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Talk to a senior developer who'll give you an honest view on moving to a faster site you actually own.",[12,24,49,55,86,93,122,128,149,154],{"id":13,"data":14,"type":23},"5e1e9290-687c-42b2-8a59-01acacb9a94c",{"ctaLink":15,"ctaText":16,"headline":17,"subtitle":18,"highlight":19,"useGradient":20,"secondaryCtaLink":21,"secondaryCtaText":22},"/book?topic=wix","Book a free Wix surgery","Boxed in by Wix?","A subscription every month, a template you can't change once you've picked it, and a site you can never export off their platform. I'll give you an honest view on whether moving to your own site is worth it. 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He always made time for me, answered any questions quickly, and was great to bounce ideas off.\n\nI’m super happy with the final result, especially the new booking system. Highly recommend Adam if you’re looking to upgrade your website!",5,"2026-03-23","https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/ALV-UjUv-1AnmkbpgTfIuCRp-haCPU0srtQZHaL4gjqLdXlz_SDCowI0=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo",{"author":37,"text":38,"rating":33,"date":39,"avatar":40},"Amy Tadman","Moved across my website to Adam @ headless and was a seamless move, Adam took care of everything and made it as easy as possible to work with. Really happy with my new website 5*","2026-03-14","https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocL7iPPO2v5_jMZNbplWImvcZrly-l4VFx6Y180gFXlm42gvFQ=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo",{"author":42,"text":43,"rating":33,"date":39,"avatar":44},"3 Ninjas Pizza","Couldn’t have created our new business without Adam, his skills and knowledge of websites and ecommerce have been priceless. Thank you Adam","https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/ALV-UjUNT2lkc7AZR-DO_NZlxxLDlOimInhf5hDw-1ebUgKyMHq07CY=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo","",0,3,"google_reviews",{"id":50,"data":51,"type":54},"7a6a4efa-1054-4fdc-92ce-c167a17a0179",{"title":52,"content":53},"The Problem with Wix","\u003Cp>Wix makes it easy to start, and then quietly hard to leave. The subscription runs every month, the free tier puts Wix adverts on your own site, and once you've chosen a template you can't switch it without rebuilding the whole thing. The drag-and-drop editor feels flexible until you need something it wasn't built for, and then there's no way through.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>The real catch is that you can't take your site with you. Wix doesn't let you export it. Everything you build stays inside their platform, your speed and SEO are limited by their system, and if you ever want to move you're starting from scratch. Most small businesses don't need to be locked in like that. They need a fast, bespoke site they actually own and control.\u003C/p>","content",{"id":56,"data":57,"type":85},"a5490c87-920b-448d-99b2-938f121f87b1",{"title":58,"columns":47,"features":59,"subtitle":84},"What You're Actually Paying Wix For",[60,64,68,72,76,80],{"icon":61,"title":62,"description":63},"fa-solid fa-repeat","Monthly Subscription","A fee every month, forever, and the free tier plasters Wix adverts across your own site.",{"icon":65,"title":66,"description":67},"fa-solid fa-lock","No Export, Ever","Wix won't let you export your site. Everything you build is trapped inside their platform for good.",{"icon":69,"title":70,"description":71},"fa-solid fa-paint-roller","Template You Can't Change","Pick a Wix template and you're stuck with it. Want a different look later? That's a full rebuild.",{"icon":73,"title":74,"description":75},"fa-solid fa-snail","Heavy and Slow","Wix sites carry a lot of code you don't control. Speed suffers, and Google factors speed into rankings.",{"icon":77,"title":78,"description":79},"fa-solid fa-puzzle-piece","App Market Costs","Features that should be standard are paid apps from the Wix market, adding to the monthly bill.",{"icon":81,"title":82,"description":83},"fa-solid fa-handshake-slash","No Direct Developer","When something custom is needed or something breaks, there's no one who knows your site. Just support tickets.","What the monthly subscription really buys you","features",{"id":87,"data":88,"type":92},"897e9d15-1778-4918-a52f-26b6359c1479",{"align":89,"title":90,"subtitle":91},"center","What you'd have instead","A bespoke site built around your brand, that you own outright, with the features you actually need built in rather than rented back to you every month.","heading",{"id":94,"data":95,"type":85},"da28fd10-c29a-4a2b-af08-67a061c58d05",{"title":96,"columns":47,"features":97,"subtitle":45},"What a move could give you",[98,102,106,110,114,118],{"icon":99,"title":100,"description":101},"fa-solid fa-key","A site you own","Built for you, handed over as yours, and exportable anywhere. No platform holding your site hostage.",{"icon":103,"title":104,"description":105},"fa-solid fa-palette","A design that's yours","Designed around your brand and free to evolve, not locked to one Wix template you can never swap.",{"icon":107,"title":108,"description":109},"fa-solid fa-gauge-high","Genuinely fast","Lean, built to load in under a second, without the heavy code Wix loads onto every page.",{"icon":111,"title":112,"description":113},"fa-solid fa-magnifying-glass","Full SEO control","Titles, structure, redirects and speed in your hands, so your rankings move with you and keep climbing.",{"icon":115,"title":116,"description":117},"fa-solid fa-tags","Features built in","Blog, forms, booking, a shop if you need one: included and yours, not rented back as monthly apps.",{"icon":119,"title":120,"description":121},"fa-solid fa-headset","Direct support","When something needs doing, you talk to the person who built it. Not a ticket queue. Me.",{"id":123,"data":124,"type":127},"33a9e9eb-8915-4286-977e-182b9587741c",{"content":125,"maxWidth":126},"\u003Ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Your own site vs Wix\u003C/h3>\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 1rem 0;\">\u003Ctr style=\"background: #1e293b;\">\u003Cth style=\"padding: 1rem; text-align: left;\">\u003C/th>\u003Cth style=\"padding: 1rem; text-align: center; color: #a855f7;\">Your own site\u003C/th>\u003Cth style=\"padding: 1rem; text-align: center;\">Wix\u003C/th>\u003C/tr>\u003Ctr>\u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0.75rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #334155;\">Monthly cost\u003C/td>\u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0.75rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #334155; text-align: center; color: #a855f7;\">A site you own\u003C/td>\u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0.75rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #334155; text-align: center;\">A fee every month, ads on free tier\u003C/td>\u003C/tr>\u003Ctr>\u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0.75rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #334155;\">Export your site\u003C/td>\u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0.75rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #334155; text-align: center; color: #a855f7;\">Yes, it's yours to move\u003C/td>\u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0.75rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #334155; text-align: center;\">No, Wix won't let you\u003C/td>\u003C/tr>\u003Ctr>\u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0.75rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #334155;\">Design\u003C/td>\u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0.75rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #334155; text-align: center; color: #a855f7;\">Bespoke, free to change later\u003C/td>\u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0.75rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #334155; text-align: center;\">One template, locked once chosen\u003C/td>\u003C/tr>\u003Ctr>\u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0.75rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #334155;\">Ownership\u003C/td>\u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0.75rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #334155; text-align: center; color: #a855f7;\">Yours, move it anywhere\u003C/td>\u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0.75rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #334155; text-align: center;\">Trapped inside Wix\u003C/td>\u003C/tr>\u003Ctr>\u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0.75rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #334155;\">Page speed\u003C/td>\u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0.75rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #334155; text-align: center; color: #a855f7;\">Loads in under a second\u003C/td>\u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0.75rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #334155; text-align: center;\">Heavy code slows it down\u003C/td>\u003C/tr>\u003Ctr>\u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0.75rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #334155;\">SEO control\u003C/td>\u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0.75rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #334155; text-align: center; color: #a855f7;\">Full, in your hands\u003C/td>\u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0.75rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #334155; text-align: center;\">Limited by the platform\u003C/td>\u003C/tr>\u003Ctr>\u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0.75rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #334155;\">Support\u003C/td>\u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0.75rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #334155; text-align: center; color: #a855f7;\">Direct, talk to me\u003C/td>\u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0.75rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #334155; text-align: center;\">Support tickets\u003C/td>\u003C/tr>\u003C/table>\u003Cp style=\"text-align: center; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 0.9rem;\">You end up with a site you own and can move anywhere, not one rented from a platform that keeps the keys.\u003C/p>","md","wysiwyg",{"id":129,"data":130,"type":148},"17eb37dc-08ad-418b-951b-81ea70876f0c",{"steps":131,"title":146,"subtitle":147},[132,136,139,142],{"title":133,"number":134,"description":135},"Audit Your Wix Site",1,"We go through your pages, content, images and any shop, and work out exactly what needs to come across.",{"title":137,"number":28,"description":138},"Design Your New Site","A bespoke design built around your brand, not one of the templates everyone else on Wix is using.",{"title":140,"number":47,"description":141},"Build & Migrate","Your content, images and structure are rebuilt into a site you own. Your new site is built alongside the live one.",{"title":143,"number":144,"description":145},"Test & Launch",4,"Redirects mapped so your rankings move with you, thorough testing across devices, then a switchover with no downtime.","How the Migration Works","From Wix to your own bespoke site, typically 2 to 4 weeks","process",{"id":150,"data":151,"type":54},"1516cb2e-20f7-4bc3-aea0-3eb97cc52795",{"title":152,"content":153},"Not ready to move everything at once?","\u003Cp>If there's something on your Wix site you'd rather not disturb yet, you don't have to move everything on day one. I can rebuild the pages that actually bring you enquiries first, then bring the rest across in a planned way. For most small businesses though, moving across fully is cheaper to run and finally gives you a site you own. I'll tell you honestly which makes sense for you.\u003C/p>",{"id":155,"data":156,"type":159},"a8abde0d-e070-4595-aa32-312d8b05fcee",{"title":157,"subtitle":158,"buttonLink":15,"buttonText":16,"useGradient":20},"Wondering if it's worth leaving Wix?","Book a free Wix surgery and we'll go through what you're paying now and whether moving is actually worth it for you. An honest view, no sales pitch. Or send a message if you'd rather.","cta","Leaving Wix? Honest Advice From a Senior Developer","Locked into Wix with monthly fees, a template you can't change and no way to export? A senior developer in Hull and Yorkshire will tell you honestly whether moving is worth it.","2026-07-04T06:02:27.464195+00:00",false,"8b0edab4-ba0b-4c59-85e6-8de26dd57275",{"title":160,"description":161,"ogTitle":9,"ogDescription":10,"ogImage":166},null,1783152046152]