Squarespace is for beautiful design. Shopify is for real sales. If your store has grown beyond Squarespace's limits, it's time to migrate — with no data loss.
Squarespace is excellent for presentation sites and portfolios. But for a serious online store, variant limits, weak checkout and small ecosystem block you.
Squarespace allows a maximum of 3 variant options and 100 variants per product. Shopify has no such limits — ideal for complex catalogs with multiple sizes, colors and materials.
Squarespace Commerce doesn't have native abandoned cart recovery on basic plans. Shopify includes cart recovery on all plans, plus upsell, cross-sell and extensible checkout.
Squarespace Extensions has a few dozen options. Shopify App Store: 13,000+ certified apps. Whatever functionality you need already exists in Shopify.
Squarespace Commerce works with Stripe and PayPal. Shopify connects with 100+ payment processors globally, including local solutions for any country.
Squarespace Commerce Analytics is sufficient for starting out. Shopify has advanced analytics, plus native integration with Google Analytics 4, Meta CAPI and detailed per-product reports.
Squarespace has no native B2B or wholesale functionality. Shopify Plus has full B2B included: per-customer pricing, net terms, dedicated checkout for business buyers.
| Criteria | Squarespace | Shopify |
|---|---|---|
| Variants per product | Max 100 variants, 3 options | Unlimited |
| Abandoned cart recovery | Commerce Advanced plan only | Included on every plan |
| Extensions/Apps | ~50 extensions | 13,000+ certified apps |
| Payment gateways | Stripe + PayPal | 100+ global gateways |
| B2B / Wholesale | Not available | Native in Shopify Plus |
| Built for e-commerce | No — CMS-first | Yes — natively e-commerce |
Every migration follows the same tested process, structured so you don't lose a single order, customer or product.
We analyze products, pages, blog, active extensions and customizations. We evaluate what migrates directly and what needs to be recreated in Shopify.
We export products and content via Squarespace XML and products CSV. Orders and customers are extracted via the administration panel or API.
We import products with variants, prices and images. Content pages and blog can be migrated manually or semi-automatically.
We map Squarespace URLs to Shopify URLs with 301 redirects. We transfer meta tags and update Google Search Console.
We fully test checkout, payments and order flows. We switch DNS outside peak hours, after full approval.
Titles, descriptions, prices, stock, images and variants (colors, sizes, custom attributes) — all faithfully transferred.
Order history imported for reporting continuity and access to historical data at any time.
Customer accounts, shipping addresses and order history per customer — fully migrated to Shopify Customers.
Categories become Shopify Collections, with the same hierarchy and correct products in each section.
301 redirect for every URL, meta titles and descriptions transferred, XML sitemap updated — Google Search Console connected.
We set up Shopify Payments or your preferred gateway (Stripe, PayPal, Netopia, etc.) and test every method before launch.
The migration process went perfectly — zero downtime and not a single product or order missing. Cristian handled everything, including redirects and SEO.
I was skeptical about migrating — I was afraid of losing SEO rankings. Two months after launch, traffic increased by 35% and all data is intact.
We no longer waste time on updates and technical issues. Since moving to Shopify, we focus on sales, not maintenance.
Yes. Squarespace allows XML export of blog content. Articles can be imported into Shopify Blog. Images and formatting are maintained. Manual validation of each article after import is needed.
Price depends on catalog size and content volume (pages, blog). It depends on product count, site complexity and how much blog content there is. It starts at €300. Send me the store details and you get a free quote within 24 hours.
Squarespace themes are not compatible with Shopify. But Shopify has hundreds of premium themes, and many are more beautiful and more performant. We choose together a suitable theme for your brand and customize it.
Squarespace Business costs $23/month with 3% transaction fees. Shopify Basic costs $29/month with no transaction fees when using Shopify Payments. At low volume, prices are similar. At growth, Shopify becomes more advantageous and capable.
A standard Squarespace store (50-150 products) migrates in 2-4 business days. Stores with extensive blog and content may need 5-7 additional days for editorial content migration.
Send me your store details and get a migration plan plus a free quote within 24 hours.
Or write to contact@horcrux.ro — I reply within 24h.