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How informative and well delivered! I'm new to this, and you explained it so well. I'm looking to go this way with an ebook of my autobiography from my website, so I very much appreciate your time and effort, Mam! Thank you.
thanks for this insightful video. what is the guarantee though that my ebook won't be freely transferred from one person to another if I publish it on square space?
when someone purchases a PDF file...like an e-book, what guarantee do I have that they will not be able to share with someone..is it a one time purchase, and not sharable to prevent friends to friends sharing without purchasing...thanks again for all the great tip videos, they are so clear and detailed and updated
Just curious have you personally ever done this? Or do you know someone who did, and you didn’t call them out for stealing? Shared Netflix password?… we’re all in this together…
Great stuff as always Louise! Do you know if you make a template change on Squarespace, does it affects your existing SEO? I don't think you have created a video on the subject, but would also like your opinion if it is worth switching from Squarespace 7.0 to 7.1. Again existing SEO would be a considering factor. Thanks!
How do you upload the digital asset that's behind that pdf download link. Do you have to host it on your own platform, or can you host it on squarespace please?
You can upload it to your website! Here is an article on doing this with SS: support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/205813928-Uploading-and-managing-files?platform=v6&websiteId=5696066f1115e0e4e3059106 😀
@@louisehenry so once they have paid fir the digital products at checkout, how do they receive them? Can I set up an automated email delivery of their download or do I have to physically send them out an email with a link to say Dropbox so that they can access n download the digital product?
Thanks for the vid! When I download my product to test it, it replaces all the spaces in the product name with the + symbol. For example; it changes "My Product Name" to "My+Product+Name". Do you know why it does this or how to change it? Thanks
Hmm, that seems strange! I would reach out to Squarespace support via their live chat, and chat with them about why this might be happening! It could just be that it's happening because it's in the testing phase, but it should go away once you're previewing it. You can reach out to their support team here: support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/requests/new#choose-topic 🙂
Hey Kat! Technically, no! You can sell any type of digital product online - as long as you're doing that part legally (so you may want to check with an accountant or business specialist in your area who can speak to your local rules and regulations) 🙂 I hope this helps clarify!
Im trying to sell photography and cannot find a way for product images to have different aspect rations. Some of my work is portrait orientation while some is also landscape. Im forced to choose one or the other which makes my shop look terrible.
You may be able to update this in the "Products: Gallery" under the "Styles and Design" settings there should be an option to change the displayed aspect ratio of the product images. I found a Squarespace forum that may be helpful for you: forum.squarespace.com/topic/159220-different-size-product-images/ - Taylor, Team Louise Henry
Hi, I'm trying to import digital designs from a shopify csv to squarespace. It comes in as a physical product and I can not find a way to change it to digital (so I can add a digital downloadable file). Is this even possible? ty
Hey Dianne! Since this is such a specific circumstance, I would actually reach out to the Squarespace support team so that they can look into this further for you (and actually take a look at your products and how they imported)! You can reach out to their awesome support team via chat here: support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/requests/new#choose-topic 🙂
thank you for the sharing helpful info...My .mov files weren't able to be uploaded. Do you know if SP supports selling .mov or mp4 files? Id also need to use those files as product listings not still images (jpeg etc)
Hey Brittany! Unfortunately, there isn't a guaranteed way to prevent this ☹️ People will go to amazing lengths to copy something if they really want it! That being said it is possible to lock PDFs (in settings) which prevents someone from copying and pasting text - so that is a first step! I hope that helps! xx
Thank you so much for this vid! Super helpful. I am self teaching myself at the moment. So very grateful for content like this. I am trying to sell my clients workout videos but do not know how to do it. Could you possibly help guide me?
Hey Arianna! How exciting! I have two courses that may be able to help you with this 🙂 Website That Wows for building a website and Scale With Kartra for building online courses. They may help with this! xx
Hi Wilda! Unfortunately, I don't! What I would do is make sure that your logo is on the PDF and that it says copyrighted with your company name and date - that way if someone is then you are at least covered that way 🙂
Hey Louise! I am currently using Wordpress and I sometimes get frustrated with it. I’m new to all this stuff. Squarespace seem easy and more user-friendly.
Hey there! Personally I prefer Squarespace. If you're getting frustrated with Squarespace I would recommend my course, Website That Wows! It teaches everything Squarespace and website building, and also comes with pre-made templates that make life a heck of a lot easier! 🙌 For more information you can send a message to our team on Facebook or Instagram
Thank you for this! Quick question, am I able to have a dropdown menu available on digital products? Say I wanted to sell 5x7 pages, 8x10 pages etc. for customers that might not be too savvy with resizing to print.
I am on the Business Plan but I can imagine if I was selling digital products on my site, I'd want to be on the Basic Commerce plan (so that there is no transaction fees)
Do customers have access to downloads from their account after 24 hours since the link expires after 24 in the email? I'm trying to decide if I want to swap from Shopify to Squarespace, but on Shopify I can send updates to downloads and they get them automatically and they never lose access to their downloads bc they have to their accont.
Hey Crystal! If the link expires and they try to click on it, Squarespace should automatically send another email to that customer with an updated link! I hope that helps clarify! 🙂
Thanks for making this, Louise. I am interested in selling my stock video footage on Squarespace. The problem is, there doesn't seem to be a place to add a watermarked preview video of what the customers will be purchasing, only a jpg. file. Do you know if there is a way to do this?
Hey Nick! I'm thinking this might have to be something that you do manually! So you may have to create a duplicate of the photo with the watermark, and then upload that as the main image (for customers to see) and then when they actually download it you can email them (or use a download link) to email them the image without the watermark! I hope this helps 🙂
Hi Louise. How would I sell lots of my dog sports photos on my square space website? I had a previous website where I could upload lots of photos and people can log in to a special client folder and access them. It linked to PayPal really easy. I can’t seem to find any tutorials on how to sell many digital prints from a folder. Any advice on this? I like to have them purchase and then I email the client the photo as a high quality digital file. I want to control that process if this makes sense? Thanks
Squarespace makes this really easy by having a digital shop with the option of specifying "photographs" as your store items! What you could potentially do is create a ZIP folder with all of the photos and then have them purchase this. That way when they get it they still get the high quality file but then it comes from a folder. I hope this helps! For more information on selling digital products on Squarespace you can check out this link: support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/206540787-Digital-products
When people buy your digital book, do people have problems reading it? Or picky about the layout? I'm asking because I want to sell digital comics books, but I want this to be good. Also is PDF recommend or can you use a different format?
Thanks for this, great material! One question, is it necessary to have a company set up in order to get paid? I'm wondering because in the video at 12.25 ish Payments are mentioned and the need to insert all required info. Could that be personal info or specifically company info?
So many reasons! I'll have to do a video explaining why. But overall, it's much easier for DIYers to handle and you can create a modern & professional website quickly :)
The big problem with the squarespace ecommerce solution is that you have to manually enter all the taxes. It is not a good option when you work with European clients.
How do you avoid the 3% transaction fee while staying on the business plan? I saw on another video that you don't use Squarespace to check out your customers. Please advise :)
Hi Louise. Great tutorials. Thank you for your clear and easy content. I'm wondering if there's a maximum or suggested amount of digital products we can upload to squarespace? In other words, I'm worried about how my site will upload if I have several (and long) meditation MP3 files on my site? Is this a concern or am I good to go? Thanks so much for your time.
You're so welcome!! You can have 200 products per page but Squarespace does have a file limit of 300mb per digital product. There is no limit on top of that. I hope this helps answer your question! 🙂
I wish they didn't charge a fee per month. I usually end up losing money, at least for a few months. They should just take a percentage of your sales & have no monthly charge. That's more attractive to potential sellers.
There are definitely many different ways of looking at it! Squarespace is great at taking customer feedback, so it may be something to suggest to them as well 🙂
Hey Louise, your smile kept me on your videos and the rest started till to I reach to your website. i mail to you please kindly reply me for a mail I need your suggestions one of my website I also want to start a blogging on my scratch website. Please answer me for it. I will be your big fellow and want to have a guidance on my future. in this world I need the most for consideration I am not seeing the way to earn. Thanks
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How informative and well delivered! I'm new to this, and you explained it so well. I'm looking to go this way with an ebook of my autobiography from my website, so I very much appreciate your time and effort, Mam! Thank you.
I'm so glad I was able to help! Thanks for the kind words and good luck with your ebook! 🙌
You do an amazing job at explaining things! You break it down step be step, without making it boring. Amazing content ❤️
thanks for this insightful video. what is the guarantee though that my ebook won't be freely transferred from one person to another if I publish it on square space?
Just sell your eBook on Amazon like all other Legit Authors. They have all the protections you'll need and a MASSIVE audience.
Girl!! You are a queen. New subscriber.
Wahoo! Welcome!! So glad to have you here 🙌
Perfect timing! I just love the way you teach. Thank you so much 😊
❤️❤️ Thank you Sharon!! Appreciate you!
Wow thank you so much for the information, quiete informative 🥂
Happy I could help! 😊
when someone purchases a PDF file...like an e-book, what guarantee do I have that they will not be able to share with someone..is it a one time purchase, and not sharable to prevent friends to friends sharing without purchasing...thanks again for all the great tip videos, they are so clear and detailed and updated
Just sell your eBook on Amazon like all other Legit Authors. They have all the protections you'll need and a MASSIVE audience.
Just curious have you personally ever done this? Or do you know someone who did, and you didn’t call them out for stealing? Shared Netflix password?… we’re all in this together…
Very helpful, thanks!
Yay! I'm so glad to hear that 🙂
Now I am your subscriber.....form India 🇮🇳 very informative
Great Job! You are a valuable resource.
Wowwww this was SOOO useful! thank you!
What the stickie notes behind you representing if I may ask?
Hey Bryan! I used the sticky notes to celebrate all of the students who signed up for my course, Website That Wows, during the last launch! 🙌
@@louisehenry I love it! Nice touch.
am I able to use video in place of still image file for product images? I really want to use Squarespace, however I'm stuck on this
excellent, so nice, articulate and clear! looking forward to applying it 🤗👍
Thank you so much for the kind words, Adriana! I hope it is helpful 🙂
Hi Louise, awesome Squarespace video as always. How do we get 7.1?
You and your tutorials are awesome
I'm going to assume the demo is from the brine family but which template are you using?
Hi!! How can I edit the email where they download the digital product? Thank you so much
Just sell your eBook on Amazon like all other Legit Authors. They have all the protections you'll need and a MASSIVE audience.
How does squarespace compare to shopify?
are there any legal aspects of selling an ebook after developing it using canva? thanks
Thank you so much for this! You saved me a lot of time researching.
Great stuff as always Louise!
Do you know if you make a template change on Squarespace, does it affects your existing SEO?
I don't think you have created a video on the subject, but would also like your opinion if it is worth switching from Squarespace 7.0 to 7.1. Again existing SEO would be a considering factor.
Thanks!
How do you upload the digital asset that's behind that pdf download link. Do you have to host it on your own platform, or can you host it on squarespace please?
You can upload it to your website! Here is an article on doing this with SS: support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/205813928-Uploading-and-managing-files?platform=v6&websiteId=5696066f1115e0e4e3059106 😀
where to find the site in your video
if i want to dropship a product, do i have to buy it first? because I don't have the file
Wow, thank you so much Coach very informative content on how to sell my ebook online.
Woohoo! I'm so happy to hear that 🙂
if you already have a shop page for physical products - do you add it to that or make a second shop page and number it no 2 for digital?
No! That's the best part - you can have a shop that consists of both 🙌
@@louisehenry so once they have paid fir the digital products at checkout, how do they receive them? Can I set up an automated email delivery of their download or do I have to physically send them out an email with a link to say Dropbox so that they can access n download the digital product?
Thanks for the vid! When I download my product to test it, it replaces all the spaces in the product name with the + symbol. For example; it changes "My Product Name" to "My+Product+Name".
Do you know why it does this or how to change it? Thanks
Hmm, that seems strange! I would reach out to Squarespace support via their live chat, and chat with them about why this might be happening! It could just be that it's happening because it's in the testing phase, but it should go away once you're previewing it. You can reach out to their support team here: support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/requests/new#choose-topic 🙂
@@louisehenry great, thanks so much!
Hey! Do you have to get your book published to be able to sell ebook legally?
Hey Kat! Technically, no! You can sell any type of digital product online - as long as you're doing that part legally (so you may want to check with an accountant or business specialist in your area who can speak to your local rules and regulations) 🙂 I hope this helps clarify!
@@louisehenry thanks for your help 🙏
Great video!
Yay!! I'm so glad you enjoyed it 😊
Thank you for the great video. Does Square space collect the customers email for you as well?
Yes - Squarespace can help you with building you mail list in so many different ways!
@@louisehenry thanks again
Can a product be 2-3 PDF files in the email ?
Greetings,
can you sell yoga videos through the digital upoloads? Videos that people can visually see?
Hey there! Absolutely!!
Your great at explaining things. Thanks so much!!
Yay!! I'm glad it was helpful and that you think so 💕 You're very welcome!
Is it free to make your store in squarespace??
How can you let customers preview your product on the products page if it's for audio or video?
Im trying to sell photography and cannot find a way for product images to have different aspect rations. Some of my work is portrait orientation while some is also landscape. Im forced to choose one or the other which makes my shop look terrible.
You may be able to update this in the "Products: Gallery" under the "Styles and Design" settings there should be an option to change the displayed aspect ratio of the product images. I found a Squarespace forum that may be helpful for you: forum.squarespace.com/topic/159220-different-size-product-images/
- Taylor, Team Louise Henry
Hi, I'm trying to import digital designs from a shopify csv to squarespace. It comes in as a physical product and I can not find a way to change it to digital (so I can add a digital downloadable file). Is this even possible? ty
Hey Dianne! Since this is such a specific circumstance, I would actually reach out to the Squarespace support team so that they can look into this further for you (and actually take a look at your products and how they imported)! You can reach out to their awesome support team via chat here: support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/requests/new#choose-topic 🙂
thank you for the sharing helpful info...My .mov files weren't able to be uploaded. Do you know if SP supports selling .mov or mp4 files? Id also need to use those files as product listings not still images (jpeg etc)
How do you protect your digital files (ebook) from being copied?
Hey Brittany! Unfortunately, there isn't a guaranteed way to prevent this ☹️ People will go to amazing lengths to copy something if they really want it! That being said it is possible to lock PDFs (in settings) which prevents someone from copying and pasting text - so that is a first step! I hope that helps! xx
Thank you so much for this vid! Super helpful. I am self teaching myself at the moment. So very grateful for content like this. I am trying to sell my clients workout videos but do not know how to do it. Could you possibly help guide me?
Hey Arianna! How exciting! I have two courses that may be able to help you with this 🙂 Website That Wows for building a website and Scale With Kartra for building online courses. They may help with this! xx
@@louisehenry Could I still have this connected to square space by any chance ?
Great content! Do you have any thoughts on how to copyright-protect a PDF? Like what if someone downloads it and starts selling it themselves?
Hi Wilda! Unfortunately, I don't! What I would do is make sure that your logo is on the PDF and that it says copyrighted with your company name and date - that way if someone is then you are at least covered that way 🙂
@@louisehenry Thank you 🙏👌
Hey Louise! I am currently using Wordpress and I sometimes get frustrated with it. I’m new to all this stuff. Squarespace seem easy and more user-friendly.
Hey there! Personally I prefer Squarespace. If you're getting frustrated with Squarespace I would recommend my course, Website That Wows! It teaches everything Squarespace and website building, and also comes with pre-made templates that make life a heck of a lot easier! 🙌 For more information you can send a message to our team on Facebook or Instagram
@@louisehenry do you have a video that explains it?
Does Squarespace allow creating a folder for many uploads and selling it as that folder (package)? I want to sell a few audio books.
Can I publish my ebook on Amazon kindle ?
You'll have to use Kdp.Amazon.com for that
Great video
Thank you for this! Quick question, am I able to have a dropdown menu available on digital products? Say I wanted to sell 5x7 pages, 8x10 pages etc. for customers that might not be too savvy with resizing to print.
Hey! Absolutely! This would be under "product variations" - and you can add whatever type of variation (size, colour, etc.) that you like 🙂 xx
@@louisehenry Thank you so much!
Thanks for sharing this!
You're very welcome!!
Thanks for explaining the pricing and plans.
Absolutely 💛
This is super hey. Thank you
You're very welcome!!
Which plan did you choose? They have a few different business plans
I am on the Business Plan but I can imagine if I was selling digital products on my site, I'd want to be on the Basic Commerce plan (so that there is no transaction fees)
Subscribed!
Wahoo! Welcome Elijah!! So glad to have you here 🙌
Do customers have access to downloads from their account after 24 hours since the link expires after 24 in the email? I'm trying to decide if I want to swap from Shopify to Squarespace, but on Shopify I can send updates to downloads and they get them automatically and they never lose access to their downloads bc they have to their accont.
Hey Crystal! If the link expires and they try to click on it, Squarespace should automatically send another email to that customer with an updated link! I hope that helps clarify! 🙂
Can in set up my square space site to sell all 3, digital, physical and an online course?
Yes, you can! 🙂
@@louisehenry thank you. Do you suggest I hire someone to do it, or isn't this something I can set up in a week on my own?
Thank you so much!!
You're so welcome!! 💖
Thanks for making this, Louise. I am interested in selling my stock video footage on Squarespace. The problem is, there doesn't seem to be a place to add a watermarked preview video of what the customers will be purchasing, only a jpg. file. Do you know if there is a way to do this?
Hey Nick! I'm thinking this might have to be something that you do manually! So you may have to create a duplicate of the photo with the watermark, and then upload that as the main image (for customers to see) and then when they actually download it you can email them (or use a download link) to email them the image without the watermark! I hope this helps 🙂
Great video. It's been helpful. Keep it up 👍Thank you
Hi Louise. How would I sell lots of my dog sports photos on my square space website? I had a previous website where I could upload lots of photos and people can log in to a special client folder and access them. It linked to PayPal really easy. I can’t seem to find any tutorials on how to sell many digital prints from a folder. Any advice on this? I like to have them purchase and then I email the client the photo as a high quality digital file. I want to control that process if this makes sense? Thanks
Squarespace makes this really easy by having a digital shop with the option of specifying "photographs" as your store items! What you could potentially do is create a ZIP folder with all of the photos and then have them purchase this. That way when they get it they still get the high quality file but then it comes from a folder. I hope this helps! For more information on selling digital products on Squarespace you can check out this link: support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/206540787-Digital-products
When people buy your digital book, do people have problems reading it? Or picky about the layout?
I'm asking because I want to sell digital comics books, but I want this to be good. Also is PDF recommend or can you use a different format?
PDF is the best here as it preserves your layout.
Just sell your eBook on Amazon like all other Legit Authors. They have all the protections you'll need and a MASSIVE audience.
Thanks for this, great material! One question, is it necessary to have a company set up in order to get paid? I'm wondering because in the video at 12.25 ish Payments are mentioned and the need to insert all required info. Could that be personal info or specifically company info?
Just sell your eBook on Amazon like all other Legit Authors. They have all the protections you'll need and a MASSIVE audience.
Thanks for the reminder about how to do this.
You're so welcome!! 💖
Very informative 👍👍👍
Woohoo! I'm so glad it was helpful 🙌
Thank youu
You're welcome! 🙂
a sooooooooo amazing video
Thank you... Love it..
Yay!! I'm so glad 😊
Why do you recommend squarespace than WordPress?
So many reasons! I'll have to do a video explaining why. But overall, it's much easier for DIYers to handle and you can create a modern & professional website quickly :)
Sell digital assets on Wordpress has been a big hassle for me. I'm about to move to Squarespace.
The big problem with the squarespace ecommerce solution is that you have to manually enter all the taxes. It is not a good option when you work with European clients.
Just sell your eBook on Amazon like all other Legit Authors. They have all the protections you'll need and a MASSIVE audience.
How do you avoid the 3% transaction fee while staying on the business plan? I saw on another video that you don't use Squarespace to check out your customers. Please advise :)
Thanks so much Louise!
You're so welcome! Excited for you to get your biz online in an even bigger way! xx
vvery nice content...keep doing these thigs you are good at..
Hi Louise. Great tutorials. Thank you for your clear and easy content. I'm wondering if there's a maximum or suggested amount of digital products we can upload to squarespace? In other words, I'm worried about how my site will upload if I have several (and long) meditation MP3 files on my site? Is this a concern or am I good to go? Thanks so much for your time.
You're so welcome!! You can have 200 products per page but Squarespace does have a file limit of 300mb per digital product. There is no limit on top of that. I hope this helps answer your question! 🙂
@@louisehenry Thank you. Your video's are very helpful. From someone creating everything on their own.... you are MUCH appreciated! :)
Wow business plan is now $23 a month for annual plan- they increased it $5 since your video
They've just updated that this past week, after a large upgrade with their online editor!
you are so pretty
I wish they didn't charge a fee per month. I usually end up losing money, at least for a few months. They should just take a percentage of your sales & have no monthly charge. That's more attractive to potential sellers.
There are definitely many different ways of looking at it! Squarespace is great at taking customer feedback, so it may be something to suggest to them as well 🙂
Hey Louise, your smile kept me on your videos and the rest started till to I reach to your website. i mail to you please kindly reply me for a mail I need your suggestions one of my website I also want to start a blogging on my scratch website.
Please answer me for it.
I will be your big fellow and want to have a guidance on my future.
in this world I need the most for consideration I am not seeing the way to earn.
Thanks