Wix Website Design UK Straight Talk,
Not Platform Tribalism

Not necessarily. Wix is a competent website builder for people who want to do it themselves. If you're comfortable designing your own pages, don't need exceptional page speed, and your business doesn't depend heavily on search engine rankings, Wix can work. Where it falls short is performance — Wix sites typically score 40-60 on Google PageSpeed, compared to 95+ for the Astro sites I build. That gap matters if you're competing for search visibility. I won't tell you Wix is terrible. I will tell you when something else would serve you better.

I can, but I'd want to understand why Wix specifically before I do. If you've already invested in Wix and want someone to make it look professional, I'll help. If you're starting fresh and just assumed Wix was the right choice, I'll show you what else is available at the same price point — or cheaper. My pay monthly websites from £49/month are faster, rank better, and you own the code. I'd rather recommend the right platform than take the easy sale.

A full migration from Wix to Astro starts from £1,500 as a one-off build. That includes content migration, design, SEO preservation with 301 redirects, and launch support. Ongoing hosting and support is £49/month — comparable to what you'd pay Wix for their premium tier, except you own the code and the site loads in under a second. Wix doesn't offer a code export, so every migration is a manual rebuild. I'll be upfront about the effort involved.

Not if the migration is done properly. The critical part is 301 redirect mapping — every old Wix URL needs to point to its new equivalent so Google transfers the ranking value. I also rebuild your meta data, structured data, and sitemap. Done well, rankings typically improve after migration because the new site is significantly faster and gives Google cleaner signals. Done badly — and I've seen agencies botch this — you can lose years of search equity overnight.

Keep it running. I build your new site in parallel while Wix stays live. When the new site is ready and tested, I handle the DNS switch. You cancel Wix when you're comfortable, not before. There's no rush and no disruption to your business. The overlap period is usually two to three weeks.

Three things matter most. Speed: Wix sites load slowly because the platform adds its own code to every page. My Astro sites score 95+ on PageSpeed. Ownership: stop paying Wix and your site disappears. Stop paying me and you keep everything — the code, the content, the hosting. SEO control: Wix gives you basic meta tags. A custom build gives me full control over structured data, URL structure, internal linking, and page architecture. For businesses that depend on being found through search, that difference compounds every month.