▶Play the video: I do not enjoy Wix.It started with a podcast ad. A beautiful new website, it promised. All your clients will love it. It turned into a nightmare.
For 20 years Wix has sat at the top of the free website market. It’s easy to use. But it had a terrible secret: it made horrible websites. One victim lost everything but the clothes he stood up in. Brenda, who chose to stay anonymous, used to trust her contact form. Someone filled it in, she got an email, done. Then one day the entries stopped. No emails, nothing. She became a hermit.
It’s a spoof, obviously. The contact form that quietly stops sending isn’t so funny if it’s your business, because every enquiry it eats is one you never hear about.
Our conclusion from hundreds of investigations: if you want a good website, don’t use Wix. The longer version is in Wix vs WordPress.
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I followed the podcast ad it promised me a beautiful new website all your clients will love it it said but it turned into a nightmare for 20 years Wix has reigned Supreme at the top of the free web Market it's easy to use but it had a terrible secret it made horrible websites the result ruined my life my family disowned me I'm divorced I've got nothing left but the clothes that are on me and they're not much either all because of my bloody Wicks website and it wasn't just making horrific websites it was forcing people to lose contact with the outside world Brenda's story is so horrific she's decided to stay Anonymous I used to be able to trust my contact forms someone would email me through it I'd receive an email and that was the end of the transaction I'd struck up many relationship through my website contact forms happily I enjoyed it I loved it it was my pastime my hobby my everything then one day my worst nightmare happened all of a sudden I just stopped receiving my contact form entries no more no emails no nothing suddenly because of my Wick's website not working properly I had no way of communicating with the outside world I became a Hermit I put weight on I couldn't leave the house there was no way of knowing what was happening all my communication with the outside world had been cut off my husband was losing me as was everybody else my wix's website ruined my life these two stories are just examples of the hundreds of horror stories we received all that these hundreds of Investigations revealed to us is that if you're looking for a new website you should absolutely not use Wicks and if you want a good website you should probably come to Genius Division because that's how we make worldclass websites so next time you're looking for a good website don't bother with Wicks it's a lot of bloody rubbish