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https://media.trustradius.com/product-logos/cn/EV/MTUP7E033QBO.PNGSquarespaceEasy to Use with Some Limitations2019-05-22T20:34:40.187ZOnly our specific department is currently using it under my direct management (other departments also use it on their own), but the entire organization's website is not hosted on Squarespace. As the entire organization's website is proprietary and designed/developed for a Korean-speaking audience, Squarespace was our solution in allowing us to communicate with our English-speaking audience without having to go through the arduous process/task of re-coding the existing website.,Well-designed starting templates.
Flexibility for more advanced users who know how to customize through additional code.
Ease of use.,We would love to be able to add pop-up modules as a default option, without having to add additional code.
The site sometimes gets very laggy and working on the site gets slow/frustrating. We would like the option to perhaps work offline and push all edits live at once.,9,Better public communication of organization information/updates.
New member recruitment.,Wix, Blogger and WordPress,Adobe Acrobat DC, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe Photoshop, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Microsoft 365 Business,Content Author / Administrator,10-100 pagesVerified UserEasiest way to build an amazing website.2019-03-29T13:44:59.219ZI used this to create a website and host it. Initially, my biggest concern was that to get a website going I would either have to learn a fair bit about web development or pay someone to do it for me. Squarespace is an excellent alternative to both those options. It is incredibly simple to create a website using it. The learning curve is not harsh and you don't need a lot of prior web/HTML knowledge to get up and running. There are enough templates and page layouts so that your website still looks unique even though you are using a lot of "pre-built" stuff. And the best part is that anything you build looks great even on mobile devices.
They also have a ton of integration options and you can hook in most tools to your website that you would expect to. The pricing is also very reasonable.
It helped me get up and running much faster than I had expected and saved me a decent bit of money too.,A lot of useful integrations. You can hook it into your G Suite, social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc).
It's really easy to use. You don't need specialized knowledge to create a very professional looking website.
A lot of templates. If you are willing to mix, match and edit a little bit then you can create a very unique looking website.
Flexible pricing with multiple options.
Good pre-built eCommerce options.
Multiple payment options.,I feel if you are purely using the website as a store then Shopify has better and more diverse options.,9,Its a cheap and effective way to create and host a website. You can save both time and resources if you use Squarespace.
It's also relatively quick to set up and deploy. Pretty handy if you have a short time to launch window.
Cost effective. Depending on your requirements, you can get up and running pretty cheaply.
Good after sales support, so you can always ask them if you get stuck with something.,WordPress and Shopify,WordPress, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Norton Internet Security, Salesforce Identity,Content Author / Administrator,10-100 pagesVerified UserGreat tool for getting a website up quickly and efficiently2019-03-13T01:19:44.653ZWe use Squarespace to build the microsite for one of our signature events. It is paired with another tool for actual ticket purchases, but Squarespace drives most of the front-facing website. It was set up by an external vendor, and maintenance is jointly handled by the vendor and our internal team.,Minimal development experience needed to maintain.
Solid templates that look professional with minimal work.
Easy to manage multiple sites.,WYSIWYG can be difficult to work with - feels like designing in Microsoft Word sometimes.
Templates can be limiting and are generally less flexible than competitors like Wordpress.
Plugins and advanced features are mostly not an option.,10,Event microsite is maintainable by event staff.
Product out to market with minimal time and cost.
Responsive design by default and great user experience.,WordPress and ExpressionEngine,WordPress, Luminate, Google Analytics,Developer,1-10 pagesVerified UserSquarespace: the best choice for small businesses and freelancers!2019-02-15T20:05:58.985ZI've been using Squarespace off and on for years, but in the past year, I've shifted my freelance web design business completely over to Squarespace (from WordPress and GatsbyJS). For small businesses, it simply makes more sense, because there's no need for a developer or tech support longterm. This allows me to keep creating new websites and focus on the design aspect, rather than on providing maintenance services to existing clients.,Easy to use. Literally, anyone can manage it after 30-60 minutes of training.
It offers more design flexibility than it used to (backgrounds, more unique layouts, etc).
There's no need for maintenance—plugin updates, security issues, etc.,The editing experience is VERY slow. Every time you switch in or out of an editor (page content, styles, etc), Squarespace takes 3-5 seconds to load, which is not a deal-breaker, but definitely annoying.
There's still no "real" way to set a background color on a given section. You can fake it by using a background image, which works, but what if you want a light background? Squarespace automatically makes the text white for any section, regardless of how bright the background is.
It's frustrating that Squarespace hasn't implemented some sort of variable system for fonts and colors. If you decide to change fonts or colors, you have to go around and update it in 50 million different places, which is a huge pain.,8,I spend zero time on maintenance now. It's really nice to finish a project and feel that my client is self-sufficient.
Revision processes are a lot easier than they are with custom-code websites because I can simply do one round of revisions, then turn the site over to my client, so they can do what they want with it.
Visual editing means I can simply start designing in the CMS itself, which saves time by cutting out the prototyping and coding phases.,WordPress and Contentful,Contentful, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Adobe Premiere Pro,Developer,1-10 pagesAndrew FoltsDesigner Look and Feel is Ideal for Creative Businesses2018-12-17T22:52:33.831ZI use Squarespace to build, manage and maintain websites for my small business clients who are involved in a variety of industries. Squarespace's "designer" look and feel, along with well-designed templates overall, makes it ideal for companies where creative representation is especially important. This includes graphic designers, photographers, architects, etc. The look is achieved through wide-format imagery, extensive availability of designer fonts, use of white space, etc.,Ease of use with its drag and drop interface.
Beautiful templates — more so than other easy to use builder tools like Weebly or Wix.
Extensive and well-designed elements, including fonts.
Images are presented beautifully.,Drag and drop interface is not as intuitive as it was when it first launched. It's a bit more challenging to use than, say, Weebly.
Its ecommerce functionality isn't as robust as something like Shopify.
Setting up grids or sections isn't as easy to do as other tools.
Changing templates to see how content may look isn't seamless.,10,My clients are very happy with the results they're getting from their websites.
They don't really manage the sites themselves, so can't really speak to the ease of use for them. However, I find it relatively easy to build good looking sites for them. This in turn makes it economical for them.
Making changes and updating their sites can be done relatively quickly. We can embed whatever elements they need, like video.
We can easily manage updates to their on-site SEO.,Weebly, Shopify and WordPress,Weebly, WordPress, Airtable, Todoist, Screaming Frog SEO Spider, Zoom,Developer,10-100 pagesRobbin BlockIf Squarespace went to high school, they would have won "best all around" as their senior superlative.2018-11-23T19:05:08.377ZWe use Squarespace to support our company website. I also personally use Squarespace to support multiple websites for side projects.
Our marketing team uses the platform most consistently internally. We had formerly built our site on Wordpress, which proved to be too difficult to update and maintain. We switched to Squarespace and haven't regretted it for a second. The website builder is intuitive, but also has advanced customization so our design team is happy and our marketing team can manage it.,Intuitive User Interface: Literally anyone can create a website on Squarespace, from the experienced designer to the absolute novice.
Customization: While Squarespace manages to be extremely user-friendly, it doesn't do so at the sacrifice of customization. You can still add custom coding if you need to, but it doesn't require coding experience to make a well-designed site.
Functionality without hundreds of plugins: Many Squarespace competitors offer expanded functionality through plugins, which can be difficult to work with as they are third party functions that vary in quality. Squarespace has done a great job of adding features to their platform, so plugins are less necessary. They offer many integrations to major services (like Typeform and Stripe), but the experience is much better than sifting through hundreds of plugins.,I could see an experienced designer being frustrated by the limitations of Squarespace compared to an open platform like Wordpress.
Sometimes it's difficult to make quick edits in the website builder because you don't know where the functionality resides. For example, you can make some edits to your nav bar by clicking on the nav bar, but you can make others by going through a series of menus. This is easily resolved by watching the tutorials, but can be frustrating for new users.,10,Our Squarespace website has saved us thousands of dollars in our technical development budget, as we were able to build and support our website internally instead of outsourcing the project to an agency.
In combination with Hubspot, we've been able to increase our inbound website leads by 150% over the last year.,WordPress, Leadpages, ClickFunnels and Wix,AdStage, ClickFunnels, Hootsuite Pro, Zoho Projects,Content Author / Administrator,10-100 pages,3,1,We use Squarespace to build and support our main company website.
We use Squarespace to build and support website for any new offerings or side projects.,We have integrated Squarespace with Hubspot Sales to build an excellent inbound marketing engine.,We'll continue to use Squarespace for new product offerings and side projects websites.,10,Yes,Price
Product Features
Product Usability
Product Reputation
Prior Experience with the Product,I wouldn't change it.Emily MuhoberacSquarespace is an excellent platform for simpler websites, but be aware of some e-commerce limitations2018-11-20T01:52:28.312ZWe use Squarespace as our e-commerce website and platform. It is our portal through which customers can find out about us, our products and what we do and then they are able to purchase our products on our website. It is basically like most traditional e-commerce websites. We do utilize certain other tools that Squarespace offers, like their Analytics tools to gauge the traffic to our site, traffic sources and sales data. We do also use their "Abandoned Cart feature which allows us to contact customers that added product to their shopping cart but did not complete a purchase. At this time we do not use a lot of the marketing tools that Squarespace offers as part of their Advanced Commerce plan.,Getting started with Squarespace is incredibly easy. Their templates make getting an early design for your website set up and published quick and simple. There are plenty of advanced features that can be utilized to tweak the design indefinitely but getting up and running smoothly and quickly is key and Squarespace does that beautifully.
The Squarespace Analytics tools are incredibly helpful. They are quite detailed yet very easy to understand and parse through. If you've ever tried to understand all of your Google Analytics data, you can feel like you need to get a new degree to comprehend it all. Squarespace Analytics are intuitive and easy to understand allowing you have an easier time making decisions based not eh data you re provided.
Squarespace makes integrations with other platforms very easy as well. Email service providers (like Mailchimp or Contant Contact), or integrating with outside fulfillment centers for orders of your products is very easy to set up. The back end design and control makes navigating through these things very easy (with the right instructions, of course).,My biggest complaint about Squarespace is particularly about the shipping rates controls in the Commerce plans. Squarespace does not allow you to assign different shipping costs to different products. You can set up different costs for different levels of shipping (for example, Ground, Express, Overnight, etc.). But if you have two different products that are different sizes and weights you cannot independently assign each of them a different cost for Ground shipping. All products have to have the same price for Ground, the same price for expedited, etc. It is incredibly frustrating. This one deficiency alone has actually been enough to have prompted me into looking for alternative platforms for my e-commerce site. If you sell multiple products of varying sizes and weights and you intend to charge you customers shipping, then be aware of this beforehand. If you only sell digital products, or products that don't vary much in size or weight, or you intend to offer free shipping on everything then this will not be as big a deal for you.
Squarespace offers excellent help services via live chat, but in the years that I've used it I get the sense that recommendations from users are taken seriously. I've made numerous recommendations for enhancements and fixes over the years and I know other people that have as well. However what I continue to see from Squarespace is development of new product offerings that aren't necessarily in line with their core product offering, and not much in the way of making what they already offer much better. There are certain things that should be prioritized by their development team but I don't get the sense that these are taken seriously. Of course this is just my guess as I don't work there but it's important to remember that perception is reality to those who are perceiving.
As much as Squarespace makes integrations easy, they still have along way to go with regards to being recognized by many other platforms as integration worthy. Very often I come across services that offer integrations with web design platforms and Squarespace is not one of them. I'm not sure why this is but I wish Squarespace would do a better job of working with these other companies to have integrations with them.,8,Our direct to consumer selling platform is done primarily via our website so Squarespace is the major player here. We do sell on Amazon and eBay as well, but the majority of our direct to consumer revenue is generated via our website with Squarespace.
Due to the above-mentioned deficiencies in making shipping costs product specific we do see a small percentage of loss in individual orders depending on where an order is being shipped to. We have to make sure our shipping prices are not exorbitant so in some cases the cost to ship a product is greater than what we charge the customer. This could be rectified is Squarespace would enhance the way they allow users to implement shipping charges.
The clean look of the website, the ease of creating new content and the ability to add new products in the Commerce Advanced plan has surely allowed us to grow our sales with a clean look and added product offerings. Hard to measure though how much the can be attributed though directly to Squarespace.,Shopify, Wix and Magento Commerce Cloud (formerly Magento),MailChimp, Hightail, Grasshopper, Calendly,Content Author / Administrator,10-100 pagesDaniel Shatzkes CEO Entrepreneur, Manufacturer, MusicianWebpage development that's as easy as it looks in the commercials.2019-02-14T19:19:57.770ZWorking as the A/V Media Coordinator for a multi-campus religious organization, we needed a user-friendly way to create a church website that provided a way to relay comprehensive information for all of our campuses, while maintaining accessibility for visitors and an easy way for non-tech users to update information on the website as needed.,User-friendly Interface: Easy to jump in and create with no coding or design experience required.
Free Trial (No Card Required): Designing the perfect website takes time. Squarespace allows a 14-Day Free Trial (with live access to the website) to learn the interface, input information, and tweak designs before committing to any plans.
Multiple Tiers: Depending on the business or individual needs, Squarespace provides multiple website and commerce plans with corresponding features based on the user's goals.,Pricing: While not too prohibitive, Squarespace hosting may be more than the average user may want to spend on hosting, especially if building their own website from scratch. However, if looking for a quick, good looking website that is easy to manage, Squarespace is the way to go.
Almost cookie-cutter Templates: when developing using the Squarespace auto-generated website builder, the templates provided look somewhat generic. If looking for a functional website that looks nice, Squarespace will do the trick. If looking for a quick, but more customized look, this might not be the way to go.,7,Increased Web Interaction: We migrated to Squarespace from using a customized Wordpress template. Squarespace built and configured a clean and functional website for our church that must be more welcoming to visitors, as we have seen an increase in interaction with our existing members (signing up for events via website) and new visitors reaching out (via contact us form).
Easy to Manage: Before switching to Squarespace, due to the complexity of adding updates or announcements to our website, all updates needed to be run through a volunteer who managed our website. Now we can assign multiple contributors to update information for our events, distributing the workload.,Wix and WordPress,Developer,10-100 pagesDan TalviSquarespace = Website In A Day2019-01-22T16:25:27.986ZI meet business owners every day that have the same issue... "My website embarrasses me, don't look at it!!"
So, in order to serve these clients, I developed a formula to build a website in one day. When I found Squarespace, it made my formula a reality! I was always going over by a few hours (my formula was really a "website in a day and a half"). But when I started using Squarespace, It allowed me to truly build a website in a day. (8 hours flat is my current time!),I love using Squarespace for Small Business Websites for local soloprenuers.
Squarespace works great for Coaches and Trainers who need a membership site
I often use Squarespace for those who have e-commerce stores with less than 100 products.,ability to duplicate blocks in builder
ability to save blocks in builder
file upload manager / Images etc,10,+ Ability to make more sites in a shorter amount of time
+ Ability for my clients to take ownership of their sites, learn a few things, and feel empowered.,WordPress,Developer,10-100 pagesElizabeth PampaloneIt just works2019-01-22T16:20:56.097ZMy organization uses Squarespace to host its employee handbook, with information on the code of conduct, etiquette, and role expectations. Employees can log in to view the document.,Attractive visual interface for site building
Fully responsive templates that adjust seamlessly to mobile
Easy to create a website with little to no technical expertise,Does not support OAuth2 for federated access; this would be an extremely useful feature for company internal websites or reducing sign-up friction
Personal plan is quite pricy and limited
Templates have limited customisability,8,It has allowed us to get a company handbook up quickly and easily
The sleek template used for the handbook is attractive and easy to read,Content Author / Administrator,1-10 pagesMary RacterSquarespace plays game of Customer Keep-Away!2019-01-18T18:08:02.096ZI have used Squarespace to promote my graphic design business for four years now. My small organization benefits from having a web presence and Squarespace is the platform that we currently use. A web presence allows clients to see our past work to make an educated decision whether to hire us! Setting up our Squarespace site had its issues but we learned to work with the template constraints - we are designers after all so we always want to finesse design elements!,Allows for quick site building through their templates. If you work quickly, you can build a site in about a day.
I believe their demographic includes people just entering the web so the interface is simple (sometimes too much) and easy to learn.
They have customization options if your business expands from a simple site to online purchasing.
The designs are very clean and simple which allows for a professional look.,If you have a problem, customer service plays a game of keep-away! With only the option to chat or email, the contact person at Squarespace changes every time. So... everytime you have a question or response to a querie, you get a new person who doesn't have the thorough history. Squarespace says they share the information... but the representative would need to actually read the history and I don't believe they do.
If you don't auto-renew (which I don't like as I want to acknowledge this purchase every year), your account may go dead in an instant. To get things sorted out, you enter Customer keep-away and it can be days before a resolution is made.... Days!
Customer care..again... The turnaround time for a response has been no shorter than 24 hours! A ridiculous amount of time in this day and age. If you ask a question during the email thread, it will cost you another 24 hours.
The marketing for their product touts a quick and efficient response time for customer care. This is simply not true for the average, smaller client.
If one is not familiar with website developement, it can be daunting to create a site, even if you use their templates. Since there is no live person to answer immediate questions, you must watch (and re-watch) their videos. Some times there is a question they haven't answered with a video and it is hard to resolve this with only chats or email.,2,Positive in the way that our organization has a web presence. I felt that Squarespace was a good decision because of its expandability to a more complex site if we ever needed it.
Dealing with customer care has been a big setback timewise. I don't feel as though Squarespace cares about my business when they don't respond in a timely manner.,GoDaddy, Wix and WordPress,Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe Photoshop,Content Author / Administrator,10-100 pagesAlicia KramerSquarespace: Making the Novice Look Professional2018-11-30T20:33:33.017ZWe use Squarespace for our website and email hosting. We selected it to replace our GoDaddy/Microsoft Exchange-based email and web hosting. We needed a solution that was inexpensive and easy to update. The GoDaddy site was a Wordpress site and, unlike Squarespace, requires a higher level web design experience. We are a small company and needed to be easily able to modify/update our website and also make it look professional. Squarespace does both.,Flexible: Squarespace allows me to quickly and easily make changes to our website.
Professional: I am not a web design professional. Squarespace helps me makes my site look professional.
Inexpensive: Squarespace's price point is great for a small company that needs to maximize our use of every dollar.
Integration: Squarespace integrates well with other services (such as LinkedIn) and helps me do my job.
Responsive: Squarespace has a lot of tutorials and help available on the web. They were also quick to respond if I had questions or problems.,Interface: Sometimes I have problems with their interface not saving or working correctly. For example, the photo editor tool sometimes locks up and crashes causing me to lose work.
Picture Integration: Sometimes it is unclear how to manipulate cropping and sizing of pictures so they look right on the website.,9,Presentation: Our Squarespace-based site is cleaner and smoother than our old site. This is a positive.
Responsiveness: We can quickly build, add, and edit pages. Reducing our workload. This is also a positive.,,Articulate 360, LearnUpon,Content Author / Administrator,10-100 pagesNathan MeehanGreat Software to Create Beautiful Websites2018-11-23T19:12:01.236ZSquarespace has helped me create a beautiful website to help drive my business. Most of my business has come from people online and interacting with my website. It is a lot more cost effective than hiring someone to build a website for us and it allows me control over all aspects of the website. I can customize and redesign whenever I want!,Ability to create your own domain, your own email, and an ad free website all in one place.
Many different layouts to choose from that are able to serve various different needs and services.
The analytics are awesome and really help me understand what people are interacting with on my website.
They offer a google adwords credit for signing up.,Some layouts are difficult to customize.
The design process is a little clunky at times and takes some getting used to.
It's a little more expensive than some other web builders.,9,Increase of visibility of my company.
Professional place to display my portfolio online.
I've received many inquiries from the form on my website.,Wix,Google Ads (formerly AdWords), Adobe Photoshop, SketchUp, AutoCAD,Developer,1-10 pagesJacqueline DeCapuaSimple and beautiful solution for artist.2018-11-23T18:16:43.398ZI've been using Squarespace for years for my photography business. Setting up my site was incredibly easy. The design layouts provided are beautiful and complement my work. They keep the selection of templates fresh and modern. It's always easy to jump in and configure my site and update the images and products offered. I've only had to use their customer support once in the years I've used Squarespace. The one time I chatted with customer support, they were super helpful and gave a thorough explanation with screenshots. I expect to be using Squarespace for many more years and growing my business through their many plans.,Templates are sleek, modern, and beautiful.
Customer support is U.S. based and super friendly.
There are multiple plans so your site can grow with your business.,An even more basic plan would be welcomed for people looking for just a simple gallery to host w/o the bells and whistles.
I'd like to see Squarespace suggest the optimal layout/design based on my content.,10,The modest cost of using Squarespace is always covered with a single transaction.
Having a clean, modern, and beautiful site is invaluable when reaching new customers.
I've been able to easily change my plan as my business has changed over the years. Keeping it cost effective.,Content Author / Administrator,1-10 pagesEdmond LortsSquarespace is a hit2018-11-20T02:51:47.025ZWe use it as our primary website as well as a separate landing page. It is easy for us to incorporate both sites into one profile accounts. Is incredibly easy to use and the designs are great. Since we aren’t the typical type of business that would use Squarespace, our websites are more appealing in our industry.,Easy to use
The artistic and modern design’s or a great alternative for a btob company,Sometimes the design options are scarce when we are looking to re-designed the website
While building the website, the platform can run slower than usual
There can be improvement on the frequently asked questions/help section. Some of the resolutions are generic and sometimes we need to look elsewhere for a workaround,10,Our website design gives us a leg up on our competition because it stands out.
The fluidity that the platform allows us to transition from web-based to mobile base without losing content or design standards is a big benefit for us.
The SEO options are easy to use and work affectively.
We love the blogging option.,Wix,Google Drive, Dropbox,Content Author / Administrator,1-10 pagesJohn SelkowThe Best E-commerce CMS/SAAS for Small Businesses2018-11-20T02:46:05.753ZWe use Squarespace to build a modern, beautiful, responsive websites. I also use Squarespace to implement websites for smaller businesses that need full-scale commerce as well. It has a ton of capabilities and integrates with some of the biggest players in the game, including Apply Pay, MailChimp and PayPal. WordPress may give you more features, but it will cost more time to build. The templates are beautiful.
Best of all, the pricing includes website hosting and SSL.,E-commerce
Easy to use
Transparent pricing
Great support
Decent analytics,Limited template options
Difficult to edit the UI of a site beyond provided templates
Can be more difficult to use than Wix or Weebly,8,Transparency in pricing means easy to measure competitors
Low overhead means it's easy to recoup cost. Especially if being used for e-commerce.,Weebly, Wix, WordPress, Drupal, Shopify and WooCommerce,WooCommerce, Wix, Weebly,Content Author / Administrator,10-100 pagesSean PomoryEasy Website Creation For Anyone2018-11-20T02:44:11.709ZIn our organization, we use Squarespace to create an internal website for our employees. The website has pages and content that our teams can easily access while out in the field, and links to resources that they can access whenever they want. It's become our knowledge center for all things related to the company. We also host an internal company blog on the site.,The website was easy to create, using Squarespace's user-friendly tools.
Making edits and updates are also very easy, and requires very little training to teach someone new to do so.
We were able to password protect our site, so the resources contained within are only available to those in the company.
We are using a search tool to make it easier to find what you are looking for.,The search tool is helpful, but lacks an ability to sort your results. Maybe it's just the tool we're using, but it's a feature I would like to have.
When adding custom images to your site, the image size requirements could be easier to understand.
The mobile app to help write blog posts on the site lacks some of the functionality of the desktop version.,9,Squarespace is able to host our company blog, so we can get weekly entries from our CEO and we can all learn what is going on in the company. Thi has lead to increased clarity throughout the organization
Since we are able to link to our files (we use OneDrive for cloud file storage), our employees are always only a few clicks away from finding the resources they need, and in a very organized manner. They are better able to answer customer questions now.
We have a "sandbox site" associated with our site, so admins can go in and test out new pages and features before making them live. This allows us to test out new ideas and find any bugs before we roll them out to the entire company.,Shopify,Shopify, Delighted, Concrete5, Typeform,Content Author / Administrator,10-100 pagesDave BeckerLove Squarespace!2018-11-20T02:41:53.247ZI use Squarespace to host and build my personal website for graphic design work. The software is great because I know basic coding, but I am not in the field of creating websites from scratch. Squarespace has allowed me to build a custom website based on my preferences with great UX/UI. I have NEVER had an issue with website failure or malfunction. A full-blown website update and relaunch took just two days for me to complete, where others would take months or more. I don't need to hire a web developer. I can use my own photographs or stock imagery Squarespace provides users with. They also offer you website templates and sample sites so you can see how others have used the templates with their own spins to create unique, customized webpages.,UX/UI design and functionality
Excellent web support and service
Customized webpages made easy
Low cost,SEO suggestions
Email newsletter with web tips and software updates
Referral incentive,10,Great looking design - perfect for design portfolio website
Better visibility on search engines
Easy to navigate, update, and add - saves me time and money!,Wix, Weebly, Unbounce and WordPress,Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe Premiere Pro,Content Author / Administrator,1-10 pagesFaith BarkerGreat Value2018-11-20T02:34:27.904ZI am using Squarespace for a beauty blog. I am showcasing different treatments and procedures related to the aesthetics industry.,Aesthetically pleasing templates that have a modern feel and clean feel.
Organizing the templates to be able to find what you are looking for that would work for your project.
I had to call customer service a few times and it was positive.,I think it would be nice if they had a recommended amount of words for each box in the template. When I imported some of text it did not have the same look as the template because I had too little or too much. I had to gauge by making changes and keep going back to review.,7,None so far,,WordPress, Emma, HubSpot CRM, Buffer,Content Author / Administrator,1-10 pagesSara MeyerHelped this Novice Get Going2018-11-19T21:20:50.031ZI am using Squarespace to host my website. It provided an easy, affordable, out of the box webpage that could help serve my business.,It was so easy to get set up. In one place, I was able to reserve my domain, choose a template, and get to work on a webpage. All on my own.
Squarespace partners with Unsplash, a free photography website, that allows me to use professional-level photography with no royalties.,Using the customization tools to build my webpage was hard. There were some areas that made total sense and others that made no sense at all. My husband has some experience with this stuff, so I brought him in to have him look over the UI with me. Together, we figured it out, but I felt like some features were unnecessarily hard to use.,9,So far, I haven't had any business hits because of having a webpage, but I have referred a lot of people to it. It's such a comfort to know I have something out there and potential leads can access my demos whenever they want.,Content Author / Administrator,1-10 pagesSarah DaggettDoes the Job for a Small Company, Could be More Robust2018-10-17T21:26:45.456ZI use Squarespace as my current website host for my online teletherapy business. It doesn't actually host the teletherapy platform for HIPAA reasons, but it holds the information about my company for school districts, private clients, and potential employees, as well as any other information about my business. It is used across the entire organization and addresses the issues of identifying our market, what we do, putting a face to our name, and making a web presence. We could also easily host a blog or an online shop.,General website
Image hosting
Blog hosting,Blog hosting is not as robust as WordPress
Online shop is emerging
HIPAA compliance for online therapy could be really robust if allowed to grow,7,It's not directly impacted any sales, unfortunately.,,Adobe Acrobat DC, Evernote, GoToMeeting, Zoom,Content Author / Administrator,10-100 pagesMarissa ArtmanI love Squarespace!2018-11-23T20:27:33.821ZI use Squarespace to manage an online storefront for my wedding planning company. Since I am the owner and only employee I don’t quite need to have other users, but I am aware of the opportunity to expand if I do decide to add team members. Having a website with such great SEO helps me rank better on google and brings me potential new clients.,Image alt text optimized for SEO
Integrations and opportunities for custom CSS, like my contact form
Pushing posts to social media
Keeping pages organize but easily found
Great templates
Easy to add or change pages,Cover pages! I’d like to be able to add custom CSS
Reminders to publish new content
Higher capacity for audio,10,Brings me potential new clients
Serves as an educational platform,,Calendly, Acuity Scheduling, Dropbox, Later, Tailwind, Canva,Developer,100-1,000 pages,1,Website
Online store,Blog
Podcast host
Gallery,10,Blog
Gallery
Cover page
Style editor,Custom css
URL redirects,10Josephine StaffordExcellent, easy-to-learn tool for beautiful basic sites2019-01-18T17:59:47.891ZSquarespace is used by a handful of team members – I use it primarily to create websites for clients that do not have needs that require the building of a custom website. We offer website design as an add-on service in addition to our branding and identity design services; Squarespace makes it very easy to build out websites that match the identity's look and feel and also fulfill all the customer's requirements in a cost-effective way.,Very robust how-to and troubleshooting guides – if you're trying to do something specific, a quick google search will lead you to a writeup by Squarespace of exactly the issue you're trying to solve. Comparing this to competitors where you're more or less on your own, Squarespace makes you feel confident that you can make any change you'd want.
Well-designed template sites – you'd have to try very hard to create an ugly site when you've got such robust templates to work with. Plus design fundamentals like ample white space and color palettes are built in to the design process.
Lots of options – Squarespace has beautifully-designed add-ons that clients ask for (such as adding a dynamic map to their site which shows their shop's location). These options require no jury-rigging and dovetail with the design of the site.
Unbreakable web design – there is no way to break your site, unlike with competitors where you're trying to cobble together plug-ins to make your site function how you'd want it.,Being able to save versions of a particular site's design. While I like that any change you make is automatically saved, it'd be nice to be able to show clients multiple versions of a site/page design or be able to revert to a previous design later on.
The way that image galleries are handled can be a bit confusing. There's overlapping functionality between Gallery pages and image galleries inserted into a page, so I often find myself building out both to decide which works best.
It'd be nice to have a more professional way to share beta versions of websites with clients – sending them a link to an automatically generated URL (like triangle-sphere-9.squarespace.com) and having them log in as a guest is sometimes confusing. If there were a way to have that login screen say something customizable (like "Welcome to the future home of Website.com!") it'd be helpful.,9,Squarespace has allowed me to upsell clients from a rebrand to a rebrand + branded site, in some cases allowing me to double my revenue.
My knowledge of Squarespace (and my ability to walk clients through managing their own sites after the launch) has allowed me to switch clients from other services such as wordpress. Becoming comfortable with Squarespace took less than a month.
Squarespace's quick learning curve cuts down on trial and error and troubleshooting time, making my business more efficient.,WordPress,Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator CC, Sketch,Content Author / Administrator,1-10 pagesVerified UserThe perfect tool to create your web presence.2019-01-16T15:47:09.358ZI used Squarespace to get my website and my webstore up and running. I needed a professional grade looking website that worked well. Since this was a side project, I didn't want to expend resources and set up a web development team to create it. Squarespace was a really good alternative that simply let me drag, drop and create something that looked great and functioned without any issues. I liked the fact that you don't need to be a software guru to get things up and running. I also loved how easily I could add e-commerce functionality to my website.,It is incredibly easy to use. Simple to the point where you can drag and drop. So you can create a very professional looking website with little to no coding experience.
There are a ton of customization options and a lot of templates to choose from. My website still looked unique and "mine" even though I built it using their pre-built tools.
You can add an e-commerce part to your website really easily. Very handy if you are providing services or selling items through your web portal.
Looks and works great on mobile devices as well.
The pricing is very reasonable. For the service it offers, it is priced very competitively. And certainly cheaper than hiring a web development team.
The user interface is simple and clean. You won't have to spend time searching online on how to do things.
Good support. They were very nice and helpful when I contacted them.,I had difficulty embedding video content into it. I got it to work but it took longer than it should have.,9,It has enabled me to get a web presence up and running in a very cost-effective manner.
Saved me money that would normally be spent on hiring developers.
Being able to get an e-commerce option up and running was an added plus.,WordPress,GoDaddy, Zapier, Slack, Shopify, Evernote, SEMRush, LinkedIn Sales Navigator,Content Author / Administrator,10-100 pagesVerified UserSquarespace is the only platform we use for all of our clients!2018-11-23T20:00:49.765ZI own a Custom Squarespace Web Design and Graphic Design company. We exclusively design and build websites on the Squarespace platform. We serve small to medium size businesses with their design needs online. Our websites, when complete, are passed onto the owner. We do not provide ongoing maintenance on their websites. After a project is finished we provide full training on their site so that they can confidently update and maintain their own website. We find that Squarespace makes it easy for companies to do this. With security updates, software upgrades, and almost zero downtime, Squarespace makes it easy for our client, and us, to depend on them as a solid hosting service for their sites.
Squarespace provides solutions for our clients in the areas of blogging, eCommerce, gorgeous user experience, modern look, third party integrations, appointment booking and many other features. We personally use it for several of those benefits.,eCommerce: Squarespace provides a thorough and comprehensive solution for eCommerce. There are analytics, inventory tracking, variants, shipping, third party integration, easy to build and use options for users to build a secure store.
Blogging: Squarespace provides all types of options for blogging that people can use to design a gorgeous but functional blogging platform.
Style Editor: Their style editor has so many options it is one of the most flexible and customizable options out there. Anywhere from changing the fonts, colors, and layout to custom designing with CSS code injection.,No Affiliate program: I think with all the designers out there that use and promote Squarespace as one of the best options, having an affiliate or reseller program would be nice.
I think there is room for improvement on the responsive design end. There is some disconnect sometimes with the way the layouts adjust depending on the screen size. For the most part it works great but I think it could be better.,10,Not sure about actual numbers, but the sheer number of hours that I do NOT have to spend updating plugins, maintaining security, software upgrades, and so on are probably up there. I never have to wonder if my site is down.,MailChimp, Dropbox, Adobe Illustrator CC,Developer,10-100 pagesVerified User
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