In October 2013, Wix introduced a mobile editor to allow users to adjust their sites for mobile viewing. Users also may opt to create their web sites from scratch. Wix provides customizable website templates and a drag-and-drop HTML5 web site builder that includes apps, graphics, image galleries, fonts, vectors, animations and other options. Users must purchase premium packages to connect their sites to their own domains, remove Wix ads, access the form builder, add e-commerce capabilities, or buy extra data storage and bandwidth. A month later, Wix acquired Modalyst, a leading marketplace and dropshipping platform. In May 2021, Wix acquired Rise.ai, the gift card and customer re-engagement solution for online brands. On 2 March 2021, Wix acquired SpeedETab, a Miami-based restaurant online technology provider. In February 2020, Wix acquired Inkfrog for eBay sellers to enable marketplace and sales channel integrations. On 23 February 2017, Wix acquired the online art community DeviantArt for US$36 million. In October 2014, Wix announced its acquisition of OpenRest, a developer of online ordering systems for restaurants. In April 2014, Wix announced the acquisition of Appixia, an Israeli startup for creating native mobile commerce (mCommerce) apps. On 5 November 2013, Wix had an initial public offering on NASDAQ, raising about US$127 million for the company and some share holders. In 2021, Wix partnered with Vistaprint and then partnered with LegalZoom a year later to better support entrepreneurs starting a business.īy 2022, the Wix platform had more than 220 million registered users worldwide. Īt the end of 2020, and as a result of Adobe's decision to end their support for the Flash Player, Wix stopped allowing their users to create websites in the Flash Editor as well as getting support for the Flash sites and deleting all the Flash sites, thus officially ending the life of Wix's first product. In February 2020, Wix unveiled Editor X, a new platform to offer advanced capabilities for designers and web agencies.Īs of June 2020, with the continuous improvement to its features updates and releases, Wix claimed it had more than 180 million registered users from 190 countries around the world. Wix introduced Wix Fitness, an all-in-one solution for fitness entrepreneurs to grow and promote their business and manage customer relationships in November 2019. In December 2018, Wix launched Ascend by Wix, a suite of 20 products that lets entrepreneurs start, manage and promote a business directly from the Wix web development platform. In March 2020, Wix Code was re-branded to Corvid API, and then in January 2021 re-branded from Corvid to Velo, to avoid resemblance to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In December 2017, Wix Code, an API for adding database collections and custom JavaScript scripting, was released. Wix Music was launched in 2015 as a platform for independent musicians to market and sell their music. In August 2014, Wix launched Wix Hotels, a booking system for hotels, bed and breakfasts, and vacation rentals which use Wix websites. On, Wix launched the WixHive API which allows Wix apps within a user web site to capture and share their visitor data (such as contact information, messages, purchases and bookings) with other installed apps within the same web site. īy August 2013, the Wix platform had more than 34 million registered users. Wix's software development kit lets app developers create and offer web apps to Wix users. In October 2012, Wix launched an app market for users to sell applications built with the company's automated web development technology. In March 2012, Wix launched a new HTML5 site builder, replacing the Adobe Flash technology. In June 2011, Wix launched the Facebook store module, making its first step into the social commerce trend. In March 2011, Wix had 8.5 million users and raised US$40 million in Series D funding, bringing its total funding to that date to US$61 million. īy April 2010 Wix had 3.5 million users and raised US$10 million in Series C funding provided by Benchmark Capital and existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners and Mangrove Capital Partners. The company entered an open beta phase in 2007 using a platform based on Adobe Flash. Headquartered in Tel Aviv, Wix was backed by investors Insight Venture Partners, Mangrove Capital Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, DAG Ventures, and Benchmark Capital. Wix was founded in 2006 by Israeli developers Avishai Abrahami, Nadav Abrahami, and Giora Kaplan.
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