clients build a starting page which they are later able to manage theirselves.

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Mandy Cramer

Graphic Designer

Miss Mandible DesignsHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees

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Support

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Squarespace10.0

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Easy to find support on their website.

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Mandy Cramer

Graphic Designer

Miss Mandible DesignsHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

1ShoppingCart is the best solution for entrepreneurs who need a shopping cart solution. It is much easier to manage than Infusionsoft. The price point is much less than Infusionsoft. I recommend anyone considering Infusionsoft have a dedicated expert in that program on their team because of it's complexity. 1ShoppingCart does not require this because it is more user friendly

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Karen Repoli

Internet Marketing Specialist: Content Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Blogging

HIT VirtualInternet, 1-10 employees

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Wix is a little more cost-effective and more user-friendly but Squarespace has some sleeker more professional designs. I turn to Squarespace when I need a very clean website layout.

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Rachel McIntyre

Account Coordinator

McCullough CreativeMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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