Web design

Hire a Wix expert to design and update your site

A Wix expert, on this site, is a virtual assistant who designs, builds and updates pages on your Wix site: layouts, forms, bookings, stores and content changes. Rates start from about £6.50 an hour at the beginner level, rising with experience. We find the candidate and run four screening steps.

Four screening steps before you meet a candidate
Hours tracked
Earliest start within 48 to 72 hours of choosing a candidate

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What a Wix assistant does

The work covers how the site looks, what it does and how it stays current.

Design

Layouts and branding. Arranging pages and applying your colours, fonts and logo.
Mobile views. Checking and adjusting how each page looks on a phone.
Image and content set-up. Preparing pictures and text so pages load and read well.

Build

Pages and forms. Adding pages and enquiry forms that send to your email.
Bookings and stores. Setting up booking pages and online shop products through Wix apps.
Domain and SEO basics. Connecting your domain and filling in page titles and descriptions.

Maintain

Content updates. Changing text, images and prices.
Fixes. Correcting broken layouts, links and forms.
Performance checks. Looking at page speed and trimming what slows it.

Where the assistant stops

This is a virtual assistant lane: design and upkeep on a Wix site. It is not a custom development agency service. If the site runs on WordPress, see the WordPress virtual assistant.

What a Wix expert costs

This role is priced per hour by experience, in pounds. A beginner level assistant starts from about £6.50 an hour, and the rate rises with experience. The pricing page lists the published roles, and the cost calculator lets you try your own hours.

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Is a Wix assistant right for you?

A Wix assistant suits you if

Your site is on Wix and needs pages, bookings or a shop set up or kept current.
You have your content and brand to hand, or can share examples.
You would rather have one person on the site each week than fix it yourself.

Another option may suit you better if

Your site runs on WordPress: a WordPress virtual assistant.
Your shop runs on Shopify: a Shopify virtual assistant.
You need wider technical work: the virtual assistant web developer page.

What Wix work should leave behind

General guidance, not a promise about any one assistant. Expect updated pages you can see on a phone and a computer, forms that deliver to the right inbox, booking and shop flows that work from a visitor’s side, page titles and descriptions filled in, and a short list of what changed. Most Wix problems appear when someone uses the site as a customer would, so the test matters as much as the build.

A brief you can copy

The site and the plan. Address, and which Wix plan it is on.
What you sell or book. Services, prices and any rules.
The pages to change. In priority order.
The content. Final words and images, or the date they will arrive.
The brand. Colours, fonts, logo and two pages you like.
The apps. Bookings, stores or forms already installed.
The domain. Whether your own domain is connected.

Search basics on Wix

Wix has its own SEO Setup Checklist. It asks for your business name, whether you serve a place or work online, and up to three keyword phrases, then lists steps to connect your site to Google. Wix says connecting Google Search Console needs a Premium plan and a connected domain, so check both before promising yourself any search reporting.

How the work is measured

Count what the site is for: enquiries sent, bookings made, orders placed. Look at which pages visitors reach and where they leave. Check the mobile view, because many visitors use a phone. Compare a month with the month before, and note any change you made in between.

Common mistakes

Installing apps you no longer use.
Mixing many fonts and colours.
Using large images that slow the page.
Forgetting to check the phone view.
Leaving the site on a free address, so your own domain and search reporting are not set up.
Never testing the booking or checkout as a customer.

Worked example: testing a booking page

Example only. The business is an invented hair salon. No client or result is described.

Open the booking page on a phone.
Choose a service and a time as a customer would.
Complete the booking with your own details.
Check the confirmation email arrives, and reads correctly.
Check the booking appears for the owner.
Cancel it, and check the slot is freed.

Questions to ask any Wix provider

Which Wix plan and apps does my site need, and why?
How do you test bookings and checkout?
Will my domain and accounts stay in my name?
How will I see what changed?

What is included

The hourly rate covers the whole service: finding the candidate, the four screening steps below, setting up the platforms and tools your assistant needs for your Wix site, hours tracked with tools such as Time Doctor, and our management of recruitment, payroll management and quality management. There is no separate recruitment fee.

How hiring works

We start with a free call about the work and the hours you have in mind. We shortlist candidates who have passed our screening, you interview them and you choose. The earliest start is within 48 to 72 hours of choosing a candidate.

Four screening steps before you meet anyone

CV screening.
A first interview on personality and the general benchmark criteria.
A technical interview.
A practical task, to test the candidate in the field.

Notice, replacement and fees are set out on how it works.

Questions about hiring a Wix expert

Can they redesign my current Wix site?

Yes, working from your current content and brand. Share the site and your brand guide, and the assistant plans the changes with you.

Can they set up bookings and an online shop?

Yes. Bookings and stores on Wix are part of the build work, set up through Wix apps. Tell us what you sell or book on the call so we can match the candidate.

What do I need to share for a Wix expert to start?

Access to your Wix site, your content and your brand guide or examples you like. Tell us what you sell or book, so we match the candidate to it.

Can I connect my Wix site to Google Search Console?

Yes, but Wix says it needs a Premium plan and a connected domain. Wix's SEO Setup Checklist, found under SEO & GEO in the site dashboard, walks you through connecting your site to Google. Check your plan and domain first, so you know whether search reporting is available.

How do I test a Wix booking or shop?

Do it as a customer. Open the page on a phone, make a booking or place an order with your own details, and check the confirmation email and what the owner sees. Then cancel or refund it. Repeat after every change to the page or the app.

Should I stay on Wix or move to WordPress?

Stay if Wix does what you need and the site is easy to keep current. Think about moving if you need features Wix does not offer or want more control over the code. A move is a project in its own right. If you choose WordPress, read about a WordPress virtual assistant.

How much does a Wix expert cost?

Hourly rates start from about £6.50 at the beginner level and rise with experience. The pricing page lists the published roles, and the cost calculator lets you try your own hours.

Related roles

Wix is one of the CMS experts. For a site on WordPress, see the WordPress virtual assistant, or read how to delegate to a virtual assistant.

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