Should You Host your COURSE on Squarespace? 🤔 Pros, Cons & Alternatives

[@hollywrenspaulding8749]

HI-thanks for the tutorial. I believe that you can now host video in Squarespace Member Areas (thus removing a key "con" on your list).

[@BigCatCreative]

Yes that's right! 🎉 Now if they just removed the Member area limits and the transaction fees, it would be perfect 😝

[@jeffreythemeditator]

great tutorial. your delivery and insights are refreshing. I'll be watching more and more of your stuff.

[@yasiral.kiyumi7923]

Hi, Im new to this world, your video really helped me. Thank you for the time you have spent on creating the video. God bless you

[@healinglaforesta]

great tutorial! just what i was looking for :) thank you

[@TheProjectEquestrian]

I love the idea of using the blog for password protected pages! Thanks for this video- very helpful as I'm considering adding my first course :)

[@BigCatCreative]

Yay that's great! Glad it was helpful :)

[@TheProjectEquestrian]

@@BigCatCreative So helpful! I've already watched like 5 videos! :) Do you have any videos on integrating a newsletter with Squarespace? Or also form management? I currently have forms (including the newsletter) lead to a gooogle sheets document, and I'm so far pretty dissatisfied. Hope to find some tips!

[@BigCatCreative]

Hey! Check out this post on our site, I think it will help you :) www.bigcatcreative.com/blog/email-signup-form-squarespace For regular contact forms though, I recommend those go directly to your email so you can reply.

[@TheProjectEquestrian]

@@BigCatCreative thanks for the reply! Appreciate you 😄

[@hoppingbunyip]

Thanks, really clear concise information that is much appreciated.

[@MsRecoveryroom]

I already have 2 squarespace sites so this is helpful

[@nycakshay]

Thank you for this overview! I signed up for the basic plan just to get a feel. Lets see how it goes!

[@BigCatCreative]

That's a great idea! You can always cancel if it doesn't work right for you. Good to test these things out before you fully commit

[@whatnow162]

great information

[@tasharode]

Thank you so much for this video. Can you please tell me if I can create a landing page or website on Podia? I also need to create invoices for clients. Thank you!! 💕

[@BigCatCreative]

You can definitely create a sales/landing page in Podia, probably a whole website too but I believe it is very basic. It doesn't have the feature to create invoices but you can collect payments. If you need anymore help I would recommend talking to Podia support they are super helpful!

[@jenxwebdesign]

Great job on this. I'm actually going to share this video with a potential client. Very informative. 👍

[@BigCatCreative]

Thanks!

[@Jenologyuk]

wondering if you have an updated video on how to set up the members area? I have watched the 2021 video which was very informative but as you will be aware Squarespace has got better since then! Thanks

[@BigCatCreative]

Yes, new tutorial being post either next week or the week after! Can’t quite remember. If you’re on our email list you’ll get an email about it 😊 or you can sub here and turn on notifications!

[@susanamirandailustracion8991]

Thanks for this video. I already have my website with squarespace and have been looking for information about where could I host my courses. After watching your video I think Podia will be my choice as well.

[@BigCatCreative]

I highly recommend it!

[@rhondacosta160]

Thanks for the tips on getting started with squarespace blog pages. Never would have thought of that one! For awhile I'll use my 1 course as a lead magnet for now. I can't recommend Teachable. It's not intuitive for everyone and when you get stuck and I did many times - they're terrible and offer any email support. That's just another headache. No video or phone support. For $39 /mth as a new course creator, that's a lot. Especially to be stuck all the time or have something go wrong and wait for an email response. Ridiculous.

[@BigCatCreative]

Glad that it was helpful! Oh interesting I didn't know that about Teachable, I know so many people who use it. I use and recommend Podia, as it offers similar to Teachable but much cheaper and their support has been so good and fast.

[@puredistancegolf]

Great video, thanks.

[@PopCykol]

Helpful. Thanks.

[@weareyoka]

Can anyone tell me if the 30minute video upload limit also applies to my course? Does that mean if my course videos exceed that limit I can't host it on squarespace? Thanks a lot 🙏🏻

[@BigCatCreative]

The upload limit will increase depending on which Members Area plan you buy support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544187-Video-blocks

[@gonzalorodriguez3510]

super helpful

[@Fyke816]

My problem is that I need everything to be in one place. My website is for a book I'm publishing soon, and I want a site to host that book along with a course that will be free for people that bought the book, and some digital products too. Should I go for another place instead?

[@BigCatCreative]

What do you mean by "host that book"? Do you want to sell it from your website? You can do this with Squarespace ecommerce. I think you could do all of this in Squarespace, but it depends what you require for your course. If you know exactly what you need then you'll be better equipped to be able to choose the right platform. But it's not uncommon for people to use and link multiple platforms as often one can't do it "all" exactly the way the need unfortunately!

[@Fyke816]

@@BigCatCreative By host I meant it would be the books 'main' platform. I'd likely just redirect people to the amazon page when they want to buy it. My concern is that I want the course to be 1 hour webinars, and there to also be a monthly article/blog. For the course however, I want it to unlock when someone buys the book - along with the other downloadable stuff that will come with the book.

[@Rashiag0830]

on member area, is there a side panel of where they can browse certain lessons under a module? Ive seen that feature in podia

[@BigCatCreative]

Not a built-in one, but you can manually add one or add one via code :)

[@DaysCrochet]

Now that Squarespace allows video course content, do you think it’s still pricier than Teachable or Thinkific? I’m trying to decide on which one of these 3 options. It’s very difficult to choose.

[@BigCatCreative]

Hey! This depends on how much how much storage you need and how many member areas you need. You can see the Member Area video limits here support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360050832771#toc-member-areas-plans-and-pricing List out your requirements and then compare the pricing. If there's not any HUGE differences then go with the one that's going to be easier for you. Generally I would lean more towards Teachable/Podia due to no transaction fees (I hate transaction fees!) and also Unlimited video hosting.

[@DaysCrochet]

@@BigCatCreative thank you for your response! One more question: do you know if Squarespace would have to integrate with Stripe in order to sell the course (sorry if that’s a dumb question)? I’m trying to figure out if it is only going to be 1% per sale of my course, or if it will be 1% PLUS the 3% Stripe charges per transaction.

[@BigCatCreative]

@@DaysCrochet Yes the Stripe Fees are separate and additional to the Squarespace fees

[@Vardagsvegan1]

Update this one! I think some things have changed.

[@McIntoshYoga]

I just started using Squarespace. I have only one course but it consists of 5 modules and each module has 6 lessons for a total of 30 videos. Should I be using a different plan?

[@delgadoglory732]

If you have a personal plan on square space can you embed podia to the site for people to buy your courses without having to upgrade to square space business plan?

[@BigCatCreative]

Yes, you can use the BUY NOW button embed via Podia. Though you MAY need the business plan depending on the code you have to embed... I would reach out to Podia and ask (their support is awesome)

[@theabsolutemomsensepodcast208]

Thanks for doing this! It's nice not to have to research everything on my own. Can you clarify the squarespace membership pricing? Are those numbers in addition to your regular site plan pricing?

[@BigCatCreative]

Yes! This might help support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360050832771-Member-Areas-pricing-billing-and-invoices