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Re: Ask HN: Are Squarespace and Wix sites worth it?

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Post by bigiain »

ipaddr wrote: post #5
LouisLazaris wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks. Yeah, that’s good to know that there’s nothing shady going on with the domains. It does seem very inexpensive when you factor in the domain and hosting, so I was curious if there’s any drawbacks.

It's extremely expensive. At $17 or $21 a month which works out to $250 a year you could go to a million other places. For $5 dollars a month wordpress will include a domain and 6 gigs. Hostinger is $2.99 with domain. Wix doesn't let you move your files.

> Wix doesn't let you move your files.

That's skeezy behaviour on Wix's part.

BUT

hope you're not using your web host as the only copy of "your files". You should never _need_ to "move your files" away from Wix.

Re: Ask HN: Are Squarespace and Wix sites worth it?

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Post by spacechild1 »

PSA: "wix" is how you pronounce the German word for "wank". Try to suggest your client to set up a "wank site"... Beautifully demonstrates the importance of checking your brand name in other languages.

My other favorite is MongoDB which in German literally means RetardDB. (Sorry for the slur, but that's what it is.)

Re: Ask HN: Are Squarespace and Wix sites worth it?

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Post by OJFord »

spacechild1 wrote: post #22

PSA: "wix" is how you pronounce the German word for "wank". Try to suggest your client to set up a "wank site"... Beautifully demonstrates the importance of checking your brand name in other languages. My other favorite is MongoDB which in German literally means RetardDB. (Sorry for the slur, but that's what it is.)

Mongo in (British? West country which happens to retain relatively more Saxonism and other Germanic influence?) English too actually, or more often 'mong', but it's not prevalent enough that I've made the link before.

Re: Ask HN: Are Squarespace and Wix sites worth it?

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Post by colkassad »

I've setup a test website for my father's business. We own the domain which was bought separately and we just point it to the servers for our WordPress plan (I didn't want to be bothered with self-hosting). The main reason to go with WordPress was setting up WooCommerce to start selling some stuff online to augment the main business. I can't say I enjoy the experience of getting the look and feel right, and it hasn't really changed in twenty years. It's as enjoyable as formatting a Word document.

Re: Ask HN: Are Squarespace and Wix sites worth it?

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Post by pedalpete »

We started with SquareSpace just for a quick website and the ability to make quick updates, try different things, etc etc.

It was fairly inexpensive, squarespace doesn't "own" your domain.

We ended up going to webflow which, though a bit complicated to set-up, is much more flexible and you "design" your own site.

I'm a former webdev, both of these platforms are probably better than handrolling these days.

Re: Ask HN: Are Squarespace and Wix sites worth it?

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Post by matt_lo »

jayturley wrote: post #2

As an agency owner, we don't use these tools regularly but we have clients who do, and we support them. As far as the domains, they are a registrar like any other. You can transfer the domains away or to them like any other registrar. This means that the customer "owns" it for the period of time it is registered for with an accredited registrar. The web builder companies do not own it on your behalf. There are no rea…

What platforms do you typically use?

Re: Ask HN: Are Squarespace and Wix sites worth it?

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Post by spacechild1 »

OJFord wrote: post #23
spacechild1 wrote: post #22

PSA: "wix" is how you pronounce the German word for "wank". Try to suggest your client to set up a "wank site"... Beautifully demonstrates the importance of checking your brand name in other languages. My other favorite is MongoDB which in German literally means RetardDB. (Sorry for the slur, but that's what it is.)

Mongo in (British? West country which happens to retain relatively more Saxonism and other Germanic influence?) English too actually, or more often 'mong', but it's not prevalent enough that I've made the link before.

In German it's the only possible meaning, unfortunately... ("Mongo" is short for "mongoloid")

Re: Ask HN: Are Squarespace and Wix sites worth it?

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Post by dave2299 »

Squarespace is fantastic for early iterating. I started a company about 8 months ago bootstrapped, I’ve spent about 5k total. 12k revenue last mo w/ Squarespace site as front end. Using various things like Elfsight for some embedded widgets, Heyflow for embedded lead forms. I can change anything I need in 5 min. Not particularly technical background.

Re: Ask HN: Are Squarespace and Wix sites worth it?

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Post by daxelrod »

spacechild1 wrote: post #22

PSA: "wix" is how you pronounce the German word for "wank". Try to suggest your client to set up a "wank site"... Beautifully demonstrates the importance of checking your brand name in other languages. My other favorite is MongoDB which in German literally means RetardDB. (Sorry for the slur, but that's what it is.)

Wix has embraced the entendre https://youtu.be/IddnMutPgTI?si=fCgGY9-bZT9WikWz

Re: Ask HN: Are Squarespace and Wix sites worth it?

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Post by dave2299 »

pedalpete wrote: post #25

We started with SquareSpace just for a quick website and the ability to make quick updates, try different things, etc etc. It was fairly inexpensive, squarespace doesn't "own" your domain. We ended up going to webflow which, though a bit complicated to set-up, is much more flexible and you "design" your own site. I'm a former webdev, both of these platforms are probably better than handrolling these days.

There are Squarespace > Figma tools and Figma > Webflow tools so can port to Webflow easily
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