Showcase portfolios with elegant design
Designers, photographers, and artists use Squarespace to build visually rich portfolios that highlight their work effectively, attracting new clients with a polished online presence.
Website builder and e-commerce platform known for beautiful designer templates, all-in-one hosting, and a clean no-code interface for creative professionals and small businesses.
Squarespace is the design-led all-in-one website builder. Templates are well-considered, the editor is friendly, hosting and SSL are included, and integrated commerce, scheduling, email, and a domain registrar mean you rarely need a second tool. It targets creatives, restaurants, small e-commerce, and service businesses — not big content sites or complex marketing teams.
You sign up, pick a template, and edit in the Fluid Engine editor (released 2022). You add pages, blocks, and sections. Squarespace handles hosting, CDN, SSL, basic SEO, and security updates. Commerce is built in: products, inventory, tax, shipping, point-of-sale (US/Canada), and 30+ payment methods. Scheduling (Acuity), email marketing, and member areas are bolt-on modules.
UK pricing as of 2026: Personal £12/month, Business £19/month, Commerce Basic £25/month, Commerce Advanced £37/month — all annual prepay. Monthly billing adds about 25%. Domain is free for the first year, then £20/year.
Watch the transaction fees: Business plan charges 3% on commerce sales on top of payment processor fees. Commerce plans remove these.
| Platform | Starting price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Squarespace | £12/mo | Design-led service businesses |
| Wix | £11/mo | Wider customisation, larger app store |
| Shopify | £25/mo | Serious e-commerce |
| WordPress + Elementor | £10 to £30/mo | Content sites, full control |
Pick Squarespace if you are a creative, restaurant, small e-commerce, or service business that values design and wants one bill for everything. Skip it if you need deep CMS customisation, you run a content-heavy site (WordPress fits better), or you are doing serious commerce volume (Shopify wins).
Designers, photographers, and artists use Squarespace to build visually rich portfolios that highlight their work effectively, attracting new clients with a polished online presence.
Founders of small retail shops, consultants, and service providers leverage Squarespace to quickly establish an online store, accept bookings, and manage client invoicing from one platform.
Instructors and influencers create membership sites or blogs on Squarespace to offer exclusive content, engage with their audience, and generate revenue through subscriptions.
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| Feature | Squarespace |
|---|---|
| Free trial | 14 days |
| Cheapest paid plan | $0/mo |
| Annual discount | Up to 25% |
| Refund window | 30 days |
| Setup time | < 1 hour |
| Best for | Founders |
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“Commerce Basic is the right plan — the 3% Business fee would have cost me thousands”
“Most beautiful portfolio websites without touching a single line of code”
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