Weebly’s free plan offers a WYSIWYG editor to build a free blog. Design options include custom fonts, parallax and reveal animation effects, an image editor, video backgrounds and custom design capabilities via HTML/CSS and JavaScript (JS). The plan further offers an SSL certificate (for website security), a shopping cart, unlimited e-commerce items, inventory management, a tax calculator, SEO and lead capture tools and chat and email support.
Weebly’s free plan offers a limited 500MB of storage. You will also have to use a Weebly-branded subdomain instead of a custom domain that matches your brand. You will need to upgrade to a premium plan to use a custom domain. It also does not offer phone support if you run into an issue while building or managing your blog. Finally, unless you upgrade to the Professional or Performance premium plan, Square ads will appear on your blog pages.
While Weebly’s free plan offers a means to get your blog started, its premium plans will undoubtedly offer more features to take your blog to the next level. Starting with the very affordable $10-per-month (if billed annually) Personal plan, you can connect a custom domain to your blog. Its $12-per-month (if billed annually) Professional plan further offers blog-friendly features including unlimited storage, analytics, a free domain, an ad-free blogging experience and phone support.
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Who should use it:
With over 50 website themes to choose from, a WYSIWYG editor, free website hosting, a dashboard where you can manage your whole website from one place, a drag-and-drop photo editor, automatically mobile-responsive sites and an extensive library of royalty-free images, Weebly is one of the easiest blogging platforms to use. As such, it is best for brands or individuals looking for an overly easy and customizable blog-design experience.