# GoDaddy Websites + Marketing Website Builder Review: A Well-Rounded Site Creator > Source: > Published: 2026-08-21 13:51:40+00:00 ## Pros & Cons - - Good-looking sites on desktop and mobile - Unlimited storage and monthly data transfers - Great marketing and SEO tools - Useful AI tools - Excellent customer service - Free tier - - Limited layout customization - E-commerce option not available with all tiers ## GoDaddy Websites + Marketing Specs | 24/7 Phone Support | | | Basic Image Editing | | | Blogging Tool | | | Download Selling | | | Drag-and-Drop Site Editor | | | Free Version Offered | | | Live Chat | | | Point of Sale Support | | | REST API | | | Site Membership | | | SSL Certificate Included | | | Transaction Fees | | | Unlimited Monthly Data Transfers With All Plans | | | Unlimited Storage With All Plans | | | Web Store | The GoDaddy name is synonymous with [web hosting](/web-hosting/8310/the-best-web-hosting-services). The company is the world's largest domain registrar, and it has held that title across the many years I've covered this category. GoDaddy Websites + Marketing is an expansion of that strength; if you're already getting a domain name from GoDaddy, why not get a website to go along with it? The company's [website builder](/web-hosting-services/42131/the-best-website-builders) is a useful, all-in-one service that includes a [domain name](/web-hosting/86838/how-to-register-a-domain-name-for-your-website), email marketing and e-commerce tools, and several social media hooks. And, since my last review of the service, GoDaddy Websites + Marketing has beefed up its AI offerings. That said, [Duda](/web-hosting-services/35322/duda) and [Wix](/web-hosting-services/34506/wix) offer even more robust feature sets, so they remain our Editors' Choice winners for website builders. ## Plans and Prices GoDaddy Websites + Marketing has three paid tiers designed to appeal to people with varying hosting requirements. All plans include an SSL certificate, a mobile-friendly site design, a PayPal button, a free business phone number for a year, 24/7 support, and a handful of other features. In addition, it has unlimited storage and data transfers across the board. GoDaddy also offers a [free plan](/web-hosting/138643/the-best-free-website-builders-for-2022) that includes a single website with hosting, 24/7 customer support, and limited social and email marketing. Not all competitors have free tiers, so that's a nice option for casual users. The entry-level Basic plan ($16.99 per month or $9.99 per month, billed annually) lets you connect one custom domain, provides an email account that matches your domain (free for one year), offers advanced website analytics, and allows you to send 100 marketing emails per month. The Premium package ($29.99 per month or $14.99 per month, billed annually) is similar to Basic, except it lets you create, launch, and boost social posts, and send 25,000 marketing emails per month. The Commerce plan is GoDaddy's top-level website builder tier. Like the Premium plan, the Commerce plan ($34.99 per month or $20.99 per month, billed annually) includes unlimited social media platforms and posts, unlimited product selling via an online store (or Amazon, eBay, or Instagram), shipping options, managing promotions and discounts, and sending 100,000 marketing emails per month. If you're serious about selling products online, the Commerce plan is for you. That said, I don't like that creating an online store is exclusive to these tiers. GoDaddy's pricing is comparable to the competition's premium tiers: Wix starts at $17 per month, Duda starts at $19 per month, and [Squarespace](/web-hosting-services/34505/squarespace) starts at $25 per month. ## Website Creation and Templates You must create an account before you can start building or see any site templates. Signing up can be done via Amazon, Facebook, or by entering an email address and password. Before you choose a template, the startup wizard asks you about the site's subject matter, where you would like to sell products, and the site's name. During testing, the wizard selected a template for our test site featuring a typewriter, reflecting our desire for a writer-focused site. The template designs are modern and attractive. The template previews include a button to view the site in desktop and mobile versions, giving you an idea of how your site will look. Upon choosing one, you see a page showing how a sample site built with the template looks on both desktop and mobile. There are more than 100 templates in total. You can change some themes, but these are minor changes to the overall template. However, you can switch entire templates without rebuilding the site, something very few website builders offer. ## Editing Pages, Adding Images, and E-Commerce The back-end interface is clear, simple, and uncluttered. The dashboard icon takes you to promotion options, such as adding a Facebook Page, creating a blog, and configuring [SEO](https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/easy-but-powerful-seo-tips-to-boost-traffic-to-your-website) settings. Clicking Edit Site lets you tweak the site's name, rearrange site sections, and customize other features. A dedicated social media section lets you add Facebook, Google, Instagram, and X/Twitter accounts. GoDaddy accounts start with a yousitename.goddadysites.com URL, but you can connect a domain name you already own or pick up a custom GoDaddy domain. Clicking Edit Website takes you to the website builder proper. You're treated to a view of your website, with sections highlighted as you scroll over them. Compared with Duda and Wix, GoDaddy is limited in that it only lets you insert predesigned sections. You can't just drag a new element in from a list; instead, you must scroll over a section and click the big plus icon to add a new section. Then, you're given a searchable list of the content that can be placed in that spot. You can't simply add a photo or text box wherever you like. GoDaddy Websites + Marketing is a good fit for people who don't feel confident controlling the look of their site and would rather have all the design choices made for them. In fact, simply adding an image or other item feels unintuitive, as you can't do it at all in certain section types. You can upload multiple images at once, and once they're uploaded, you can use them in any photo space on the site. Any uploaded image can be used in photo galleries, too. Unfortunately, there are set positions where the photos live on the live page. As for image editing, GoDaddy lets you zoom in on images, rotate and crop them, flip them from color to black and white, add shapes, and make other tweaks. Most site builders include at least some of this type of image-editing functionality. Here, GoDaddy's site builder integrates with GoDaddy Content Creator design tools (previously GoDaddy Studio). Every edit you make is automatically saved. During editing, I hit Preview to see how the site looked on desktop and mobile. You add a page via the Website menu icon on the right-side panel. There are dedicated menus for About, Contact Us, Photo Gallery, and other sections. You just give the page a name and then add content sections. The newly created page is empty, save for a header, footer, and center area where you can start adding sections. You can make individual pages, but not the entire site, private by requiring a membership sign-in. There are a few ways to make your website bring in cash, both in the form of page sections: You can upgrade to the Online Store account level, add a [PayPal](/personal-finance/1443/paypal) donation button, enable appointment bookings, or display ads using Google AdSense (which is frowned upon on today's web and doesn't produce much income). GoDaddy also lets you create a Payable Domain, a custom domain that serves as a direct and secure payment link for customer checkouts. When I upgraded to the Online Store account level, I discovered that a Shop page had been added to our site. With it, you can add products in a simple interface that allows a photo, name, price, sale price, custom categories, SKU, and description. You can also specify color and size options, as well as physical versus digital goods. In addition, GoDaddy offers excellent help with inventory and shipping options, as well as UPS and USPS integrations. Payments come via [Apple Pay](/iphone-apps/92342/apple-pay), PayPal, [Square](/old-e-commerce-software/129281/square-online), and Stripe, all excellent services. GoDaddy POS hardware connects your online store with offline sales. The Online Store also comes with a professional-looking shopping cart and checkout pages, and the ability to text you about incoming orders. All account levels include a useful [email marketing](/email-marketing/3708/the-best-email-marketing-software) tool. This lets you blast a template-based email to everyone who signed up for a membership on your site. You get choices of sales campaigns, events, and standard newsletters. It's a flexible and customizable tool that tracks responses and schedules mailings. ## AI Tools GoDaddy now offers Airo, a collection of generative [AI tools](/ai/154260/need-to-quickly-build-a-website-these-5-ai-tools-will-save-you-time-and-money) to help make the building process faster and easier. After you answer a few questions and enter a prompt, it generates everything from pages with pictures to products with descriptions to customer service messages to social media ads. Airo tools come bundled with your regular subscription, with 50 free credits per month. But you can also sidestep the traditional GoDaddy tiers and subscribe to Airo as its own standalone builder. For $20 per month, you can publish one site and receive 150 credits per month to spend on AI tasks. For $200 per month, those numbers increase to 50 sites and 750 credits. Airo could save time compared with starting from scratch, though I still recommend [avoiding AI site builders](/ai/163225/ai-cant-make-a-good-website-for-you-trust-me-i-tried) in general because they lack vital humanity. ## Mobile Site Editing and SEO GoDaddy Websites + Marketing creates a functional, good-looking, responsive mobile website based on the desktop site you build, but you have no control over the mobile presentation. Even the responsive-design-focused Squarespace lets you tweak mobile site presentation, and many site builders, such as Wix, let you customize the mobile view considerably. Then again, none of this may matter to you; our test website looked quite good and functioned as expected. The other side of the mobile coin—editing your site from a mobile device—is a feather in GoDaddy's cap. You can do almost anything in a [phone](/mobile-phones/119938/the-best-phones) browser that you can do in a desktop [browser](/browsers/131976/chrome-edge-firefox-opera-or-safari-we-pick-the-best-browser), including changing the theme and adding sections and images. A search engine optimization option helps you make your site appealing to web search engines. Simply click SEO in the Marketing drop-down menu, and you'll be taken through a wizard. The wizard proposes keywords and phrases and populates your page title and metatags. It also proposes content areas into which you should add the keywords. If you're new to site building, be aware that your site won't appear in web search results until you've verified the site with the various search engines. ## Customer Service and Uptime GoDaddy excels in support. It has 24/7 phone support and an online chat option if you need personal help, but there's also a huge Help Center knowledge base, how-to videos, and a full community forum. I jumped on chat to ask a question and was connected to an agent in under a few seconds. Website uptime is one of the most important aspects of a hosting service. If your site is down, clients or customers cannot find your products or services, and you do not want that. GoDaddy promises 99.9% uptime, so your store should be available to customers at all hours. ## Final Thoughts # GoDaddy Websites + Marketing Website Builder Review: A Well-Rounded Site Creator GoDaddy Websites + Marketing is an excellent site builder with attractive templates, AI-powered site design, and generous storage and monthly data transfers.