Jimdo pricing policy (prices for tariffs)
Let us immediately note that the free plan is not suitable for creating a promoted website. There is only one reason for this - it is impossible to connect a third-party domain. The rest are no longer important. It was also disappointing that the system does not have a trial period to test the full functionality - the so-called freemium. Many features are not available on Free. You will get 500 MB of space, 2 GB of site bandwidth, a level 3 domain, system advertising in the footer, no ability to work with SEO and statistics, and some limitations in the editor. This is enough to get acquainted with the engine interface, but to create a normal website you need to build on the capabilities of paid plans, of which there are only two:
- Jimdo Pro – 4800 RUR/year. You will receive 1 domain as a gift, email, technical support, visit statistics, no advertising, access to the mobile version of the site, SEO settings and the ability to create a store for 15 products;
- Jimdo Business – 9600 RUR/year. Added a full-fledged store with all options and an unlimited number of products, advanced SEO settings and 1 more domain as a gift.
Important: all prices are indicated without VAT, which will be charged additionally when paying for the tariff plan.
The difference in the cost of tariffs is large, and the price level of the engine is above average. The first one is suitable for business cards, the second one makes sense to pay if you decide to create a store. The free version can be used to try out the builder to see if you are willing to pay for Jimdo or not.
Designs and working with templates
After registration, we have access to 15 templates filled with demo data for different topics. In the administrative panel you can change the template to one of the 38 proposed ones. They can be called styles rather than templates - they change the shape/location/color of the menu and slightly affect the layout/color of other elements. That is, in essence, you choose a template at the very beginning, and then you can try on its variations.
The possibilities for customizing website design in Jimdo are moderate. By selecting the “Style” item, you can customize the color scheme, background (in addition to the color or picture, you can put a video) and fonts. Also, knowledgeable people will be pleased with the opportunity to upload your own or edit the current template through the HTML/CSS editor. With the right approach, you can achieve an impressive custom design. It's a pity that the standard set of templates, despite the good level of quality, is so small. Not everyone knows how or wants to write design code from scratch.
The lion's share of customization of the project's appearance will be achieved by changing the page structure. All elements here are presented in the form of modules that can be added in any order and in unlimited quantities. All this will allow you to unify the look of the site not only visually, but also structurally. Essentially, the result is limited only by your imagination. Although, the design of the modules themselves is unified. It will be possible to change it minimally.
My achievements
Teacher of the highest qualification category
https://ok.ru/video/1255577555255 - this is a link to a video from the ABILYMPIX championship (qualifying round), which took place on April 25-26, 2022, in which I participated as a specialist in the “Preschool Education” category and took first place .
From November 18 to November 22, 2022, the final 5 of the ABILYMPIX national championship was held in Moscow, in which I took part in the “Preschool Education” category and took first place.
She gave an interview to the Smolensk News newspaper No. 6 on February 8, 2020, where she talked about her work and dream.
The target audience
Jimdo is suitable for inexperienced users to create their first website. The main visual editor is easy to use and moderately functional, although its ergonomics are a bit strange - the elements are not placed as you would expect. Some of them are too large, others, on the contrary, are small. The simplified version of the editor looks and feels better, but has much less functionality.
Jimdo's audience is entrepreneurs who want to create a business card to support their business. Photographers who need a portfolio, musicians, makeup artists and others. Jimdo is simple, but, as strange as it may sound, not a very convenient site builder. The interface is bright and colorful, but the logic and structure of the options is sometimes strange and not obvious. It’s not difficult to get used to, as long as you like it initially. For pros, the service is of no interest.
Beginners will enjoy the semi-automatic mode of building sites with the required number of pages, themes and functionality. Previously, the developers pompously called it “Dolphin”, artificial intelligence, but subsequently they simplified the positioning and improved the algorithm to a level that is not a sin to use. A good tool for building simple websites that do not require a variety of design and functionality.
Some webmasters create not only their own sites, but also client sites using Jimdo. Honestly, this is a bad idea, especially when it comes to projects for the Runet. There is no point in using a German designer that is overpriced for our market, has average functionality, and has a bunch of successful alternatives. At the same time, the system does not have any preferences or useful features for creating websites for a foreign audience. In general, this is an average designer with a visual editor, devoid of Russian in the interface. This is something to consider when considering it.
Advantages and disadvantages
Jimdo demonstrates a typical Western approach to product sales. This leaves an imprint on it, entailing both advantages and disadvantages.
Pros of Jimdo:
- Pleasant for beginners mode of automated site assembly;
- A good built-in blog module;
- More or less high-quality templates with convenient customization of their appearance;
- Two visual editors and, accordingly, two different approaches to creating websites in the system - simpler and more functional;
- A solid set of elements in the advanced version of the editor;
- Availability of a free period, which is enough to familiarize yourself with the capabilities of the service.
Cons of Jimdo:
- There are few templates, all hope is for their deep customization or creating your own from scratch;
- The store is inconvenient to manage and not worth the money;
- There is no Russian language in the interface;
- SEO optimization in full is possible only on tariff plan 2;
- The free plan is seriously limited in terms of features;
- The design of the control panel, although simple, is not particularly convenient and takes some getting used to;
- Tariffs are overpriced.
Jimdo is a typically commercial project. Developers in some places too clearly want money from the user, which is frightening given the complete lack of functional optimization of the engine for sites intended for RuNet. It’s not entirely clear why you should buy at an inflated price something that is poorly suited to solving the problems of the domestic audience.
SEO optimization and promotion
Jimdo does not have any proprietary tools that will help you promote your site more conveniently/faster. The range includes only a basic set of features: setting up SEO, robots.txt, redirects and sitemap.xml. It seems good, but there is a problem: this functionality becomes available in parts as the tariff plan grows. That is, with the free version you will have the opportunity to fill in SEO parameters for the entire site as a whole. That's all. On Pro, CNC and SEO settings will be added for each individual page of the site. And only on Business you will get access to redirects, robots.txt and sitemap.xml.
The developers presented the usual settings, which are activated in most systems already on Free, in the form of a special feature. And that's bad. In this case, the free tariff is completely eliminated. A full set of settings for website promotion is available only on the store tariff with a decent price. But if you want to effectively promote your business card, what should you do? Buy Business for a couple of settings? This is, of course, bad. The developers' greed is obvious.
Jimdo stands out from other systems in terms of website promotion. But in a bad way. It is clear that not only with these tools you can raise your site. All known methods of promotion work here: linking, unique high-quality texts, purchasing links, integration with social services, contextual advertising, etc. But the database is initially blocked.
In terms of promotion, Jimdo’s functionality was disappointing. More precisely, I was disappointed by the approach that the developers chose. If you have money, then this will not be a problem for you: you pay the second tariff and do not feel any restrictions. If there are problems with this, then Jimdo will definitely disappoint.
