Wix alternatives

Wix is left for structural reasons rather than for its editor: templates cannot be switched once a site is built, and sites cannot be exported or moved to another host. Commerce also trails dedicated platforms once a catalog grows, and selling online needs the Core plan or higher.

If design quality matters most, Squarespace is the closest alternative, with commerce on every plan from $19 a month billed monthly; its Basic plan charges a transaction fee on sales. If the store is the business, Shopify is built for selling across web, social and in person, from $39 a month billed monthly, though apps often push the real cost higher.

For larger catalogs and B2B selling, BigCommerce charges no platform transaction fees. And if you want to own the code and hosting outright, WooCommerce runs inside WordPress, with the upkeep that implies.