Wix, Wordpress, SquareSpace, Facebook, or...???

[Brandon Sok]

I want my rental listings, photos and applications online. Who else is doing this? Which platform do you love and why?

[Rachel Stewart]

Hi @Brandon Sok! I do website design as a side gig and I often recommend all in one platforms (like WIX) for something like this. It sounds like you basically want a landing page with some extra call-to-action options such as filling out an application or getting into contact with you. WordPress is good too it's kind of the OG it was originally meant for blogging so sometimes you'll see wordpress sites that look a little too much like a blog. It's not quite as easy as the all in ones, but it's more flexible. The other thing you have to consider is premium themes can start to get $$$. 

For reference I can build and set up a full WIX site in about 10 hours complete with testing and email set up and the same thing would take 20-40 hours for the same look and feel on Wordpress. 

Both are relatively easy for someone managing their website themselves (adding pictures, changing wording etc.), but I would suggest an all-in one every time to someone without a technical background. 

One other note, IMO you want to make sure YOU own your website and any of the ranking SEO work that goes into it. If you choose one and then later decide you want to move platforms, it's possible to port everything over. There are some services out there that make it very hard or impossible to port it over if you decide to change. Ideally, your website is an asset, IP that you own, not a liability that you pay someone else for.