One of the most common questions small business owners and entrepreneurs have when they want to design their own Squarespace website is, "how long will it take me?"

This answer is a bit more complex than it may seem because it depends on several factors including how well you know the platform, if you understand where your messaging should be placed on your homepage, the purpose of your website, how you’ll use it, and what business and industry you are in. Building your own Squarespace website can often take 4 to 8 weeks or even more depending on how well you know the platform.

With that being said, there are important questions and factors to consider before you decide to build your own website.

4 questions to ask yourself before you begin are:

1. If I am learning how to use Squarespace for the first time, will I actually be able to implement the design and user experience that I desire? That I know my business needs to turn my visitors into customers?

2. Can my business afford to have me working on the website instead of on the business?

3. Am I going to become stressed trying to figure out Squarespace’s backend platform?

4. What are my opportunity costs? How much money will I be losing because I’m spending time trying to build my website instead of working on growing the business?

How long it takes to design a Squarespace website depends on a few factors.

Content

What your business sells and how much content you want to display (wording, images, videos, third-party apps for sales and customer service, etc.) will determine the design and flow of your website. We also consider user experience, optimizing and making purposeful design decisions for mobile devices.

Purpose

What is the purpose of this website? Is it used to boost your online presence, like a digital business card? Or, are you a B2C company looking to make transactions online with shoppers all over the world? Whether you are selling a service, a product, or simply advertising your skills on the internet, your business revenue depends on a professional optimized website.

Time 

A DYI website or a website built by your son, cousin, or friend may not give you the same revenue results as a website built by a Squarespace expert that will help you show up in search above your competitors. Although Squarespace's positioning is that anyone can design a website using their platform, the truth is that it can be pretty complicated to optimize it with everything your business needs such as homepage call-to-action messaging, design styles, page titles, image alt text, SEO, Google Business set up, social media integration, and more. When you consider these backend necessities, it can become an exhausting and lengthy process (this is where we come in.)

If you have read this and decided that trying to design your own website is not worth your time, money, and energy, we are here to help you.

We cater to business owners like you who need to get their online presence in front of their potential customers quickly and correctly – the first time.

Schedule a consultation with us to see how we can help you get the high-converting website your business deserves – in a day and with little effort from you.