# How to move off Wix (and what you can take with you)

> Wix sites can't be exported. What you can take (contacts, products, media, domain), what you rebuild, and how to move without losing Google rankings.

Canonical: https://canadianwebmaster.ca/switch-from/wix
Last updated: 2026-10-22

The honest starting point: a Wix site can't be exported or hosted anywhere else. Moving means rebuilding on the new platform and bringing your content, contacts, products and domain across. Here's what comes with you, what doesn't, and the order to do it in.

Prices and facts checked October 22, 2026 · by Shane Heyworth. About: Wix.

## What Wix lets you take

Wix's help centre is direct about it: "Since Wix is a SaaS solution, your site must run on Wix's servers" ([help centre](https://support.wix.com/en/article/exporting-or-embedding-your-wix-site-elsewhere)). There's no export of the site itself. These parts do come out:

**Leaving Wix: what moves and how**

| Part of your site | Can you export it? | How |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pages and design | No | Rebuilt on the new platform. Copy the text page by page. |
| Contacts | Yes | CSV (regular, Google or Outlook format), up to 50,000 at a time, by the site owner ([help](https://support.wix.com/en/article/exporting-your-contacts)). |
| Store products | Yes, physical products | CSV from the Products tab. Digital products are not supported ([help](https://support.wix.com/en/article/wix-stores-exporting-products)). |
| Blog posts | No export file | Copied into the new platform post by post, keeping each post's URL in a redirect list. |
| Images and files | Download them | From the Media Manager, so the new site uses your originals. |
| Domain bought from Wix | Yes | Unlock it and request a transfer code, then start the transfer at the new registrar ([help](https://support.wix.com/en/article/transferring-your-wix-domain-away-from-wix-2477749)). |

Wix help centre pages, checked on the date above.

> Wix's domain help notes that a domain registered, transferred or with changed contact details in the last 60 days may be locked from transfer (an ICANN rule). If you need to move fast, you can instead keep the domain at Wix and point it at the new site.

## Step by step, without losing Google rankings

1. **Make a list of every page and post.** Wix publishes a sitemap at yoursite.ca/sitemap.xml; Google Search Console's Pages report shows which ones bring in visitors.
2. **Export what Wix lets you:** contacts and products as CSV, and download your images from the Media Manager.
3. **Build the new site while Wix stays live.** Copy page text and blog posts across, and rebuild forms, bookings and checkout.
4. **Write a redirect list:** every old Wix address next to its new one, set up as permanent (301) redirects on the new site.
5. **Move the domain last:** point it at the new site (or transfer it out of Wix), submit the new sitemap in Search Console and watch for 404s for a few weeks.
6. **Cancel the Wix Premium plan** only after forms, payments and email are tested on the new site.

Wix blog posts typically live at addresses like /post/your-title, so a WordPress site with a different structure needs a redirect for every post. This is the step DIY moves skip, and it's why traffic drops after a move.

## Where to move to

Most businesses leaving Wix go to WordPress, for ownership and flexibility, or to Squarespace, for something just as managed but easier to restyle. Compare them in [Wix vs WordPress](https://canadianwebmaster.ca/vs/wix-vs-wordpress) and [Wix vs Squarespace](https://canadianwebmaster.ca/vs/wix-vs-squarespace), with full costs on the [WordPress](https://canadianwebmaster.ca/pricing/wordpress) and [Squarespace](https://canadianwebmaster.ca/pricing/squarespace) pricing pages.

## Doing it yourself vs having it done

A 5-page site with no blog is a reasonable DIY move over a weekend. Hand it off when the site has a blog or a store, ranks for searches that bring in work, or takes bookings and payments you can't afford to interrupt. The rebuild is the visible part; the redirects, form testing and Search Console follow-up are what protect the business.

## Questions people ask

### Can I export my Wix site to another host?

No. Wix's help centre says a Wix site must run on Wix's servers and doesn't support external hosting. You can export contacts and products as CSV files and download your media, then rebuild the pages on the new platform.

### Will I lose my Google rankings if I leave Wix?

Not if every old URL redirects (301) to its matching new page, the content carries over, and you submit the new sitemap in Google Search Console. Rankings usually drop when old URLs simply disappear.

### Can I keep my domain when I leave Wix?

Yes. If you bought it through Wix, unlock it and request a transfer code to move it to another registrar. You can also keep it registered at Wix and point it at your new site.

## Sources

Each checked October 22, 2026. Platforms change prices often; their own page is the final word.

- [Wix Help: Exporting or embedding your Wix site elsewhere](https://support.wix.com/en/article/exporting-or-embedding-your-wix-site-elsewhere)
- [Wix Help: Exporting your contacts](https://support.wix.com/en/article/exporting-your-contacts)
- [Wix Help: Wix Stores, exporting your product list](https://support.wix.com/en/article/wix-stores-exporting-products)
- [Wix Help: Transferring your Wix domain away from Wix](https://support.wix.com/en/article/transferring-your-wix-domain-away-from-wix-2477749)
- [Wix Help: Switching your site template](https://support.wix.com/en/article/switching-your-site-template)

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