Wix offers four paid plans, plus customized enterprise plans.
The four Wix basic website plans are designed for those who need a professional website but don’t plan to accept online payments. These plans all include a free custom domain, an SSL certificate and 2 GB to unlimited storage. The Core, Business and Business Elite plans also come with a professional logo and an events calendar app. Here is the pricing breakdown for these basic website plans:
- Light: $15 CAD per month
- Core: $25 CAD per month
- Business: $36 CAD per month
- Business Elite: $149 CAD per month
To accept online payments on your Wix website, you’ll need to choose from one of three Wix e-commerce and business plans. Pricing for these plans is as follows:
- Core: $25 CAD per month
- Business: $36 CAD per month
- Business Elite: $149 CAD per month
All Wix e-commerce plans come with the following features:
- Accept secure online payments (single payments and recurring)
- Customer accounts
- Free custom domain
- 2 GB to Unlimited of storage
- Unlimited products
- Abandoned cart recovery
The Wix Business and Business Elite plans also come with 100 to 500 automated sales transactions, subscription sales, marketplace selling, dropshipping by Modalyst and product reviews by KudoBuzz. The Business Eliteplan includes priority custom care, customized reports and a loyalty program by Smile.io.
Shopify has a low-price plan called Shopify Starter, which lets you add e-commerce functionality to your existing website for $7 CAD per month. You can add Buy Buttons to your Squarespace, Weebly, WordPress or even Wix website through Shopify Lite. You can also use Shopify Lite to accept credit card payments in person via the point-of-sale (POS)[1] app that you can add to your iOS or Android device.
If you want to build a fully functional, e-commerce-ready website with Shopify, you’ll need to choose from three plans. All Shopify plans[2] come with unlimited products, 24/7 support, the ability to sell on online marketplaces and social media, discount codes, abandoned cart recovery, gift cards, shipping labels, fraud analysis and Shopify POS Lite.
The chart below illustrates some of the key differences among the three Shopify plans.
References
- ^ point-of-sale (POS) (www.forbes.com)
- ^ Shopify plans (www.forbes.com)