What does Squarespace Cost

Finally, some new eCommerce optimized brine samples (including the brine sample shown above) were introduced at the same presentation. Now Squarespace is offering three different kinds of subscriptions, each of which has a certain aim and cost...although there are several layers within some of the different kinds of subscriptions, so it's really more like 5 layers.

Besides, the name and what you get for everyone is a little bit bewildering, so I thought I'd breakdown everything down here to make it a little bit easy to comprehend. To see each of the molecules of the differential, visit the Prices for Squares page. Most important subscriptions are: Musician, freelancer, consultant, artist or anyone who only needs the on-line counterpart of a visiting card/flyer.

Every kind of company that needs a basic holdings page until they have enough free to create their major website. Models: Only one of the 28 cover sheet layout can be used. None of the main/standard template or one of the commerce template can be used. Watch my article here for more about cover pages, as well as images of all layout.

Since you have little room for contents on a cover page, you can't be sure that there will be much on the page. Front covers don't work like regular square pages, so you can't modify their layout by dragging and dropping as you would on regular pages, nor can you append extra contents to a front cover.

They' re confined to the place, area, form, and position of the items defined by the cover page design (unless you know how to use customized style sheet codes, but even then they' re quite confined). When you are in the Cover Page subscriptions, you will not be able to view the major artwork, so if you are using your Cover Page as a "Coming Soon" Holdings page, you will need to upgraded to a Website subscriptions in order to work behind the scene on your multipage website.

Particular features: Front covers are intended for maximal visibility, so they usually have large images/videos/slides as backgrounds. Some cover sheet designs contain custom functions, such as displaying a Twitter feedback or embedded sound players or maps, so you need to select your page style according to the main target of your page.

I will cover the functions of all cover page layout in a forthcoming article in early 2016, so subscribe to my email if you want to be kept up to date. Logging in, instead of the default drop-down list, the system will load the special cover sheet management drop-down list and bundle all other bit below.

There are two variants of this kind of subscription: Personally and on business. 8 per months for the Staff Planning Planner, which will limit you to 20 pages, or 18 per months for Business, which will offer you limitless pages. When you sell or accept funds on-line, Squarespace charges a 2% commission if you are in the Staff Plan and a 3% commission if you are in the Business ( there are no commissions on any of the Commerce Levels - see below).

This is the most frequent kind of subscriptions, appropriate for most companies. Any of the page styles of Squarespace can be used: Use any of the Squarespace content blocks (text, forms, videos, galleries, maps, etc.) within your pages and modify the layout of those pages using Squarespace's LayoutEngine drag & drop utility.

It is also possible to integrate a cover page into your regular website. Check out my article on Squarespace Cover Pages for more detail and thoughts on why you might want to integrate a cover page into a website. What's somewhat confusing is that you can actually use Squarespace Commerce with a personal or business plan, so you don't need to choose one of the specific commerce plans if you only have a small need to sell goods/services on-line and you don't care about a small payment.

Everyone who needs a one-page website with more contents than allowed in a plain cover page (this include long pages consisting of several sections). Companies that want an on-line store and have nothing against taking a little care of Squarespace for each and every purchase, especially those that do not require extremely detailled pictures of the goods /ervices.

Models: Use any of the 29 default squarespace styles and customize them to fit the contents of your own hearts. Please see my Squarespace Tables to see the functions of the different Squarespace tables. Because you can use any of the square root page styles and all the different kinds of contents block, you can almost any kind of page layouts and functions.

It is also possible to use one of the 24 cover sheet designs (templates) for your cover sheets if you want to integrate the cover sheets into your website. More than one cover page can be used in your website, and you can use a different lay-out for each cover page. None of the 6 specific pure commerce template can be used.

Major limitations depend on the chosen subscriptions tier - see pricing above for pricing detail. You' ll also get a few extra features on the business map that you can't find on the staffing plan: one year of free Google Apps for an e-mail and $100 Google Adwords credits.

Otherwise, the only other limitations have to do only with the commercial side of things. None of the Commerce template can be used that contain smart things like quick view of products or zooming in on them. Nor can you use the Commerce-optimized user experience, although you can still use the same set of utilities - they are only interleaved under the Commerce section.

After all, you can't use the advanced commerce functions, although they are probably only suitable for small businesses. Specific features: Because you have full control over the system's key functions, the only "special" functions are those built on the original. A few layouts have a specific page style named Index Page, and others have unusual ways of showing contents on certain pages such as the home page.

Take a look at my Squarespace 7 Templates Compare Table to see what each of the templates has to offer. Default squarespace is what you see when you login - see the screenshot. When you use cover pages on your website, you can still use the cover page API to make changes to the look and feel of these pages.

You can see the cover page port by clicking on the settings on this page. There are two versions of this subscription: $26 per months for the Basic subscription, which gives you everything you would get on the business plans, but with no limits on your product and no transactions fee; or $70 per months for the Advanced option, which gives you the same as the Basic, but with a few extra extras:

Important: The latter is only for US-based organizations, so if you are not a US resident and are not so keen on automatically emailing those who do not finish their basket, then there is no value in opting for the ATP. Basic Commerce is best for organizations that are selling a large number of goods/services on-line, or for any organization that is selling goods/services on-line and wants to have the beautiful additional functionality in the specialized commerce template.

Advanced Commerce is best suited for U.S.-based companies that deliver many physical goods with USPS or Federal Exchanges into a mainly local store. You' ll get all the functionality of the Business Website Plans and a few additional templates to use. And there are no Squarespace transactions charges.

Models: Use any of the 29 default and 6 pure commerce template files, plus the 4 recently published "Commerce Booster" templates: Below is a brief overview of what you can achieve with these specific "Commerce Booster" styles. They can also integrate cover page(s) into your website so that you can use any of the 24 cover page layout(s), just like subscribing to your personal or business website.

It is not really any limitations, as these are the two highest subscriptions. Specific features: These 4 new Commerce Booster layouts have additional functionality optimized for on-line stores, such as quick view of products, enlargement of pictures and hidden effect (remember that hidden effect does not occur on touch screen devices).

But you don't have to use these template if you don't need these functionalities. I' d say that if you don't need these capabilities and don't have more than 25 items, then you should consider a downgrade to the cheapest business plans. Commerce user interfaces have been tightened to provide the most important functionality for administering your store immediately after your first login.

Pricing is quoted on the basis of payment of an year' pass. And if you paid from Month to Month, the rates would be 13% - 30% ($2 - $10) higher per Monat, according to the stage of yourscription. It' s noteworthy that you can change your season ticket at any moment, so if you're in a rush to get something done, you should begin with the cover page schedule and update it later when you need it.

Similarly, if you are a small company with only a few different offerings or offerings, you can begin with the Businessplan and upgrading to the Basic or Advanced Commerce only if you need these additional capabilities. When you change your subscriptions, you will only be billed a prorated fee or you will receive a reimbursement for the cost differential so that you can change securely at any point without loosing on the cost side.