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Is Wix free for a business website?

No, unless a Wix banner and a wixsite.com address do not bother you: building is free, but your own domain without ads starts at Light, 14 euro a month excluding VAT in the euro area.

What you get without paying, which plan a business site starts on, and what Wix really costs over three years.

Is Wix free: the English homepage of Wix, the website builder with a free plan

By , COO

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What the free plan does and does not give you

  • Trying out a site or a hobby projectYesThe free plan is enough, with the banner and the wixsite.com address.
  • A business site on your own domainNoYour own domain and a site without the banner only come with a paid plan.
  • Taking payments or deposits onlineNoPayments start at Core, and every payment adds a percentage on top.
  • A domain name with your planYes, ifOne year free through a voucher with your first paid yearly plan, used within 60 days for a new domain.
On this page
  1. 01The plans per month
  2. 02What sits outside the plan
  3. 03When Wix is enough, and when it is not

The plans per month

On the free plan a Wix banner sits on top of every page, your address is yourname.wixsite.com and you get 500 MB of storage. Whoever wants to convince customers does not want someone else's advert on top, and wants an address that fits on an invoice or a van. That starts at Light. Wix sets prices per country; these are the euro prices on a yearly plan, as shown to a business in Belgium: If you later want out, how to cancel Wix gives the order that keeps your domain, and Wix alternatives where to go.

PlanPer month, excl. VATWith 21 percent VATWhat it adds
Free0 euro0 euroBanner, wixsite.com, 500 MB
Light14 euro16.94 euroOwn domain, no banner
Core25 euro30.25 euroOnline payments, basic eCommerce
Business34 euro41.14 euroStandard eCommerce, VAT calculation
Business Elite149 euro180.29 euroAdvanced eCommerce, more storage

Selling through Wix Payments in the EU costs 1.9 percent plus 0.30 euro per card payment, and less for some local methods. Every plan, app and extra is in our Wix pricing guide.

Three years of Wix, per plan

Three years, with a domain and one mailboxBelgian prices excl. VAT, no apps or payment fees

  • Free planWith banner and wixsite.com0 euro
  • Light852.77 euro
  • Core1,248.77 euro
  • Business1,572.77 euro

Light over three years, split

  • Plan 504 euro
  • Mailbox 244.80 euro
  • Domain 103.97 euro
With a domain from a separate registrar and one mailbox on that domain, without apps or payment fees, excluding VAT.

Wix and Google

Does a Wix site rank well on Google?

A Wix site can rank. A page per service, copy with the words your customers type and a fast site weigh more than the platform. For a large site in several languages, custom work gives more control over URLs, language versions and speed.

Can I connect my own domain on the free plan?

No. On the free plan you stay on a wixsite.com address, even if you already own a domain elsewhere. Connecting one starts at Light.

What sits outside the plan

The plan is only part of the bill. A mailbox on your own domain is not included; budget a mail plan such as Google Workspace; what such a site costs in total per year is in website cost per year. The domain is free for a year with the voucher, after which you pay Wix's renewal price, or you register it yourself at a registrar from the start; how to pick a good name is in choose a domain name. Apps from the Wix App Market often carry their own monthly price, and selling means fees per transaction. A business in the EU with a valid VAT number pays no VAT to Wix and reverse-charges it.

Test how fast a Wix site loads with the website speed test, and how well Google reads it with the SEO checker. If you sell more than a handful of products, compare with platforms built for stores: is Shopify free lists those costs the same way, and Wix vs Shopify puts them side by side.

When Wix is enough, and when it is not

Wix fits when you want to build and update a simple site yourself: a few pages, a contact form, a new photo now and then. It pinches when the site has to link to your own software, get found in several languages, or move later. A Wix site cannot move to another host: you take your texts, images and up to 5,000 products as CSV, and the site itself is rebuilt. Torn between site builders? Read Wix vs Squarespace and Wix or WordPress; unsure whether to build it yourself, read build your website yourself or hire. On Wix now and want out? Start with moving a website to a new host.

Website design

How VBS helps you choose, even if it is Wix

For a simple site you want to keep up yourself, Wix is sometimes the right call, and then we say so. We build for those who need more: a custom site that loads fast, gets found in several languages and links to the software you already use. That is website design. For Villa Lidia we built a site in two languages with a request form and an availability calendar; the home page went from 8.4 to 1.4 MB.

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