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(Founder/CEO of Squarespace here)
Hey all -- it's actively being worked on and will arrive soon. As someone on this thread correctly pointed out, it's a complex implementation due to how our infrastructure is set up.
It's coming!
I've personally wanted seamless SSL for all Squarespace customers on custom domains for forever now, and we've put a lot of work into making it a reality. Furthermore, before initiatives like Let's Encrypt, the business/logistics side of getting this in place was a mess.
(Disclosure: I'm the founder/CEO of Squarespace)
Hey --
Regarding the eCommerce integrations, Jason is right that early on we wanted to partner with a few companies where we felt like we could deeply integrate and provide a controlled/polished experience for consumers. There is no exclusivity agreement with ShipStation (though they're a great choice for many) and we're actively working on APIs that will allow larger merchants to integrate with our order/inventory systems more deeply.
(Disclosure: I'm the founder/CEO of Squarespace)
Own domain using www.squarespace.com with rest of your site. No reason to deal with self-hosted setup, upgrades, and scaling when you have more important things to do when you're starting your company.
Disclaimer: I work here and am biased ;)
Not extremely sophisticated from the generation side but SecretBook for Mac is really pretty clean. iPhone version as well.
I'll consider CMS solved when end users can create most any basic site -- to the pixel, with absolutely no XHTML or CSS written by hand coupled with a robust management and analytics framework. It's a ridiculously difficult problem to both create a system that is developer AND end user friendly that satisfies this requirement.
I think it's through the development of some new UI paradigms that this sort of problem will eventually feel more "solved". That said -- have you guys looked at Squarespace - http://www.squarespace.com/ (Disclaimer: My company.)? We have a pretty unique take on the problem -- with separate editing modes (content, structure) + an expansive module base + an excellent visual CSS designer + an extremely robust hosting core (think: S3 for pages). 5 years in business.
Definitely don't feel we've completely solved it, as evidenced by our system constant upgrades, but it's a great shot. If anyone on this thread is interested some facet the CMS problem, feel free to add a question.
That's impossible, since you can't edit the XHTML behind a Squarespace site.
Do you mean CSS?
I think the point is that it's a completely hosted service and that's being done 90% from a UI -- with minimal CSS written, and no XHTML changes.
Squarespace obviously. http://www.squarespace.com/
Go ahead and try to do this in either of the others: