Wix and Squarespace

Wix and Squarespace speed work inside the locks of the platform

These builders cap how far a speed job can go. We still take the wins they allow: images, fonts, hidden apps, and the pages that take paid traffic. We tell you the ceiling on day one.

The Wix / Squarespace performance audit is free. Typical website hosting is $150 to $500 a year. That is their invoice. When the public site does not need that host, you save up to $500 a year.

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The audit

Free · $0

Your speed test scores and the yearly hosting cost, at no charge.

Typical hosting

$150-$500/yr

What website hosting usually costs. Their bill, not ours.

You can save

Up to $500/yr

When the paid server behind your live site can go to $0 (pages plus a form).

Any CMS

Keep your stack

We start on Wix / Squarespace. No forced rebuild.

You pay now

$150-$500/year

Typical website hosting. WordPress cPanel, Wix, Webflow, or a small VPS.

Live site after

$0 origin

Pages plus a form, served from servers close to your visitors. Mail and checkout stay where they belong.

You save

Up to $500/year

Every year the public site no longer needs that host.

Why speed is worth it

Not just a cheaper host. More of the traffic you already have.

Builder landing pages that inherit every popup send paid visitors away. Cleaning up that page is often the cheapest conversion work you can buy.

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Better conversion rates

A few extra seconds on a phone is enough for a form, demo, or purchase to never happen. Faster loading of the main content (called LCP) and a page that does not jump around give your offer a chance to be read and clicked.

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Lower bounce rates

If the first screen takes 6 to 8 seconds, many phone visitors leave before they see anything, and you never get a chance to win them back. Cut that wait and you keep more of the traffic you already paid for.

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More engagement

Visitors tend to stay longer, scroll further, and open a second page when the site works in the first two seconds. People who can tap, tap.

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Ads you already buy work harder

Google Ads and Meta charge you for the click either way. A faster landing page means more of those clicks turn into leads, instead of going straight back to the search results or the feed.

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Search keeps the ranking you paid for

Core Web Vitals (Google's speed and stability checks) are one of the signals Google uses to rank pages. A fast, steady page is easier for Google to read and less likely to lose the click after it ranks.

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Plus the yearly hosting cut

Typical website hosting is $150 to $500 a year. When the public site is pages plus a form, origin can go to $0. Save up to $500 a year on top of the conversion work.

Keep more of the clicks you buy

Paid visitors stop leaving while the page is still blank.

More forms and carts complete

Your offer is on screen while the visitor still wants it.

People stay long enough to read

Visitors scroll and open a second page instead of hitting the back button.

Proof you can screenshot

Test scores on the same pages, plus the bounce rate and conversions you already see in Google Analytics.

What slows Wix / Squarespace

The usual drag on Wix / Squarespace sites

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Stock galleries and original camera files in the media library.

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Site-wide apps and popups on every URL.

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Platform CSS you cannot delete, plus extra widgets on landing pages.

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Fonts from three foundries for a two-weight brand.

How we help

Wix / Squarespace speed work we actually do

1

Compress and size media the platform will actually serve.

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Turn off widgets that are not on the conversion path.

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Landing-page hygiene for ads: one offer, one form, fewer toys.

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If the cap is the problem, we map a move to WordPress, Webflow, or a static site with the same page addresses. No surprise rebuild.

Wix / Squarespace specifics

Built for this platform, not a generic speed plugin

Honest ceiling

We will not sell PageSpeed 100 on a locked builder. We take every win the editor allows and state the cap on day one.

Ad landings

The URL in Google Ads often still loads the site-wide popup. That is the page we clean first.

Stay or move

If the ceiling is below the score you need, we quote a planned switch-over with a list of every page address. Not a weekend flip.

Yearly hosting

Typical builder hosting we see is $150 to $500 a year. Save that when a move is the right path. Checkout stays if you sell on the builder.

How a job runs

Four steps. Faster pages, more of the clicks you already pay for.

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Free audit

Send the URL. In about 48 hours you get lab scores, bounce risk on the URLs ads hit, what you pay the host, and what to cut. $0.

02

Fix in staging

Images, scripts, cache, and the cheap cuts first. You preview. Nothing is live until you say so.

03

Prove it

Mobile and desktop PageSpeed on the same URLs. Then you compare bounce and conversions in the analytics you already have.

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Cut the yearly bill

If the public site is pages plus a form, live-site origin can go to $0. Save up to $500 a year. Mail stays until you cancel.

Questions

Wix / Squarespace performance FAQs

Is the audit free?expand_more
Yes. $0. Typical hosting we see is $150 to $500 a year.
Can you make Wix as fast as custom?expand_more
No, and we will not sell that. We take the room the platform gives and say when a move is the only way to 90-plus.
How much can we save?expand_more
Up to $500 a year if a move is the right path. Staying on the builder, we still cut add-ons that only slow the page.
Do rankings survive a move?expand_more
Yes if slugs, redirects, and DNS are sequenced.
Squarespace commerce too?expand_more
Yes. Product images and extra widgets first. Checkout stays.
How fast is the audit?expand_more
About 48 hours, with a written ceiling.
Does speed actually lift conversions and cut bounce?expand_more
Speed does not rewrite a weak offer. It stops the offer from dying in the first seconds. Faster loading of the main content (LCP) and less page freezing (TBT) usually mean fewer people leave and more forms, calls, or purchases from the same traffic. We show lab scores. You watch bounce and conversions in GA4. We do not invent a lift percentage.

Send the Wix / Squarespace URL. The audit is free.

$0 to see lab scores, bounce risk on the URLs ads hit, and the $150 to $500 a year hosting line. Then conversions, engagement, and up to $500 a year back when origin can go to $0.

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Our team

The same people on the audit and on the work

Martin writes every audit and takes the first call. The same team stays on the account. 160+ businesses since 2010.

Martin, Founder, strategy and audits

Martin

Founder, strategy and audits

Writes every audit and takes every first call. On your account from day one, running growth for SMEs since 2010.

Yoana, Social and app development

Yoana

Social and app development

Shapes social strategy and builds practical app experiences that turn attention into action.

Mike, SEO

Mike

SEO

Owns technical, local and content SEO so the right buyers find you when demand is highest.

Robert, Paid media

Robert

Paid media

Plans and manages paid search and social campaigns around qualified leads.

Elmer, Analytics

Elmer

Analytics

Connects tracking, attribution and reporting so decisions are based on revenue-quality data.

Dino, Design

Dino

Design

Creates clear brand and conversion-focused design across landing pages, campaigns and product experiences.

Certified and experienced

Certified where it matters. Accountable for the outcome.

Verified platform knowledge, 25+ years of hands-on experience, and an operating track record since 2010.

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