The overall reputation of the company is marred by significant concerns regarding customer service and transparency. While some users appreciate the platform's ease of use and functionality for building websites, many express frustration over unresponsive support, auto-renewal practices, and difficulties in obtaining refunds. Complaints frequently highlight long wait times for assistance, inadequate responses from customer service, and perceived hidden costs associated with subscriptions. This has led to a prevailing sentiment of distrust among customers, who feel that the company prioritizes profit over user satisfaction and support.
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Absolutely disgusting company. Bought a $210 2-year subscription, price increased to $620, hiding the fact that it would auto-renew, with the only "notification" being an unrelated email with renewal date hidden in the corner. I'm now out $620, and the company does not care whatsoever that I am a 21-year-old student who will not be able to pay rent with this charge.
Piattaforma difficile da utilizzare per chi non ha già esperienza con la creazione di siti web (ho dovuto più volte chiedere aiuto a un mio amico più pratico di me). Forse non è un caso se spesso e volentieri compaiono banner con scritto "ingaggia partner wix", così fanno guadagnare i loro partner, ma a quel punto é inutile utilizzare uno strumento per la creazione di siti perché tanto vale andare direttamente da una web agency, pagarla e non impazzirsi con qualcosa come wix! Inoltre, il mio sito è stato ottimizzato per la seo - almeno quella base, che è gratuita - e collegato alla Google search console, ma ciononostante non è indicizzato e non compare in nessun risultato di ricerca, né su Google né su bing, nè su duckduckgo. Di conseguenza la gente lo può trovare solo cliccando sui link che ho messo nei miei social. Roba da pazzi!
So Wix is user friendly and has a good amount of features that can help a beginner navigate and get started in online sales. However, they are obviously money hungry and have an upcharge for any type of special upgrade. This culminated in a annual charge of $348 when my plan was renewed, however I needed to cancel it due to changing circumstances. Well, when I put in a request to get a partial refund, anything since I was only two months into the subscription, they denied. Now I am stuck with a Wix website I don't plan on using and don't need anymore. They did let me know after the fact that they have a 14-day cancellation policy. Good to know once they already took the money with their automatic withdrawal. Wix gets their money, and their customer gets shoved down the road. Thanks Wix for making my life harder.
I have now had WIX almost 2 years. They have violated their Terms of Service by not notifying me about appointments that people have booked with me. They have no customer service phone number, so you have contact them via chat and bot, and then they call you back. No one COMPREHENDS English, though they speak it from a 3rd world country. Even though I have called over 4 times - and the hold times are OVER AN HOUR for each call, and my settings are CORRECT for where they are supposed to send my email for when I have an appointment, they DO NOT NOTIFY ME. They apparently notify the client, but not the OWNER WHO PAYS THEM. Today, my wait time has been over 3 (THREE) HOURS, on chat and on the phone. After over 2 hours on chat, with 3 different representatives (J***, L****, and K********), K******** put me on hold for over 15 minutes saying, "I'm looking into everything", and THEN disconnects the chat within the ONE MINUTE when I did not respond! Apparently, it's ok for WIX employees to keep customers on hold, but they demand you watch the screen every second which is unreasonable. This is not to mention being on hold on the phone with D**** for over an hour, and then a billing supervisor (from Ireland) being snarky with me and saying, "I will have tech look into it". There is zero turn around time for them to contact me back, and it will be by email. Wondering if they will get the correct email since they do not notify me on the email I listed (again, that is clearly listed in my settings and I have done this more than once when they deleted it the first time), for when an appointment is booked. So I would suggest you find a RELIABLE company, with a contact phone number, so YOU do not have to be on hold, being transferred, with the final result of NOTHING. YOUR PROBLEM WILL NOT BE SOLVED. Do yourself a favor, and go with someone else. I have had to refund 4 clients as I was NEVER NOTIFIED by WIX for the session. Terrible company.
Extremely Disappointed with Wix Customer Support – Beware of Their Remote Access Software!
I've been using Wix Studio, and while the platform itself has potential, my experience with their customer support has been an absolute nightmare.
It started when I needed to change a simple piece of text, "JOIN THE MAILING LIST," to an H2 tag on my website. For some reason, Wix Studio wouldn't allow me to make this change, so I reached out to customer support for help. Instead of actually troubleshooting the issue properly, the support agent deleted the text and typed "H2" in its place—as if that was a solution. Clearly, they didn't understand the problem, and after wasting time, they failed to fix it.
Then, things got WAY worse. The agent had me download and install ScreenConnect so they could screenshare and "help" me, but after that, my computer completely broke. After the call, my system got stuck on a blank screen, wouldn't restart properly, and had lingering software that took HOURS to track down and remove.
I had to manually shut my computer down and spent hours troubleshooting and uninstalling ScreenConnect, which had been installed in multiple locations without my knowledge. Even after removal, my computer started showing weird pop-ups asking me to select an app to open links—something that NEVER happened before this support session.
This is unacceptable. Customer support should know how to fix basic Wix Studio issues without causing major disruptions to a customer's computer. I would strongly warn anyone against letting Wix install anything on your system. This was an awful experience, and I expected much better from a company of this size.
If you're considering Wix Studio, be extremely careful with their support team—they don't seem to know what they're doing, and worse, they might leave you dealing with serious technical issues that have nothing to do with your website.
The Wix platform is not easy to use. Despite being priced at 3 to 5 times more than platforms like Shopify, Wix lacks many basic tools that most platforms provide from the start. The support staff at Wix are not well-informed about the available services, marketplace apps, or how to assist with site issues. They often redirect you to someone else who offers similar inadequate help. Additionally, the apps in the Wix marketplace differ significantly from what is shown on their website and do not function as advertised. Wix provides little assistance with third-party apps that seem to take advantage of customers. The overall environment in the app marketplace and on Wix seems to permit these exploitative business practices.
I purchased a basic site builder and domain from Wix. When I tried to "publish" my page to my web address, I was prompted that I must purchase a much more expensive plan. Terrible time trying to get my questions answered, no human contact allowed. Very disappointing.
On December 24,2024 I paid for a one year subscription on January 22,205 I was told my website had a list of problems. I send an inquiry to find out what it would cost to fix the problems and was told to begin with $150US. How could a new website have so many issues? I asked for a refund and was told it has been over 14 days and I am not eligible for even a portion of my subscription back. How awful the customer service is and experience. Buyer beware!
This is how they withdraw $529 out of my accountt.
Please be advised that our Premium Plans are set to renew automatically to prevent any disruption of service at the end of the subscription period. As you did not cancel, your plan was renewed automatically. Please keep in mind, that a Premium Plan and a domain subscription are 2 separate subscriptions. If you cancel one of the, the second one remains active.
I will admit, it has been about 10 years since the last time I built a site. Back then, you paid maybe $20-$30 for the website building software (Webs.com), domain name for about 5 years and all the ad building assistance you needed to make it a success.
WIX - choose the wrong template? Give me money
WIX - want a footer? Give me money
WIX - want a header? Give me money
WIX - want to be found on Google? Give me money
WIX - want to fix your mistakes on the website? Give me money
This is the disgusting. I understand monetizing the stuff that used to be free, but to be this grossly money grubbing while serving up rotten templates are just another example of this failure of a society.
I was receiving emails from someone on your sight regarding my unemployment. They ended up getting all of my personal information. I spoke to someone through the company and got no results. Now someone is trying to get more information from me through wix. Someone tried using my information to collect unemployment. I am holding you personally responsible
Full of bugs, get more spam and scam messages than any other platform. Key features sometimes don't work. High fees for transactions.
Worst customer services available no support line and takes days or weeks to hear back from Wix worthless support. The information their support provides in many cases doesn't answer any questions. There product is not very configurable and very un-user friendly. They do this to try to force customers to use their "professional services" which is as worthless as their support.
Purchased Google Ad package costing over $235.00 from Wix. Unbeknownst to me this was a monthly automatic renewal subscription. Wix refused to cancel the charge even though I phoned a day or two after the charge appeared on my credit card. Looked at the purchase steps following this refusal and noticed that the monthly requirement is noted only once in the entire purchase process (in fine print). Excuse was that they are only agents for Google. Hard to believe there is no provision in the agreement between the two companies dealing with refunds. I would suggest that Wix web site is over whelming and unless you are already an expert in on line selling, you will not be well served with this supplier.
I paid for a Core plan (annual) that renews May 2025. I decided that at the time of my renewal, I would like to downgrade to the Lite plan because I will no longer need the features in the Core plan. When I completed the downgrade, their system said that my account will downgrade to Lite May 2025. When I refreshed my account, it had already downgraded my site. I lost all of the features of the Core plan. No refund. No credit. I chatted with two of their reps asking them to simply put me back on the Core plan until I renew (as their website said would happen). I was told they could not do that.
The first representative was no help. He had no clue what he was talking about so I ended that chat and started a new one. The second one advised me to request a refund. I did as I was told and it was denied.
So, I have paid for a Core plan and they have me on a Lite plan and refuse to refund/credit me or put me back on the Core plan as before.
I currently have event registration running on my account in which I have Facebook Ads promoting it. Because I'm on the Lite plan no one can sign up for my event unless I pay $87 to upgrade back to the Core plan.
When I asked the representative, why do I need to pay again for the Core Plan when I've already paid for it, he had no answer.
Bought a domain because they tell you to buy it in order to publish your site. Guess what, it isn't that easy or that cheap. Once you buy a domain, you have to pay for a 'provider' or host, which could be wix or another site, but they don't tell you this up front. They are scamming people. Their customer service is robotic trash.
The site co-owner died 2 weeks ago. I asked for a prorated subscription refund. As the site is not need and the current subscription ends 12/25. They continue to deny the request with no reason being given, even though it states on the website that you can request a refund if extenuating circumstances happen. Now they cancel the site but refuse to refund any of the money that I paid. This was the former site, https://www.cindyblackburncj.com/
Wix is terrible - please do NOT build your site using them as they do not employ people who know what they are doing. In March/earlyApril '24 they did an update that broke my Wix bookings app which caused significant disruption and loss of income for my busy practice. I got the run around from customer service for 3 months! Absolutely no help at all and each time someone emailed me back, it was a new person who had no idea what had gone on previously making me have to repeat myself over and over. It's been months of literal hell dealing with customer care. They finally said the issue would be fixed and I would no longer have this issue after July. However that was not true as now 5 months later it is still broken, my customers aren't happy, and now I am doing a bunch of manual work every day because my bookings app doesn't fully function anymore and the most important automated function is broken. Instead of helping me or fixing the issue, they quoted their terms of service stating, "(section 14. Disclaimer of Warranties), We make no warranties regarding our services, including their quality, reliability, security, compatibility and conditions." It's unbelievable that instead of fixing the problem they created, they are quoting their terms, basically acknowledging that they provide unreliable and poor quality products to their paying customers and they don't care. What a crappy way to treat a 10 year customer whose business you screwed over with a crappy update. But, in their words, they can screw up and then let you suffer due to their "terms." As long as they are still cashing their checks I guess that's all that matters to Wix. Buyer beware!
After spending two weeks building a site, I get calls saying, "your site is off center." Its perfect from the Wix editor! I was very happy with Wix, but now I feel their engineers overlook correctible issues. I read its a "known issue" which requires me RE-DOING all my work in columns...which is complicated because columns screw up the mobile view! Similarly, there are other glitches like not being able to resize mobile sections and being stuck with huge gaps. I'm very frustrated but give it 2 stars for what it does well. Its buying a nice car that only has a problem with the windshield randomly shattering.
They steal your money! We started a website and we're excited for the oportunity as a small veteran owned business. After a move because of getting re-stationed, we have tried uncussesfully to get bank accounts changed and to contact customer service. They are holding almost 7,000.00 of our customers money and we can not get hold of them to refund the money or get it deposited to fulfill our customers orders. Multiple attempts to get resolution since the beginning of July have fallen on deaf ears. Web hosting is great, but DO NOT use them for any financial transfers or website orders. They will not send you your money.
Answer: There not bad, but they offer really poor customer Service skills. Doesn't matter how long you do business with them the only thing they care about is your money. So if you dont stay 100% on top of things on your end your screwed.
Answer: Hi, I apologize for the misleading answer written above. It was not written by a Wix representative. We are a proud & happy company providing a world class website building platform to nearly 60 million users. Wix's work environment is one of the most unique places on the planet. Our nine existing offices span across the globe including NY, Tel Aviv, San Francisco, Dnepropetrovsk, and Vilnius. The Wix team includes over 1000 creative professionals (and their dogs) who bring passion, skill and innovation to ensure we provide a product that people love to use. You can find more information here: http://www.wix.com/about/us Feel free to contact us at support@wix.com for further assistance.
Answer: No no no
Answer: I've been trying them for days now, with no luck! The recording first said, that "due to call volume, i would have to call back when they next opened on Monday (feb 13th!)" which means that they haven't changed their answering message for days! Then I tried this morning, and there is a new recording that saids that they will next be open on Tuesday feb Feb 21st! So. Fuck. Seriously. We can't afford to rebuild our whole site again with another service! And i've/we've had WIX for over 6yrs now..
Answer: Hi, I apologize for the inconvenience this has caused. We'd like to assist you in resolving this error as soon as possible. Please contact us at support@wix.com for further assistance, or call us at 1-800-6000-949.
Answer: One of the things that really bother me with Wix (besides them being so focused on extracting money from their customers that they tend to forget about everything else) is that they make these changes and do not care one bit to inform their customers that they are going to do this, so all of the sudden one has a site that doesn't function and unless one keeps checking daily whether everything still works as it should, one end up having problems. That's one of the reasons why I'm out and do not plan to use them much longer.
Answer: Please don't. It's just a scam to take your money and give no service.
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