The best Squarespace updates - 2023
Squarespace is an evolving CMS platform which as you know is Krishna Solanki Designs platform of choice! In the last year, Squarespace has improved so much that its commitment is second to none when it comes to helping business owners and entrepreneurs sell and stand out online.
In this article, I’ve rounded up the best updates we’ve seen in 2023.
Squarespace Payments:
Squarespace rolled out a brand-spanking new payment solution, tailor-made for sellers on Squarespace. It's a lightning-fast and super-secure way to handle payments. The best part? It's as easy as pie to get started! They've made sure the onboarding experience is a breeze, so you can dive into it straight away without breaking a sweat. Here’s to seamless and secure transactions.
Client Invoicing:
With Client Invoicing, you can run your whole show right within Squarespace. From reviewing leads that come in to sending on-brand invoices. Client invoicing smooths out the workflow bringing it all under one roof. New tools include:
Client intake forms & CRM:
Capture important information from potential clients with intake forms and organise those details in Squarespace’s updated CRM.
Invoices:
Send out on-brand, professional invoices to collect payments from your clients. Nothing like providing a smooth, cohesive, experience.
Project tracking:
Manage your client information, invoices, and tasks in one place with our project functionality. Coming soon to the UK market, but how exciting to be able to have this under the same Squarespace roof!
Squarespace Courses:
Levelling up their offering, the much anticipated Squarespace Courses allows you to monetise your expertise and turn it into income with an online course. Powered by Fluid Engine (the latest drag-and-drop editor behind Squarespace) it’s easy to create a course with beautifully styled layouts, lesson and progress tracking and more.
Commerce tools:
This year, Squarespace worked on expanding their commerce tools, making it easier than ever to sell physical and digital products, including fulfilment profiles, checkout improvements, shipping labels order tracking, improvements to subscriptions, shop page and product listing enhancements, and a new add-to-cart feature. Wow… that’s quite a list in itself!
Acuity Scheduling:
Platform and technology updates this year have meant Acuity Scheduling is a smoother-than-ever client booking experience…it’s practically a breeze as it’s more intuitive for clients to book appointments. Additionally, during the year, Squarespace improved the dashboard and enhanced the mobile app with tools like mobile payment links, and payment features such as automated email receipts, and hassle-free invoice creation and management.
Email Marketing:
With the updated email marketing tools, Squarespace has upped its game in helping you turn site visitors into repeat customers. This year's updates include email automation, seasonal email templates, and an editable discount field… all great updates!
Squarespace Domains:
In September this year, Squarespace bought Google domains and their associated customer accounts. This shows their commitment to providing an all-inclusive service.
There have been numerous changes since then, including adding new domains like .nz or .fr, introducing domain and email forwarding, as well as setting up bulk domain management, and overhauling the domains dashboard to streamline and simplify domain management.
Squarespace AI:
With the rise in AI, it was a natural introduction to add AI-powered tools to Squarespace. This year, it became easier than ever to generate custom content using Squarespace AI to help populate content on your website, meaning it’s a lot easier and quicker to get your site or pages published.
Conclusion
As we wrap up 2023 and share the best Squarespace updates of 2023, it's clear that the digital landscape is evolving at an exciting rate, and more than likely this will continue as we move into 2024. The innovative tools and features unveiled by Squarespace over the past 12 months are not just about keeping up; they're about setting the stage for your online success. If you need extra help ensuring your website's success in 2024, do check get in touch and let us know!
