Yola

About

Established in Cape Town, South Africa and now based in San Francisco, Yola offers easy-to-use website building tools.  

Yola’s drag-and-drop functionality provides users with a simple way to set up a basic HTML website. They are one of the few web builders that allow you to set up a free website, Yola Free, which you can then upgrade to premium as your business grows. The Yola Free sitebuilder comes with free hosting to a subdomain, unlimited bandwidth, and access to their customer service.

Their premium plans allow you to manage your domains, hosting, email, online store. You also get access to features such as inventory manager, marketing tools, social media integration and data and analytics. Using the dashboard, you can also monitor your search engine presence, grow traffic with the right keyword optimization and get clear SEO reports.

Pricing

The Yola Free package allows you to build and publish a website to a Yola subdomain at no cost. They offer a 30-day money back guarantee on all premium packages. 

• Free – mobile-ready website with a .yola subdomain
• Bronze – $5.91 – mobile ready website, 5 website 1000 web pages, custom domain, One-year free .COM domain, 
• Silver – $14.00 – mobile ready website, 25 website 1000 web pages, custom domain, One-year free .COM domain, unlimited site backups. 
• Gold – $26.00 – mobile ready website, 25 website 1000 web pages, custom domain, One-year free .COM domain, unlimited site backups, automatic SEO monitoring. 

Features

• Easy-to-use website builder – no coding needed 
• Templates – choose from a range of customizable, professional-templates
• Contact forms – keep in  touch with customers through customizable contact forms
• Google map integration – allows site visitors to find your local business fast
• Mobile, Facebook, and Web Publishing – publish your site to mobile phones, Facebook, and the web
• Payment gateways – Integrated with over 20 payment gateways
• Inventory management – Track orders as they come in
• Data & analytics – get access to site statistics 
• Marketing tools – allows for social sharing on Facebook, Twitter 
• Email marketing – Grow your customer base with their Constant Contact mailing list tool

Pros

Offer an ad-free free website option without third-party advertisements. 

Cons

Not fully specialised for ecommerce businesses. There are better e-commerce options available. 

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