Before & after · About
Same mobile viewport — Tori’s Wix About block on the left, the dedicated About page on the rebuild on the right. Open either site below to explore live.
Tori Gledhill’s Beaverton studio was stuck on a single Wix page — the nav only jumped to anchors on that one URL, not real destinations. The rebuild in progress adds dedicated pages, live Yelp reviews, and a Google Maps embed so clients can find Cedar + Sage without hunting.
Same mobile viewport — Tori’s Wix About block on the left, the dedicated About page on the rebuild on the right. Open either site below to explore live.
A straight comparison — same business, different structure. The work-in-progress site isn’t finished yet, but it already solves problems her live Wix setup can’t.
Wix charges every year for the privilege of a one-page site you don’t own. The rebuild moves Tori to static hosting she controls — same Yelp and Maps integrations, none of the “premium widget” upsells.
Before
Single-page Wix · fake nav · no review feed · no map embed · recurring fees
After
Multi-page custom site · Yelp + Maps · booking-forward · you own the code
Client impact
Stop renting Wix for a one-pager — launch something that matches how good her waxing actually is.
Roughly what you keep paying just to stay on someone else’s platform — public list prices (2025–2026), before booking apps and premium widgets. Tori’s on Wix (highlighted).
| Platform | Typical plan (approx.) | ~3 years of subscriptions |
|---|---|---|
| Weebly | ~$10–$26/mo | ~$360–$940+ |
| Wix · this client | ~$17–$36/mo | ~$610–$1,300+ |
| Squarespace | ~$16–$27/mo | ~$575–$975+ |
| Webador | ~$6–$28/mo | ~$215–$1,000+ |
| WordPress.com | ~$9–$25/mo | ~$325–$900+ |
Figures are ballpark only — annual billing, ecommerce tiers, and Wix apps can push totals higher. None of this includes a one-time custom build; it’s what the platform keeps billing while you rent their editor.
You pay me once for the website build. You own the code after that — not another year of Wix just to stay online. Ongoing cost is usually just your domain (~$20/year) and low-cost hosting.
If Wix, Squarespace, or Weebly goes down, changes terms, or you lose account access, you’re at their mercy. With a custom site, you own the files and your content — forever, outside their editor.
Wix-only designers are a niche hire. Web developers who code are easy to find. I hand you real HTML, CSS, and JS — any dev can maintain it, not a drag-and-drop prison.