Finally bit the bullet and paid for a proper portfolio site builder

I spent about $180 for a year on a Squarespace plan last month after using a free template for ages. My old site was slow and looked kind of janky on phones. The new one is SO much cleaner and I just got my first email from it today from a potential client who said it was easy to look through my work. That fee felt like a lot for me, but seeing that email made it feel worth it. Has anyone else had a good experience after switching from a free setup to a paid one? What did you pick?

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the_ben15d ago

Haha "convenience is the whole point" - yes! That's exactly it. I did the same switch like six months ago and it feels stupid to say but the time I saved not tweaking CSS at 2am is worth way more than the money. Plus my phone responsiveness actually works now without me needing to learn a whole coding language. I just wanted something that worked and looked good right out of the box. That email you got is the exact kind of validation I'm talking about, makes you feel like you didn't waste your cash.

lee_barnes702mo ago

Proper portfolio site builder" is a stretch. You just paid a middleman. That email could have come through a free WordPress setup with a decent theme. The money is for convenience, not quality.

danielm152mo ago

Yeah but that convenience is the whole point. Time messing with WordPress is time not making stuff to put on the site.