Yes. With our free plan, you can use the online store builder to create, design and launch your site – all for free. Your only cost comes when you make a sale – 1.4% + 25c + VAT per transaction for EU and EEA cards or 2.9% + 25c + VAT. If you choose to deliver orders to customers, a per order delivery fee of 50c + VAT applies. Not price sensitive? We have plan pricing to suit the needs of any business. If you need more advanced eCommerce features please explore all our online store pricing plans.

Yes. Square complies with the PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard), which is a standard put forth by the five largest credit card companies to help reduce costly consumer and bank data breaches.

Yes. Our free web hosting platform provides exceptional speed, performance and security. With Square, you’ll experience no restriction on bandwidth, unlike other hosting providers that may charge for exceeding usage caps, you get unlimited bandwidth at no extra cost. In addition, Square Online includes a free SSL certificate. SSL ensures that visitors navigate your site over a secure 128-bit encrypted connection. Plus, SSL also helps power eCommerce by enabling customers to check out directly on your domain.

Yes. To use a new custom domain name or one you already own you will need to subscribe to an annual paid plan. Support for custom domains is not available on our free plan.

Yes. Using Square Online together with card payment hardware like Square reader or POS can help simplify your entire inventory system. Square Online works with Square hardware products to provide seamless inventory integration. All online and in-person orders sync automatically to streamline inventory management across your whole business.

When setting up a website for eCommerce, it’s important to offer your customers plenty of payment options. Square Online lets you accept all major credit and debit cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Square Pay.

You can switch plans whenever you like. You can easily change from a free plan to a Professional, Performance or Premium plan from inside Square Online. Plan price differs based on feature offering as well as whether you pay annually or monthly.

Yes, you can sell on social media. Square Online integrates with Shopping on Instagram. Just tag products in your posts to let your followers shop right from Instagram. You can also connect your Instagram feed to your home page. Separate integration with Facebook and Pinterest is also available.