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Can You Sell Subscriptions on Squarespace?

Last updated on October 1, 2022 @ 12:02 am

If you’re running a subscription-based business, you might be wondering if it’s possible to sell subscriptions on Squarespace. The short answer is yes, but there are a few caveats.

First, let’s take a look at how Squarespace handles payments. Squarespace uses Stripe to process payments, and Stripe does not currently support recurring payments for subscription-based businesses. This means that if you want to sell subscriptions on Squarespace, you’ll need to use a third-party service to handle the recurring billing.

There are a few different services you can use to do this, but the one we recommend is Recurly. Recurly integrates with Stripe, so it’s a seamless experience for your customers.

Plus, they offer a 14-day free trial, so you can try it out before you commit to anything.

Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s talk about setting up subscriptions on Squarespace. If you’re using Recurly (or another similar service), you’ll need to create two products in your Squarespace store:

  • The subscription: This is what your customers will be billed for every month (or whatever interval you’ve chosen).
  • The free trial: This is what your customers will be billed for during the free trial period. After the free trial period is over, they’ll be automatically switched to the subscription product.

Once you’ve created your products, you can use Squarespace’s built-in checkout flow to sell your subscriptions. Just add the products to your cart and checkout as normal.

PRO TIP: Please be advised that selling subscriptions on Squarespace is not currently supported. We recommend that you do not attempt to sell subscriptions on Squarespace as you will not be able to successfully process payments.

Selling subscriptions on Squarespace is possible, but there are a few things you need to know first.

  1. Squarespace uses Stripe to process payments, and Stripe does not support recurring payments for subscription-based businesses.
  2. You’ll need to use a third-party service like Recurly to handle the recurring billing for your subscriptions.
  3. When using a third-party service like Recurly, you’ll need to create two products in your Squarespace store: the subscription and the free trial.

In conclusion, yes – you can sell subscriptions on Squarespace, but there are a few things you need to keep in mind. Namely, that Squarespace uses Stripe for payments processing – and Stripe does not currently support recurring payments for subscription businesses. You’ll need to use a third party service like Recurly in order to handle billing for your subscriptions.

Drew Clemente

Drew Clemente

Devops & Sysadmin engineer. I basically build infrastructure online.