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Which is more customizable: Wix or Squarespace?
Wix is more customizable thanks to its unstructured design elements. In other words, you can use its included drag-and-drop feature to place any element anywhere on a page. Squarespace is structured, meaning only certain elements can fit within certain blocks on a page.
Are there free alternatives to Squarespace or Wix?
Yes, there are free website builders such as Google Sites and Ecwid. Just note that you may be sacrificing the number of features you’ll get if you look exclusively to build a free website. Plus, some free plans, such as Wix’s, place ads on your website and only allow subdomain use.
Is a website builder necessary?
For most small business owners, a website builder is necessary for DIY website design. They use built-in tools and functionality to take much of the hardest work out of building a website from scratch and include extras such as e-commerce and SEO tools.
Website will be for a dog grooming and dog day care facility. I will not selling anything online so I don’t need the store function.
Which do you prefer?
I have experience with Squarespace but the current website is on Wix. The website needs redone either way but wondering if I should take the opportunity to switch.
Mostly need to be able to list services, contact information, forms, and blogs.
I founded a nonprofit and am in the process of creating everything. I am at the point that I need some sort of website so I can direct donors and potential contract clients to it. I need something very basic to discuss who we are, have a page with our board listed, a page for donation solicitation, and pages for our offered services.
Some of our services are fee-for-service, so potentially having ability to allow for booking and payments would be useful, but not necessarily required as we can manually complete that process by the interested party calling or emailing.
I have no experience designing a website and am doing this on my own.
With this in mind, is there a better platform to use between Go Daddy or SquareSpace? Or, is there a better alternative to these?
Thank you!