Wix free plan or paid plan? Here is what a business really needs and what you can skip.
Wix lets you build a site for free, which is a good way to test the editor. For a real business, though, the free plan has limits that cost you customers.
What the free plan means
- Your address looks like a Wix subdomain, not yourbusiness.com. This looks less trustworthy and is harder to remember.
- Wix shows its own advertising on your site.
- You cannot connect your own custom domain.
- Business features such as taking payments need a paid plan.
What a paid plan gives you
- Your own domain name and professional email address
- No Wix ads on your pages
- More storage and bandwidth
- Payments, bookings and other business features, depending on the plan
Which paid plan?
Wix offers several levels, and names and prices change. A simple information site needs a basic paid plan. If you will sell products or take online payments, choose a plan that includes eCommerce. Check Wix’s pricing page for what each level includes today, and avoid paying for features you will not use in the first year.
Buy it in your own account
Whoever builds your site, your plan and domain should sit in your own Wix account. That way you stay in control if you change designers.
For the full picture of costs, read how much a Wix website costs.
