If you do not see the differences in these I would recommend you -Shopify -Wix -Squarespace Many people will say XYZ suck, but I believe it's all about what is most important for your operations. I think wordpress will be too much hassle for you. It really also depends what you are selling and your vision. Feel free to send me a dm to tell me more about your brand. More on reddit.com

This is all going to be a vast over-simplification, but in my defence, this is a very ambiguous question. Cheap and DIY websites: Wix and Squarespace Why? Very little learning curve (outside of Editor X), and clients should be able to modify without too much experience.. General pricing: I've seen these go for as high as $8k, but I'd say the average is in the $2k-$4k region. Mid-tier: Webflow & WordPress with a page-building plugin Both require more time to acquaint yourself, but offer better development capabilities for further customisation. Learning curve is higher than the cheaper builds. General pricing: Personally seen these go up to $25k, but average would be in the $5k-$8k range. High-tier: Custom builds. This includes custom themes on WordPress, or headless builds on JS frameworks. Very large learning curve for non-developers. General Pricing: no cap on how high, minimums are usually 5-figured but can easily extend into the 6-figure range. As to which one is the "best", you're in a Webflow forum. I'd be hard-pressed to find many that would push for Squarespace here. The best one is the one you can use, and the one you can sell. Personally, I believe Squarespace lowers your sales ceiling significantly. Webflow, despite its many inadequacies as a platform, can at least be defended in a call with a developer present. More on reddit.com

I think for a portfolio website, the intention is to highlight your work, so a clean Squarespace site is automatically geared towards that with basically zero need for any code knowledge. Wix will give you a little more control over placement than Squarespace, but it can be tempting to deviate from a clean, well designed website. I'd suggest designing the site outside of Wix, then building it in Wix. If you want even more control and move stuff around in a web designer friendly atmosphere, then use Webflow. But with more control means you need to rein in the flashy animations and whiz bangs which might only serve to distract from the content itself. For 100% control, use Wordpress, or code it up using html and css (ChatGPT can help a lot as well). With this you have the ability to port it to a different host and you essentially own the site. With SS, Wix and Webflow you're pretty much stuck in their proprietary world. Webflow allows for a full export, but you have to buy the plan and a lot of the functionality of the site once it's exported is really limited, so you might as well build it in Wordpress at that point. More on reddit.com

When I first reached out for mentorship, I was in a very similar position you were in. I was evaluating between Wordpress and Webflow. I definitely recommend Webflow in the long run because, yes, it is a steep learning curve and takes a while to get used to. It was also hard because I didn’t know anything about coding. What I did when I first started out was watching their YouTube tutorials from their main channel and watch them in slow motion so I could see step by step and copy every motion the narrator was doing. This was my way of learning and absorbing information on how to use Webflow. My portfolio was super cringe because of my basic expertise in using Webflow. Over time, I kept taking more baby steps and kept practicing and iterating on my website to where I’m mostly comfortable in using it. Am I perfect? No, because I’ve only been using their service for a year and a half, but trust me, I think Webflow is the wave because you can build a website that does all the coding for you. That’s pretty sweet in my opinion. Two YouTube channels I would highly recommend checking into as well is the Flux channel and CharlieMarieTV. Those guys are experts in Webflow and have some nice tutorials! There’s also a reddit channel for Webflow too and their social media pages if your interested into finding more stuff from them. More on reddit.com