Websitebuilder.com

WebsiteBuilder offers an extensive collection of templates that span over 22 different categories.

Website Builder lets you see a full preview of the template before selecting it or even committing. You can play around with the functionality of the template, click on pages and buttons, navigate all over the preview site. This allows you to choose a template with more confidence. This is important as one of the drawbacks of WebsiteBuilder is that once you have selected a template and have begun creating your website, there is no way to swap templates unless you create a brand new website. In addition, all templates are fully compatible with mobile and handheld devices.

Website Builder's templates are customizable. Although you won't have access to the template's HTML or CSS codes, you can customize the template color scheme, background, font and text styles. For example, Website Builder has an extensive collection of pre-set color schemes. Just click on the palette you like and the new colors are applied to your website. Each color is also customizable – you can change any color in the palette. This allows you to easily transform a template to match your business' brand.

Just in case you can't find a design that suits your needs, or if you need much more help than offered in the knowledgebase and email support, WebsiteBuilder also has the option to purchase a professionally designed from WebsiteBuilder's Site Tailor team.

WebsiteBuilder's interface is clean and simple. In fact, if you have used website builders before, WebsiteBuilder's interface should look familiar to you – options to edit your website are placed in the column along the left side of the screen and options to save, publish, upgrade and undo/redo edits are laid out in the bar along the top.

And if you have used SiteBuilder.com before, you will see that the editors are exactly the same, after all they are the essentially the same company, same website builder.

WebsiteBuilder uses the drag-and-drop technology. You can drag and drop elements anywhere on your web page.

With WebsiteBuilder, your web pages are built by stacking sections. This structure works well for creating image-heavy websites.

WebsiteBuilder offers a huge selection of Sections templates – for example, there are 20 different images/gallery section templates to choose from. In addition, you can drag and drop elements around to customize each section as needed.

Another great feature that comes with WebsiteBuilder's editor is the Save History tool. This tool lets you rollback to any pages you have made on your website. This is similar to the backup and restore function found on DudaOne and GoDaddy's website builder.

In terms of website customization, WebsiteBuilder lets you change your website's color scheme and background, as well as font and text styles.

When it comes to adding pages to your website, WebsiteBuilder offers many pre-formatted pages that you can add to your website. These pre-formatted pages come with sample text and images so all you need to do is replace them with your own content.

In addition, you can add an animation to any element to make it react to a specified trigger using the Animation function. For example you can make your logo rotate when the mouse is rolled over it, or make an image pop-up when it is clicked. These element behaviours not only help make your website more visually impressive but also provide a more interactive user experience.

WebsiteBuilder offers a good range of widgets that let you add contact forms, maps, blogs, videos and photo galleries onto your website.

Website Builder also offers a few widgets that are integrations from third parties, including Sound Cloud Player, Facebook and Twitter buttons, and LinkedIn buttons.

Blog

WebsiteBuilder lets you add a blog to your website, and the blog application comes with strong style customizations. For example, you get to choose from a variety of blog templates. You can also edit the permalink, set tags, create cover images, pin posts and more. Unfortunately, you cannot add a comment section to your blog posts.

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WebsiteBuilder features stunning galleries that support both videos and images.

You can add images and galleries using the gallery widget or as an image gallery section.

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WebsiteBuilder lets you upload image files from your computer and keeps them accessible in a file manager. The file manager also lets you add folders for easier image management and organization. In addition, you can use images from WebsiteBuilder's stock image library.

WebsiteBuilder also lets you edit your images via an integrated Aviary editor.

WebsiteBuilder provides two options for selling products on your website. The first one is through the PayPal widget, the other is with their built-in storefront.

The PayPal widget is very basic and is free on all plans.

Like SiteBuilder, WebsiteBuilder uses an integration of Ecwid, a third-party ecommerce application. Ecwid is a powerful ecommerce tool with a great deal of features.

For example, in addition to adding and displaying products, the Ecwid integration allows you to receive payments, configure shipping options, keep track of order and more.

Unfortunately, the Ecwid-integrated solution is only available to users on the eCommerce plan.

If there is one feature of WebsiteBuilder that stands out it would be the free domain that is included in all premium plans, and the email service included in the Business and eCommerce plans.

While other website builders also offer free domain names, it's usually for the first year. WebsiteBuilder, on the other hand, gives you a free domain for the lifetime of your website builder service subscription. Another website builder that offers such feature is Website.com.

Once you have purchased a domain from WebsiteBuilder and have signed up for its Business or eCommerce plan, you can setup your free custom domain email. Note that you only get one domain email account, if you need additional accounts, you can purchase more at $5/month per account.

WebsiteBuilder offers support via an online knowledgebase and email.

On WebsiteBuilder's Help page, you can easily get technical support, billings support and access to the email ticketing system. Unfortunately, WebsiteBuilder doesn't offer any phone or live chat support.

Free plan comes With Website Builder, there are thousands of free templates to choose from. These templates are not only of high quality, they are all fully compatible with mobile and handheld devices. Website Builder offers 4 paid plans and one Free plan. Because the with limited features and functionality (for example, the Free plan doesn't allow custom HTML, eCommerce, statistics or SEO Tools) it is not really an effective plan to test the service or editor. You will need to consider the paid plans if you want to test out a specific feature. Fortunately, Website Builder offers a 14-day money-back guarantee.

Website Builder offers a range of added features including blog functionality and an eCommerce platform. However, compared with site builders like Wix or Website.com, the selection of features is lacking diversity and variety.

Another concern is Website Builder's customer support. Unlike Website.com, where any user on any plan can get help from the knowledgebase, a library of tutorial videos, Live Chat, email and phone support, users on Website Builder can only turn to support guides in the Website Builder knowledgebase if they have any questions or should they run into any problems. Email support is considered a Priority Support and is only available on the Business or eCommerce plans.