What Wix says about taking your site with you
Wix's support page states that a Wix site "needs to be hosted and operated on Wix's servers," and that its architecture does not support outside hosting (Wix Support). The same page says the content you create belongs to you.
Both of those are true at once
The gap between them is the thing to understand. Your words and pictures are yours. The thing they are sitting inside is not portable. There is no file to download and carry away.
So moving off Wix is never a move. It is a rebuild. Anyone promising you an export is describing something that does not exist.
What survives the change
- Your domain name, which you keep and point wherever you like.
- Your text, your photographs, your documents, your logo.
- Your search presence, if the addresses are mapped carefully.
- Your customer list, exported from wherever it is held.
What has to be made again: the pages themselves, the forms, and anything the platform was running for you behind the scenes.
Why owners decide it is worth it: the result is theirs. For the practical walkthrough of the move itself, including Squarespace and GoDaddy, see moving your site off a builder.