The quick takeaway: Great for businesses already using
Square online grow overnight!
Now thanks to 2020, the surge in online ordering, curbside pickup & delivery,
Who Should Consider Using Square Online ?
Pretty much anyone that is looking to sell online and offer curbside pickup, delivery, or shipping. Here are a few examples of businesses that would be a great match.
- Restaurants & Cafes
- Food Trucks
- Meal Delivery
- Small Touristy Type Shops
- Any Retail Shop
- Liquor Stores
- Breweries & Bars
Now with a recent update, Square Online is offering on-demand delivery for alcohol. Use either 3rd party delivery services or your own crew. Available in a limited number of states. What a world huh?
Is Square Online Really Free?
You only pay when you make a sale. So you can design, build, and launch your online store all for free!
Meaning the real cost is 2.9% + 30¢ per transaction.
Plus 50¢ per in-house delivery order or $1.50 per on-demand delivery.
Which is a pretty good deal for all the features they include!
This is really great for businesses that are running lean or if you just want to test out
Pros
- Free to get started selling online right away
- Relatively easy to create and manage
- Integrate with existing
Square POS inventory - Integrate with ticketing system (if using
Square already) - Accept PayPal, Apple & Google pay
- Local delivery option built-in
- Accept
Square gift cards - Integrate with Shopping on Instagram
Cons
- The free version has
Square branding - May not integrate well with other brands of POS
- Limited free tools (still valuable tools!)
- Have to upgrade to use a custom domain
- Not a good option for digital products

Quickly and easily build an online ordering platform that will integrate with your existing Square POS (point of sale) inventory. Great for restaurant pickup and delivery orders!
But Should You Pay For More Features?
If you can afford $12 a month (paid annually), then we would recommend the upgrade. Why? Well for starters, you’ll be able to remove the
Just those two alone will clean up the shop page and make the shopping experience feel more intuitive. Not to mention make everything flow nicely with your own brand!
If you are shipping a lot of products, you may consider upgrading to the top 2 plans. You’ll get discounts on shipping, more e-commerce features, and on the final tier, you’ll get discounted transaction fees. But if you are shipping a ton of products every year, you may want to look into Shopify.
How We Use Square Online
For our client NW raw, we had to get online ordering setup quickly and
With
Customers can place an order at any time and schedule for a pickup in as little as 15 minutes, or schedule for a later time. Even after business hours, customers can place an order for pick up the next day.
The current setup for NW Raw is a single order page only, keeping the main website on Squarespace and just using buttons and links to direct traffic. This helped speed up our build process and keep things separate if we ever choose to leave
So is Square Online Right For You?
If you already use
We hope this has been helpful for you to make a decision and if you are ready to build your online ordering page right now then take a look at our free video training that walks you through every step!

Quickly and easily build an online ordering platform that will integrate with your existing Square POS (point of sale) inventory. Great for restaurant pickup and delivery orders!
Get Started With Square Online Today
We’ve got a step-by-step guide to walk you through setting up your online store!
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Follow along with our free step-by-step video tutorial and start accepting orders online today!