Great question, Jacob. 😊 I am probably an outlier here, but I used a dynamic site builder to create my website, stephaniemorillo.co. I migrated my site from Jekyll over to a Wix premium plan almost four years ago and haven't looked back. It's allowed me to keep my personal blog up-to-date while making changes to design elements and even introducing a new digital store, all with a GUI. Reasons for migrating off of an SSG were: too many steps to make updates to my site (it was deployed via githooks and hosted on a DigitalOcean Droplet), not wanting to deal with server maintenance, and wanting the ability to change my layout and design without any need for HTML or CSS experience. It's worked really well for me and has scaled effortlessly, with the added benefit of allowing me to schedule blog posts in advance and even write and publish blog posts on my mobile phone.
Sometimes you just need the ease and simplicity of a solution like Wix that gives you all the bells and whistles. Sounds (and looks) like it is working really well for you!
Was there anything in particular that drew you to Wix over other providers, e.g. WordPress?
I wanted the ease of a GUI and drag-and-drop but with a lot of room for flexibility: editing image placements, colors, buttons, and fonts, even if I went with a default template.
I wanted to be able to add a domain painlessly.
I didn't want to do any kind of server maintenance, I wanted that handled for me.
I've used WordPress.com in the past and felt their feature set was quite limited even with a paid plan. Self-hosted WP is a better experience but I did not want to update plugins, deal with databases, stuff like that.
Squarespace at the time did not have much design variety and their UI was clunky; every SS site looked the same. I wanted the opposite of that.
Wix isn't perfect (their dashboard/user flows can be improved, their domain management does leave a lot to be desired, and it's not possible to switch templates once you've chosen one — something I hope they change soon) but I've been able to scale with them. They make SEO an effortless experience, and I'm not locked into using Google Analytics for web analytics (I use Matomo), and their e-commerce offering integrates with the rest of my site, so I'm able to host my shop on my website alongside the rest of my content. In summary: I found Wix to be a scalable solution and I've been able to make the template my own.
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Great question, Jacob. 😊 I am probably an outlier here, but I used a dynamic site builder to create my website, stephaniemorillo.co. I migrated my site from Jekyll over to a Wix premium plan almost four years ago and haven't looked back. It's allowed me to keep my personal blog up-to-date while making changes to design elements and even introducing a new digital store, all with a GUI. Reasons for migrating off of an SSG were: too many steps to make updates to my site (it was deployed via githooks and hosted on a DigitalOcean Droplet), not wanting to deal with server maintenance, and wanting the ability to change my layout and design without any need for HTML or CSS experience. It's worked really well for me and has scaled effortlessly, with the added benefit of allowing me to schedule blog posts in advance and even write and publish blog posts on my mobile phone.
Sometimes you just need the ease and simplicity of a solution like Wix that gives you all the bells and whistles. Sounds (and looks) like it is working really well for you!
Was there anything in particular that drew you to Wix over other providers, e.g. WordPress?
Indeed! Oh yes there were a few things:
I've used WordPress.com in the past and felt their feature set was quite limited even with a paid plan. Self-hosted WP is a better experience but I did not want to update plugins, deal with databases, stuff like that.
Squarespace at the time did not have much design variety and their UI was clunky; every SS site looked the same. I wanted the opposite of that.
Wix isn't perfect (their dashboard/user flows can be improved, their domain management does leave a lot to be desired, and it's not possible to switch templates once you've chosen one — something I hope they change soon) but I've been able to scale with them. They make SEO an effortless experience, and I'm not locked into using Google Analytics for web analytics (I use Matomo), and their e-commerce offering integrates with the rest of my site, so I'm able to host my shop on my website alongside the rest of my content. In summary: I found Wix to be a scalable solution and I've been able to make the template my own.