Last updated August 2026
Squarespace Commerce is a design-focused ecommerce platform for small stores. Its product model is simple, making basic migration straightforward, but Squarespace-specific features like Member Areas, Scheduling, and custom product forms have no direct Shopify equivalent.
| Entity | Squarespace | Shopify |
|---|---|---|
| Products | Product with variants, images, SEO settings, tags | Product with up to 3 options, 2,048 variants, metafields |
| Variants | Per-variant SKU, price, stock, weight | Variant with SKU, price, inventory, barcode |
| Categories | Category tags, flat organization | Collections (manual or smart), no deep nesting |
| Customers | Customer accounts with address | Customer with addresses, tags, metafields |
| Orders | Order with fulfillment, payment status, shipping | Order with line items, fulfillment, payments |
| URLs | /shop/p/slug or /shop/slug with configurable base | /products/slug, /collections/slug |
Platform-specific guidance for the most common Squarespace to Shopify migration issues:
These technology indicators can identify a Squarespace storefront:
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