Squarespace stands out among website builders for its design-forward approach, from dozens of prebuilt templates and themes and an intuitive drag-and-drop editor to a collaborative AI tool that helps you get your site up and running quickly. And since every Squarespace plan includes e-commerce features, it’s worthy of consideration for business owners who want to build a beautiful site to showcase their products and services — including digital content, such as courses, videos, memberships, and subscriptions.
You can get started with Squarespace on a 14-day free trial, after which the cheapest plan starts at $16 per month when billed annually. This gets you a custom domain and up to two contributors — great if you’re a business of one — though with relatively high fees: 2% for online store transactions and a hefty 7% for digital content and memberships. Upgrade to a more premium plan ($23 per month for Core, $39 per month for Plus, or $99 per month for Advanced) to get additional features, like unlimited contributors, site analytics, shipping, and tax services, along with Google Workspace integration as well as progressively lower credit card and transaction fees.
Squarespace Payments allows you to accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, Apple Pay, Klarna, and Afterpay, with card fees ranging from 2.5% to 2.9% plus $0.30 and transaction charges depending on your subscription tier (3.2% plus $0.30 across the board for American Express). Squarespace also charges fees for ACH payment processing, international credit card payment processing, and currency conversion, so be sure to factor this in if you have global sales.
Though fees for digital content and memberships are fairly high on Squarespace’s cheaper plans, it’s a great platform for presenting these offerings, as well as for connecting with customers with marketing tools like lead forms, newsletter blocks, and integrations with Mailchimp and Zapier. Squarespace also allows you to sell unlimited products, services, and gift cards and includes useful tools like abandoned cart recovery, product status labels, and tax calculation, making it an excellent e-commerce website builder for small businesses.
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