“We don’t just build websites, we build websites that SELL.”
Websites are an essential part of brand building for a company, the first thing that a consumer does after hearing a brand name is to google it.
If the company has its own website it adds value, it makes the company look more professional, promotion of products becomes easier, making it easier for the customer to find the right product.
Word Press And Wix are applications/websites that help build websites without coding. They have an easy user interface that allows people to build their ideal websites effortlessly and within their budget.
Word press and Wix are services available to the general public, they help create amazing and aesthetic websites easily. One is not required to be a very technical person or hire a coder, they can simply visit these websites and build their own websites for free.
WordPress
WordPress was established in the year 2003, it started off just as a blogging platform now it is the largest CMS in the world, about 43 percent of all the websites on the internet are powered by wordpress.
Word press is the easiest and the most common way to make business websites, eCommerce stores, Blogs, Portfolios, Resumes, Forums, Social networks, Membership sites…pretty much anything else you could imagine.
Word press is the website to be chosen but before that lets understand its pros and cons:
Pros:
- WordPress is free and an open source, however you may need a third party hosting provider to make it available online.
- A variety of professional themes. WordPress themes to choose from, we simply need to pick a theme and select from the preset options available.
- Beginner friendly, the interface is intuitive and friendly.
- You can access the site from any device be it a desktop, laptop, tablet, phone.
- It is relatively less expensive to design the website on wordpress than hiring a professional web designer.
- Easily customizable on how the website looks and functions.
- There is 24/7 help available from wordpress hosting experts.
Cons:
- Too many options.
- Costly- the website is free to use but the efficiency relies on the plugins and themes
- Frequent updates- frequent updates are required for the various plugins and SEO’s used, since the user has all the control he needs to do it manually after every few weeks.
- Website vulnerability- since wordpress is the most widely used CMS it makes it the most vulnerable to cyber crimes. And since it relies heavily on plugins by various developers which may or may not be secure enough.
- Speed- many themes contain a lot of needless coding, which can decrease the speed of the site and cause load problems.
- Basic knowledge of coding required- without any coding knowledge maintaining the website becomes a difficult task.
Wix
Wix is a website building tool that aims to let people without coding skills create their own website. All we require to start the procedure is a web browser and access to the internet, to build and maintain your own website.
Pros:
- There is no need to install any software, as it runs on its own server.
- Wix offers a user-friendly interface to make their own websites.
- Wix editor interface is remarkably intuitive.
- Tons of flexibility and creative freedom, meaning you can easily customize your template so it looks exactly how you want it.
- Excellent customer service.
- Wix is a hosted solution so you don’t need to worry about backups and security.
- Wix’s large size matters because it reduces the risk of the organization folding, taking your website with it. It also means you can expect regular feature updates.
Cons:
- The website doesn’t let us change the templates, after the website has been made.
- Overwhelming options- there are a lot of features and design options, which can be confusing to start with.
- Wix is free to use but if we need professional features like a domain name or an ecommerce store, there are some premium plans to choose from which can be rather expensive.
There are a number of websites and applications available to build user-friendly websites, but these two have certain features that make them standout. WordPress is an old trusted place to design one’s own website, whereas wix carries the latest features that tilts the scale.
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