Website Builder Review

WebsiteBuilder.com is fairly new, having only been in existence since 2015. It was launched with multiple domain names: websitebuilder.com, sitelio.com, sitebuilder.com and sitey.com. 

WebsiteBuilder.com features a great website editor which offers you one of two choices – you can either set up your web page in record time with the help of their huge amount of templates, or you can opt for a blank canvas and be given extreme creative freedom to do just about whatever you could think of. Pages are built by stacking sections, which is very favorable when designing spacious websites with lots of imagery.

They have five hosting plan options:

• The Starter plan is completely free and includes 1GB bandwidth and 50MB disk space. Should you wish to publish a .com domain or enjoy other features such as Ad Credits, you can upgrade to their Personal plan (2 GB bandwidth, 1 GB disk space).
• From there you can move up to the Premium plan which allows 10GB bandwidth, 5GB disk space and also adds SEO, marketing help and access to mobile sites.
• The Business plan gives you all of the aforementioned features, unlimited bandwidth, 10GB disk space and then also adds free email and priority support, while the eCommerce plan is needed- should you wish to have access to, well, eCommerce.

Unfortunately, this company doesn’t feature any built-in traffic monitoring, but you can use a Google Analytics account for that. Finally, it is a great feature that you can save your site before publishing, unlike some other companies that make everything you do live immediately.

WebsiteBuilder.com has a free website builder option and they also have a very wide theme selection, preventing any cookie-cutter business, and allowing anything from quirky blogs to professional business websites. Photos can also be stored in online folders, should you wish to reuse them.

You can then create a new page for your store or add it to an existing one. It is possible to offer customizations on your store, such as color and size, and you can easily create embedded codes for products, add an image gallery and tax and shipping.

For payment options, PayPalFree and Stripe are included. The storefront builder is very capable and makes tasks such as adding products and setting up payment options very simple.

WebsiteBuilder.com aims to keep bloggers happy with 15 different blog templates with great designs. There is also a dedicated Blog button that lets you create posts or change your design template. You can save posts as drafts but you can’t schedule date and time. You have all of the standard text-formatting options to work with and you can apply tags to your posts to allow for easy searching later on. You can choose featured posts and then pin them to the top. Facebook comments are also enabled.

There are various options available when choosing a plan with Websitebuilder.com: you can choose the Starter Plan, which is free, but there are also Personal, Premium, Business and eCommerce Plans. The most popular plan, is the Premium Plan.

Their uptime doesn’t seem to be a problem and technical support is provided 24/7 per email and billing support is always available by phone. Should you want even better service, priority support is included in selective packages.

Website Builder.com gives a full refund if you leave within 30 days of registration. This does not include any fees paid for domain registration, setup fees, or fees paid for additional services.

As I already mentioned, they have a really great website editor. The only downside to so much creative freedom is that things get messy fast. To help you maintain order, WebsiteBuilder.com includes rulers, snap-to-grids and a content shifter. 

Unfortunately for any vendors, you must upgrade to eCommerce-level if you want to sell anything.

WebsiteBuilder.com has everything you need to assist you in the creation of a great website for desktops and websites alike. Reducing frequent and pushy upselling is something they could work on, but if you compare this complaint to those lodged against competing companies, we’ll take it.