Move a Website Off From Wix to Google Sites
There is currently a mass migration off of the popular site builder Wix to other no code website creation platforms. People are cancelling their Wix subscriptions and moving their websites to Google. In the process, customers are saving a bundle due to Wix's rising pricing tier costs. We'll cover the steps to convert your Wix website to Google Sites.
What are the Pros and Cons of Migrating from Wix to Google Sites?
Google Sites is free. You will no longer need to pay a website subscription to Wix. You also move from a gated and tiered pricing plans system to a free platform. Small content creators and small business will rejoice to be free of these costs and restrictions.
Google Sites is simple and reliable. Google Sites is arguably even simpler and easier to use than Wix. But this is somewhat of a double-edged sword problem that we'll address in a moment. Google Sites, especially paired with Google Workspace, is rock solid for performance, speed, uptime and security.
Con - Google Sites lacks advanced features. If you are using Wix with an ecommerce component or CMS, I suggest you look at Squarespace as an alternative. There may also be some design styling options which won't be supported or translated to Google Sites from Wix.
How to Convert Your Website
There is no official tool or third party app which will streamline the process of conversion from Wix to Google Sites. That is why, for the most part, you will need to manually copy and paste content over. Google Sites is actually really good for mass migration of content. You can grab tons of text and images to upload.
Tips and Tricks for Redesigning your Wix Website on Google
Create your own custom theme with your branding
Copy and paste is your best friend. You can use the public, published version of your website to copy from.
Use Google Drive for your document management
Enjoy all the Google integrations
Don't forget to embed code if you want widgets on your website
Preserve your URLs by checking page properties in Google Sites. Avoid 404 errors from broken links.
Consider hiring us to develop your site and manage the migration
