Wix: a simple and easy way to develop a website yourself
Rating: 8 out of 10
March 03, 2022
SL
Vetted Review
Verified User
4 years of experience
Wix gave me the easiest solution for building a website. The layout and designs were simple and effective. It helped increase my credibility by being able to exist as an artist on more than just social media. It also gave fans another way to feel connected to my brand and shop for merch.
- Easy design tools for any one person.
- Tasteful design choices and layouts.
- Easy to edit
Cons
- The price became too high so I left.
- Tutorials for implementing music.
- Less layouts to choose from
- The return has been good for increasing monthly subscribers.
- It has provided a professional platform for industry people to research me.
- Gave me a great first experience with building a website
They’re about the same in terms of quality except I get more for my buck using Squarespace which is why I have chosen to stick with Squarespace and stopped using Wix recently. I get the same deal with Squarespace, but for a lot less and that’s really important to me.
1
Website, merch sales, marketing, credibility, contact information
Basic to advanced web knowledge
- Marketing it
- Merch sales
- Pitching
- Visibility online
- Creating an EPK
- Using it as a virtual business card
- Listing lyrics
- If I want simpler formatting options
- Rebuild the site from scratch
- A separate site for fans only
No
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
It seemed like the best choice at the time and the easiest simultaneously. I was transferring my site from someone who made it for me. I think the single most important factor was its usability was simple and easy to navigate as a beginner in designing and maintaining my own website.
I think I would raise more questions in reviewing the product purchase and explore the feature more thoroughly. That’s one thing I didn’t know to do since I had no prior experience. I would also hire a web developer to review it with me. That way they can show me exactly what it offers and if it would be a good fit verses other sites.
- Implemented in-house
No
- SEO settings were not easy to find
- Implementing music on the website took some practice
- Figuring out the header and footer settings was challenging at times
- no training
It was pretty Easy to learn without training. Any questions I had, I looked at any tutorials they had available on the web. I’d recommend it to those who are fairly savvy with technology, but not to someone who struggles with that. They might need more hands on training and help.
I really don’t. I don’t feel this area is somewhere where I have the expertise to speak on it. I used wix over 3 years ago now, so there’s been enough time passing where my recollection is more dusty and faded, and not super specific. I’m sorry there not much more I can say.
No - we have not done any custom code
No I think I’ll leave it here as is.
I did not, at the time I had little to no room in my budget to afford them, and I had issues about asking for help. I usually Try to solve the issue on my own first, and then google Wix tutorials. I didn’t have too many problems with the site itself enough to need support.
No
I cannot as I didn’t use their support really. I used this product over five years ago, so it’s difficult to remember too much about their support system and how often I used it. I mostly did everything on my own and then used google and Wix tutorials, since I didn’t have most of those features in my budget.
- Colors and font options had a good selection
- The background choice themes were ideal
- The way to customize was easy
- Linking music from elsewhere
- Setting the dimensions of each page was trial and error
- Figuring out the overall layout from scratch was something overwhelming
- Go daddy
- Paypal
- Soundcloud
The domain connection for me to the host on Wix was confusing and overwhelming. I had little to no experience so I didn’t really know how it worked or what I needed ti do to to get it going. Paypal was fairly easy and so was SoundCloud. The step by step directions where pretty straightforward.
I haven’t used any of the above. I used Youtube, soundcoud, Paypal, Go daddy and a Spotify. I didn’t really use too much more. My needs were fairly simple at the time of purchasing and using Wix. I had not the knowledge nor the encouragement to use more than what I already knew.
One thing at a time and definitely take the time to get familiar and each thing you want to integrate before actually doing it. Look up tutorials if necessary and get help if you can’t figure things out solely on your own. Also take your time in general with the integration.
N/a I don’t believe I negotiated anything in my history of using Wix.
No, sorry! I can’t recall have an experience like this one.
Yes
It was super smooth, all I did was update my payment and the plan and it was instant access to my Wix account website options. I updated from basic to a commerce store option. It was a very simple and efficient process to gain access. No issues or down time. No unexpected impacts.
- Financial gain
- Credibility
- Deepening of client relations
- N/a I left Wix for Squarespace
Yes
That’s what I answered in the last question. I wanted to set up a store to sell merch. It went just great. It took some time to learn the new features, but it was a great addition to the website and drove more traffic and viewers from email and social media.
No