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A month ago,at starting of 2015 i both a domain name. I got it from Gazduire web, inregistrare domenii, VPS, web design - DHost The domain has .ro extension.
I went on booble and did some research. After looking at many naked women, i got back to google.com There,the real fun begin. You name it,reviews after reviews,youtube videos. All with the purpose to figure out the best website builder out there. The conclusions came crawling in. Build a Website - Squarespace is expensive. But looks like you can make something look really dreamy.
The prices were to big. So i went to web.com
I both something worth of 37$. Couldn't tell you what was,cuz i don't remember. But i can tell you after about 2 hours i discovered there website builder was very bad. On top the 37$ was just the start. So i can get the website up and running i had to pay hundreds of dollars. The reason why i went to web.com was the positive reviews. Thing is ,web.com does not have a trial session. You have to give them money from the start just so they can let you in to start using there tools. I asked for my money back. And i got them in about 2 days time.

After some more research,i both a one month at godaddy.com Can tell you a lot about the website builder,because i did my website about 80% of the way. Couple of things that i was displeased with.To long to mention all of them here,but lets just say they have very few customization tools. It does the job,but you always feel that you can get better looking websites from other places.

Moved on,and yesterday i just lost the most amazing deal. On Wix.com you had 50% discount on premium membership. Instead of 12 euro you had 6. It said that it will last for 5 days,but today it's gone. Why i did not get it yesterday. Because i hesitated.

Today i wanted to get a look at wordpress website builder. To have access to the free premium trial,you need to fill in the form with your credit card . I don't trust them! I have the feeling after the trial is over,they will not ask for the money,since they have all of my data they will just take it. This is how Blizzard operates in World of Warcraft.
I went to youtube to see some long 2 hours videos about there website builder,what they have to offer.
Did noticed something very insteresting.Once you have the premium account witch is 100$ discount from 165$. You can install a lot of plugins. Those plugins give you an edge over other websites builders. At least this is what i gathered so far.

My best beet is on Wix. I did the website 30% in about 2 hours. It has so many more features then godaddy.com. I even wanted to give them the 144 euro for the entire year,but first i went to there forum to ask if they support my domain extension. They say ,they can connect your domain purchased elsewhere,but my question for them was....if they support .ro extension. They have not yet answered.
Same question would be for wordpress as well. At wordpress the domain connect cost 13$ + the premium thats 113$ plus tax more,but still it's cheaper than Wix.

Wix also has a 8 euro a month plan. But it does not include website booster,or form builder.

What i need is a presentation website that looks as good and fancy as possible. I only need about 5 pages,no big deal and a form were my customers can write something. A contact form.
When it comes to looking fresh and fancy Wix does the job. But i am waiting for there response first.

For a person earning there salary in euros (not me), for what these website builders offer it's incredibly cheap. These are very powerful tools,with them creating a 1000$ value website in just 1 day.
#wix #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author pesito
    Sorry to hear you felt for Web.com. What I saw is that they aggressively purchase positive ratings on dubious review sites.

    Wix should be a decent choice. Alternatives could be Weebly, Jimdo and as you had mentioned, Squarespace. Go Daddy's site builder is not more than an attempt to copy Wix.

    Hope you are having more success now.

    Robert
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  • Profile picture of the author Ember Daniels
    Your alternates are Squarespace and Weebly. Did not mention anything about Wordpress.
    I wonder does anybody actually use there website builder ? You see a lot of tutorials on youtube.
    I would give my money to wordpress,but from what i've seen,i'm afraid not to fall for wordpress like i did for web.com
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