This season's most long-awaited premiere: Wix is launching a new collection of web applications 26 January 2016 | News ____________________________________________________________________

In Wix we go beyond giving you the possibility to easily create a beautiful website: we provide you with the most functional tools to make sure that your website turns out as sound as possible, both in terms of user friendliness, marketing and SEO. That's why we work really hard to supply you a little army of reliable helpers and handymen. Ladies and gentlemen, let us introduce you the Wix App Market, a brand new collection of web applications. Please prepare for take off.

The Force Awakens

In accordance with the best traditions, all applications in the Wix App Market are either completely free of charge or available for free in the basic/trial version. We've adapted the best and the most useful existing apps for our Russian speaking users. In addition, we’ve also made sure to provide you with the most necessary widgets to work with RuNet’s services such as Yandex and your favorite social networks.

To add any app from the Wix App Market to your website, you will barely need to make two clicks. A well-balanced choice of the most functional widgets for your specific needs will help you improve your site's efficiency, thus saving you loads of time and money. We want you folks to spend your valuable resources on creative ideas and unique content, rather than working up a sweat to collect data or resolve logistical problems.

The Delightful Eight

Let's have a look together at what different functionalities these apps can perform and how to make your website the star of perfection with their help. Competitors will be kicking themselves.

1. Grow your audience with popular social network widgets

In addition to the hot apps that have made it to the Temple of Fame in the Wix App Market (like Odnoklassniki or VKontakte), which allows visitors to share the content they like with friends, you can also find such wonders as the Social Bar. This tool enables you to install your own icons and to set up the bar to match your website's design. You can be sure that with this tool, promoting your website will be much easier and the site will look more original.

Social Media Stream is equally fantastic! It allows you to gather posts of any format from all your social network accounts and display them beautifully to the site's visitors all in one space. Depending on your selected package, you can adjust the settings to pull-over updates up to a few times a day. This will steadily grow your audience thanks to the built-in SEO tool.

2. Please your visitors with the process of communication

Clinically tested: the app 123 Form Builder helps websites win over visitors' hearts! When it comes to processing new information, our brains love forms and lists of all sorts. Once you add this widget, you can create custom contact, event registration, and order forms and many more - all in the blink of an eye. And the best thing? Zero programming experience is required! In the premium version of this app, you are able to send autoresponders, i.e. custom confirmation messages to visitors after they submit the form. You can play around with formatted text, add images or send attachments. The freedom is all yours. Obviously, this isn’t quite the end of it for Wix developers. In the Wix App Market, you can find a few dozen handy web apps for custom-from creation with all kinds of functionalities. We took care of everything. Active Contact Form for instance will be indispensable to help your clients fill in detailed information, schedule meetings, pay for services online, upload documents, request calls back and much more.

The Wix FAQ widget also promises to heat the top chart position for forms in the near future. It will allow you to set up a stunning page with the most frequent Q&As in just a few clicks. All you need is to choose the most suitable layout style complementing your website's overall design. Why waste more precious time of your customer support group?

3. Refashion your website with glossy galleries

Want to upload beautiful photos on your site, but not sure in which form it would be best to display the material? You now have a whole series (33 to be precise) of special apps at your disposal that can create original and dynamic slide shows. For example, the obviously named Slideshow Gallery widget allows users to upload images. Users can quickly change the order on-the-go, create their own unique photo frames, add descriptions and links for a more interactive experience and even to set up cool effects. Works like a charm!

With tools from the Wix App Market nothing is beyond your scope. Dreaming to make a staggering impression with your portfolio? Trying to daze your visitors with a videogallery? Need to create fast a one-of-a-kind collage? Want to bring your images to life with a 3D effect? Trying to attract new clients with colorful animated booklets and pamphlets? We're happy to help you realize your most daring and creative ideas. Go to the Gallery section in the Wix App Market and add the most essential widgets. Your swanky website is our pride!

4. Make your online store even more successful

In this section we've put together the most useful eCommerce apps. With the help of available widgets you can tool-up your website with such great functionalities as payment methods through Yandex Money and PayPal, gift cards, coupons, paid downloads and subscriptions and much more.

If you're still a new kid on the block when it comes to eCommerce, we suggest you use our ultra popular app WixStores. With the help of this app, you will have the whole toolbox in your pocket to create a top-notch online shop from scratch:

• Stunning new templates• Beautiful product galleries• Mobile optimized• Professional new store manager• Integrated shopping cart• Add coupon codes, tax & shipping rules• Multiple payment methods• Secure checkout• Easy customer management• Free 24/7 customer support

 

5. Put in place instruments for efficient marketing

After you've created the most terrific website and filled it up with great content, it's the right time to think about how you can make the interaction with your visitors even smoother. To assist you with this task, the Wix team and our partners developed a few dozen handy marketing tools. Are you selling goods or offering a service? Add the Automatic Live Chat and a smart virtual assistant will be providing your customers with instant online support 24/7. Do you wish to share news more efficiently with your audience? Mailchimp and our pride Wix ShoutOut will let you create and customize for free eye-catching newsletters, updates and promotions and then easily share them on social media.

But wait, there's more! You can create detailed reports about subscribers activity, to better segment your newsletters based on users' location, social status and other parameters. This will help you create a tailored message to the people who'll really read it.

6. Take - note of our top Business Apps range

To make it even more convenient to choose the right tools for YOU, we've gathered the best business apps in one category. With Wix Restaurants Menu you only need a few moments to create a perfect online menu that is comfortable to browse from any device. Orders by Wix Restaurants will help you add -a reliable and flexible system of online orders and accept customers’ payments without gratuity.

While working on the Wix App Market, we made sure you'd have the most necessary tools for easy and savvy business management. Wix Bookings allows you to save tons of time taking online orders and, thanks to its synchronization with Google Calendar, you will be able to avoid double bookings (and headaches). Smart Actions widget automatically greet visitors who go on your website and send welcome emails to clients to thank them for their purchase. With invoiceASAP Plus you can seamlessly create estimates, send invoices and receive payments. Having put together the most functional applications, we do our best to make running your business more pleasant and vacations longer.

7. Transform your website into a more user friendly space for visitors

Take some time to think about what would be really worth to add to your website to make it even more well-targeted and user friendly? Perhaps you're missing a functional search bar, a discussion forum or events calendar? When we talk about improving user interface, everything is a big deal. As they say, a little leak can sink a great ship.

8. Set up SEO and watch your traffic skyrocket

In order to figure out what works best to promote your website in search engines and improve your ratings, you don't need to spend too much time and effort. Have a look at this article and add some useful widgets, for instance Yandex Webmaster or Wix Hit Counter working in real time. In addition, to improve your site's positions in search results, make sure to try some incredible tools like Site Booster.

You can add and set up most of the apps for your website while…you're having breakfast! So what are you waiting for? Open the Wix App Market and choose among hundreds of handy apps. Trust us, creating a successful website is much easier than growing potatoes on Mars.