About ten minutes ago, I signed up for a free website from Wix.com. I hated it.
I see much mention of Wix so my curiosity got the better of me and I signed up using their really quick and simple signup form.
About as long as it took me to sign up for Wix was about as long as I had any interest in it.
The fruit of my efforts using Wix can be found on my short Wix Review page.
Wix is basically a free service that allows you to easily make flash websites using their WYSIWYG Flash website building tool. I didn't like the tool because it was created in Flash, it was wonky, slow, and almost made my aging laptop overheat.
And despite any redeeming features of the Wix service, the bad part is - it can only be used to create Flash web sites. Despite the fact that Google and other search engines can index Flash, I still don't believe that a Flash web site is going to be as good for SEO purposes as a plain HTML website.
But who uses Wix? I'm of the understanding that Wix is for people who have graduated from using MySpace as their web site building platform of choice. And maybe it's for people that missed out on the boom of crappy website building that took place in the 1990's (think Geocities).
Anyhow, if you're looking for a serious service to build your web site, I wouldn't consider Wix. Do consider Wix if you want a slow loading web site with lots of twirling blinking Flash effects. Maybe some dancing unicorns.
I was sick to the back teeth of web design companies ripping us off. We had a website built by JDR business coaches, you can see it here www.rogerscottmenswear.co.uk
It's awful, totally unstructured and unfit for purpose. Unsafe to send your card details. They wanted to charge the same money for a plain informative site.
Anyway, I got so fed up, I decided to use Wix.com. This may sound like I work for them, but their site builder is outstanding. VERY easy to use, which left me to concentrate on the design and look. If you look at our website www.penguinsuithire.co.uk it does exactly what it is supposed to do. We have had many more orders in the last week alone, and people commenting on how it looks.
Pointing my domain name to Wix was so simple, and the customer support team are quick and efficient to reply. If you sign up free, you can upgrade to 1 month for only $9.90 with no contract (£6GBP).
I don't see how they are ripping anybody off.
Judge for yourself by my end product, and also check the other suit hire shops local to us and see their poor websites. We certainly have the upper hand!
Sorry to go on, but an opinion from the other side won't hurt I hope.
Mark
I WAS SO ANGRY ABOUT FALSE CLAIMS OF WHAT THEY SAY THEY OFFER AND DON'T!
Really?
Loved it!
Got me free hosting, self hosted wordpress at 7th Z. Room for 6 domains (all for free), I can pick 6 more subdomains if I want, 6 databases, 300 mb storage, 10 gig bandwidth - all on a very fast server.
You should all try it. Nothing to lose, since it is free, and you will never be charged.
I still can't believe you guys! I'm not spending money on a website - I'm MAKING MONEY on my websites (with free hosting)!
My netbook sucks at trading my online brokerage account, should i slam my online broker or my POS computer!?
I loved the wix experience, but do feel it is just a crutch for those small business owners that dont want to pay for a full on web build.
For someone with a lot of creativity and very little money, Wix is a great site to explore your inventiveness. If you plan on becoming a REAL company and marketing it online, WIx is not your best solution. Perhaps you should see if you like their user interface, and from there build a template for how you, The Visionary, would imagine your company website to look... then pay a professional to build one in standard code.
People who use the word "SCAM" so freely really need to question their qualifications in speaking aloud. LIke - do yourself a favor and shut your mouth! You remind me of the types of yuckapucks that troll on youtube.com.
The con is when I do a cached version using google I get a security error 14 - site is invalid. I also found that when using SEO tools on my webiste that it says i am not using a valid web address. eg go to http://www.further.co.uk/tools/link-velocity/ and try it. My site is a paid preimum site using my own domain name so there should not be an issue ???
I would like to get to the bottom of it.
Also for that person that went ou about having to pay for premium, most website builders will charge about that much for hosting the site anyway.
This was the first site to come up and thanks to everyone for their reviews. I will look for another alternative!
It might be affordable, but the final product is not worth it. You're much better off using something like Homestead or SetMySite. They're similar in price and way better.
Whatever you use, stay away from Wix! It ain't what the hype is cut out to be.
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