Squarespace is a hosted content management system available at Squarespace.com. When asked by people “what is the cheapest and fastest way I can get a basic website?” our answer is Squarespace.com. You can sign up and have a website within 5 minutes. They do charge monthly, but it includes hosting and is reasonably priced.

While they supply many templates to choose from, but also allow full control over the stylesheets applied to your site. This means you can implement a custom site design if you want. They provide all the most common website features and have one of the best WYSIWYG (“what you see is what you get”, pronounced wiz-ee-wig) editors of any system. This makes it easy for anyone to maintain and update their site.

For companies that already have a web infrastructure or favored hosting provider, Squarespace probably isn't the best option. It also doesn’t have the extensive third-party ecosystem of WordPress. If those limitations don't apply to your website needs, then Squarespace can be the ideal solution. It's easy to use, robust, customizable, and one of the fastest ways to get a professional looking website up and running.

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