Wix vs a hand-coded website for tradespeople

Wix is cheaper to start and you build it yourself, but it charges monthly forever, tends to load slower, and can look like a template. A hand-coded site is faster, unique to your business, and a one-off cost you own, but you need someone to build and change it. If you enjoy fiddling with your own site and want the lowest upfront cost, Wix is fine. If you want it done for you, fast, and yours, hand-coded wins.

Cost over time

Wix runs from about 15 to 40 pounds a month, forever. A hand-coded site like StaticSwift is 499 pounds once, with an optional 49 pounds a month only if you want changes handled. Over two or three years the one-off is usually cheaper.

Speed and how it looks

Trades customers are on phones. Hand-coded sites load faster and can be designed exactly for your business, rather than dropped into a template thousands of others use. Speed also helps Google ranking.

Who maintains it

Wix lets you edit yourself, which suits some people and frustrates others. Hand-coded means asking the builder for changes, which is why StaticSwift offers an optional managed plan so edits are handled for you.