So I Tried Squarespace. Here's How it Went.
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- If you’ve been anywhere on the internet. You know you have to type something in the address bar to get where you want to. But we also all know that each website looks completely different from one another and each one can serve completely different purposes. I’ll be building a squarespace website from scratch then I’m going to give you my thoughts and experiences on Squarespace and then we’re going to decide whether it’s worth using or not. Let’s get started with a little review.
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The Websites I Built:
Squarespace: www.jimmytries.world
Wix: jimmy15147.wixsite.com/website
WordPress: jimmytriesworld.wordpress.com
"Which one looked the best?" Poll: www.jimmytries.world/website-...
0:00 Intro
1:40 What Is Squarespace
2:40 Starting The Make a Website
5:39 Pricing and Some Less Known Details
8:40 Personal Experience
9:29 Squarespace Alternatives: Wix and Wordpress
13:16 Conclusion
Basically to have a website on the internet you need 3 things. A domain name. That’s what you type in the address bar to get to your website, then you need the website itself. Then you need a webhost, which is basically, the place in charge of sharing your website with the world. Now, Squarespace is a site that lets you purchase a domain name, create a website using their templates, use Squarespace as your web host, and integrate an online store onto your Squarespace site.
Squarespace asks you all these questions about what you’re trying to accomplish with your site such as the topic and your goals for the website. From there Squarespace has a bunch of templates laid out that you can interact with and preview to get an idea of the general vibe that you want to go for. Once you select a template, you’ll need to sign up with Squarespace to start customizing that template. During this, they give you a 15 day free trial without needing to provide them any credit card information. From there you’re able to customize the template however you want. You can add new web pages up top, have your logo displayed on the site, link your social media accounts for easy access, and replace, add and delete images, text and sections for web pages. You can select the page you want to edit, then, within each page are different “sections” which are just different parts of that page that display different information or serve different purposes. You can then click on what you want to edit, and you’re provided with all the available options that you can change for that particular field. So, for text fields you can edit text and add links, for images you can replace the image or remove them all together. And if a section isn’t meeting your needs you can delete that section or add a new one. When you add a new one, you can choose between a bunch of different templates to meet your needs.
Squarespace has 4 different subscription tiers. Personal, Business, Commerce Basic and Commerce Advanced. Each one increases in price from $144 a year to $480 a year. However, I want to point some things out about the business and personal plan. If you read the fine print, Squarespace provides you a free business email, on the business plan, and a free domain name under the business and personal plan. These items are only free if you buy the annual plan and only for the first year. Which means, after your first year, if you stick with squarespace you’ll be paying more money on these plans. My suggestion would be to transfer a domain you purchased from Google domains into Squarespace, get that extra year of rights to that domain, then when that’s about to expire, move it back to Google Domains and renew it or just get it from Google Domains and you’ll be saving money in the long term.
So, now that I’ve paid for Squarespace and have my website up and running. How was the entire experience? I think Squarespace makes it really easy to start setting up a website. The site was intuitive and the learning curve wasn’t too steep. Their templates all looked really good, and it was really hard to decide what specific template I wanted for my own site because I really liked a lot of them. So basically to describe SquareSpace in a sentence. It’s easy to use, and it looks pretty.
Should you use Squarespace? I think it all depends on what your goal is. If you’re promoting yourself, want something professional looking fast? That’s when I’d start looking at Squarespace. It definitely has the best looking templates by far. - Наука та технологія
See, this is the type of video UA-cam should have. It gets a little tiring when people only talk about the good in something, these sort of balanced analysis is way more helpful.
I agree!
I second this statement!
Agree!
Couldn't agree more!
Yes!! My client's really love Squarespace. I'll help them customize the site, give them a quick tutorial and they are able to manage it on their own. When I used WordPress, my clients would get frustrated and often need to come back to me for "updates" and help managing it. I know this is a fancy word, but SEO is great on Squarespace as well when you know how to implement it.
Dude....
This is the most useful information at a time when I needed it most.
Just saved me so much time not having to fumble through the nonsense per each providers terms and conditions. Rock and Roll, Jimmy!
And, thanks!!!
-Billy Rhyze, Dallas.
How did it go and what did you end up doing?
I used Wix for a final project in school a couple of years ago, and it truly was super easy, even for a 16 year old. I built it in a couple of days (working on it only 2 hours a day). It was very intuitive and didn't feel any different to making a powerpoint.
Informative, thanks!
Agreed. I used Wix several years ago to build a professional web site. It was a pleasure to use and what I also liked was it was super easy to make pages inaccessible or bring them back on line when I wanted to. I have another project coming up and I will most certainly be using Wix again .... it's just so easy for us users. It even has it's own SEO wizard built in ... it's a no brainer !
As a Web Developer someone recently asked me to add some stuff to their Wix website. Sure, it's simple and easy to use, but it turns out I really don't like Wix at all and will probably never use it again. It only allows you to do very basic things and quickly reaches its limit as soon as you try something different.
@@agentmikster44 I hear you on that one. Same goes for things like DNN with themes with built in "Squarespace" like edititors... 90% of the time I just want to edit the HTML as it would have been much faster than trying to get it to work with the built in editor. Granted I think if all you want is a really basic thing then it's good enough.
I appreciate your comment! Thank you!
They all looked great. However, I had to go with Squarespace. The design was clean, neat, and not overloaded with images. I need my website to look something like this. Thanks for sharing.
Now this is the type of content I really really really want to see more! Finally after so many years, a video about squarespace vs wix!
Your video is very comprehensive. I like the fact that you compared three platforms and shared pro's and con's you experienced with each one. It's saves me time as a beginner on researching and exploring options.
I really loved this video.....in depth explanation for those of us looking to save but don't know the hidden details. Thank you so much for your suggestions Jimmy!
Dude this is one of the best and most helpful youtube reviews out there, great job! I like the energy too. Keep it up
I was only curious cause of the ads but damn am I happy about how you make videos informative and to the point. Amazing work! I’m a new fan and subscriber!
I recently have gone into the realms of starting my own business. And your video was very informative and helpful in helping me understand things. Like things I didn't even realize I needed to know. Thank you so much!
Just what I was looking for. I've subscribed to your channel and am quite excited to watch the rest of your content. Having a comparison done by someone that isn't a web builder brings confidence in what your saying. Won a loyal fan here.
These are by far your best type of video! Awesome job as always!!
Really glad that I subbed. You have a great way of speaking and the content you put out top notch quality.
thanks for such a thorough evaluation of all these services - this is incredibly detailed and helpful! Appreciate your hard work here
Watched this in Feb 2024. It does indeed provide one with some very useful ideas to think about. Thanks!
SUPER HELPFUL! thanks for the effort and the sharing. i will also be looking at your other YT vids since this one was really well done. BIG thumbs up.
Wow! This is very honest, simple, fast, informative! I appreciate that
Initial time I saw your channel and am still evaluating, as a Speech Language Pathologist, kudos to your nonregional accent, clear speech, good (rate) speed of information, hints at humor, and a overall good info for me to process
welcome! in English, you may find it more efficient / casual to say "first time seeing your channel" or "this is my first time watching your videos". "Initial" is still correct but more formal language (like for a business meeting or a public speech).
Thank you for this information. I've been procrastinating on moving forward because I have felt overwhelmed. Watching this helps me to narrow it down. :)
Wow thank you so much for taking the time to post this video dude! You have no idea how much you've helped me, thank you !
-Brii, Houston
Broooo ... this is awesomee ... best video I have seen so far that I wanted to know about!! So balanced, great flow .. all the information .. bestttt!! Loved it.. best of luck .. this channel is very useful and it willl grow!,
Love the video and your studio setup! After looking at the three sample sites I'll be honest... The WordPress site actually made me say "wow, I hate this!" I liked elements from both the Squarespace and Wix. Personally, I'm leaning towards the convenience of Squarespace.
About to embark on using squarespace to make my coaching site. Feeling old and out of touch, so thank you for your breakdown!
I just noticed that Wix now have 18 pages of templates!
Thank you for your insight and pros/cons of each site, I‘m building mine soon and this video has been extremely helpful, thank you Jimmy!
Such a great video. Thank you for sharing valuable information and most importantly, for sharing tips on how to not fall for these tricks companies have to make us spend a ton of money without explaining much. I am just starting a business, and am going with squarespace for the visual possibilities they offer for the website. It’s looking beautiful just the way I wanted. A lot of work involved but I love doing things on my own. Definitely following your tips on buying the domaine and selling online. Thank you so much
Excellent content Jimmy, I just subscribed. I took the poll and agree with the poll results. Squarespace has design perfected, wix as well as weebly aren’t even in the same class. Wordpress wouldn’t even load lol. But considering there are 1.5 billion websites on the internet the sad truth is your site is likely to never get viewed let alone significantly noticed. I’m not being a downer here, I had a successful site with excellent page ranking but find that’s rarely the case with many folks who can pay a lot of money to be unnoticed and disappointed. So Wordpress with its $45.00 a year personal plan is about what a site is worth in my humble opinion; a cheap hobby. Thanks for the great advice looking forward to more.
Great video. Very informative. I watched from start to finish
Nice review with relevant information and comparisons. Subscribed!
Went for the review, praise for your lighting! Well done!
thanks so much man you are an absolute legend. i was finding it hard to make a decision there and this video helped a lot!!
Thank you so much for such a detailed video. I have personally used wordpress for two years and I have been able to manage and maintain my website for free of cost. I do agree that WordPress does not have the best looking templates and that is why I think I am going to take a look at square space. 😍
2 minutes in and I love you already! Just subscribed!
Absolutely love your work, exactly the quality I want to see In UA-cam
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Thank you so much. Yes, you helped me because I’ve been exhausted with videos trying to decide what to choose to start my small biz. I’ll do square space.
Really great video jimmy - I’m starting up a health food blog and based on this vid and my gut instinct I’m going to go with squarepace
Wordpress would need its own video. There are a billion templates and Wordpress achieves the best SEO and page load speeds possible. These are as important as design.
On peak maybe, but then you got almost no functionality. In reality all those little plugins are completely messing up the code. Wordpress code is bloated. Webflow is way faster.
Thank you for these clear and quick explaination 🙂 trying to help someone who isn't computer savy so I feel this is a good starting point
Jimmy - Great comparisons! That was a lot of work that was VERY useful. Quick question: Can you get rid of the "Powered By....." messages on the personal plans ? Thanks again for your efforts!
this is a really great video for someone like me who has no idea about building a website! thank you!
Extremely good video. Very helpful and to the point.
Love watching these videos.
Zero interest in building a website now but I found every second interesting.
Build one and choose Wix
squarespace's whole USP is their "award winning templates" but i couldn't find a single template that i liked!!! it only showed me 1 page of templates, and at the bottom there was a link to their old templates. i found a lot of the templates looked the same, they seemed to be recycled with different fonts and colour schemes.
i'm setting up a website for a family member and found this gorgeous wix theme called adalene. it looks so sophisticated, elegant and perfect for the vibe they're going for. i also LOVE that you can add video on the homepage for free, and how you can really customise the look you're going for.
we've been using wordpress for a couple years and it's honestly horrible. the themes are ugly, the editing functions are non-intuitive. you want to resize something but it messes up the whole page. a lot of time is spent fiddling on correcting small details.
i'm heavily leaning towards wix since a lot of reviews show that they have step by step instructions to guide you through making the website. a lot of reviews also say that apparently wix's seo is better than squarespace's. i really hope that's true.
there are add ons like photo galleries that look quite useful. if i can't find hard evidence that wix's seo is actually worse than it claims, then we'll build our new website on there.
I am so glad I came across your post...
I am moving back to Albuquerque, New Mexico (US) to RE-Open my Acting Studio for *Film *TV *Stage... teaching Kids, Teens and Adults.
When you described the "Sophisticated... Elegant..." I was hooked...
Then name of my Acting Studio is: J. Christopher Couture (c)
My question to you is this... how do I know where to find "Adalene"... theme...
Thank you for your help.
Great video, Jimmy! Thank you for making this video!
Good content - efficient, authentic, and not annoying.
I’m about to start on a website for my girlfriend. I have no prior experience so this is very helpful. The look is important and I’m going to do it my self so We’re going to give square space a shot. We’ll see how it goes.
Great job on vid.
Thanks for this video….I did watch it after investing myself in creating one on square space. I felt a bit overwhelmed with WIX and frankly, just found SS much more aesthetically pleasing. I am an artist and coach/consultant, so beauty was a deciding factor for me in presenting my studio online. It was my first time making a website (super late to the game). The work is cumbersome…yet, another factor with SS is that the template forces one to think more clearly and methodically about one's business. So its not just a data input process - but a creative process when building one. This I appreciated very much. Thank you for your video…at this point feels like I made the right choice…we'll find out more later...
How is it going now?
@@SoulChild702 thanks for checking in...business wise - no good. Creative wise - wonderful. And hence a problem. The two worlds need to meet.
I am so happy I found your video; I am beginning to blog again after taking a long break from it years ago. =D
With some experience, Wordpress could be the best among others in terms of budget, flexibility and customization.
And there's tons of themes available for Wordpress as well.
Excellent, clear video on comparing the lot. How do each of these website perform in terms of SEO?
Thank you so much, this was easy to understand and clear cut
As a programmer who has started dozens of websites and never finished them, I can see the allure. Professional wordpress templates are probably the way to go tho :)
Very nicely done vid, Jimmy!
Oooo! Thanks for such a clear review of so much. I want to make website for my nonprofit but am backwards in technology. Great help, thnx
I started with Blue host/Wordpress it was awful my site was constantly going down was hacked once blue host tried to sell me an expensive site lock subscription.. Very happy to be with Squarespace now :)
Tried using WordPress for several years, I always failed miserably and would outsource the work.
2015 got introduced to Wix and never looked back. We have built several businesses and operated them all via Wix and the website and UI are amazing.
The last 2 websites I built on my own. Everyone in our circles didn't believe that we spent something less than 29$ on it! We handle 5000 transactions on that site monthly, it's seamless, beautiful and professional! It's better than some of the companies who spent 5-10k $ on their platforms.
I mostly update my wix default images via creatives, pics and videos from CANVA pro. Wix & Canva have transformed our brand building capabilities. ✌
Thank you for breaking down a top 3 user hosts! This was very informative for a threshold business....
This was fantastic. Thanks, Jimmy!
I see many comments about word press which I think was good some years ago but is getting a little outdated as well as the fact that some plugins are not compatible with other and causes your site to break. You can spend hours on word press to delete the plugin that is causing the problem when you could be designing a site, this is where the others come into play.
I NEVER COMMENT ON ON VIDEOS it’s very rare! But I just have to let you know you were very informative and knowledgeable thank you!
On the downside part of Professional plan for Squarespace you could add the great Marketing, SEO and Google Ads Credit it provides which the normal plan doesnt and could be really good for a first year.
Loved the video btw
What do you mean by "downside"?
Jimmy you are the boss! thanks for this video :)
I like your videos because I learn from them. Please make a video comparing AUP/TOS and also tech support (thoroughness, effectiveness, speed etc).
Thank you Jimmy for this information and explanation! You answered all of my questions. Could one transfer the google business email and domain to Wix also? Which of the 3 would you recommend for a coaching website just starting out? I didn't understand Squarespace and was going in circles.
Excellent and thorough video!
In my experience the key benefit of Wordpress are the many addons you can buy, it takes screen animations to the next level...but it all takes time...and some cost too......great video!!
*_the learning curve is worth it, what you're saying!?_*
*If so, I totally agree!*
Come follow us and watch us explode giving away what everyone else is charging a premium for...!! If... of course if that is something you would want to be a part of..! Thanks! 🙏
Thanks for the Video. I'm an advanced WordPress user and I have been asked to develop a persons SquareSpace site. I'm trying to be open minded so it was good to get some insight so I knew what I was getting myself into. The Wix info was also a plus so props for that. 👍
Which one is better, Wordpress vs square space for a media production company with a few text, a few photos and one video?
@@A12Diary Personally, I would still go with WordPress as I prefer to choose where I host my site, email and many other aspects to my online presence.
With the new WordPress block editor, you could throw a page together with everything you said in half an hour (and that is giving time to play and experiment).
@@A12Diary Hi Abdul. Wheee do you prefer hosting your website at? I recently tried hostinger and I don't like it. Their chat feature takes too long. You have to keep starting a new chat when responding. And for someone like my myself; a novice with lots of questions, that's a nightmare. 😂
This video is Brilliant 🤞, thanks Jimmy 🙌
Thanks this was very helpful!
This was so helpful! Thank you!!!!
Brilliant vid. Decided to sell my course on my own website and not udemy and that was a great intro into the big web creator dogs. Thanks.
Super informative, thank you!
Jimmy very well explained Thank you.
Awesome, video I got inspired to build a website now.
Thanks for the comparison. I'm already using wordpress to create content, and I agree it's got a deep learning curve. But given the sunk cost, I'd stick with WP. Maybe I can borrow ideas from squarespace's great templates.
Exactly! ..(ABOUT snagging ideas _from_ *_SquareSpace)_* and then simply recreating the trendy idea you've just found and jacked from SS.
I'm just a beginner and I'm learning basic things. Thank you Jimmy!
text me if you need any help
I have not tried Squarespace or Wix yet, But WordPress is a complete environment and with plugins and features available for almost every need. There are paid and free themes available across the internet for WordPress and elementor builder for WordPress is awesome. I have experience doing web designs for startups and ecommerce stores and I can tell you that WordPress although looks overwhelming, has more features and customization options any other tool in the market. Basically I am deciding on the platform to choose for my next website project and WordPress still seems the best.
I agree with all the comments. I've watched a lot of videos, some of them long and some of them very long. But this one gets straight to the point with real soutions. Is there a follow up video or did I miss the part on how to get a host for the website? Please paste any links. Thank you for all your help.
great video brother thank you for putting this out
Thank you, this video has been helpful in leaning about website building for someone like myself. I've been tasked by my school alumni organization to update and modernize their website. It was built many years ago and had not been updated since 2012, except for announcements of our annual meetings. A question I have is: using the webhosts that are mentioned in this video, can one "transfer" content from one webhost platform to one these platforms (Wix, Squarespace or Wordpress) to take advantage of features offered or pricing ? Is it possible to archive old content from one platform to these webhosts? Are these webhosts satisfactorily secure if one wanted to keep separate content for members only and not for general viewing? Thank you for your reply.
Hello Ted, yeah it's possible to transfer information and content from some of these webhosts to another. In some other cases it's not possible. It depends on each platform and webhost.
Also it's definitely possible to create some sort of members areas using these platforms where people can have access to a certain information only after they meet a certain requirement
If you need more explanation then kindly state it
I work for a company that sells Wix websites and I’ve always wondered what the DIY experience is like vs what I sell. This was a great video. I won’t get into the comparison of the different websites here as I am biased.
Do you mean you work for a company that sells the templates to Wix, or your company pays you to do the dragging and dropping on the Wix websites? The second option sounds like an awesome job!
@@BenjaminEmm probably works for an agency that either (re)sales or they whitelable it & then resale it! One of the two or your last option!
i agree with much you say about square space. Their ecommerce shop page is very crude and not modifable. The collections block on the shop page is annoying if you want more than a grid. You can't do addons in the shop collections block section.
Awesome job Jimmy!
text me if you need any help
Thanks Jimmy and hello from DFW!
If im not mistaken wix has a free option too great website I was stuck between the two for a while in the end I went with squarespace because wix had too much customization options for an overthinker like me but if you like options that might be a pro
This was really good thank you ⭐️
THANK YOU FOR THIS IN DEPTH EXPERIENCE JOURNEY
Good video Jimmy. THANKS!
Jimmy!!! You have no idea how helpful this video is. I even feel like watching it twice. I only have one question, do any of these three platforms have bilingual sites? It seems wix offers bilingual domains, but I don't know about wordpress and squarespace...
I don't think squarespace has that facility, wordpress has a multi lingual plugin and obviously the easier site builders for this are Site123 and Webador.
A really well made review video. I'm probably going to refer to this if I ever decide to bite the bullet and make a website.
Thankyou for this, really helpful
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Since you are way ahead of me... what is your thoughts of which one is better... and which one did you pick?
@@judichristopher4604 Squarespace for sure. It’s cheaper, more reliable, amazing templates and I can edit my website from my phone.
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Very informative thank you!
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Thank you for the information!
Awesome content! Thanks
Mr. Dude. Where are you????? New content please :D
Appreciate the video!
I am currently editing my SquareSpace (7.0) website and in my opinion it is a UX nightmare. Making the simplest edits is so over complicated that it's shocking. Example: I want to refresh my site so I chose a pretty new template. I am simply trying to replace the template images with my own, replace the text with my own text, etc. Seems like a logical strategy...but oh no.
I am a professional designer that basically learns software for a living and I cannot figure out basic editing functions. Yikes. A simple 1 day website refresh is now on day 3 with nearly zero progress. I cannot recommend a platform that has made such illogical UX choices for it's users.
Same!!! I wish I had went with something else! It’s like one small task takes so much effort
I’ve been sitting in it for 4 months I’m so confused
I've been sitting on it for months and I just cannot understand why it has to be so complicated
I had 7.0. And was frustrated. The 7.1 version has a few features I wanted. Couldn’t transfer. Closed 7.0 which for me wasn’t an issue because I really didn’t start the site. The 7.1 it’s set up so a person cannot right click on your image and copy it. I thought that was important enough to switch over.
Glad I’m not the only one, it was more frustrating to do the most simple of tasks, I was honestly hoping for much more for the way it’s advertised
quite informative and helpful！
Thanks alot ❤❤i think amma go with wix and squarespace fosho ive been trying to start my own shop for a while and i just wanna say this was helpful ❤