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Free Website Builder for a Small Bakery: What You Get
You will know what each free plan includes, what it costs once you sell, and how to choose in one afternoon
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If you bake from home and sell to neighbors, a free site is a sensible first step. You find out whether people will order before you spend a dollar. The two free options most home bakers run into are Wix and Square. Both are real, both can take an order, and both have a limit worth knowing before you load in your photos and your menu.
What to remember
- Wix’s free plan costs nothing. Paid plans run $17 to $159 per month. - As of 1 September 2026, Wix pricing is free and then $17 per month across 5 published tiers. - Most yearly or multi-year Wix Premium plans come with a 1 year free domain voucher. - Square’s free plan lets you create, design and launch your site for free, and charges 2.8 percent plus 30 cents per transaction when you sell. - Square Free is $0 per month, Plus is $49 per active location per month, Premium is $149 per active location per month.
What each free plan gives you
Wix free plan
The free plan costs nothing. Paid plans run $17 to $159 per month, and as of 1 September 2026 Wix pricing is free and then $17 per month across 5 published tiers. If a web address of your own matters to you, note that most yearly or multi-year Wix Premium plans come with a 1 year free domain voucher, which puts that web address in the paid plans.
Square free plan
Square’s free plan lets you use the online store builder to create, design and launch your site for free. The only cost comes when you make a sale, at 2.8 percent plus 30 cents per transaction. Square Free is $0 per month, Plus is $49 per active location per month, and Premium is $149 per active location per month. Signing up for Square is free, with no commitments or long term contracts required.
How to choose in one afternoon
Check whether you get your own web address
Ask if the free plan includes a web address of your own. On Wix, most yearly or multi-year Premium plans come with a 1 year free domain voucher, so that address arrives with a paid plan.
Work out what selling costs you
On Square’s free plan the only cost comes when you make a sale, at 2.8 percent plus 30 cents per transaction. Run that against the size of a typical order before you set your prices.
Know the next step up
Wix paid plans run $17 to $159 per month. Square Plus is $49 per active location per month and Premium is $149 per active location per month. Know the next step before you need it, not after.
Keep your own copy of everything
Save your photos, your menu and your customer list where you control them. If you change builders later, you want to carry your shop over rather than rebuild it from a blank page.
If you want a longer look at what each route really costs once you start selling, Website to Sell Baked Goods: What Each Option Costs walks through it, and Website Builder for a Small Bakery: What to Compare goes deeper on the comparison itself. For the free plan question in detail, see Bakery Website Builder Free: What You Get and What to Check.
Where Brevl fits
Brevl is the alternative home bakers choose, and here is why it is worth a look while you are deciding.
It is one flat $20 a month, with no cut of your sales. You get a 14 day free trial. It works on a computer and on a phone, so you can answer an order from the kitchen and sort out your week at the table. You take card payments through your own Stripe or Square account, plus Venmo, Cash App, Zelle, and cash. Your shop is yours to customize: your photos, your colors, and your own web address. Recipes come with real costing, ingredient inventory, and a weekly planner, so pricing and planning sit in the same place as your orders. We set it up with you, and we move your old shop over, including products, photos, reviews, and dates. A real person answers, usually within minutes.
If you are weighing it against another builder, Brevl vs Bakesy puts the two side by side, and Bakesy Pricing: What It Costs and How It Compares looks at what that one charges. When you are ready to move, Switch is where we take your products, photos and dates across for you.
The short version
A free plan is a fine place to find out if people will buy from you. Wix gives you a free plan and paid plans from $17 to $159 per month. Square gives you a free site builder and charges 2.8 percent plus 30 cents when you sell. Neither is a mistake. Just decide what you want in a year, your own web address and a shop that looks like yours, and pick the one that gets you there without a rebuild.
Common questions
Is there really a free website builder for a small bakery?
Yes. Wix has a free plan that costs nothing, and Square's free plan lets you use its online store builder to create, design and launch your site for free. The cost on Square's free plan comes when you make a sale, at 2.8 percent plus 30 cents per transaction.
What is the catch with a free plan?
Your own web address usually is not part of it. Most yearly or multi-year Wix Premium plans come with a 1 year free domain voucher, which means a web address of your own arrives with a paid plan. Check the plan page for the builder you pick.
How much do the paid plans cost if I outgrow free?
Wix paid plans run $17 to $159 per month, and as of 1 September 2026 Wix pricing is free and then $17 per month across 5 published tiers. Square Free is $0 per month, Plus is $49 per active location per month, and Premium is $149 per active location per month.
Can I start on a free plan and move later?
You can, but plan the move before you need it. Write down your photos, your menu, your prices and your customer list somewhere you control, so switching does not mean starting from a blank page.
Sources
Plan prices and terms change. Check the current pricing page for any builder before you pay for it.