Think it’s easy to figure out? Squarespace pricing has 4 plans, each comes with a set of features that you may or may not require in your website.
Jo wolle in webside dy't geweldich liket, mar nimt net te folle technyske feardigens fan jo diel om te meitsjen en te behearjen.
A website builder sounds like the right thing for you, and of them, Squarespace is looking pretty good.
But while Squarespace emphasizes itself as an all-in-one, easy solution, are things really that simple?
Is it te goed om wier te wêzen?
Don’t worry, friend. In this article, I’ll dive deep into it.
You’ll get to find out how simple the pricing is, where the hidden expenses may come from, and ultimately what Squarespace REALLY costs and what it means for you.
Lûd goed?
Koel. Litte wy begjinne mei in oersjoch fan 'e priisplannen sels:
Squarespace has four pricing plans, or tiers. They have names, but I’ll mostly refer to them in this article as their placement on the tier list (ie., “first tier”).
The best way to explain is to just show you how Squarespace presents them:
Tink derom dat dit gjin folsleine list mei funksjes is - gewoan de basis.
No, gewoan om wat op te heljen foardat wy trochgean mei de rest fan it artikel:
Dy prizen oannimme dat jo alle jierren betelje. De priis "per moanne" is yn dy sin in bytsje misleidend. As jo moanne-oan-moanne betelje, binne dit de prizen:
No't jo in besef hawwe fan 'e basis priisstruktuer, litte wy yngean op guon details:
One of the biggest selling points for most webside bouwers, including Squarespace, is that they provide most of what you need out of the box.
Mar betsjuttet dat dat de priis dy't jo betelje ek ienfâldich is?
Yn 't algemien, ja.
Technically speaking, this is all that Squarespace costs alone, bare minimum:
Mar realistysk sjoen binne d'r oare útjeften dy't jo kinne meitsje dy't jo totaal ferheegje.
These may come from third parties, and apply to site-builders in general, not just Squarespace specifically.
It varies greatly person-to-person, but the REAL cost of running your site on Squarespace may amount to something like this:
I’ll get more into these additional costs later, but the short version is that your Squarespace site may, at BEST, only cost your payment plan’s figures.
Mar wierskynliker sil it nei it earste jier ekstra ladingen bringe, en jo sille mear jild útjaan oan ekstra ark om jo ûnderfining te ferheegjen.
Litte wy dizze stap foar stap nimme:
Binne jo funksjes foar e-commerce nedich? Mei oare wurden, de mooglikheid foar besikers om dingen fan jo side te keapjen.
As net, soe de earste tier foar jo goed wêze moatte.
As jo e-commerce-funksjes nedich binne, soe ien fan 'e lêste trije tiers goed wêze.
Mar foar it kiezen tusken dy lêste trije tiers komt it ferskil meast ôf op hoefolle funksjes yn ferbân mei hannel jo wolle.
Bygelyks, wylst de twadde tier basis-e-commerce hat, hat de tredde tier ek in soad goede dingen:
Bygelyks in app-of-sale-app wêrmei jo in-persoan ferkeapje kinne; akkounts foar klanten; bettere analytyk en merken; en feilige kassa op jo eigen domein.
De tredde tier is goed foar dyjingen dy't net all-out hoege te gean yn har e-commerce-funksjes, mar wolle gewoan de hannen krije fan ekstra e-commerce-funksjes dy't ik hjirboppe neamde.
As jo standert mear wolle as wat de tredde tier biedt, mar jo net wolle folslein upgrade nei it fjirde (en lêste) tier, meitsje jo gjin soargen!
Jo kinne útwreidingen tafoegje as nedich oan jo akkount, fral yn 'e tier Basic Commerce.
Mar as jo de folsleine list mei funksjes wolle, is dit wat it definitive prizenplan jo soe krije, dat jo NET kinne krije op 'e foarige tiers:
Dingen lykas ferlitte karreherstel (dy't automatysk klanten e-postt dy't har checkout-proses delwei ferlitte), abonneminten, ensfh. Dit binne krêftige funksjes.
No, mei de behoeften foar e-commerce dekt, litte wy opnij:
Stel dat jo NET ynteresse hawwe yn in online winkel rinne, mar jo sykje noch mear dan wat de earste tier biedt.
As dat jo binne, soene jo jo miskien ôffreegje oft d'r in goede reden is om te upgrade.
Hoewol de measte fan 'e ekstra funksjes tusken lagen binne relatearre oan kommersje, kin it wurdich wêze om te upgrade nei it twadde tier foar it folgjende:
Dizze binne goed gewoan om in profesjoneler en robúste side te hawwen, sels as jo net fan plan binne dingen te ferkeapjen.
Dat dizze funksjes soene de oare reden wêze foar in persoan om tiers te upgrade, ASIDE fan kommersje.
I briefly listed some of these in the section on how much Squarespace costs, but let’s talk about them in a little bit more detail.
I’ve said it before, but if you use G Suite through Squarespace (“professional email”), it costs extra.
Koartsein: as jo oan it prizenplan foar yngong nivo binne, moatte jo derfoar betelje direkt fan 'e bat.
As jo ien fan 'e plannen foar hegere prizen binne, krije jo G Suite in jier fergees, mar betelje dernei nei.
Dat is ien kosten dy't frij ferskynt, mar net.
Ik neamde earder ek har e-postmarketingfunksje.
The email marketing feature is useful, especially if you like that Squarespace is an all-in-one solution.
Mar it is perfoarst NET fergees. It hat sels in eigen priisplan:
Dat die prizen binne wat jo sille betelje foar ynboude e-postmarketing (jierliks - d'r binne ek moannen prizen).
However, you can still use a third party email marketing software integrated with Squarespace.
Jo moatte de beskikbere tafoegings dûbel kontrolearje, mar teminsten Mailchimp is beskikber as premium yntegraasje.
Op dy notysje moatte jo ek betelje foar yntegraasjes / útwreidingen as jo se wolle brûke.
Om't dit ark binne fan tredden, hawwe se elk har eigen priisplannen. Guon kinne fergees wêze, of hawwe in freemium-model (in beheind fergees earste tier, mar meast betelle funksjes).
It is frij gewoan foar webside bouwers en online winkel bouwers (lykas Wix en Shopify) om ek te yntegrearjen mei populêre apps fan tredden.
OANFALDEN kinne de totale side-kosten fluch tanimme as tafoegingen tafoegje, dus it is wichtich om se derfan te hâlden.
En op it lêst de domeinnamme:
If you pay for Squarespace with annual, up-front payments, then you get a free domain regardless of which tier you have.
BUT, it’s only free for the first year. After that first year, it will renew at the “regular rate”—this is about the rate you’d pay if you purchased it normally through Squarespace.
It’s also what you’ll pay if you register a domain on Squarespace while paying monthly.
De reguliere taryf ferskilt. Mar oer it algemien sil it op syn minst $ 20 wêze:
To be honest with you, this is more expensive than what most domain registrars charge.
But Squarespace is offering good domain name features, plus ease of use—so the calculation may be worth it for many of you anyway.
Anyway, those are the “hidden costs.” To be fair, Squarespace is forthcoming about them. But they are still frequently overlooked by people.
To compare Squarespace with competitors, let me quickly explain how these companies compete.
Squarespace is in website builder that features ecommerce features.
Ecommerce is a very important component of Squarespace, but it’s still an all-in-one solution for website management in GENERAL.
Wix is heul gelyk oan dit. It is in heule webside-bouwer dy't e-commerce-funksjes prominint befettet, mar is dochs in alles-yn-ien-oplossing.
Dan is der Shopify. Shopify is spesifyk in bouwer foar online winkels. It is ek in alles-yn-ien oplossing, mar foar e-commerce.
Se binne allegear heul ferlykber yn har fokus op ûntwerp, maklik gebrûk, en binne oer it generaal geweldige out-of-the-box-platfoarms.
WixPriisplannen sjogge der sa út:
De wichtichste differinsjator tusken tiers hjir, binne de nivo's fan opslach, en ekstra apps as funksjes.
Wix hat ek in oare set tiers gewoan foar e-commerce siden:
Yn dizze betsjutting, Wix has more complicated pricing than Squarespace.
Lykwols, Wix’s pricing for its four regular tiers is super similar to Squarespace’s.
The difference is that Squarespace’s last 3 tiers include the features that Wix has in its special ecommerce tiers. And, Squarespace doesn’t limit storage at any tier.
So overall, Squarespace is more generous with pairing features to price than Wix.
Do kinst besjoch dizze folsleine fergeliking dy't ik hjir oer har skreau as jo mear wolle leare.
No, Shopify is ienfâldiger yn har prizen dan Wix, and even Squarespace, because it’s more focused:
Mei Shopify, de standert is moannen te beteljen. Jo kinne de boppesteande prizen lykwols ferleegje troch jierliks te beteljen of troch twa jier te beteljen (hokker respektivelik 10% en 20% koarting).
Even when you compare these to Squarespace’s month-to-month payments, Squarespace is significantly cheaper.
Squarespace STARTS at $16 a month ($12 a month if paid annually), which is just over half of where Shopify begjint.
And Squarespace’s HIGHEST tier doesn’t even come close to Shopify's MIDDLE tier.
Okay, ik sil earlik wêze mei Shopify:
Shopify is zeroing in on ecommerce features more than Squarespace. The basics are the same, but Shopify hat wat ekstra funksjes:
Bygelyks, Shopify is stronger in shipping features and extensions, and offers abandoned cart recovery for its first tier, compared to Squarespace only offering that tool for its last tier.
To sum up: if you just need the big tools of ecommerce with your all-in-one site builder, Squarespace is cheaper than Shopify.
And if you want a store with great design, Squarespace may also be better.
As jo besykje all-in te gean oer e-commerce-funksjes, Shopify kin in bettere ynvestearring wêze.
Foar mear op Shopify and Squarespace, besjoch dizze djippe dykferliking.
No, d'r is ien oare konkurrint dy't ik hjirboppe net neamd haw, om't it in eigen bist is: WordPress en WooCommerce.
Yn prinsipe is WordPress in systeem foar content management, of CMS. It is kategorysk oars fan Shopify or Wix, teminsten foar de measte minsken.
WooCommerce is in mega-populêre e-commerce plugin foar WordPress.
WordPress is op guon manieren djoerder dan in side-bouwer, mar it befettet minder fan in ynboude maklik ûntwerpkomponint, en oanpast ark binne mear ôfhinklik fan 'e brûkte tema's.
Hjir is de simpelste oersjoch fan hoe't WordPress-siden kosten tafoegje:
Sjochsto hoe yngewikkeld dat alles is? WordPress bestrykt yn 't algemien mear bewegende dielen, sels mei de ferienfâldige kommersjele ferzje.
So a WordPress site CAN be cheaper than Squarespace, if you go out of your way to prioritize your costs only. But WordPress sites frequently run into the hundreds or even thousands.
Dat it priisberik is folle fariabeler, en WordPress sels is yngewikkelder (teminsten is de fergese ferzje).
It earlike antwurd hjir is dat it eins net te folle makket.
Registering a domain through Squarespace is fine if you don’t want too much hassle. It’s also nice to not have to pay for the first year (assuming you’re paying yearly).
Dizze fernijingspriis sil wierskynlik lykwols omheech gean fan $ 20.
Personally, I find it more flexible to use separate registrars: it’s easier to switch the platforms I use to manage my site by simply disconnecting or reconnecting my domains.
Additionally, it’s easier to ensure your domain renews at a lower cost when using a registrar.
Hoewol it net te lestich is om in domein te ferbinen oan elk platfoarm, is it in ekstra taak dy't in protte lykwols it foarkomme wolle.
Eins is it net sa djoerder. Webhostingsplannen sjogge ynearsten goedkeap, mar fernije faaks nei in jier signifikant hegere prizen.
Many also have add-ons that renew at cost, like Squarespace. Plus, the low price you see is often only low if you commit to two or more years, so it’s pricey up-front and less flexible.
Secondly, ease of use costs money. If you scroll up again, you’ll find that Squarespace isn’t really pricier than its site builder rivals.
Thirdly: Squarespace’s ease of use overlaps with its focus on design. Web hosting focuses less on the design aspect of building a site and more the technical side.
Fourthly, Squarespace doesn’t limit your resources the way traditional web hosting does.
Squarespace has a 14-day free trial.
Dat betsjuttet, FERSTJOAN fan earst foar in plan betelje en dan binnen in bepaalde perioade in weromjefte oanfreegje, meitsje jo gewoan in fergees akkount en begjinne de tsjinst te brûken.
Jo sille net wurde frege om jo betellingsynfo op heulendal te registrearjen, oant jo fergese proefperioade ferrint en jo beslute om foar de tsjinst te beteljen foar it goede.
Litte wy dit wrapje, minsken.
Overall, Squarespace pricing is pretty good. There are a few negative points about it, however, mainly in the form of extra costs after the first year.
Sels as jo gewoan it prizenplan brûke sûnder útwreidingen fan tredden, sille domeinen en G Suite op kosten fernije nei't se in jier fergees binne.
Additionally, accessing a larger range of ecommerce tools involves paying extra for Squarespace’s email marketing toolset and/or paying for third party extensions.
However, when we compare Squarespace to its konkurrinten, we can see that it’s not so bad:
Squarespace is more generous with its storage and ecommerce tools than its primary competitors, while still retaining overall low prices.
Furthermore, paying for third party extensions on a site-builder is nothing unique to Squarespace: it’s equally common on Wix, Shopify, WordPress, en oaren.
So looking at things holistically, Squarespace is still offering a great deal for the price!
Mar jo hoege myn wurd der net foar te nimmen as jo net oertsjûge binne.
Just try out Squarespace yourself to find out—it’s free anyway!
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