Wix: Website builders: Refund issues and failed payment processing
Customers face significant challenges in obtaining refunds for canceled services, often experiencing delays or outright denials despite timely requests. Many users express frustration over unclear policies and additional charges, leading to dissatisfaction with the overall refund process.
6 different people have complained about this since 12 Mar 2024, most recently on 30 Aug 2026.
- “Read all the policies and if you want to cancel something cancel it asap or else 90% of the time you will not get a refund even if the charged just happened.”
- “Even with a blank home page they also will not cancel and refund me.”
- “And when you refund your subscription, they charge you for the free domain you don’t want.”
6 people in 6 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition low
The pain
shares of 6 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 6 people using Wix - Website Builder, Squarespace: Run your business and Linkbio - Link in Bio Builder
- What goes wrong
- Urgent17% of posts
- How bad
- 100% of posts are complaints
- Since
- 12 Mar 2024 → 30 Aug 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- Wix - Website Builder, Squarespace: Run your business and Linkbio - Link in Bio Builder
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 0% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
People are asking for
In their own words — asks pulled from the evidence, most-repeated first
“I wish I could get a refund for all of the hours I have spent trying to make this work”
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint6100%
Sources
6 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original. 1 post was held back as off-topic; all 6 still count toward the score.
Wix - Website Builder — Will never be using Wix in the future again Read all the policies and if you want to cancel something cancel it asap or else 90% of the time you will not get a refund even if the charged just happened.
Urgent…imeline for a fix and I am left with zero sales until they do fix it. Even with a blank home page they also will not cancel and refund me. Do not use them anymore. Something broke and they are unwilling to fix it.
…’t finish setting up. Every time I try to link my website it freezes. I will have to cancel and get refund. I figured I try it maybe they fixed the glitching but not fixed yet!
…bing con Don’t fall for 0% transaction fees, there’s plenty of them. And when you refund your subscription, they charge you for the free domain you don’t want.
Wix - Website Builder — Thieves Those people are Z and thieves. I canceled the service the same day the refund was approved, but I never got my money back.
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Why did it move?
Score unchanged at 24.5 · 12 Oct 2026, 19:00 → 20:15 UTC
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Questions about this idea
- Is Website builders: Refund issues and failed payment processing a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 6 different people described it independently, in 6 mentions, the earliest from 12 Mar 2024 and the most recent from 30 Aug 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: quiet — no recent mentions. Momentum is 28/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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