Navigate the Square Online Overview Page in Dashboard
The Square Online Overview page contains key information about your website and additional tools to help you grow your business online. Like other Overview pages in Dashboard, you can access the Square Online Overview page by going to your online Square Dashboard and selecting eCommerce > Online. Learn more about how to navigate the online Square Dashboard.
Note: If you have multiple sites in your account, you’ll see a line break in the navigation menu. This line break indicates that all tabs above it are for the specific site you’re viewing, and all tabs below it affect all of the sites in your account (regardless of the site you’re currently viewing).
Below, you’ll understand what each link in the navigation menu means and what you can do to manage the different aspects of Square Online.
Overview
This is the primary landing page for Square Online in your Square Dashboard, which provides a snapshot of your website’s stats for the week. You can complete the following actions on the Overview page:
The Edit site button allows you to quickly access the Square Online site editor.
Quickly confirm if your site is accepting online orders or not.
If you have multiple sites in Square Online, you can use the site switcher dropdown menu in the upper-left to see the other websites in your account.
If you need to return to the homepage of your online Square Dashboard, select the menu in the upper-left where it says Online and select the Home icon. You may also access other Square products from this menu.
Upgrade your website.
Get Support for Square Online in our Support Centre.
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Use the menu on the upper-right to access the following options:
Hire a site designer: Hire a designer that can build your Square Online site for you via 99designs.
Add site: Create more sites in your Square Online account.
Duplicate site: Create a copy of your selected site. Note: Duplicating a site will only duplicate your site content (not eCommerce information such as items, fulfilment or locations).
Account settings: The Account settings area of your Square Online Overview page is where you can view and manage all of Square Online services such as paid plans for your websites, domain services and email services. You can also view your payment history or download your data for Square Online. Learn more about how to manage your Square Online subscriptions. Note: To manage account settings for your Square account, go back to your Account & Settings page in Dashboard. The Account settings area of your Square Online Overview page is for Square Online only, and doesn’t affect your Square account or other Square products. Learn how to edit your Square account settings.
Website
Go to Website to:
Edit your website using the Square Online site editor. Learn more about how to navigate the Square Online site editor.
View and manage all Domains currently hosted at Square. You can also view and manage all of your email inboxes based on your domains. Learn more about getting started with domains for Square Online and getting started with Google Workspace for Square Online.
Manage SEO for your website. Learn more about how to update your website’s SEO title and description for search engines.
View contact form submissions you’ve received if you have a contact form on your site.
Change your site preferences.
Items
Go to Items to:
View the Site Items and Site Categories displayed on your website. Learn more about adding and editing your website’s items and categories.
Add or edit coupons for online use.
Change settings for Gift Cards.
Change settings for customer reviews.
Change settings for how items sync between your Square Item Library and Square Online. Learn more about Square Online item sync.
Change item preferences.
View item Options. Learn more about item options and variations.
Orders
Go to Orders to view and manage online orders.
Fulfilment
Go to Fulfilment to configure fulfilment options such as:
Reports
Note: Using advanced reporting requires an upgrade on your Square Online site.
Go to Reports to have an in-depth look at your website and commerce statistics. View and compare your traffic, sales and marketing performance over the time period of your choice using the dropdown menus in each tab. Learn more about Square Online reports.
Marketing
Go to Marketing to start setting up an email marketing campaign for your website.
Note: You may be using Square Online’s marketing tools (powered by Weebly Promote) if Square Marketing isn’t available to you.
Communications
Go to Communications to:
Set up Email & Text Alerts. Learn more about customizing store emails in Square Online.
Add pop-ups to your website.
Set up Facebook Messenger .
Set up abandoned cart emails.
Sales Channels
Go to Sales Channels to:
Learn how to make retail items shoppable on Facebook and Instagram with Facebook Shops.
Learn how to add “Order Food” buttons to your Facebook and Instagram profiles with Facebook Food Ordering.
Learn how to increase food orders on your site with Order with Google.
Apps
Go to Apps to manage the apps connected to Square Online from the Square App Marketplace.
Settings
Square Online has multiple kinds of Settings you can manage depending on how many websites your account has. Learn more about Square Online settings.
Note: Some of the options outlined above might be located in settings if you have multiple websites in your account.