Square Online FAQ

Building an online presence to effectively showcase your business, brand identity, or purpose can take years of hard work and design experience just to get started.

With Square Online, getting online has never been easier. Show the world who you are, what you sell, or the problems you’re here to solve, all while seamlessly accepting payments with Square. With our easy-to-use website builder, spend less time setting up your website and more time focusing on what matters most: your business.

Square Online is a robust platform that covers your website, items, order fulfillment, customers, and much more. To learn more, check out the Square Online Platform topic page in our Support Center, or get informed on pricing and features. You can even purchase a domain from Square and set up an email address based on that domain.

To learn more, take a look at getting started with Square Online, or check out these FAQ articles:

• Square Online for Retail FAQ
• Square Online for Restaurants FAQ
• Square Online for Services FAQ
• Square Online for Nonprofits FAQ

Yes. With robust features in Square Online, your website can integrate directly or be used with several other Square products. Create a powerful site that takes advantage of Square’s suite of tools and services to streamline everything your business needs. Learn more about how to use Square Online with other Square products.

With Square Online, you can accept payments with Square’s payment processor, as well as Square Gift Cards, Square Pay, PayPal, and more. Learn more about accepting payments on Square Online for more information on all of your online payment options.

Yes. Square Online is a great tool that helps you build a website without an online store.

For example, you can create blog-style Stories or show off your portfolio with an image gallery section. You can also host videos on your website by uploading your own files or embedding ones from Youtube. For further customization, you can even add external content and widgets with code.

Explore all of your options in the Square Online site editor.

As you navigate the Square Online site editor, you can create pages and navigation, add sections to your pages, and check out the site preview to make sure your site is looking great before publishing.

Learn more about designing and customizing your Square Online site for more information on all of your site design options. To customize multiple design elements at once, learn more about choosing styles for your Square Online site.

Yes. You can set up your items with Meta for Business to sell items on social platforms like Facebook and Instagram. You can also add food ordering buttons to your profiles with Facebook Food Ordering if you’re a food and beverage seller.

Here are some suggestions to help you grow your website traffic:

• Spread the word: Tell your customers, family, and friends about your site.
• Optimize for search engines: Make sure people can find your website or items when they search online by following our Ultimate SEO Guide.
• Update regularly: Keep your website content fresh with blog-style Stories to give visitors a reason to come back.
• Use your social networks: Post your site to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok, LinkedIn, or other social networks whenever you update your content.
• Promote your site: Add a link to your email signature, and include a link to your site when you post to forums or comment on articles.
• Start an email newsletter: Use newsletter signup popups on your site as a tool to bring visitors back to your website and continue email promotions with email marketing.
• Get reciprocal links: Swap links with other websites that have a similar audience to drive free, qualified traffic. Join our Seller Community to get connected with other sellers that also use Square Online.

Yes. If you have multiple locations, when your customers place an order online, they can specify the location. Learn more about managing multiple locations with Square.

Learn how to add items and categories in Square Online. To highlight certain items on your site, try using a featured items section.

Yes. From your Square Online Overview page, go to Items > Site Categories and select Add Category. Give your new category a name, and add any items you want to include by selecting Choose items.

Learn more about adding items and categories in Square Online.

Yes. If a customer has a Square Gift Card associated with your business, they’ll be able to apply their balance during the checkout flow.

You can even sell Gift Cards on your Square Online site to keep your customers coming back.

Yes. Customers who place orders on your site will be added to a list in your Customer Directory.

Yes. When a customer places an order, you’ll receive an in-app notification, and you can accept and update an order’s progress as you prepare and finish the order.

To manage your Square Online orders, go to the Order Manager in your Square POS or online Square Dashboard by navigating to Orders.

Depending on your email provider, notifications will sometimes be filtered to your spam folder. Double check your spam folder and add the following email addresses to your contacts:

• [email protected]
• [email protected]
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• [email protected]

If you don’t want all of your online order notifications to go to your Square account email address, you can update your preferences in Square Online to send notifications to as many as three different emails. You can also completely disable notifications if you prefer not to receive any. Learn more about configuring order notification preferences in Square Online.

If your items display as Unavailable or don’t appear at all on your Square Online site, there are a few things to consider that could be the cause. Learn more about troubleshooting non-visible items in Square Online.

When a customer places an order through Square Online, they’ll receive a receipt from the Square Online site only. These can be customized from your Square Online Overview page in Communications > Email & Text Alerts.

Learn more about customizing store emails in Square Online.

You can also send a customer a digital receipt with Square at any time from your Square app or Square Transactions page in Dashboard.

By default, each item’s fulfillment is set to shipping. To change the fulfillment type, change it for each item individually or use the bulk editing method.

To get started, expand the Fulfillment tab from your Square Online Overview page. Learn how to:

• Set up shipping.
• Set up in-store and curbside pickup.
• Set up local delivery with either In-House Delivery or On-Demand Delivery.
• Set up self-serve ordering.

In order to set up your fulfillment operations for success, take a look at best practices for local delivery through Square Online and best practices for self-serve ordering through Square Online for helpful tips.