Frequently Asked Questions
Do you have a few minutes? LOL. For starters, Acme Ready-Made Websites® are built with WordPress. The reasons that WordPress is a superior platform are:
#1 Design Flexibility
Squarespace and Wix have a limited number of templates to choose from. Same thing for plugins. This makes your design choices limited. WordPress is a crowd sourced platform that has over 27,000 free templates and 33,000 free plugins. In addition, you can find online tutorials for any feature or function you desire making your design choices limited only by your imagination.
#2 Growth
As mentioned above, WordPress has over 33,000 free plugin options and countless paid plugin options. Maybe you’ll want to add affiliate marketing or online courses in the future. Maybe you’ll franchise in the future and have a need for a directory on your website. With WordPress, you simply find the right plugin and you’ve added a new revenue stream or a new feature.
#3 Content Portability
Squarespace and Wix have limits on what content you can download for use on another URL. Even then, the tools that are available to migrate a site are unreliable and in most cases, websites have to be migrated manually. That means if you have 50 blog posts on Wix or Squarespace, you’ll need to redo them if you decide to upgrade to WordPress later on.
With WordPress, if you outgrow your hosting company or just want to make a change, you simply make a copy of your website and upload it to the new hosting company. You can literally move an entire website to a new server in less than 20 minutes.
#4 eCommerce
Are you going to sell something online? A product or a service? Then you’ll eventually need an online store. With all-inclusive website builders, eCommerce is limited. For instance, Squarespace only allows you to integrate with Stripe or PayPal for payment processing. Since Strip is only available in select countries, this limits your prospective customer base. PayPal has a $5,000 transfer limit, so once you hit the big time, PayPal will hold onto your money for 10-21 days.
Wix has more payment options, but the other issues surrounding their platform still makes WordPress the better choice.
WordPress allows you to integrate and use any payment processor or platform you want. Paypal, Stripe, Square, eChecks. You name it, and there’s a plugin to integrate with your online store.
Additionally, Squarespace has a limit on how many products you can sell within the plans that are offered. With WordPress, the sky’s the limit. Want to sell 2,000 products? You got it.
#5 SEO
SEO is my passion. I want to shout from the rooftops and educate the masses on why SEO is sooooo important and why ignoring it will cost you significantly. What good is a beautiful website if your customers can’t find you?
SEO with all-inclusive platforms is extremely limited. You’re using their servers so you will never have the ability to optimize your website’s load time. The only improvement you’ll be able to make for speed optimization is image optimization. Other than that, you have no control.
A great source for SEO is image optimization. The name you give your images is important for keyword ranking. Squarespace renames every image you upload. That means if you upload an image that has a search engine optimized file name Squarespace renamed it to something not friendly to search engines in any way shape or form
If you’re publishing your blog on Wix, you won’t be able to set your own titles and descriptions for your post. They are auto-generated, which means they may not be optimized for your niche. Other concerns include the use of “#” in the URL. You can’t change this according to Web Enso, the use of the # affects your indexability on search engines.
Once again, WordPress has countless SEO tutorials and options for optimal on page optimization.
Instantly!
As soon as you complete your order and payment is confirmed, you will receive an email with login information to your membership page. Follow the link and login.
If you already have website hosting and WordPress setup, you can load your new website immediately. If not, there are step-by-step instructions on how to setup website hosting and install WordPress. Either way, if you have your images, fonts, and colors ready, you can have your website completed in just a few short hours.
All Acme Ready-Made Websites® include the following:
-100% completed, professional designed website. This is not a “template”, it is a complete website that is populated with “demo” content.
What that means is, your website has been professionally designed with features that most entrepreneurs need in a website such as lead capture forms and CTAs. These are all set up and ready, all you’ll need to do is change the wording, add your own images, and change the colors if you want. You can also delete any sections you don’t want and easily add sections.
-34+ video tutorials that walk you through each and every step of the process. And…..if we’ve missed something, we’ll happily make a video within 24 hours and upload it to your membership page.
To see exactly what you get, be sure to check out the live demos. You’ll see what each page has. Remember, you don’t have to use all the pages, but we created them so you can see what sections/layouts are available. We show you in the videos how to save sections from one page and add it to another.
We’ve been in the digital marketing industry for a while and unfortunately (more times than we care to remember), we’ve had clients that have come to us after having issues with other agencies and/or platforms that hosted their websites. Everything from not having access to their site, to sites crashing, to having their monthly fees tripled without notice.
Of course, we would not do that. In fact, our parent agency, Acme Digital Marketing, provides website hosting for some of our oldest clients and have for years without issue, but as we thought about whether or not we would offer it on this platform, we decided that if our goal is to teach other entrepreneurs how to have complete control of their business, that includes their website. Knowing how a cPanel works, and the basic backend of a website helps on so many levels, especially as you grow and start hiring out tasks. Knowing what someone is talking about and whether or not they know what they’re talking about can save you a TON of money.
We launched Acme Online Academy as a resource for entrepreneurs. We’ve been where you are, and we’ve seen things as well. If we can educate you on best practices, save you time and money, and help you navigate the sometimes-confusing world of digital marketing, then we’ll be happy campers.
All that being said, you want to have complete control over your website, including hosting.
But don’t fret, we created videos to help you through the process of choosing a hosting provider and setting up everything you need to go live. And remember, we’re here to answer any question you may have along the way.
If you’re looking for good website hosting, we use KnownHost and have for several years. We switched from GoDaddy because we wanted the best optimization. They’re customer service is AMAZING!
We have a video on our resource page that goes over website hosting. You can check it out HERE.
No, we do not. If you don’t already have a domain name, we suggest purchasing one through GoDaddy or NameCheap.
Super simple. And we’re not just saying that. We tested it on 13 “non-techies” prior to launch. We worked out the kinks and made things as easy as possible.
If you can follow directions, drag and drop items, you’re all set.
AND, you have nothing to lose, because we offer a 7-day money back guarantee. If it’s not all that we say it is, we’ll refund your money in full.
Yes, each website has been designed and tested for responsiveness across all device sizes.
Additionally, we created a video for you that walks you through the steps to test for responsiveness on any changes that you make to your website.
No. Per our terms and conditions, each Acme Ready-Made Website® can only be used on one URL. The only exception is if you are using it on a sub-domain staging site.
We do offer discounts for bulk orders. Please contact: hello@acmeonlineacademy.com.
Nope! Everything you need to create a stunning website is all there.
There are no additional costs on our end, however, you will need to purchase your domain name and hosting.
We recommend NameCheap for domain names and KnownHost for hosting.
Other than that, there are no additional costs for your website.
*The only exception would be if you decide you’d like one of our team members to set up your hosting or to insert your content for you. These are considered extra. You can check out those options HERE.
Absolutely!
We created Acme Ready-Made Websites® specifically for the “non-techy’s”. If you can “drag and drop” and follow step-by-step instructions, you can do this!
If you have a bit more experience, than this will be a breeze. You can have your site live in a little over an hour.
If for any reason, you get stuck, we’re here to help! If we’ve missed a video, we’ll create one and add it to your membership page within 24 hours.
If you already have a WordPress website, then we suggest building your new website on a “staging site”. We created a video that walks you through how to setup a staging site and how to transfer it once you’ve completed it to your home URL.
If you have a website built on Wix or SquareSpace, we also suggest creating a staging site for your new WordPress website and then transferring your domain’s DNS once the website has been completed. A video has been provided for this as well.
Absolutely. We’ve created video tutorials for adding both services and/or products to your website.
No, they are not.
Acme Ready-Made Websites® are built on a customized theme using Elementor page builder.
Since you’ll be providing your own website hosting, you’ll be able to setup free email accounts through your hosting provider.
We have created a video tutorial that walks you through how to do this.
Yes, we offer a 7-day money back guarantee. If it’s not all that we say it is, we’ll refund your money in full.