What’s new with Squarespace?
As we all know, the best part about Squarespace is that they continue to update their platforms and bring us new features. We’re excited to share with you some of the most recent changes that Squarespace has made, where to find them and how to use them (in short).
Squarespace Projects
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Squarespace Projects •
Squarespace Projects is a designers dream come true. It’s a new one stop shop to create estimates, invoices and contracts for clients. Create projects on your site for each client and add invoices for recurring charges, estimates for quotes, and send iron clad contracts to seal the deal. The perfect tool if you offer services or products that require custom quotes with easy to use checkout for clients to make a payment. Great for contractors, interior designers, life coaches and artists. You can even schedule your proposals to send after a discovery call with your client! Check out the overview video below and get started with this feature in your site via the Invoices panel in the Home Menu. Currently, this feature is available for any Squarespace site and any plan (not available for trial sites).
Check out Squarespace’s guide for instructions.
Overview of the new Squarespace Projects and Invoicing tool.
New Background Images
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New Background Images •
Forget using Canva and paid other tools to create dynamic backgrounds - Squarespace now offers AI generated section background images, gradients, and more. Currently available for Squarespace v7.1 for layout page section backgrounds.
Click Edit on any layout page and select Edit Section > Backgrounds > Images. Click the + icon and select Browse Backgrounds. Choose from gradients, patterns and images. Play around with the dozens of options to find the perfect one.
Check out Squarespace’s guide for instructions.
Squarespace’s new section background image options.
Carrier Calculated Shipping
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Carrier Calculated Shipping •
While not a new feature, they’ve now fulfilled a popular demand of the Squarespace community - carrier calculated shipping outside of the US. Now supported in multiple countries including but not limited to Australia, France and the UK. Simply add weights and dimensions to all of your products, choose your services and shipping zones then setup your packaging. At checkout customers will see pricing automatically calculated by UPS, USPS and Fedex (and others) based on the details you setup.
Product dimensions - Go to Products & Services > Products to edit any physical item and add dimensions under the Advanced Shipping section.
Shipping - Go to Settings (⛭) > Selling > Shipping, select Add Shipping Option > Carrier Calculated.
Check out Squarespace’s guide for instructions.
Squarespace expands their carrier calculated shipping to multiple countries.
While that’s not all that has come out and Circle Members have confirmed more is in the works, this is plenty to be excited over. As a member of the community these features are long awaited. We’re happy to see the product team paying attention and doing more updates on a regular basis. We’ll keep you posted as updates come and post how-to guides based on FAQs.
