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Building Business Websites with Squarespace 7: RAW

You're reading from   Building Business Websites with Squarespace 7: RAW Master the tools and techniques of using Squarespace to create professional websites

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2015
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ISBN-13 9781783559961
Length 392 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Setting Up for Success – Your Website Toolkit FREE CHAPTER 2. Getting Started with Squarespace 3. Working with Squarespace Templates 4. Creating Your Site Framework: Pages, Items, Collections, and Navigation 5. Adding, Editing, and Arranging Content in Your Web Pages 6. Using Blocks to Add Functionality, Rich Media, and Special Features 7. Selling Online or Taking Donations with Squarespace Commerce 8. Tailoring Your Site's Look and Feel 9. Going Live with Your Website and Driving Traffic to It 10. Managing Your Squarespace Website 11. Moving beyond Standard Squarespace Tools A. Getting Help with Squarespace B. Squarespace Templates in a Nutshell
C. List of Online Resources Used in This Book
Index

Setting up your Squarespace Commerce store

No matter whether you want to sell products or services, or take donations on your website, you will need to set up your Squarespace Commerce store.

Prerequisites for Squarespace Commerce

There are a couple of prerequisites to Squarespace Commerce, so let's ensure you have them covered before we move on to setting up your store.

The physical location of your business

The main restriction of using Squarespace Commerce is the physical location of your business. In order to use Squarespace Commerce, you will need to use the Stripe payment gateway to process credit card transactions on your website. Stripe is currently fully supported for businesses located in Australia, UK, USA, Canada, or Ireland and is running in the Beta mode in 13 other countries. You can use the Squarespace/Stripe integration if you are located in any of those countries—though you might run into a few bugs if your country is still in running in the Beta mode. If you...

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