Wix Pricing UK 2026: All Plans, Fees and Hidden Costs

Wix pricing in the UK runs from £9 to £119 per month on annual billing in 2026, with a free plan available if you can live with Wix branding and no custom domain. Most UK small businesses end up on the Core plan at £16 per month, because it is the cheapest tier that can actually sell online. This guide breaks down every plan, the payment fees Wix does not put on its pricing page, and the hidden costs that push your real bill higher than the headline price.

Every price below is taken from Wix’s UK pricing page, verified July 2026. If you are still comparing platforms, start with our guide to the best website builders in the UK.

How Much Does Wix Cost in the UK?

Wix offers four premium plans in the UK: Light at £9 per month, Core at £16, Business at £25 and Business Elite at £119, all on annual billing. Paying monthly instead raises each price by 16-28%. Every paid plan includes a custom domain connection and removes Wix ads.

Every premium plan includes the same drag-and-drop Wix editor, the full library of 2,000+ templates, a free custom domain for the first year on annual billing, SSL and hosting. What changes as you move up the tiers is storage, collaborator seats, and the ability to accept payments and run an online store – the dashboard and site management tools are identical on every plan.

Prices can change at renewal – check the confirmation screen before paying. For context on how these subscription figures compare to hiring a professional, see our full website design costs guide.

Wix Plans Compared: What Do You Actually Get?

The four Wix plans split cleanly by purpose: Light is for sites that only need to look good, Core and Business are for selling, and Business Elite is for stores big enough to need advanced analytics and unlimited storage. Here is what each tier genuinely adds.

Wix Light – £9/month

Light covers a custom domain, ad removal, 2GB of storage and two collaborators. It is enough for a portfolio, a local service site or a personal brand. The catch is the hard stop on selling: no online payments, no store, no bookings monetisation. If there is any chance you will sell within the year, start on Core – upgrading mid-term means paying the difference anyway.

Wix Core – £16/month

Core is the plan most UK small businesses should price against. It adds a functional online store, 50GB storage, five collaborators and basic marketing tools. The limitation worth knowing upfront: no multi-currency selling. If you sell to EU or US customers in their own currency, you need Business. For a domestic UK store, Core does the job.

Wix Business – £25/month

Business unlocks the full eCommerce feature set: multi-currency, subscriptions, advanced shipping and 100GB storage with ten collaborators. At £9 per month over Core, it is worth it the moment you need any one of those features – subscriptions alone justify the gap for most product businesses that use them.

Wix Business Elite – £119/month

Business Elite at £119 per month is a big jump, and most businesses reading this do not need it. You are paying for unlimited storage, advanced developer platform access, custom reports and priority support. If your store is doing the kind of volume that justifies £1,428 per year in platform fees, it is also worth comparing dedicated eCommerce platforms – our Shopify pricing guide covers the obvious alternative at this level, and our best ecommerce platforms UK comparison ranks the full field.

Is the Wix Free Plan Any Good?

The Wix free plan is genuinely free forever, but it is built to be outgrown. You get a Wix-branded subdomain (yoursite.wixsite.com), Wix adverts on every page, limited storage and no custom domain. For testing the editor or building a practice site, it is fine. For a real business, the branding alone costs you credibility.

If free is a hard requirement, compare the genuinely usable free tiers in our guide to the best free website builders in the UK.

Wix Transaction Fees: What Does Selling Actually Cost?

Wix charges no platform commission on sales in the UK – your only per-sale cost is the payment processing fee. Wix Payments, the built-in processor, charges 2.1% + 20p per UK card transaction. Third-party gateways like PayPal or Stripe can be connected instead, at their own rates.

That 0% platform fee used to be a bigger differentiator than it is now: since Squarespace’s 2026 fee restructure, its commerce plans also take 0% of physical-product sales (though digital products still carry a 1-5% fee by tier). For physical sellers the platform-fee gap has closed – the comparison now comes down to plan price, processing rates and features, which we cover in our Wix vs Squarespace head-to-head.

Hidden Wix Costs to Budget For

The advertised plan price is rarely the full monthly bill. Four extras catch UK businesses out most often: domain renewal after the free first year, business email, paid apps from the App Market, and the monthly-billing premium if you avoid the annual commitment.

• Domain renewal – the domain is free for year one on annual plans, then renews at Wix’s standard rate (typically around £10-£20 per year depending on the extension)
• Business email – not included in any plan. Wix sells Google Workspace per user, which adds a per-month cost for every professional mailbox you need
• Apps – the App Market has 300+ integrations, and many of the useful ones (reviews, bookings upgrades, advanced forms) carry their own £5-£30/month subscriptions
• Monthly billing premium – paying monthly instead of annually adds 16-28% to every plan, permanently

What Is Wix Studio and Does It Cost More?

Wix Studio is a separate product aimed at agencies and freelancers who build sites for clients, with its own plan structure and a more powerful editor. If you are a business owner building your own site, you do not need Studio – the standard premium plans above are the right price list. If an agency is building your site on Studio, the plan cost is usually wrapped into their fee, which is worth checking when you compare freelance web designer costs.

Wix Pricing Over 3 Years: The True Cost

Over three years on annual billing, a Wix site costs £324 on Light, £576 on Core and £900 on Business, before domain renewal and any paid apps. Add roughly £20-£40 for the domain from year two and the realistic three-year total for a typical small business on Core lands around £610-£650.

Domain renewal and apps excluded. The pattern is consistent: annual billing saves roughly one to two months of fees per year on every tier, and the saving compounds the higher the plan.

Which Wix Plan Should You Choose?

Choose Light if your site exists to be seen, Core if it exists to sell, Business the day you need multi-currency or subscriptions, and Business Elite only when volume forces the issue. If you are unsure, Core is the safe default for a UK small business – it is the cheapest plan you will not outgrow in year one.

• Portfolio, local service, brochure site – Light (£9/month). You can upgrade in one click later
• Selling to UK customers – Core (£16/month). Basic store is enough for a domestic catalogue
• Selling internationally or on subscription – Business (£25/month). Multi-currency and recurring payments live here
• High-volume store with reporting needs – Business Elite (£119/month), but compare Shopify at this level first

For the full feature-by-feature review of the platform itself – templates, editor, SEO tools and support – read our complete Wix review. And if the DIY route is feeling like the wrong fit entirely, a professional build often costs less than people expect: our guide to the best web design companies for small businesses covers typical project prices.

Last updated: August 2026. Prices verified against Wix’s UK pricing page in July 2026 and exclude any promotional discounts. Wix can change pricing at any time – always confirm the renewal price at checkout.

Emma Clarke

Technology & Payments Specialist

Emma covers the full range of business technology, including EPOS systems, merchant accounts, telecoms, and web tools. Her experience as a retail systems consultant helps businesses choose the right digital solutions to improve efficiency and sales.

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