selling one-off and subscription products to both the UK and EU

hi folks - total newbie here, looking for a bit of advice from more experienced users if you have the time.  I'm looking into setting up an online site selling books and gift items both as one-off items and as monthly subscriptions.  I've signed up to a squarespace trial and really like the intuitiveness of what I'm seeing so far, but having looked through the help guides and searched through this forum, I'm beginning to suspect it can't quite offer what I'm looking for.

1. I've seen some comments that squarespace hasn't adapted well for selling to the EU in a post-brexit world - is that still the case?  (I'm Northern Ireland based and would want to sell to both UK and Ireland with ease).

2. it seems to be the case that a single VAT rate is set for the store, rather than being set for each individual product according to the VAT rate applicable for that product - have I understood that correctly?

3. There seem to be limitations on the degree to which customers can update their subscription details - update address, change billing date etc.. - are there any workarounds for that or is it just something you'd have to live with?

thanks for taking the time to read this far - would be great to hear what your thoughts are.

Thanks for the reply and the information @paul2009 You've pretty much confirmed everything I'd suspected.  It's such a shame though - I could live with the subscription niggles but the IOSS and VAT side of things is much harder to overlook.  

Hi, a year on from this post I'm also seeking to remove VAT on books. I'm assuming nothing has changed in a year and there is no other workaround?

36 minutes ago, Vicki-Blumango said:

I'm also seeking to remove VAT on books. I'm assuming nothing has changed in a year and there is no other workaround?

Correct. Squarespace doesn't allow you to set VAT rates on a product-by-product basis yet. 

I know it's not the news you wanted, but I hope this saves you searching further.

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Thank you for saving me the time to explore, trying to find a workaround now.

Something else you should know Vicki , you can't increase an individual Subscribers price once they're set up..so if in NI like here in Scotland the price for a large letter <250gms has gone up from £1.80-£2.70 this year!! and I am unable to add this increase to Subscribers ...absolutely crazy 

In theory when post is costing us £4.50 , they are still being charged £1.80 in say 5 yrs time.