New partnership with Vodafone facilitates Wix's global growth
efforts of enabling international service providers to sell Wix
website and eCommerce solutions directly to customers
NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Wix (Nasdaq:
WIX) has today announced a partnership with Vodafone. Vodafone's
business customers in the UK will be the first to
benefit.
Wix will be available via the Vodafone Business Marketplace
platform, enabling Vodafone customers to build a stunning online
presence or online store, which are critical for businesses today.
Vodafone customers can select a Wix subscription package that fits
their needs, including launching a professional business website
and adding online capabilities such as a store to sell products or
online scheduling and appointment booking.
In addition, customers will benefit from exclusive online access
to a technician who will guide them through the steps of setting up
their website including choosing a domain name, a website theme and
the initial website design via Wix Artificial Design Intelligence
(Wix ADI), as well as training on website creation and
maintenance.
"We are excited to bring Wix to the millions of small and medium
sized businesses that count themselves as Vodafone customers
today," said Guy Karolizki, GM of Wix Channels. "The need for a
comprehensive online presence has never been greater for SMBs, and
Wix is the best solution to address these needs across the many
countries Vodafone customers reside."
The partnership is a key milestone for the newly launched Wix
Channels initiative, which expands Wix's global growth by enabling
international service providers to sell Wix website subscriptions
and business solutions directly to their customers. Partnerships
such as this point to a larger trend of how service providers can
better serve their SMB customers by providing easy access to a
market-leading solution such as Wix.
Wix launched its Channels initiative following the acquisition
of Websplanet and in response to the significant demand from global
service providers that want to provide their customers with a fully
integrated online presence platform, including e-commerce, customer
management, chat and payment capabilities. The Wix Channels team
has attracted some of the most experienced and talented sales,
account management and support experts to focus on fulfilling this
need.
"The new Wix Channels initiative is a significant opportunity
for large global service providers like Vodafone to diversify the
products offered to their customers, enabling more capabilities to
scale their growth with an online presence and e-commerce solution
from a best in class platform," added Anthony Scaglione, EVP of Wix Channels Global
Sales.
Anne Sheehan, Business Director,
Vodafone UK said: "It's essential that small businesses have the
best possible digital tools if they're going to survive this
incredibly difficult period. Our Marketplace puts these tools
together in one place – with unique customer benefits. This
partnership with Wix is another way we're helping customers to
launch and grow their business online."
Business customers in the UK can now sign up to Wix via the
Vodafone Business Marketplace. Customers in the UK can sign up to
Wix here:
https://marketplace.vodafone.co.uk/apps/62425/wix-website-builder#!overview
The Wix offering is expected to be available in other Vodafone
markets in the near future.
About Wix.com, Ltd
Wix is leading the way with a
cloud-based website development platform for over 180 million
registered users worldwide today. The Wix website builder was
founded on the belief that the Internet should be accessible to
everyone to develop, create and contribute. Through free and
premium subscriptions, Wix empowers millions of businesses,
organizations, artists, and individuals to take their businesses,
brands and workflow online. The Wix Editor, Wix ADI, Editor X, a
highly curated App Market, Ascend by
Wix and Corvid by Wix enable users to build and manage a fully
integrated and dynamic digital presence. Wix's headquarters are in
Tel Aviv with offices in
Austin, Be'er Sheva, Berlin, Cedar Rapids, Denver, Dnipro, Dublin, Kiev,
Los Angeles, Miami, New
York, San Francisco, São
Paulo, Tokyo and
Vilnius.
About Vodafone Group
Vodafone is a leading technology
communications company keeping society connected and building a
digital future for everyone.
Vodafone is focused on two scaled and differentiated regional
platforms in Europe and
Africa. We operate mobile and
fixed networks in 22 countries and partner with mobile networks in
48 more. As at 30 June 2020 we had
over 300m mobile customers, more than
27m fixed broadband customers and
over 22m TV customers.
We connect for a better future. We are optimistic about how
technology and connectivity can enhance the future and improve
people's lives. Through our business, we aim to build a digital
society that enhances socio-economic progress, embraces everyone
and does not come at the cost of our planet. That is why we have
committed to improve one billion lives and halve our environmental
impact by 2025.
For more information, please visit: www.vodafone.com
Media Relations Contact:
PR@wix.com
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