About Square Online
Square Online is the website and online store builder in the Square ecosystem, aimed at small businesses that want to sell online and in person from the same set of tools. Merchants create a branded ecommerce site and manage orders alongside the payments and hardware that Square already provides.
Square organizes its tools around business types such as food and beverage, retail, beauty and services, with capabilities covering taking payments, managing orders from one place, tracking inventory, scheduling staff and bringing customers back. Its hardware lineup includes handheld devices, terminals, registers, stands and kiosks.
Square Online is a hosted commercial service, so there is nothing to install or maintain. The vendor promotes a free store builder with a free trial, and further pricing details are listed on its pricing page.
Key features
- Online store and website builder
- Integrated payments and order management
- Inventory tracking across channels
- Point-of-sale hardware compatibility
- Industry-specific tools for retail and food
- Customer retention tools
Good fit for
- →Restaurants taking online orders
- →Retail shops adding an online store
- →Salons and service businesses selling online
- Tags
- ecommerce
- online-store
- website-builder
- pos
- payments
- small-business
- saas
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