Hey all -- it's actively being worked on and will arrive soon. As someone on this thread correctly pointed out, it's a complex implementation due to how our infrastructure is set up.
I've personally wanted seamless SSL for all Squarespace customers on custom domains for forever now, and we've put a lot of work into making it a reality. Furthermore, before initiatives like Let's Encrypt, the business/logistics side of getting this in place was a mess.
This is great! I really like Squarespace but this is one of the big features I have been waiting on. The other one is integrated A/B testing, or at least an easy way to work with A/B testing frameworks. Are there any plans to support this?
Regarding the eCommerce integrations, Jason is right that early on we wanted to partner with a few companies where we felt like we could deeply integrate and provide a controlled/polished experience for consumers. There is no exclusivity agreement with ShipStation (though they're a great choice for many) and we're actively working on APIs that will allow larger merchants to integrate with our order/inventory systems more deeply.
Thanks for commenting. It's good to know that there are options for some merchants. A lot of small to medium size merchants use third party fulfillment services or want CRM functionality and it's just not practical for them currently. I hope the bar can be lowered at some point as we and our customers have hit a brick wall any time we've tried to pull order information out of Squarespace. We'd love to be able to do it though and help those merchants who need it and like the platform.
Own domain using www.squarespace.com with rest of your site. No reason to deal with self-hosted setup, upgrades, and scaling when you have more important things to do when you're starting your company.
I'll consider CMS solved when end users can create most any basic site -- to the pixel, with absolutely no XHTML or CSS written by hand coupled with a robust management and analytics framework. It's a ridiculously difficult problem to both create a system that is developer AND end user friendly that satisfies this requirement.
I think it's through the development of some new UI paradigms that this sort of problem will eventually feel more "solved". That said -- have you guys looked at Squarespace - http://www.squarespace.com/ (Disclaimer: My company.)? We have a pretty unique take on the problem -- with separate editing modes (content, structure) + an expansive module base + an excellent visual CSS designer + an extremely robust hosting core (think: S3 for pages). 5 years in business.
Definitely don't feel we've completely solved it, as evidenced by our system constant upgrades, but it's a great shot. If anyone on this thread is interested some facet the CMS problem, feel free to add a question.
Hey all -- it's actively being worked on and will arrive soon. As someone on this thread correctly pointed out, it's a complex implementation due to how our infrastructure is set up.