Do I have to take my Wix site down first?

No. Keep it running while we build the replacement. You review and approve the new site before it replaces the old one at your domain. If your Wix subscription also supplies email, check what your mail depends on before canceling it.

Why pay for a website service instead of a builder?

It depends on how much of the work you want to do. Plainsmith’s plan covers writing, building and hosting your site, with five edit requests each month after launch. A builder may suit you better if you want to handle the design and upkeep yourself.

What if I need more than five pages?

Tell us before starting. The standard plan covers up to five pages; a larger site or online store needs a separate written scope and price. You can also choose another provider and keep your domain.

Plainsmith vs Wix

Wix hands you every tool. The job is still yours.

Wix is the most capable builder in the category, with a free tier and an AI that drafts a site from a conversation. But you run a crew, not a website, and the part Wix doesn’t sell is the evenings it takes to run one.

Where Wix wins

Wix has a free tier, the App Market runs to hundreds of add-ons, and no builder gives you more design control if you enjoy having it. Its new AI builder produces a working draft fast. And if your plans go past five pages — a full online store, online bookings, a loyalty program — Wix grows in directions we simply don’t. Want to run your own site and keep expanding it? Wix is a fine answer.

The difference is who carries the job

Wix is software you operate. The AI drafts the site, and the draft is a starting point you write over. Then you fix it, pick the apps, lay out every page, and carry the webmaster job from that day on. A domain and an email address you buy either way, so they are not the difference. Plainsmith is a service: one questionnaire — ten to thirty minutes, depending on how thoroughly you fill it in — and a finished five-page site — every word written in your trade’s language — is in front of you in 48 hours, live when you approve it. Edits are a message from your account, five a month, and everything in one message counts as one. Running the site is what the $40 buys.

	Wix	Plainsmith
Who builds it	You, with an AI draft as a starting point	A person, from your 10-to-30-minute questionnaire, in front of you in 48 hours and live when you approve
The words	An AI draft you write over yourself	Written for you, checked against how your trade actually talks
Price in practice	$17–$29/mo billed annually on the two lower tiers (their published prices, checked 21 August 2026); domain free year one, then their renewal rate	$40/mo or $400/yr; five edit requests a month included; domain extra, at exact registry cost (~$11)
Changing the design later	You pick the template and keep it current yourself	Email us and we rebuild the page; a full redesign is quoted separately
Leaving	The site runs on their platform	Domain yours from day one; $499 less your plan credit — this month's payment and any months ahead — buys the design and code outright and ends the monthly, anytime; you take over hosting from there

The year-one math

A service business on Wix needs the Light plan ($204/yr billed annually) or Core if you take payments or bookings ($348/yr). Those are Wix’s published prices, checked 21 August 2026. That’s $204 to $348 for year one, before you count the hours you spend building and rewriting. A professional email address costs the same either way, roughly $84 a year through Google Workspace, so it is not on this comparison at all. Year two adds the domain renewal at whatever their rate is. Plainsmith’s whole first year runs $400 paid yearly, or $480 paid monthly, plus your domain at exact registry cost, about $11 a year.

Pick whichever is honest for you

Pick Wix if you want to start free and enjoy designing your own site, or your plans include a full store or booking system beyond a five-page business site.
Pick Plainsmith if you'd rather answer a short questionnaire and have every future change be an email. A finished site in two days, $40 a month.

On Wix already? The switch page pre-fills the questionnaire from your current site.

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Fair questions

Do I have to take my Wix site down first?: No. Keep it running while we build the replacement. You review and approve the new site before it replaces the old one at your domain. If your Wix subscription also supplies email, check what your mail depends on before canceling it.
Why pay for a website service instead of a builder?: It depends on how much of the work you want to do. Plainsmith’s plan covers writing, building and hosting your site, with five edit requests each month after launch. A builder may suit you better if you want to handle the design and upkeep yourself.
What if I need more than five pages?: Tell us before starting. The standard plan covers up to five pages; a larger site or online store needs a separate written scope and price. You can also choose another provider and keep your domain.

Already on Wix?

Paste your current address into the switch page. We’ll use the services, hours and contact details we find to start your questionnaire, and you answer the rest. Your Wix site stays up until the new one is live.

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