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I had low expectations, but Wix is great for bloggers
December 19, 2017

I had low expectations, but Wix is great for bloggers

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Wix

It was used to redesign our website, which involved not only a design change but also migrating content that was scattered across a previous website and a blog. It is used by the whole organization to publish posts. I didn't expect much from Wix, but found it to be very user-friendly for those without coding experience. Each person in the organization has an account, and some have editing and/or publishing permissions.
  • Easy to set fonts and color schemes.
  • Various permission levels that can be implemented across the organization.
  • Offers lots of app integrations.
  • The drag-and-drop is a slow process.
  • Bloggr integration would have been a huge asset.
  • The Wix blog does not have an RSS feed.
  • The Wix site has definitely increased our number of email subscribers.
  • We can collect payments through the site.
  • There are a lot of different app integrations, which saved us time.
We were initially going to use WordPress because we were skeptical of the SEO performance of a Wix site. However, WordPress is far from perfect on the SEO front, so we decided to give Wix a shot. In terms of SEO, there is no substantial difference between the capabilities of Wix, WordPress, and Weebly.
It is great for blogging, and it is easy to add blog writers with little or no coding experience. However, it does overall seem to be more suited for e-commerce and/or scheduling appointments than it is for conveying large volumes of information. Starting with a blank website rather than a template is the way to go if you are apt at design. The templates are too "catchy" and don't work well for some industries.

Wix Feature Ratings

7.6
WYSIWYG editor
9
Code quality / cleanliness
7
Admin section
9
Page templates
8
Library of website themes
5
Mobile optimization / responsive design
8
Publishing workflow
8
Form generator
7
8.6
Content taxonomy
9
SEO support
8
Bulk management
8
Availability / breadth of extensions
9
Community / comment management
9
8.0
API
8
Internationalization / multi-language
8
10.0
Role-based user permissions
10
CMS programming language or framework ()
Not Rated

Using Wix

7 - Writers, digital marketer, development
2 - Wix is a great option for employees with no coding experience to be able to manage the site.
  • Email marketing sign-ups
  • Payments and invoicing
  • Migrating content from previous blogs
  • It will be helpful in the rebranding of our organization
Some things could be better, but overall I'm very content. Also, migrating to another platform would be a lot of work, so hopefully I will use Wix as long as possible.