“I’m not a fan of Wix or Squarespace unless you are able to take advantage of their developer features; but then why wouldn’t you just roll your own CMS?”
“People don't stick with Wix or Squarespace because they're happy after year one, they stick because leaving is genuinely hard. There's no meaningful export.”
“Wix and Squarespace lock the site to the plan. Honest answer for your case: a few static pages, a contact form and booking later don't need a builder or a CMS at all.”
“I havent used wix at all so can't compare but I made my comms portfolio website through canva and it was smooth! It's not as creative as I want it to be but its a good start.”
“The lock in part is what would bother me more than the design itself. I moved some site work over to Ploy because I wanted something easier to keep changing without feeling stuck inside one builder if the client just needs a simple site Wix is probably fine, but once you want more control it starts getting annoying fast”
“Really wouldn't recommend Wix. WordPress is getting easier and easier if you are comfortable with vibe coding though if you're comfortable with coding with AI then you can go full headless CMS like Sanity and skip the security problems WordPress has.”
“I hate WIX studio, I find it to be complete garage. The gutenberg editor in Wordpress should be more than enough but it depends what your design will look like.”
“You'll have to redesign it unfortunately that's how they lock people into their business. Get AI to do it, as with any Wix website it's likely generic slop to begin with.”
“Wix positions things absolutely on a fixed canvas. Shopify sections are responsive containers, so a banner renders at a different aspect ratio on a phone than on desktop, and something has to give.”
“I admit it's not the easiest especially if you're used to Wix where most (or all) are drag-and-drop. Once you do get the hang of it though, everything gets clearer.”
“I made a free Wix website in 2021 for my editing, and it was so easy and uncomplicated. Now, wanting a new website I can sell my books and services on, I noticed every other author I know and have worked with uses Shopify.”
“Most will fall in 1 of 3 camps: 1) off shore workers wanting your fivver business. You’ll have a bad time. 2) people who don’t value the service and think they should get a website for the cost of wix, and 3) actual developers who do this day in and day out, and prices are way different.”
“Each semester I work with graduating student from my university alma mater. They all create portfolios using tools by Wix. Maybe you'll find insights there?”
“If its something in WordPress or squares pace, or wix. You might just be buying a customized template that you will need to carry across the first ish line yourself. Or, worse, its some AI junk, or something that you won't be able to really change or that can have problems.”
“Wix traffic reports heavily rely on cookies and client-side tracking, so visitors who decline cookies, use ad blockers, or exit before the page fully loads won't be recorded. Additionally, Meta counts "link clicks" (clicks on the ad), whereas Wix measures "landing page views" (successful site loads), which naturally causes a discrepancy.”
“I'm a musician based in the UK, and looking to sell the merch I designed in Printful on my Wix website. I'll mostly be selling in the UK and potentially NZ / Australia.”
“We've run a tiny Meta campaign for clicks, got about 200 - and in the Wix traffic report we see much much lower numbers of visitors (it also doesn't show they came from Meta - FB or IG).”
“Pointing root and www at Wix and leaving the zone with Crossbar can work, but then every future DNS change goes through them (including stuff that has nothing to do with the portal).”
“I basically had the same issue with wix. Sent them a support email and they literally ignored me for a month. Sent a support email for a different issue unrelated to money and they responded within a couple hours.”