You must have heard of Weebly and you are probably hearing the buzz around GroovePages too. So in this article, I will expose you to what Weebly is all about and what GroovePages is all about. It is now left for you to make a decision on the one you will pick.
At the end of the article, I will give my own verdict on what I think, maybe it might help you make a choice, so read to the end for that.
In this article, I will discuss what Weebly and GroovePage are, their features, and pricing. These are the most important things for any platform. So stay to the end.
What is GroovePages
GroovePages is a powerful drag and drops page and funnel builder for online marketers. It’s designed to help businesses and marketers create professional landing pages, build funnels, and design websites.
It uses the most updated technology to simplify online marketing needs. No matter your skill levels, GroovePages will benefit you.
One of the core features of GroovePages is based on the fact that approx. 80% of the code is loaded on the browser.
This gives the user more functionality. It also utilizes VUE.JS, a progressive Javascript framework to power the system.
This is worth highlighting because a host of page builders use Bootstrap, which is now an outdated framework, considering how fast technology evolves these days.
Another aspect of GroovePages is loading speed. Yes, it uses the Google cloud platform.
What is Weebly
Weebly is one of the largest site builders with more than 50m websites built. Unlike many competitors, Weebly have always been more interested in improvements to their platform’s technology rather than running expensive marketing campaigns.
After Weebly got acquired by ecommerce company Square in 2018 we noticed a considerably slower rollout of new features though. While this sends mixed signals to us as a review site, it doesn't necessarily mean that things are deteriorating. There is also substantial value in improving what you've already got. But more on that later.
Weebly Review: What to expect?
Weebly offers a drag-and-drop website builder with 40+ mobile-friendly themes. It includes a blog, image galleries and an online store. Next to the free plan there is Weebly Professional at $12/month, which is the cheapest ad-free plan and lets you use your own domain name.
GroovePages Features
GroovePages comes with a ton of handy features for building landing pages, sales funnels, and even functional websites.
See what’s included in GroovePages:
Website Editor with drag and drop functionality
Unlimited landing pages
Unlimited Funnels
Free hosting & Bandwidth
Free SSL Certificate
Unlimited custom domains
Full website builder
Pre-designed blocks
Wireframe blocks
Mobile-First indexing
Control website display across 5 devices
Email marketing integrations
Popups
Embed videos, Code embed, Embed checkout form
Countdown timers, Progress bar
Upsells, Downsells, Order bumps
SEO-friendly pages
Google Analytics & Tracking
Import funnels
GroovePages Review: An In-Depth Look Inside (Features & Demo)
Here we’ll dive into GroovePages to see the features and demo. This section is going to go into much detail about the features.
GroovePages Website Editor
GroovePages has one of the easiest website editors. They say that it will be as powerful as the WordPress Gutenberg editor.
You can build any type of landing page, funnel, and design a fully-functional website. I’m talking about websites with menus and navigation pages.
Not many page builders can do this.
It’s easy to add texts, change color, reduce or increase the font size, etc. So if I want to resize the default image below, for example, I’ll just click it and look to my right. There I can adjust, tweak, position, and do a lot more to my image.
GroovePages - Editor
The website editor uses a simple and intuitive canvas that you can customize. Just click on a block or text area to change the content.
Create Unlimited Landing Pages and Sales Funnels
The most striking feature of GroovePages is the unlimited landing pages and sales funnel you can create. And this is for life, without having to pay extra.
To add a new page to your site, simply click on the “Pages” tab at the left panel. Then click on the [+] sign to add a new page. It’s that simple.
Although GroovePage has a free for life plan, you can unlock the unlimited pages and funnels of GroovePages which only charges a one-time fee of $497 for life.
Once GroovePages is out of beta, pricing starts from $99 per month.
Free Hosting & Bandwidth
You can save some money when you host your website, landing pages, and funnels with GroovePages. It’s completely free with your chosen plan.
This is a free lifetime hosting, mind you…
If you compare this to the traditional hosting companies like Siteground, Bluehost, or Kinsta, you’re looking at spending an extra $179/year.
Once you sign up with GroovePages, you can use custom domains and host them for free.
Unlimited Custom Domains
With GroovePages, you can use unlimited custom domains.
If you’re just getting started, you could use the subdomain that’s attached to every website or landing page you create.
But you have control over the domain you want to use. Lifetime GroovePages account offers unlimited custom domains.
Built on New Technology
GroovePages uses an amazing technology to power websites, landing pages, and funnels. It’s built on the premise of speed.
GroovePages will host your websites on the best servers around the world. Talk of Amazon servers, and the like. So there’s no need to worry about Uptime.
Create Full-Blown Websites With Complete Navigation + Funnel Pages
GroovePages has an intuitive website editor. From one dashboard, you can create and connect your funnel to the page.
It has the follow tools;
Pre-Designed Blocks
These pre-designed blocks are important for non-designers who want to easily get their website or landing page ready.
Simply click on the “Blocks” tab from the left panel. Then drag any block you want into the editor.
Blocks
For example, I clicked on the “Content” block and dragged this block into the editor. Now I can change the text as I want.
Black Drag
These ‘blocks’ may be regarded as pre-built containers with placeholder text, elements, or images. All you have to do is drag and drop the designed block onto the canvas to start customizing.
You’ll love the whole process of designing a page using GroovePages pre-designed blocks. They save time and help you achieve more.
Wireframe Blocks
Another powerful feature you’ll enjoy when you sign up with GroovePages is Wireframes.
Wireframes are used to layout your page or website. Simply click on the “Blocks” tab, then click on the Wireframes tab.
It’s important to plan your website before designing. It helps to improve the overall feel and focus on your page. This handy tool is excellent as it provides the visualization framework for the design.
It helps you to map out where your buttons, images, content, menus, and even products will go. Just drag the Wireframes template you want into the editor.
Wire Frames Block
This will be very useful for web designers who want to sell their services and show the wireframes to potential clients before going all in. It’s ideal for walking a client through the structure of the website.
Wireframes block are placeholders. They don’t show colors and images but they can help in making smarter web design decisions.
Other page builders and drag-and-drop editors don’t offer this feature yet.
Mobile-First Indexing
Mobile-First indexing is the new norm. It’s become a major SEO ranking factor.
And Groove Digital is aware of this, so they leveraged modern technology that considers the mobile version of a page first before other device-specific versions.
Mobile-first indexing was rolled out in July 2019 by Google. The ultimate goal is to factor in the mobile adaptability of a website. After that, the desktop version may be considered. Everything is still one system, though.
Still confused?
Danny Sullivan, founder of Marketing Land explains what Mobile-First indexing means:
In other words, Google now uses the mobile version of your website to index and rank your pages in its organic search results.
Right now, GroovePages is built from the ground up to lay out websites and landing pages with mobile-first indexing criteria.
So you never have to worry about getting penalized by Google for having landing pages that are not mobile responsive.
Control Website Appearance Across 5 Devices
With GroovePages, you can easily control your web pages and website’s appearance across 5 devices.
This is important if you want your page to display properly on popular devices including desktop, smartphones, and tablets.
Side note: ClickFunnels only allows you to control appearance on two devices: desktop and mobile.
Desktop view
Laptop view
iPad view
Tablet view
Mobile view
You can even highlight all devices in pink so that you can instantly update all designs across 5 devices.
Better yet, you also have control over the design on specific devices. Simply highlight that device icon.
Email Marketing Integration
Another excellent feature of GroovePages is integrations. Yes, you can integrate 20+ email marketing solutions, including ConvertKit, ActiveCampaign, Drip, MailChimp, and so on.
Integrating your email service provider opens a new world of workflow and automation for you. It means you’ll be able to move your funnel leads to an email segment automatically.
To integrate an email service or other tools, simply click on the menu icon at the top-right. Then click on the “Add Integration” button to get started.
Choose your Integration type, then follow the instructions to get it integrated.
Make sure you enter your API and URL to complete the process.
Popups
GroovePages also allows you to create lightbox pop-ups when users click on a button or link.
At the left panel, click on the “Popups” button, then click on +create new popup.
You have the option of configuring the popup so that it triggers as soon as someone lands or exits the page by clicking under “Type”.
There are 3 parameters you can set:
Standard: This is a conditional setting, and only appears when users click on a button
Entry: This is triggered as soon as a user lands on the page
Exit: This appears when someone exits the page
Remember to choose the popup template from the right panel. Then customize as you wish. When you’re done, click “Save & Exit.”
Embed Videos
It’s easy to embed YouTube and Vimeo videos by simply dragging in video ‘element’ into the page editor.
Click the “Elements” tab from the left panel, then choose the YouTube video element you wish to embed. Or any other media element. Drag it into the editor and follow the prompt.
Then you can click on the video player, input your YouTube or Vimeo video ID to embed it.
You can also control the aspect ratio to adjust for size.
Google Maps
To embed Google maps on your, simply drag the Google maps ‘element’ into the page editor.
Once that’s done, you can click on the default map and input a location name or address like you’d on Google maps.
Countdown Timers
If you’re looking to show urgency or to persuade prospects to purchase your product before the deal or discount expires, then you need to use Countdown Timers.
To embed the countdown timer on your page, simply drag in the countdown ‘element’ into the page builder.
Next, you can quickly specific what action to execute when the time reaches zero:
Do nothing
Redirect to another Groovepages’ page
Go to an external website URL (e.g., an affiliate page)
Or add another 24hour to loop the countdown.
GroovePages - Countdown
Code Embed
Another feature that I love so much is the Code Embed. This gives me the opportunity to embed code by dragging in the code embed ‘element’ onto the page editor.
Although, you’ll need to click on the little cogwheel for the code source box to fully open. Hopefully, Mike and his team are working hard to fix this.
You can paste a custom code to your page to effect some changes. Remember to save your project.
Progress Bars
Adding a progress bar on top of an opt-in form can increase conversions.
You can also add it to the popup. Simply drag the progress bar ‘element’ into the page editor.
Next, simply click on the progress bar element inside the editor and the configure tab will pop up. Enter the text the users want to see in the progress bar. For example, “progress 50%”.
Embed Checkout Form
With GroovePages, it’s easy to embed your checkout forms on your checkout page.
You can find some beginner-friendly tutorials on the Groove Academy Library. This is a multi-step process, so you should get the basics of how to do it.
Upsells & Downsells
GroovePages allows you to create relevant Upsell & DownSell pages.
Then you can add the page URLs to act as an upsell or down-sell directly in GrooveSell.
Once your pages have been designed in GroovePages, you can sync the sales component on GrooveSell.
Make sure you select the Upsell or Downsell template from the list to continue.
Order Bumps
The same process of adding upsells and downsells is what you should follow here. Your Order Bumps are important, however, remember to configure them inside of GrooveSell.
Remember you don’t have to create a product page for an order bump.
Viral Marketing Integration
Mike Filsaime is best-known for his viral marketing expertise.
That’s why his company, Groove Digital is working hard to integrate Butterfly Marketing; a powerful viral marketing system to help businesses achieve more results.
Mike launched a course “Butterfly Marketing” back in 2016 which revolutionized the digital marketing industry.
The theory is simple: when a butterfly flaps its wings, it causes a tiny change in the state of the atmosphere.
Of course, this will result in a tidal wave of events that will trigger virality.
Here’s an excellent example of this butterfly effect is Airbnb.
Airbnb’s campaign was created to incentivize customers so they can refer to as many people as possible.
The brand will reward each and every new customer that signs up via referral.
As a result, this strategy led to a viral loop that grew Airbnb when it first got started. GroovePages currently integrates with PerkZilla, to drive virality.
SEO Friendly
Free organic traffic is awesome. Nothing beats it. Because it’s targeted and comes from actual potential customers, and not some bots.
Although paid traffic can quickly get you in the door, SEO will keep you there.
You can do some on-page optimization directly on GroovePages:
Add a page title with your main keyword
Include a site name that describes your website on Google organic result
Add an icon (a Favicon) to represent what your site stands for on Google
Enter a page URL with your main keyword
Add the description of your page as it should appear on Google search (in most cases)
Include H1, H2, H3 headings by dragging in the headings text element.
GroovePages Review - On-page Optimization
Google Analytics & Tracking
GroovePages allows you to add Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and other tracking code snippets to your page.
You need data to be able to make better decisions.
For example, knowing the geographical location of your users can make a huge difference.
If you’re targeting Americans, for example, but you notice that the majority of your visitors are from India, then it’s a matter of tweaking your ad targeting and audience so that you can generate the right traffic to your business.
Importing Funnels
GroovePages has an exciting feature that allows you to import existing funnels that are currently hosted on your website or other platforms.
This is also another winner for GroovePages since the other Platform doesn’t allow you to import external funnels.
Free SSL Certificate
These days, almost every website uses SSL certificates to secure users’ data. Google also uses it as a ranking factor.
All things being equal, a website with a secured certification will rank higher than another website with an unsecured certificate.
If you have a free Cloudflare account, then you can use GroovePages to integrate and get the free SSL certificate. This is an important feature to see on a page and funnel builder.
Video content on GroovePages
Weebly Features
Drag and drop website builder
eCommerce Store
Responsive templates
App integration
Easy publishing
Domain registration
Free Sub-domain
Full-width page editor
24×7 Support
The best thing about Weebly is that it offers third party integrations and marketing solutions under one hood. Users can create either a blog, a business website, an online store or something as simple as a landing page with an integrated form.
Signing up is free and easy. You can sign up using Facebook, Google+ or your email address. You can launch a free website before you feel like upgrading your website and get a custom domain instead of the Weebly subdomain. There are a lot of themes to choose from that can be customized to fulfill your branding needs.
The website builder is kept clean and each option is put in a place that feels easy to navigate, especially from the point of view of a user who has little web design experience. The builder has a full-width layout which covers the whole screen area.
On the top of the builder are links to pages, themes, store, apps and settings. On the left, there are features relevant to the element selected on the main canvas. Upon clicking each element, a popup appears that contains options to customize that element. This works for images, text, videos and forms.
Once you are done with creating pages, there is a simple publish button on the top right of the page. After publishing, the website is available to the public.
Weebly Pricing
Free - $0
Displays a Weebly ad in the footer and doesn't come with a proper domain name.
Personal - $6
Connect your site with a domain name, but the Weebly ad shows in the footer.
Professional - $12
Includes additional features such as video and audio players and phone support. Ad-free.
Performance - $26
Comes with additional ecommerce features for larger web stores.
Monthly prices based on a 1-year contract. Free domain the first year. It renews at $19.95 per year.
GroovePages Pricing
To discuss GroovePages pricing, I will have to differentiate between GroovePages LITE and GroovePages Pro.
The reason for this is because GroovePages is part of the all-in-one platform called GrooveFunnels.
I will talk a bit about GrooveFunnels as I explain more about GroovePages.
GroovePages LITE vs GroovePages Pro
What’s the difference between the LITE and Pro versions of GroovePages?
It can be difficult to differentiate them. I dug through to help you make the best decisions. Let’s dive in.
GroovePages LITE
GroovePages LITE is what you get in the Base plan that’s available to all. It’s a completely FREE page builder with drag-and-drop feature.
With this Base plan, you also have access to GrooveSell, GrooveAffiliate, and you can promote GrooveFunnels to earn 20% commission.
GroovePages LITE gets you started but it has some limitations. You can’t use the GrooveMail, which allows you to send emails to about 25,000 contacts for life without paying any monthly fee and follow up with your leads.
GrooveMail is included in all upgrade plans and the Lifetime option.
If you’re still interested in sending emails to your leads and customers, the base plan allows you to integrate with 10+ third-party email providers such as ActiveCampaign, MailChimp, AWeber. If your email solution isn’t listed, you can integrate via Zapier.
In the Base Plan, which gives you access to GroovePages LITE, here are the features you get:
GrooveSell
GrooveAffiliate
20% commission when you promote GrooveFunnels upgrade
Wireframe Blocks
Premium Blocks Starter Pack
1 Funnels template
3 project sites
3 Funnels
free hosting
No custom domains
Build landing pages
Build up to 3 funnels
Create 3 full-blown navigable websites
It’s completely free for life. You’ll never be asked for your credit card.
GroovePages PRO
GroovePages Pro gives you access to the drag-and-drop page builder and website builder. It’s the first product in the GrooveFunnels dashboard.
The only way to get GroovePages Pro is to get a GrooveFunnels upgrade or get it through the one-time payment of $497.
The Upgrade plan of GrooveFunnels is below in the next section.
This Upgrade also qualifies you to use these tools as well:
GrooveSell
GrooveAffiliate
GrooveMail
GrooveMember
GrooveVideo
The Pro Upgrade gives you these features:
WireFrame Blocks
Premium Blocks
Access to the complete funnels template library
Unlimited project sites
Unlimited pages
Unlimited websites
Unlimited funnels
Unlimited bandwidth
Unlimited royalty free images
Unlimited Popups
Unlimited elements
Access to all new templates that will be added in the future
Free SSL certificates
Split testing features
Analytics
20% commissions
Unlimited Team Members
Agency feature
Import Funnels from other members
Free hosting
Share pages and funnels
Import any site on the web and publish as yours
No site branding
Unlimited custom domains
GroovePages Pro is also included in the Platinum Plan. With this plan, you’ll earn 40% commissions on all your referrals for life. The Platinum plan will cost $288/Month when it’s out of Beta.
There’s more. The Platinum plan qualifies you for the Tier 2 commissions of 10% on every person you refer for life.
Note: Whether you’re on the Base plan (GroovePages LITE) or you’ve upgraded to either GrooveFunnels Silver or Gold plan, you’re already an affiliate.
Brief info on GroovePages parent platform GrooveFunnels
GrooveFunnels is a new sales funnels builder created by Mike Filsaime.
GrooveFunnels is more than a sales funnel builder and uses a freemium model during the launch of its software.
Right now you can create a free lifetime account for GroovePages and GrooveSell.
GrooveFunnels is a collection of free and paid software applications (GrooveApps) for creating sales funnels, building websites, and engaging in various marketing activities.
The suite is developed by Groove Digital, the people who also created WebinarJam, Everwebinar, Kartra and GrooveKart (similar to Shopify but cheaper to use).
GrooveFunnels consists of apps, like the landing page builder GroovePages, the email platform GrooveMail, and the sales platform GrooveSell, among others.
To put it simply — you can run your entire business on GrooveFunnels once all the apps are available.
The full list of apps included in the collection is mind-boggling, and covers pretty much all aspects of a company’s marketing efforts.
GroovePages
GrooveSell
GrooveAffiliate
GrooveMail
GrooveVideo
GrooveMember
GrooveDesk
GrooveCalendar
GrooveBlog
GrooveSurvey
GrooveQuiz
GroovePages for Shopify
GrooveWebinars for Live Webinars
GrooveWebinars for Automated Webinars
GrooveFunnels Video Walkthrough
Brief description of some Applications of GrooveFunnels
GrooveSell & GrooveAffiliate - Sales Platform/Shopping Cart
GrooveFunnels has free GrooveSell — a fully-loaded sales and affiliate management platform that allows you to receive payments for physical and digital products, subscriptions, and services.
It also allows you to create checkout pages with high conversion rates. And you can use GrooveAffiliate to create affiliate programs for your product.
These applications are Free for Life. No credit card is required.
GrooveVideo - Video Hosting
GrooveFunnels has its own video hosting solution called GrooveVideo. Imagine having a built-in Vimeo or Wistia — that is what GrooveVideo is. The software offers many customization options and the ability to add tags and calls-to-action for each video. Additionally, GrooveVideo allows users to perform A/B testing and provide in-depth analytics for each piece of content.
GrooveCalender - Calendar Feature
GrooveFunnels have the GrooveCalendar app, allowing you to schedule appointments and seamlessly integrate them into your sales funnels.
GrooveDesk - Helpdesk
As I already mentioned, GrooveFunnels will launch the GrooveDesk app in the near future. It will allow you to submit support tickets, access an in-depth knowledge base, and provide real-time assistance via chat.
GroovePage and GrooveBlog - SEO and Blog Feature
GrooveFunnels uses a progressive JavaScript framework called Vue.js. It allows pages created with GroovePages to load extra fast, since it preloads the entire HTML structure without pinging the servers. Since site speed is one of the major SEO factors nowadays, sites built with GroovePages will be better optimized.
Another important SEO factor is fresh content, which often comes in the form of blog articles. GrooveFunnels will enjoy a fully-functional blog platform in early 2021.
GrooveFunnels Affiliate program
GrooveFunnels’ affiliate program is in the GrooveSell app I already mentioned.
There are actually two affiliate programs — one for free members, and one for paid customers.
Free members get paid a commission of 20% for tier one referrals and 5% for tier two.
Meanwhile, paid members get double — 40% for tier one and 10% for tier two. If you refer just one influencer, who recommends this platform to 1000’s of his followers, this could theoretically pay for your mortgage.
The GrooveSell affiliate system is impressive and has the potential to earn you a lot of money.
Once you create your account at GrooveFunnels, you are automatically signed up for the affiliate program. All links, promotional tools, and marketing materials will be at your disposal.
What is special about the GrooveFunnels affiliate program is the unique way it handles referrals.
Every single person you refer is tagged to your account for life by hardcoding their affiliate ID to yours.
That means it is literally impossible to lose your referrals, even if they switch devices when upgrading. With GrooveFunnels, you are guaranteed to receive your commission, no matter what.
How much does GrooveFunnels (GroovePages) cost?
GroovePages is the powerful page builder and part of GrooveFunnels. So you get GroovePages when you sign up for GrooveFunnels.
However, the pricing structure is kind of confusing, but we’ve done the heavy lifting.
Let’s go through the pricing options for GroovePages:
1. Base Plan
The Base plan is 100% free for life. You’ll never be charged for any upgrades of the tools you’re already using at this level.
It comes with these features:
GrooveSell
GrooveAffiliate
GroovePages LITE
20% affiliate commission
GrooveFunnels upgrade plans:
For the monthly payment options that will be rolled out later on, here are the plans and pricing:
2. Silver Plan
This is the first upgrade plan for GrooveFunnels. When you upgrade to ‘Silver’, then you can use GroovePages Pro.
It’s ideal for startup online businesses. It’ll cost $99/Month. In addition to the tools you get in the Base plan, you also get all of these:
GrooveSell
GrooveAffiliate
GroovePages Pro
GrooveMail
GrooveMember
GrooveVideo
Email Leads
Email Cart Abandons
Email buyers
20% commissions
Email Affiliates
3. Gold Plan
GroovePages Pro is also included in the Gold upgrade plan for GrooveFunnels. It’ll cost $199/Month. It’s recommended for professionals who run online businesses.
Here are the features you get in the Gold plan:
All features of Silver plan
GrooveBlog
GrooveDesk
GrooveCalendar
GrooveSurvey
GrooveQuiz
GroovePages - GrooveFunnels Saving
There are 4 options to choose from:
3 easy payments of $497 after 14 days. Pay $0 today.
6 easy monthly payments of $288 starting today.
12 easy monthly payments of $188 starting today.
Pay in full at $1,397 for Lifetime access and save up to 35%
However, the Platinum monthly plan will be rolled out much later in 2020 through 2021. This plan will cost $299/Month and will come with these features:
All features of Gold plan
- GrooveWebinars for Live and Automated Webinars
- GroovePages for Shopify
- 40% commissions on all referrals for life
Which Plan Is Better?
You may get started with the GroovePages Base plan for free. This gets you started with GroovePages LITE, GrooveSell, Groove Affiliate, as pays out 20% commission on all referrals. It costs $0.00 for life.
But the Platinum Lifetime option is better. Because you may never have to pay again, plus you’ll get 40% commission on all referrals for life.
All of the features of GrooveFunnels are included here, including GroovePages Pro, and all future GrooveFunnels tools etc.
GroovePages Free Trial (and How To Get One)
There’s no free trial at this time.
You can get started with the Base plan where you can use GroovePages LITE, GrooveSell, GrooveAffiliate, and do much more.
Better yet, take advantage of the GrooveFunnels upgrade options. That’s the only way to get GroovePages Pro.
My Final Verdict on Wix and GroovePages
For me, it all depends on what you are looking for. If you are just looking for a simple website builder and you are not a marketer or you do not deal with marketing, you might take Weebly.
So everything depends on you. I will go with GroovePages because I am a marketer and the platform offers most of the things I need for free, it might not be the same for you. So weigh your options and pick the one that best suits you.
Conclusion
I hope you found this article useful, leave a comment if you have any questions. Thank you.
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