A Squarespace designer plans, designs and builds websites on Squarespace, the hosted website builder known for clean templates and simple editing. Hiring one gets you a site that looks like your brand rather than a template, is structured so visitors find what they need and contact you, and is set up properly behind the scenes: page titles, redirects, forms, analytics and mobile layouts. We design every Squarespace site in Figma first, build it on Squarespace 7.1, and hand it over with training so you can update it without calling us.
Squarespace is one of the platforms in our web development services. It suits entrepreneurs, consultants, studios, restaurants, creatives and small service businesses that want a professional site without managing hosting, plugins or updates. If your site needs a large store, complex logic or full control over the code, we will recommend a different platform before you spend anything.
What Our Squarespace Designer Services Include
| What we do | What it means for you |
|---|---|
| Discovery and sitemap | A short call and questionnaire about your business, customers and goals, turned into a page list and navigation plan before any design starts. |
| Design in Figma | Your home page and key templates designed in Figma, so you approve the look and layout before we build. Changes at this stage take minutes, not hours. |
| Brand styling | Fonts, colors, buttons and spacing set in Squarespace site styles to match your brand, so new pages you add later stay consistent. |
| Page building in Fluid Engine | Layouts built with Squarespace's grid editor, with separate checks of the mobile layout on every page. |
| Custom CSS and code | Small amounts of custom CSS and code injection for sections the template cannot do, kept minimal and documented so future Squarespace updates do not break them. |
| Features and integrations | Contact and lead forms, Acuity Scheduling for bookings, Member Areas, Squarespace Commerce, Email Campaigns, newsletter signups and social feeds. |
| SEO setup | Page titles and descriptions, clean URL slugs, image alt text, 301 redirects through URL Mappings, and Google Search Console verification. |
| Analytics and tracking | Squarespace Analytics plus GA4 and conversion tracking on forms and bookings, so you can see which pages bring inquiries. |
| Domain and email | Domain connection, SSL, and business email set up through Google Workspace or your existing provider. |
| Training and handover | A recorded walkthrough showing how to edit pages, add blog posts, swap images and update products, plus a short written guide. |
Why Hire a Squarespace Designer Instead of Doing It Yourself?
Squarespace is built so anyone can make a website, and plenty of people do it well. Hiring a Squarespace designer makes sense when your time is better spent on your business, when the site needs to look distinct from the thousands of others using the same template, or when it has to do a specific job, such as filling a booking calendar or generating qualified leads.
- Structure, not only style. A designer plans which pages exist, what each one says first and where the call to action sits. That planning decides whether visitors contact you.
- A site that does not look like a template. Custom layouts, consistent spacing and brand styling make the difference between a theme demo and a business site.
- The technical details. Redirects when URLs change, mobile layouts in Fluid Engine, image sizes, page titles and tracking are easy to miss when you build alone.
- Speed. A focused build takes a few weeks with a designer, instead of evenings and weekends spread over months.
When doing it yourself makes sense
If you are testing a new idea, need only a single page or have more time than budget, start with a Squarespace template yourself. Pick one close to the layout you want, change as little structure as possible, and focus on clear words and good photos. You can always bring in a designer once the business is proven.
How Our Squarespace Website Design Process Works
Most Squarespace sites take 3 to 6 weeks from kickoff to launch. Sites with an online store or member area usually take 5 to 8 weeks, mostly because product and member content takes longer to prepare.
- Discovery (about 1 week). We learn about your business, customers, competitors and goals, review your current site if you have one, and agree the page list and features.
- Content plan (about 1 week, overlapping). We outline what each page needs to say and list the images and text required. If you need help with the words, we can bring in our copywriters.
- Figma design (1 to 2 weeks). We design the home page and key templates, you review them, and we refine them in up to two rounds of feedback.
- Squarespace build (1 to 3 weeks). We build the site on Squarespace 7.1 in your own account, set up site styles, pages, forms, integrations and the mobile layouts.
- SEO, testing and launch (about 1 week). We add page titles, descriptions, redirects and tracking, test on phones, tablets and desktop browsers, connect the domain and publish.
- Training and aftercare. You get a recorded training session and a short guide, and we fix any issues found in the first weeks after launch.
Squarespace 7.1, Fluid Engine and the Tools Our Designers Use
| Category | Tools |
|---|---|
| Platform | Squarespace 7.1, Fluid Engine, section and block library, site styles |
| Design | Figma, your brand guidelines, licensed stock photography where needed |
| Code | Custom CSS, code injection, Code blocks for embeds |
| Bookings and members | Acuity Scheduling, Squarespace Member Areas |
| Commerce | Squarespace Commerce with Stripe or PayPal, product variants, shipping and tax settings |
| Squarespace Email Campaigns, Mailchimp, Klaviyo | |
| Measurement | Squarespace Analytics, GA4, Google Search Console |
All new Squarespace sites run on version 7.1. Older sites on Squarespace 7.0 use template families with their own settings, and there is no automatic switch from 7.0 to 7.1. Moving means rebuilding the site on 7.1, which is a good moment to rethink the structure as well as the look. Larger rebuilds are covered on our website redesign services page.
Squarespace vs Wix, Webflow, WordPress and Canva
| Platform | Best for | Trade-offs |
|---|---|---|
| Squarespace | Polished service, portfolio and small store sites that owners update themselves | Less design freedom than Webflow, fewer apps than Wix or WordPress |
| Wix | Small businesses that want many built-in apps and flexible drag-and-drop layouts | Layouts can become messy on mobile without care. See our Wix developer page. |
| Webflow | Design-led marketing sites that need full layout control and CMS collections | A steeper learning curve for editors. See Webflow development. |
| WordPress | Content-heavy sites, complex features and full code ownership | Hosting, plugin and security updates to manage |
| Canva websites | Quick, simple sites built straight from a Canva design | Far fewer SEO, blogging, booking and commerce tools than Squarespace |
Our comparison of Webflow vs WordPress goes deeper on the two most flexible options if you are still deciding.
When Squarespace Is the Wrong Platform for Your Website
Squarespace is a strong choice for most small business sites, but it has limits a designer should tell you about before you commit.
- Large or complex catalogs. Hundreds of products with complex variants, wholesale pricing or several warehouses are better served by Shopify or WooCommerce.
- Several languages. Multilingual sites on Squarespace usually need a translation service or duplicated pages. WordPress, Webflow and Drupal handle this more cleanly.
- Custom logic and integrations. Customer portals, calculators tied to your database or two-way CRM sync need a platform with full code access.
- Full control over code and hosting. Squarespace is a closed, hosted platform. You cannot export the site as code and move it to another host.
- Very large content libraries. Publishers with thousands of articles and complex taxonomies outgrow Squarespace's blog tools.
Squarespace Designer Deliverables and What a Good Launch Looks Like
- A live Squarespace 7.1 site in your own Squarespace account, billed to you, with your domain connected.
- The approved Figma design file, so future designers can work from the same source.
- Site styles set to your brand, plus a short style guide for adding new pages.
- Forms, bookings, store or member areas configured and tested end to end.
- Page titles, descriptions, alt text, URL Mappings for old URLs, and Search Console verified.
- GA4 and conversion tracking on your key actions, such as inquiries and bookings.
- A recorded training session and a written editing guide.
A good launch means every page works on a phone, every form reaches the right inbox, every old URL redirects, and you can update the site yourself. We do not promise rankings or a set number of leads. What we control is a site that is clear, fast to load, correctly set up for search and easy to measure.
Squarespace Website Design Pricing
We price Squarespace projects as fixed-price packages based on the number of pages, whether we design in Figma first, and which features you need, such as scheduling, member areas or a store. The amount of content we write or prepare, the number of products to load and any custom code also affect the price. Your Squarespace subscription and domain are paid directly to Squarespace and are not part of our fee.
Squarespace Starter
$1,400 one-time
One-time, 50% upfront
- Up to 5 pages on Squarespace 7.1
- Template styled to your brand (fonts, colors, imagery)
- Mobile layout checked on every page
- Contact form, newsletter block and social links
- Domain, SEO titles and Google Search Console set up
- 30 days support
- 2 to 3 weeks
Squarespace Business
$2,900 one-time
One-time, 50% upfront
- Up to 12 pages designed in Figma first
- Blog, scheduling (Acuity) or member area set up
- Custom CSS for sections the template cannot do
- On-page SEO, schema and GA4
- Speed pass on images and fonts
- 60-minute training session and video guides
- 60 days support
Squarespace Commerce
$4,200 one-time
One-time, 50% upfront
- Everything in Squarespace Business
- Store with up to 100 products, variants and categories
- Payments, shipping, taxes and abandoned cart emails
- Subscriptions or digital products if needed
- Product page and checkout styling
- 60 days support
- 4 to 6 weeks
- Add-on
- Extra page: $150. Copywriting: $120 per page. Figma-to-Squarespace build of your own design: from $1,200. Move from Wix or WordPress with 301 redirects: from $600
All prices in USD. Need something different? Ask for a custom quote.
If your site falls between these packages, tell us what you need and we will send a custom quote.
Skills to Look For When You Hire a Squarespace Designer
The question of how to become a Squarespace designer is useful from the buyer's side too, because it shows what skills separate a strong designer from someone who simply knows the editor. When you compare Squarespace designers, look for these:
- Layout and typography. Consistent spacing, clear hierarchy and readable type on small screens.
- Website structure and copy sense. Knowing what a home page, service page and contact page each need to say, and in which order.
- Platform knowledge. Understanding Squarespace's limits, Fluid Engine mobile layouts, site styles and when custom CSS is safe to use.
- SEO basics. Page titles, URL slugs, redirects, image alt text and heading structure set correctly from day one.
- Accessibility. Color contrast, alt text, button labels and keyboard navigation.
- Project discipline. A clear process, timeline and number of revisions, agreed in writing.
Squarespace Design Mistakes We Fix
- The template look left unchanged. Demo fonts and layouts that make the site look like many others. We restyle site styles around your brand.
- Mobile layouts nobody checked. Fluid Engine keeps a separate mobile layout, and blocks often overlap or stack oddly on phones if it is ignored.
- Huge images. Photos uploaded straight from a camera slow every page. We resize and compress them before upload.
- Changed URLs with no redirects. Renaming a page slug breaks old links and loses search visibility. We add URL Mappings for every change.
- Generic page titles. Titles like Home or Services tell search engines nothing. We write a specific title and description for each page.
- Too many menu items. Navigation with a dozen links makes visitors hesitate. We group pages so the main actions stand out.
Squarespace Web Design for Entrepreneurs, Studios and Local Businesses
Web design for entrepreneurs has different priorities from web design for large companies. Coaches and consultants need a clear offer, credibility and a booking calendar through Acuity Scheduling. Photographers, architects and designers need portfolio galleries that load quickly and show work at its best. Restaurants and cafes need menus, opening hours and maps that work on a phone. Event venues and party rental companies need gallery pages, service area information and an inquiry form that captures dates and guest numbers. Small shops need a tidy product catalog with clear shipping information. We design each site around the action that matters most for that business.
Why Choose 95 Solutions as Your Squarespace Designer
- Designed by marketers. Mustafa, our founder, has 11+ years in digital marketing and has been Head of Marketing for a Florida-based resort wear brand since 2016. Sites are planned around how people find and choose a business, not only how they look.
- SEO and ads under one roof. We also run SEO, Google Ads and Meta Ads, so the site is ready for the traffic you plan to send it.
- You own everything. The Squarespace account, domain, Figma file and analytics are in your name from the start.
- Clear, fixed pricing. Fixed-price packages, invoiced in USD from our US LLC, with working hours that cover the US business day and overlap UK hours.
Who Our Squarespace Web Design Services Suit
A good fit
- Entrepreneurs, consultants and coaches who need a credible site with booking or lead forms.
- Creative studios and freelancers who need a strong portfolio.
- Local businesses, venues and restaurants that want a site they can update themselves.
- Small shops selling a focused range of products.
- Owners of older Squarespace 7.0 sites ready to rebuild on 7.1.
Probably not a fit
- Stores with large catalogs or wholesale needs. Shopify or WooCommerce will serve you better.
- Sites that need custom applications, complex integrations or several languages.
- Anyone who wants a site built without any input on content or feedback rounds.
Related Squarespace and Website Services
After launch, our Squarespace website maintenance plans handle updates and changes, and Squarespace SEO services help the site earn search traffic over time. If you need a brand before a website, start with our logo design services, and if words are the bottleneck, our website copywriting services can write the pages for you.