Which business needs should your website support?

Start with your website. Then explore online stores, service selling and booking based on what your business needs.

Explore Business Uses
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Audience paths

Find guidance for your business.

Professional-service firms

Start with your firm's website requirements, then consider where service selling and booking fit. Explore focused guidance for evaluating those needs.

Explore guidance for service firms
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Small businesses

Define what your business website needs to do, then consider whether an online store or service selling and booking belongs in your evaluation.

Explore guidance for small businesses
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Website + business tools

Start with your website. Build around your business.

Explore the Squarespace website-building platform first. Then consider online stores and services selling and booking against what your business needs.

Website concept

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Website-building platform

A place for your business.

Begin with the pages and content your visitors need. Evaluate how your website can present your business before exploring additional tools.

Explore the website foundation
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Online store concept

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Sample page

Objects & form

A collection in focus.

Online stores

If selling products is part of your business, explore the online store category alongside your website requirements.

Service website concept

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Sample page

Space to connect

Introduce your services.

Services selling and booking

If your business offers services or appointments, explore services selling and booking tools in relation to your website.

Concept layouts illustrate categories, not platform interfaces.

Explore product categories

Fit evaluation

Start with what your business needs.

Evaluate the website first, then the tools around it. Use your requirements—not appearance alone—to guide your selection.

  1. Website requirements

    Define what your website needs to communicate, which pages it needs, and what visitors should be able to do. Keep essential requirements separate from preferences.

    Define your website requirements
  2. Operating needs

    Identify whether your business needs an online store, service selling and booking, or a website focused on presenting your work. Use those needs to decide which product information to explore.

    Explore website and business tools
  3. Product fit

    Compare Squarespace product information with your requirements. Turn any gaps or implementation questions into a focused checklist for your evaluation.

    Review technical fit

Business use questions

Find your next explanation.

For broader platform-selection questions, visit the Selection FAQ.

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