Squarespace Commerce (US) is the selling layer of the Squarespace builder, known for its impeccable design templates. It is the store for brands that put aesthetics first: artists, photographers, restaurants, consultants and creators.
What it does
- Sell physical and digital products on editorial design pages
- Offer subscriptions, paywalled content and service booking
- Manage catalog, inventory and coupons simply
- Publish blog and store together under one visual identity
Products
Commerce includes a catalog with variants, a checkout with local methods, digital products via download, content subscriptions (memberships), scheduling (Scheduling) and native email marketing (Campaigns). The template editor is the differentiator customers feel most.
Public pricing
- Published plans (Basic, Core, Plus, Advanced) with a single monthly fee
- Transaction fees on lower plans; zero on the Advanced plan
- Free domain for the first year (annual plans)
Strengths
- Agency-grade design without a designer
- Native digital products, subscriptions and services
- Simple panel for lean-catalog businesses
Points of attention
- Advanced commerce (B2B, multi-store) isn’t the platform’s goal
- Fewer apps/integrations than Shopify
- The template editor has its own curve — less intuitive than Wix