Wix.com
Encyclopedia
Wix.com is a free online platform that allows users to create Flash websites, Apple-compatible mobile sites and customized Facebook pages through the use of professionally designed templates and simple drag & drop tools. People who have no design skills and no code knowledge can make web content using Wix.com.
The company has received favorable reviews online and in the blogosphere .
Its competitors include Weebly
, Jimdo
, Webs, Yola
(formerly Synthasite), uCoz
, FlashMoto
, Webnode
and other web creation sites.
and Benchmark Capital
.
Websites
To create a website, visitors must sign up, choose a template, then customize the content and design to their style and needs, using Wix’ online editor. The Wix user may upload photos, videos and music from his/her own desktop, while also borrowing from Wix’ library of graphic content. Embeddable HTML widgets such as maps, forms and calendars are also available.
Wix hosts websites for free on their server but also offers Premium upgrades for users who want to connect their personal site address, remove Wix branding, gain extra storage and bandwidth and add an eCommerce shop.
Mobile Sites
Wix launched a free mobile site builder in early 2011 to allow users to create their own mobile site in under 5 minutes. Its site editor offers a step-by-step process which includes choosing a template, adding your personal or business information to the pages and clicking Publish at the end. Features include promotional tools such as Click-to-call and Click-to-text, and also offer color, font and background customization.
Customized Facebook Pages
Wix launched a Facebook page application , called WixYourPage, in early 2011. The app allows users to create a customized Facebook fan page on Wix.com then publish it straight to their Facebook page. Editing a Facebook page template is done the same way as editing a Wix website. Its premium package options allow users to remove Wix ads from their Facebook page and add a eStore.
The company has received favorable reviews online and in the blogosphere .
Its competitors include Weebly
Weebly
Weebly is an online, free widget-based Web site creator, funded by micro-seed fund Y Combinator. It uses a widget-style format, allowing users to create pages with only a few clicks by dragging and dropping different page elements onto a page and filling in the content...
, Jimdo
Jimdo
Jimdo is a WYSIWYG web hosting service. Jimdo offers JimdoFree, a free web hosting service, JimdoPro and JimdoBusiness, both premium services. Jimdo is operated by Jimdo GmbH, a Hamburg, Germany-based company...
, Webs, Yola
Yola (webhost)
Yola is a website builder and website hosting company headquartered in San Francisco. People without programming skills and a limited knowledge of HTML and graphic design can make web sites using Yola. Its drag and drop system allows users to incorporate widgets without knowing HTML. Yola also...
(formerly Synthasite), uCoz
UCoz
uCoz is a free web hosting with built-in content management system. The modules of uCoz CMS can be used together to build a fully featured website, or separately, e.g. as a blog platform, webforum etc. As of July 10, 2010, there are more than one million websites created in uCoz systems...
, FlashMoto
FlashMoto
Moto CMS is an advanced Flash CMS that allows users to update text, images and SWFs directly on a live Flash website. Moto CMS enables users to update their websites with a friendly WYSIWYG environment and all of the changes can be applied at runtime...
, Webnode
Webnode
Webnode is an online Website Builder system developed by Westcom, s.r.o, a company based in Brno, Czech Republic. It can be compared with other online systems like Weebly....
and other web creation sites.
History
Wix was founded in 2006 by Avishai Abrahami, Nadav Abrahami and Giora Kaplan and was released open-beta in June of 2008. The company, headquartered in New York, with offices in San Francisco and Tel Aviv, is backed by investors Insight Venture Partners, Mangrove Capital Partners, Bessemer Venture PartnersBessemer Venture Partners
Bessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, Israel, China, and India.Bessemer Venture Partners is the longest-standing venture capital practice in the United States...
and Benchmark Capital
Benchmark Capital
Benchmark Capital is a venture capital firm responsible for the early stage funding of some very successful startups. In 1997, the firm invested $6.7 million in eBay, which became worth more than $5 billion by the spring of 1999. Other high-profile investments include Ariba, Juniper Networks, Red...
.
Features
Wix.com offers 3 solutions in one place: users may design websites, mobile sites and customized Facebook fan pages.Websites
To create a website, visitors must sign up, choose a template, then customize the content and design to their style and needs, using Wix’ online editor. The Wix user may upload photos, videos and music from his/her own desktop, while also borrowing from Wix’ library of graphic content. Embeddable HTML widgets such as maps, forms and calendars are also available.
Wix hosts websites for free on their server but also offers Premium upgrades for users who want to connect their personal site address, remove Wix branding, gain extra storage and bandwidth and add an eCommerce shop.
Mobile Sites
Wix launched a free mobile site builder in early 2011 to allow users to create their own mobile site in under 5 minutes. Its site editor offers a step-by-step process which includes choosing a template, adding your personal or business information to the pages and clicking Publish at the end. Features include promotional tools such as Click-to-call and Click-to-text, and also offer color, font and background customization.
Customized Facebook Pages
Wix launched a Facebook page application , called WixYourPage, in early 2011. The app allows users to create a customized Facebook fan page on Wix.com then publish it straight to their Facebook page. Editing a Facebook page template is done the same way as editing a Wix website. Its premium package options allow users to remove Wix ads from their Facebook page and add a eStore.