Download the free platform fit worksheet
Stop reading feature charts. Score the platforms against your business instead.
Square, Wix, Shopify, and Squarespace each already have a score for how well they handle bookings, loyalty, operations, and cost. Add your own priorities, and the math tells you which one actually fits.
Every comparison guide hands you a features chart and calls it done. This worksheet takes the same comparison from The Maker's Margin series and turns it into your own number instead of a guess.
This worksheet is built from The Maker's Margin series on choosing a website builder for artist-led, in-person workshop businesses, run against Square, Wix, Shopify, and Squarespace. Read the series first if you want the full reasoning behind each score, or skip straight to the worksheet and run your own numbers.
Four sections, scored across Square, Wix, Shopify, and Squarespace:
Tickets, Bookings & Deposits
How each platform handles selling a class, running a real booking calendar, and taking a deposit before someone shows up.
Loyalty & Email
What keeps a customer on your list, whether loyalty works at the register or only online, and what it costs to run.
Daily Operations
Inventory, wholesale through Faire, staff access, your own brand fonts, and digital products.
Cost
What's on the pricing page, and what actually shows up on your bill once you've added the tools you need.
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