Squarespace review
Squarespace for UK dropshipping: what it really costs.
Squarespace is a website builder known for its designs, and all four of its plans let you sell. It looks after the hosting and the card payments, and you build the website yourself. For dropshipping you connect an app made by another company. This review covers what you get, what you have to add, and what a month really costs, all taken from Squarespace's own website.
- £28.80
- a month on the Core plan with VAT added, or £20.40 if you pay for the year
- 2%
- plus 25p on each UK personal card payment through Squarespace Payments
- 14
- days free to try it, with no card needed
Our review in short
A website builder with a shop built in, and dropshipping added by other companies.
Squarespace's Core plan gives you the hosting, a checkout and card payments, with no extra fee on your sales. For dropshipping you connect an app made by another company, such as Spocket, Syncee or DSers, and you build the website yourself. Everything here comes from Squarespace's own website, which we checked on 5 November 2026.
What you get
- Its prices are in pounds, and its pricing page shows them with VAT added
- From the Core plan up, there's no extra fee on your sales
- Core includes one Google Workspace email address free for the first year
- A free web address for the first year if you pay for the year
- 14 days free to try it, with no card needed
What to watch out for
- Its dropshipping apps are made by other companies, and Squarespace says it doesn't support them
- Business cards and American Express cost 3% + 25p, and international cards 1% more
- There are no refunds on monthly plans
- The Basic plan adds a 2% fee on every sale
What you really pay each month
Everything a Squarespace dropshipping shop pays in a month.
Choose a Squarespace plan and move the sliders to your size of shop. The receipt adds up the plan, the app that connects your shop to AliExpress, a business email address, your web address and the card fees on your sales.
SQUARESPACE SHOP · ONE MONTH
- Squarespace Core plan
- £24.00
- DSers Advanced, the AliExpress app ($19.90)
- £14.73
- Google Workspace, one email address (free for the first year)
- £0.00
- A .co.uk web address (£10 a year)
- £0.83
- Card fees, 2% + 25p
- £85.00
A month£125
The first year: £1,495, before anyone builds the shop.
Prices are before VAT. Squarespace's pricing page shows its prices with VAT added, so we've taken the VAT off to compare them with the others. The card fees are for UK personal cards. Dollar prices are turned into pounds at $1 to £0.74, the rate on 4 November 2026.
How dropshipping works on Squarespace
Four steps, with an app made by another company.
- 01
Your Squarespace website
You build your website and shop using one of Squarespace's designs. Squarespace hosts it and takes the card payments.
- 02
A supplier app
You connect a dropshipping app through Squarespace Extensions, such as Spocket or Syncee, or connect DSers.
- 03
Products in, orders out
The app copies products into your shop, and when a customer pays, it sends the order to the supplier.
- 04
To your customer's door
The supplier posts the parcel straight to your customer, so you never handle the stock.
Squarespace compared with ours
Squarespace and Mediatopia, side by side.
Mediatopia owns this website and sells its own dropshipping website, so here it is next to Squarespace, with every line taken from each company's own website. Compare all six
Questions
Your questions about Squarespace.
We checked these websites on 5 November 2026:
Can I dropship on Squarespace in the UK?
Yes, with an app made by another company. Squarespace's help centre names Spocket and Syncee among its extensions for dropshipping, and DSers says it works with Squarespace. Squarespace says these extensions are not its own and it doesn't support them.
What does Squarespace cost a month in the UK?
Its pricing page shows the Core plan at £28.80 a month with VAT added, or £20.40 a month if you pay for the year. The Basic plan is £19.20, or £14.40 if you pay for the year, but it adds a 2% fee on every sale.
What card fee does Squarespace charge?
Through Squarespace Payments, UK personal cards cost 2% plus 25p on the Basic and Core plans, 1.7% plus 25p on Plus and 1.5% plus 25p on Advanced. Business cards and American Express cost 3% plus 25p on every plan.
Does Squarespace include a business email address?
The Core, Plus and Advanced plans include one Google Workspace email address free for the first year. After that, you pay Google's standard price for it.
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