Squarespace for bakeries
Squarespace for bakeries: pretty site, careful with cake orders
Many bakeries choose Squarespace for the look, and it can sell cakes as products with a form for the details. What it can't do, by its own help pages, is let customers schedule a pickup time. Here is how a cake order fares.
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The short answer
The product side works. The date is the problem.
A Squarespace bakery lists each cake as a product with variants for size and flavor, and an Add to cart form for the message and other details. Add-on products, such as candles or a card, can sit beside the cake.
The weak point is time. Squarespace says customers can't schedule a pickup time with local pickup, so a date typed into a form is a request you confirm by hand. There is no notice rule: nothing stops a customer asking for a cake tomorrow.
For a bakery that ships cookie boxes or sells a weekly bread subscription, Squarespace works. For cakes collected on a chosen day, a bakery menu with notice and bake days saves you the back-and-forth.
- Cakes as products, with variants and add-ons
- Cake details: an Add to cart form, no file upload
- Pickup: customers can't schedule a time
- Menuthere: date, slot and notice per cake from Lite
One cake order
"10-inch lemon cake, 'Congrats Leo', collect Friday 4 pm"
From Squarespace's help pages and Menuthere's docs, read on 20 October 2026.
| Part of the order | On Squarespace | On Menuthere |
|---|---|---|
| Sizes and flavors | Up to 6 options and 250 variant combinations per product | Sizes and add-on groups, every plan |
| The message on the cake | An Add to cart form field | A note, or a priced add-on such as "Add a message" |
| Candles and a card | Up to 4 add-on products per product | Add-on choices with prices |
| Collect Friday 4 pm | A date typed into the form; customers can't schedule a pickup time | A date and slot picker, from Lite |
| At least 3 days' notice | Not covered: confirm by hand | Notice per cake, from Lite |
| A photo of the design | Add to cart forms can't have a file upload field | Not available: customers send it on WhatsApp |
| Allergens | Product description text | The 14 allergens and kcal on each item, every plan |
Squarespace allows 100 Add to cart forms per site, and a form can't be limited to particular variants. Menuthere doesn't take deposits.
Bakery-specific notes
Squarespace for cakes: what to plan for
Dates you confirm by hand
Local pickup is free to offer, but it has no time slots. A date in a form doesn't stop two wedding cakes landing on the same Saturday.
Subscriptions for bread
Squarespace sells subscription products on all its plans, with Squarespace Payments or Stripe (not PayPal). They can't be combined with add-ons or bought with gift cards.
Delivery by postal code
Local delivery is set by ZIP or postal code with an optional fee. There is no delivery by distance.
Fees by plan
The Basic plan adds a 2% transaction fee on store sales; Core, Plus and Advanced add none. Card processing applies on every plan.
A worked example
US$3,000 of cake orders a month: what the fees come to
About 70 orders a month at an average of US$43. Squarespace plan prices depend on your country, so this compares the per-sale fees Squarespace publishes, with US domestic card rates, read on 20 October 2026.
| Cost line | Squarespace Basic | Squarespace Core | Menuthere Lite |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plan | Your country's Basic price | Your country's Core price | US$17 |
| Transaction fee on sales | 2% = US$60 | 0% | 0% |
| Card processing | 2.9% + US$0.30 = US$108 | 2.9% + US$0.30 = US$108 | Your gateway's rate |
| Collection date and notice | By hand | By hand | Included |
| Fees before the plan price | US$168 | US$108 | Your gateway's card fee only |
Card processing is 2.9% of US$3,000 (US$87) plus US$0.30 on 70 orders (US$21). Squarespace offers savings for paying yearly; Menuthere's yearly billing charges 10 months for 12.
When Squarespace is the better choice
Squarespace suits bakeries that sell products
You ship boxes of cookies or sell a bread subscription: products and subscriptions are what Squarespace Commerce does, with a design you'll be proud of. Menuthere doesn't ship parcels or run subscriptions.
Your site is a portfolio: wedding cake galleries and an inquiry form for bespoke work, where you quote each one by hand.
Use both: Squarespace for the gallery and shipped products, with an Order a cake button that opens your Menuthere menu for dates and notice.
How to start
Cake orders with dates, your Squarespace site as it is
- 1
Create the free page
Go to get started and find your bakery on Google, or add it by hand.
- 2
Add your cakes
Upload a photo or PDF of your price list, then sizes, flavors, extras and allergens.
- 3
Set notice and bake days
On Lite, tick the cakes that need notice and choose your bake days and slots.
- 4
Add the button
Put an Order a cake button block on your Squarespace site and the link in your Instagram bio.
Questions owners ask
Answered, plainly.
Sources (9) · checked 2026-10-20
- Squarespace pricing · Squarespace, read 20 October 2026
- Choose the right Squarespace plan · Squarespace Help Center, read 20 October 2026
- Add product variants · Squarespace Help Center, read 20 October 2026
- Sell add-on products · Squarespace Help Center, read 20 October 2026
- Create an Add to cart form · Squarespace Help Center, read 20 October 2026
- Form fields explained · Squarespace Help Center, read 20 October 2026
- Add local pickup and delivery to your online store · Squarespace Help Center, read 20 October 2026
- Create and sell subscription products · Squarespace Help Center, read 20 October 2026
- Transaction fees and payment processing rates · Squarespace Help Center, read 20 October 2026
Cake orders with notice, linked from Squarespace
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