Research on your web builder:

3. When was your web builder founded?

4. In 3-5 sentences, describe your web builder.

5. List 3 things that your web builder is best known for

6. List 3 of its limitations.

7. Compare your web builder vs WordPress. Which one is "better" or "easier" to use and why?

8. Select one member of the group to present these findings to the class.

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Sukhvir Khosa

Riya Mehta

Ayush Bulkunde

Ikwinder Kaur

1. Founded in 2009 in Sydney, Australia .

2. Big Commerce is an e-commerce platform that provides businesses with a comprehensive set of tools to create and manage online stores. It offers customizable templates, secure payment processing, and various marketing features to help merchants grow their online businesses. Big Commerce is known for its scalability, making it suitable for both small startups and large enterprises.

3. Scalability to accommodate businesses of all sizes.

   Extensive customization options for unique online stores.

   Support for multi-channel selling to reach a broader audience.

4. here concise limitations of Big Commerce:

   Cost: Big Commerce can be expensive for small businesses.

   Learning Curve: It has a steeper learning curve.

   Limited Themes: The platform offers fewer theme options compared to some competitors.

5. Big Commerce is a specialized e-commerce platform, great for online stores.

   WordPress is a versatile content management system, suitable for various types of websites.

   Big Commerce is user-friendly and e-commerce-focused.

   WordPress offers more customization but may require more setup and plugins for e-commerce.

   Big Commerce is an all-in-one solution with e-commerce features built-in.

   WordPress is free but may incur additional costs for hosting, themes, and plugins.

   
   

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3. Weebly was founded in 2007

4. Weebly is a subscription based website creating tool. You can get help from experts for 1 hour to create your website. It also includes your domain name. Weebly also includes many features such as drag and drop, AI customer relationship managing and more.

5. Weebly is known for having an easy to use/user friendly interface, with free options, and has starting plans that are affordable

6. Even though it provides a range of templates, it's customization is limited. Compared to e-commerce platforms, Weebly's e-commerce is relatively basic. Lastly, since Weebly is a hosted platform, it means that you don't have full control over the websites hosting environment.

7. Users found WordPress better ability wise as it offers more features and allows you to complete website each time. As of use wise people found Weebly better as its initial reason of creation was for people with no experience creating websites. Overall users tend to go for WordPress due to its better features, themes and templates compared to Weebly which has limited options.

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Jorja Watson

Emily Leonardis

Kate Van Criekingen

Madison Wade

Gabriella Zito

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3. GoDaddy was founded in 1997 in Phoenix, Arizona.

4. GoDaddy, which was established in 1997, is a popular domain registrar and web hosting company. It can be considered an all-in-one website builder. GoDaddy's services include registering domain names, web hosting plans, website builders, and various online tools for both individuals and businesses to develop an online presence. Go Daddy is known to be user-friendly, and offers a wide variety of domain names and hosting plans, making it a great choice for beginners and small businesses.

5. The three things that GoDaddy is best known for are

   1. It's an all in one website builder, it has everything you need to start a small business website or online store.

   2. It has 24/7 support.

   3. It is easy and accessible for any skill level, and walks you through all the steps to publish a website.

   4. It has good security features.

6. Three limitations of GoDaddy are:

   • They overcrowd their servers. When too many people are uploading files at the same time, it results in slow websites.

   • That GoDaddy owns your domain. You would usually have the rights to use it until your lease period is over. But since GoDaddy is a website builder, if you forget to pay for your domain, it is now their property and you risk losing your domain forever. The only way to get it back is to pay an excessive amount of money.

   • GoDaddy may claim to keep you website protected from security violations but that is not entirely true. Most website services temporally block or report accounts who make too many incorrect log-in attempts. However users and bots can do as many password attempts as they want.

7. While GoDaddy is easier to use, WordPress is a little trickier to get used to, but it can be learned in a matter of minutes. WordPress is also cheaper and efficient to create an online store whereas GoDaddy has less customization features available and is more expensive. WordPress is also better to use for bloggers and content creators whereas GoDaddy functions primarily as a place to display your products or show off your brand rather than for bloggers. So to summarize, GoDaddy is easier to use in the short term, but offers less. It is meant more for building a website to sell things.

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Walter Duff

Dani Datu

Ryland Duchesneau

Carly Stata

Bret Padlan

1. Wix was founded October 5th, 2006.

2. Wix is a website building platform that gives users freedom to make professional websites that look great on all devices. It can also be accessed on all devices, which is great for people who are on the go. The platform is aimed to help users with their business and website in an effective manner. It is a program that users can utilize free of charge; with an option to upgrade to a premium plan that has several perks. Once the user’s site is created and published, Wix makes it accessible to anyone who enters or clicks on the user’s URL/website.

3. You can quickly create attractive websites, offers free and paid plans, hundreds of templates to use and has a built in search engine optimization.

4. Templates aren't interchangeable.

May have hidden fees that aren't advertised. Loading time can be very slow for videos and/or images.

5. Wix is easier because it is more user friendly than Wordpress because it's considered "too challenging to manage." Wix offers a more all inclusive approach and requires less ongoing maintenance than WordPress.

Shopify was founded in 2006 by: Tobias Lütke, Daniel Weinand, and Scott Lake.

Shopify is a complete commerce platform that lets anyone start, grow, manage, and scale a business. It lets businesses to build an online store for easy marketing to customers as well as a variety of payment and shipping options.

Shopify is best known to build an online store, market to customers, and accept payments across multiple sales channels and locations, all in one place.

The limitations of Shopify is that it still takes sales commissions, Shopify also makes it difficult to get returns and refunds, finally, it limits users to only shop on a computer or laptop as they do not offer any mobile shopping app solution.

The main purpose of Wordpress is to store content and enables users to to create and publish webpages. Shopify is focused entirely on online stores, while WordPress is a much broader website builder that can also offer e-commerce tools.

3. Square space was founded in 2004 in Anthony dorm room at the University of Maryland

4. Squarespace, Inc. is an American website building and hosting company which is based in New York city. It provides software as a service for website building and hosting, and allows users to use pre-built website templates and drag and drop elements to create and modify webpages.

5. -Product Variants

   -Unlimited Product Support

   -Inventory Management

6. 1) Site search does not work 2) No file attachments 3) No autosave

7. Squarespace is very user friendly especially if you want to build a quick website. Drag and drop website builder you don't need to know coding. As for WordPress a deeper learning of the software is required. You need to understand how to code and be good with technology. Therefore Squarespace is a better and easier web builder to get started with than WordPress for its simple use alongside all the other features readily available for beginners. It does not require you to hire someone on the technical end to enhance your web if you're already not proficient in coding.

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3. WordPress was founded in 2003 by American developers Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little

4. WordPress is a free, open-source content management system that allows anyone to easily create and manage websites. WordPress software, which began as a blogging platform, has evolved to assist users in creating a variety of sites, ranging from blogs and portfolios to eCommerce stores and websites.

5. It is Flexible and Adaptable

   Also User-friendly—Even for Beginners

   And Themes and templates Offer Multiple Options

6. Customization: While Wordpress offers a wide range of themes and plugins, customization options can be limited compared to building a website from scratch.

   Learning curve: Wordpress can be relatively easy to use, but for more advanced customization and functionality, it may require some learning and technical knowledge.

   Security: Wordpress sites can be vulnerable to security breaches if not properly maintained and updated. It’s important to regularly update themes, plugins, and Wordpress itself to mitigate risks.

7. the difference between the two: website builders are designed for ease of use and are suitable for people who want to create basic websites without delving into technical aspects. WordPress, on the other hand, provides more control and flexibility but requires a bit more technical effort. In conclusion, website builder is easier to use.