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MarekBober
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- #82
Nothing more wrong- minimalistic webs are good for onetime events, or promotions- easy call to action and can be used as satellite ones to main page. Having just minimalistic ones might not let you show whole spectrum of wares and services.
How to do it wright? Idosell Shop method be right answer for satellite webs installation with proper WMS and invoicing.
Happy to advice
Marek
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MarekBober
- Original Poster
- #84
As you said customers are a bit lazy- this is your job to point out cashdesk- this way you have several versions of your web- dedicated to products with fast track checkout and one for big basket shoppers.
By fast track I mean something like http://long4lashescom.iai-shop.com/ do you mean the same?
Any advice how it can be done better way?
Happy to listen
Marek
By fast track I mean something like http://long4lashescom.iai-shop.com/ do you mean the same?
Any advice how it can be done better way?
Happy to listen
Marek
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Wordpress is usually the best for this
Yep that's why it's already been mentioned a number of times already in this thread.
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Hi guys,
Happy Monday!
I'm in the process of setting up my new business, and have come to the stage of designing the website. My plan is to use wix.com as I don't have any budget to pay for a designer to do it for me - thankfully the website is only there so people can get in contact with me so I don't need too much fluff going on.
I have got my head around using wix after playing around with some of the features so I feel confident I can create a website with the necessary content and more, and make it look good (fingers crossed)!
After reading up I know I'll need a domain, a hosting site and a couple of email addresses, but the problem I have now is I have no idea who to go with! My initial go to was godaddy but some friends have had bad experiences with them, so can anyone offer any advice? I've also seen that wix offers a similar service so that could be an option too.
I'm only a small business essentially working as a freelancer so I'm guessing I won't need a huge amount of data - if that's even the word for it!
Thank you so much!
Happy Monday!
I'm in the process of setting up my new business, and have come to the stage of designing the website. My plan is to use wix.com as I don't have any budget to pay for a designer to do it for me - thankfully the website is only there so people can get in contact with me so I don't need too much fluff going on.
I have got my head around using wix after playing around with some of the features so I feel confident I can create a website with the necessary content and more, and make it look good (fingers crossed)!
After reading up I know I'll need a domain, a hosting site and a couple of email addresses, but the problem I have now is I have no idea who to go with! My initial go to was godaddy but some friends have had bad experiences with them, so can anyone offer any advice? I've also seen that wix offers a similar service so that could be an option too.
I'm only a small business essentially working as a freelancer so I'm guessing I won't need a huge amount of data - if that's even the word for it!
Thank you so much!
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Don't use Wix
Don't use Wix
Don't use Wix
Don't use Wix
Don't use Wix
Don't use Wix
Don't use Wix
Don't use Wix
There are loads of better alternatives and all of them are free. You don't need to pay a developer anything. Use this service: http://www.hihosting.co.uk/bloghosting.html
Pay for the starter option and you will have a site up and running in minutes. @Dan_HiHosting is a member here and will help you out with everything.
You may just want a simple site now but I'd put money on your wanting to do more later on. Wordpress will give you some much more than Wix ever can.
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100% agree with this. Start as you mean to go on rather start and then restart. It will save you money and time in the long run and allow you to adapt/grow with much less stress.
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aflat9
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- #92
I can't see the problem with wix if you need a simple website that you can design yourself. Of course if you are a web designer it must be torturous but for a majority of people that aren't, it offers a pretty easy to use platform. I tried wordpress before and didn't get on with it.
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Historically WIX was hated by web designers as technically it was awful, in that it used 'flash' technology to create websites, and one impact was that Google basically ignored it.
For a businesses, many websites have an objective of providing businesses through organic search as so that made WIX pointless as platform.
Even then, after moving to html, WIX ignored fundemental SEO and right until late 2016 WIX sites still had major issues that stopped or de-ranked them on Google.
However in late 2016, WIX refresh their architecture and resolved SOME of these issues and WIX sites do get listed on Google.
But WIX still uses javascript/AJAX to dynamically generate most of the content, and to that end Google, although getting better at crawling Javascript, still has some issues.
The big issue with WIX is you have no control over the source code, so there is no way you can respond to SEO needs as they arise or adjust for SEO needs.
So there is nothing really wrong with WIX if you want to bash up a placeholder website attached to your domain - IF YOU DONT CARE ABOUT GOOGLE, don't want to tweak code, don't want complete control, except there are much cheaper ways of doing the same including FREE such as Google Sites ( with FREE Google Account and a FREE Cloud Flare account to handle naked domain redirection, if any one is interested PM me and I'll write a blog post how to do this in 3 steps or whatever )
(p.s I don't actually know how Google Sites perform on Google - I'd be making assumptions that I can't back up to say Google likes its own products - Google Sites predominantly is designed as an intranet site for G Suite Business users )
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aflat9
- Original Poster
- #94
@Alan That doesn't explain why I got a website to 8th place on the first page of Google having spent barely any time doing it and it being a WIX site... (it took about a month).
It was pretty easy, but then again it may be my competitors are useless I guess!
I did get it after the last update I must say and you seem to have a fair amount of control with the code of it but I can see why it could be a nightmare. It does work for me, but I would be interested in potentially looking at other options!
It was pretty easy, but then again it may be my competitors are useless I guess!
I did get it after the last update I must say and you seem to have a fair amount of control with the code of it but I can see why it could be a nightmare. It does work for me, but I would be interested in potentially looking at other options!
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8th place for a local search isn't much to shout about.
Research shows click through rates drop dramatically 30% in first, 12% in third, to around 5% in 7th and 3% in 8th.
Needless to say the top 7 aren't built in WIX.
How are you now going to tweak you code and performance to move up. Don't ask me, I never have used WIX in anything more than an experiment.
Research shows click through rates drop dramatically 30% in first, 12% in third, to around 5% in 7th and 3% in 8th.
Needless to say the top 7 aren't built in WIX.
How are you now going to tweak you code and performance to move up. Don't ask me, I never have used WIX in anything more than an experiment.
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Deleted member 69011
- Original Poster
- #98
I would really recommend square space for a total DIY website. It handles domain, hosting, email and an SSL certificate which is essential if you want to sell on your site.
There are some amazing free tutorials available to help you get started, and its a solid platform.
I've use wordpress, squarespace, joomla as well as custom sites for all my clients and I would say square space is the simplest to self manage - as long as you use a tutorial to get set up so you understand the basics. And its good fun to learn!
There are some amazing free tutorials available to help you get started, and its a solid platform.
I've use wordpress, squarespace, joomla as well as custom sites for all my clients and I would say square space is the simplest to self manage - as long as you use a tutorial to get set up so you understand the basics. And its good fun to learn!
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I have to agree on the Wix issue. It isnt built well to perform in terms of search engine ranking. Most decent web hosts will either have some kinda of html block driven builder. Or, try having a go at using a page builder coupled with WordPress. It really isnt that difficult nowadays to get something up which will do the job very nicely, and you will have a lot more control over everything.
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Wesley@Create
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- #106
The biggest difference between building your website on your own and paying someone else to do it for you, and is very rarely mentioned is the support aspect. So many victims of companies charging obscene amounts for support. A website should be a long term commitment and no matter how well it starts off, it is important to consider how to keep it running as well!
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According to my experience, every successful, secure blog depends on a stable and secure hosting solution. Computer criminals worldwide use automated tools to test blogs for exploits. This is one of the reasons why a trusted hosting solution should be considered as one of the main steps to success. And as regards a secure hosting provider it should cover several key areas. The first probably the most important one is if the hosting provider offers online backup services that can bring back your website.
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Not only that. 99.9% of the web hosting companies that offer shared hosting packages will hide the specs of what you’re getting.
Most of the times you’ll get no more than 1-2GB of RAM, 1 core and 700MHz of the CPU.
And if the person X is “smart enough” to place a heavy WordPress / Drupal / Joomla platform on it, or a big HTML portal or something, the website will throttle all the time and it’ll return an error or it’ll simply — not load at all.
That’s one of the ultimate failures a starting business can face.
The average time a user spends on new websites is around 2 seconds. People still think “people will wait because my website is worth it”.
Nobody cares, mate.
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There are some plugins, but I recommend building up SEO yourself. WordPress is good as it offers various features including the variety of plugins. To bring more sales I'd recommend doing some unique marketing, approaching people and expanding your social networks. Don't force people in buying the product and be understanding.
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Completely agree - SEO & Content, give your audience something they want no matter what your budget
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