Almost all businesses need a proper online website which looks professional and performs well. Those with lot of capital can hire top firms to that for them but many of the businesses start small and have a tight budget so they usually prefer WordPress Websites. Contrary to popular belief website builders are a very useful tool because we can edit everything by going through the dashboard and select an element and change it to our needs and preferences. One of the popular website is Jimdo
Jimdo
Fridtjof, Matthias and Christian started coding websites back in the day when they were still in school and created hundreds of websites after getting feedback from many people that they too wished to build websites like them. Matthias instantly liked the idea, too. They had no budget, so the three of them moved into an old farmhouse that was owned by Fridtjof's parents. Later in the year 2007 they started Jimdo. The company grew with each new website that was created.
They have now over 200 employees from 23 different countries working in offices in Hamburg, Tokyo, and San Francisco building over 15 million website for entrepreneurs, musicians, photographers and others. The Jimdo was featured by The New York Times, USA Today, The Economist and many others and they also have an app in the iOs app store and Google Play Store.
Check out this introduction video by JimdoFEATURES
TEMPLATE
Modern designs with countless style options make building a website easy. Clients can start with the perfect template and then make their website unique by adjusting the fonts and color palette.
STORAGE
Plenty of storage space for clients website's needs (from 500MB to unlimited). All Jimdo plans include unlimited bandwidth, so you can handle as many visitors as you want.
Another website builder that we found interesting is Webflow. We posted a complete Webflow review on Bloggersideas and you should definitely check it out.
Clients can embed videos directly on their website simply by linking to content on popular video hosting services like YouTube and Vimeo.
SECURITY
Customers can create a protected area of their website, which can only be accessed with a password of their choice.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Built-in tools for Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and Pinterest, as well as share buttons for countless social networks, making it easy to integrate client's website with their social media accounts.
FILE DOWNLOADS
Clients can upload files-applications, forms, brochures to Jimdo, and their visitors will be able download them directly from client's website.
Jimdo is powered by HTML5, the latest standard in website design. It's possible to embed incredible widgets on client's website with the support of HTML5.
MOBILE VIEW
Client's website is automatically optimized when displayed on mobile devices. It's even possible for mobile visitors to make purchases in client's online store.
FEEDBACK
Client's visitors can get in touch with them directly by submitting their info in a form, which will be sent to client's email account. As of now, there are 8 languages available including: English (British English), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Dutch and Spanish.
PERFORMANCE
To increase speed performance for their worldwide user base, Jimdo maintains data centers in the US, Germany and Japan.
WIDGETS
Embedded video (YouTube) and excellent photo galleries keep your website looking good. Facebook and other social media services can be nicely integrated. Clients can use Dropbox to manage their website's images and other files.
E-Commerce
Jimdo makes e commerce possible for small-scale vendors. Anyone sticking to eBay or Amazon until now could consider taking steps towards a more individual and personal platform and Jimdo also tracks what stock the client has. The great advantage is that clients are in control and they can make the rules and have no expenses beyond payment service fees.
Jimdo Pricing Plans
Additionally, the online store integrates really well into the rest of the website builder. Everything fits together seamlessly and feels consistent. As Jimdo offers a blogging feature, too, clients can use that for content marketing and save on advertising.
PREMIUM SERVICES
ATTENTION: We recommend testing out Jimdo's free platform yourself before committing to the paid programs. Even if you do decide to upgrade, you still have the 30-day risk-free trial to test out JimdoPro or JimdoBusiness further.Jimdo Pro
Costing 5 euros per month which provides 1 Custom Domain, 1 Free Email Account, Statistics, Ad-free website which are optimized for mobile, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), 5 GB of storage, 5 passwords protected areas, The online store can contain 15 items which can be purchased by visitors through PayPal and other methods as decided by the client though the visitors won't be charged transaction fees and also clients can fix maximum shipping charges.
Jimdo Business
Costing 15 euros per month which provides 2 Custom Domains, Business Email Package which include 20 email accounts, Unlimited Storage, Statistics, Ad-free websites which are optimized for mobile, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) with Advanced Feature, Unlimited Storage Options, Complete Online Store which contains unlimited products, Discount codes, which can be purchased by visitors through PayPal and other methods as decided by the client though the visitors won't be charged transaction fees and also clients can fix maximum shipping charges. Follow Jimdo Facebook, Twitter, Youtube & Google+.
CONCLUSION
Watch this video by Jimdo to know more about online store features
Jimdo site builder is based on one key idea above all else ease of use in every way. Jimdo aims to remove all barriers to enable its clients to create their own professional website, regardless of whatever field they might be in like a restaurant owner, photographer, musician, online retailer or just a free lancer. In recent years, they have become one of the major website builders worldwide. One of the reason for this that they have well thought out features, such as the Jimdo Online Store.
Activation takes only few minutes. After it gets activated the website allows it clients to accept orders from customers from all parts of the world. According to Jimdo they have created around 200,00 shops mostly for small business owners since their launch in March 2010
The team at Jimdo has takes great care to ensure that they don't over complicate their system while also adding new features. This means that more features do not add more complexity which is very reassuring. All in all Jimdo is a one of the best companies which charges only reasonable rates for top notch features
Before you go check out this Review and short tutorial of Jimdo ATTENTION: We recommend testing out Jimdo's free platform yourself before committing to the paid programs. Even if you do decide to upgrade, you still have the 30-day risk-free trial to test out JimdoPro or JimdoBusiness further.
