Why Squarespace is the best website platform for your small business
5 reasons to build your next site on Squarespace.
Web development has become easier and more affordable with the rise of no-code (or low-code) platforms such as Squarespace, Webflow, Carrd, Square—just to name a few.
Whilst Wordpress is still the workhorse of the web (2 out of every 5 sites are powered by Wordpress today), many businesses are switching to alternative platforms such as Squarespace.
If you need a website up and running quickly, Squarespace is the best platform of choice. At Leader Web, we build exclusively on Squarespace. That’s by choice. In our experience, Squarepace strikes the balance between design, functionality and ease-of-use.
Here are 5 reasons why you should consider building your next site on the Squarespace platform.
No-code editor
The new FLUID editor, Squarespace’s latest no-code editor, has arrived with glowing reviews and applause from users. If you havn’t used Squarespace in a few years, we suggest forgetting what you think you know and try it again.
It’s amazing what you can create now, at speed, and with keeping a great mobile experience—because that’s where most people consume content.
Many platforms including Wordpress themes promise a drag-and-drop design experience, yet few really deliver. You can end up spending hours trying to fiddle with settings to get the design looking good, only to get frustrated or give up.
Squarespace has quietly been perfecting their no-code editor and templates for years—and we still think it’s very underrated for what you can create using their platform.
Easy to integrate
Want to connect Mailchimp, Google Sheets or Instagram to your site? With just a few clicks you can. Squarespace has a list of integrations and extensions, including:
Payment services (including Stripe, Apple Pay)
Social media connected accounts
Domains and email (eg. Godaddy)
Marketing tools (eg. Google Analytics)
And if there’s something missing, you can almost always connect it via Zapier.
Secure and reliable
Squarespace is built on modern technology with security at mind. It’s a bit like Apple, in the sense that the platform is largely tied down to only allow in vetted integrations. Contrast that to Wordpress, where you have tens of thousands of plugins and themes, each requiring you to self check for security concerns and update them regularly.
Squarespace offers good security features, including SSL, two-factor authentication, Dos protection and has a steady 99.9% uptime track record.
Complete visibility and control
One thing we love about finishing a website is handing it over to the customer and showing them how easy it is for them to manage and edit their website.
We’ve spoken to many business owners who are frustrated that they don’t know how to edit or manage their own website, and sometimes they can’t even get in contact with the person who developed it! (LeaderWeb+ Support solves that too).
Squarespace gets rid of all the complexity. It gives you (the owner of your site) complete visibility and control from day one. It really isn’t hard to use, in fact our team will walk you through it (in about 10 minutes) at handover.
Simple plans. Simples prices.
Squarespace is just $25 per month for a business plan (paid annually). That includes your hosting, their no-code web builder with included themes, in-built SEO features, an active SSL certificate—they even throw in a free domain for a year.
Unlike Wordpress hosting providers who offer complex pricing tiers to guess from, Squarespace has simple fixed pricing and plans, all with unlimited bandwidth.
Bonus point: Leader Web can do it for you.
At Leader Web, we build websites so you can focus on growing your business. That’s right — no more fiddling with Wordpress (urgh) and no more tech headaches.
Launch your dream site within a week, with one simple price that covers everything. Speaking of everything, that includes:
Professional graphic design
Expert copywriting assistance
Go-Live support
Unlimited site tweaks for first 30 days
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