I’ve been designing for clients since 2006 and if there’s a single thing I understand 1,000%, it’s that sending proofs & getting feedback can be a challenge when our clients aren’t meeting with us in-person.

And the pandemic hasn’t changed that. Prior to Covid19 & social distancing, there were plenty of people freelancing & working independently for clients all over the world, myself included.

Even video calls weren’t as great as an in-person meeting, simply for the fact that they couldn’t literally point (with their finger) directly at something in the design & comment on it.

Instead it went something like this…

If your business will primarily make money from product sales, Squarespace probably isn’t the best e-commerce platform for you. I’d recommend using Shopify, because it just works better for that level of product sales.

If your business primarily makes money from services, but you have a shop on the side for passive income, then Squarespace should work just fine & will help you keep things organized, since you won’t need 2 platforms: 1 to sell products & 1 to sell your services. Yay!

That being the case, let’s get into the nitty gritty of why I’m now recommending 7.1 over 7.0 shops.