Squarespace vs Nexcess WooCommerce
Squarespace lacks the expert performance, helpful support, and profound flexibility of managed WooCommerce hosting.
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Export, rebuild, repeat
Both Squarespace and WooCommerce have starter storefronts and site editors. One key difference is Squarespace makes you recreate your online store if you want to try something new.
Something as simple as a software update, or changing your store’s look and feel, requires a rebuild. Product descriptions, headlines, and images are gone.
With managed WooCommerce hosting, you can update without losing your hard work. Free staging allows you to safely test-drive new looks. In most cases, you won’t have to rebuild your content.
Expect sticky terms of service
There’s no denying that Squarespace creates beautiful websites, but there’s a tradeoff buried in the contract. You waive the right to sell (and reproduce) your work and the right to be credited.
Your content belongs to you — but the final product belongs to them. That includes your trademarks, logo, and product names.
Managed WooCommerce hosting, in comparison, does not own your creative work. Your code, products, and design belong to you. You have a fast-loading ecommerce store without tradeoffs.
Squarespace help is a rarity
In ecommerce, every second your site is broken is money lost. If your ecommerce platform isn’t solving problems quickly, you’re on the wrong platform. Support matters.
At Squarespace, there’s no easy way to talk to a human being. If you have an urgent issue, you’ll need a developer. And with only 14% of the ecommerce market, finding help may take time and extra cash.
That’s why WooCommerce managed hosting is a better choice. Powering nearly 40% of all online stores, it allows you to solve (and prevent) problems at a lower cost. And with Liquid Web, you get free, human, helpful support 24/7/365.
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Squarespace shrugs at hosting
To Squarespace, hosting is just … hosting. They don’t talk about their infrastructure at all. It’s a “secret sauce” that magically has no storage or bandwidth limits.
This is a red flag. Hosting can be the difference between a sale made and a sale lost. Knowing the ingredients is critical to scaling your business.
Liquid Web WooCommerce hosting shares the recipe to ecommerce success. Expect 100% hosting transparency. And unlike Squarespace Commerce, you’ll see how your resources are scaling.
Don’t expect stellar SEO
Ecommerce SEO is a complex landscape. With multiple result types (search, shopping, videos), you need tools that adapt to your goals. Squarespace has basic SEO tools, but there are risks.
If you leave Squarespace, you have to rebuild your on-page SEO and reindex — which can crash your rankings. And if you want to optimize your web vitals, that’s not on the menu.
Managed WooCommerce hosting empowers your SEO. If you migrate providers, on-page SEO and rankings are protected. SEO plugins like Yoast can improve search, video, and shopping results. And with plenty of optimization plugins, you’re in control.
Useless. Don’t waste your time or money.
This is a truly appalling company. My site has never appeared in search results even after hiring an independent SEO agent. The customer service is truly atrocious. I’m not an IT technician hence why I’m using a host. If you’re not trained in tech then you’ll struggle to make sense of any of the things they tell you to do to. And they won’t do even the most basic thing for you despite their set up being the issue and despite them taking your money.
– Melissa Andrews on Trustpilot