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Website World
What Website World is
Website World combines a website builder and ecommerce platform with content management, customer databases, email campaigns, memberships, point of sale, and inventory management. Users can select editable templates, customize branding, and create pages with website wizards. For online sales, it supports orders, payment methods, freight calculations, discounts, vouchers, and loyalty programs. Listed integrations include Xero, MYOB, Unleashed, Cin7 Core, StarShipIT, GoSweetSpot, Mailchimp, and Klaviyo. Its API supports connections for couriers, inventory systems, and CRMs, with a maximum of 100 requests per minute. The maker says the point of sale works on iPad, desktop, smartphones, and other internet-connected devices, and sites can be updated in a browser without installing software. Hosted stores include a free SSL certificate; the company says it does not store credit card or financial details. Monthly plans range from Starter at 25.00 NZD to Awesome E at 200.00 NZD. Website World is based in Auckland, New Zealand, and its web development business says it has operated since 2000.
Who it suits
Website World suits businesses seeking website creation and ecommerce alongside customer, inventory, email, and point-of-sale tools. The maker describes it as serving businesses from small to large-scale setups.
What it does well
- Combines website building with ecommerce and inventory management
- Supports multiple payment methods, discounts, and loyalty programs
- Offers integrations with accounting, inventory, courier, and email services
- Sites can be updated in a browser without installation
- Hosted stores include a free SSL certificate
What to know first
- No free plan
- API is limited to 100 requests per minute
- NZ phone support is limited to weekdays, 9am to 5pm NZDT
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Awesome B | Monthly · 800 orders · 8,000 bulk emails · 100 booking calendars · Rental management (1,000 items) · 15 email mailboxes · 81,920 estimated website visitors · Free SSL | 100 NZD a month |
| Awesome B Plan | NZ$ 100.00 (+ GST) monthly · 800 orders · 8,000 bulk emails · 100 calendars · 1,000 rental items · 15 mailboxes · 81,920 visitors | $100 a month |
| Awesome C Plan | NZ$ 125.00 (+ GST) monthly · 1,000 orders · 12,500 bulk emails · 100 calendars · 1,000 rental items · 20 mailboxes · 104,448 visitors | $125 a month |
| Awesome C | Monthly · 1,000 orders · 12,500 bulk emails · 100 booking calendars · Rental management (1,000 items) · 20 email mailboxes · 104,448 estimated website visitors · Free SSL | 125 NZD a month |
| Awesome D | Monthly · 1,700 orders · 20,000 bulk emails · 100 booking calendars · Rental management (1,000 items) · 50 email mailboxes · 153,600 estimated website visitors · Free SSL | 150 NZD a month |
| Awesome D Plan | NZ$ 150.00 (+ GST) monthly · 1,700 orders · 20,000 bulk emails · 100 calendars · 1,000 rental items · 50 mailboxes · 153,600 visitors | $150 a month |
| Awesome E | Monthly · 2,400 orders · 30,000 bulk emails · 100 booking calendars · Rental management (2,000 items) · 100 email mailboxes · 204,800 estimated website visitors · Free SSL | 200 NZD a month |
| Awesome E Plan | NZ$ 200.00 (+ GST) monthly · 2,400 orders · 30,000 bulk emails · 100 calendars · 2,000 rental items · 100 mailboxes · 204,800 visitors | $200 a month |
The first 8 of 14 plans, as website.school.nz lists them, read 5 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word. Every plan
Verdict
Website World brings business websites, ecommerce, and operational tools together, with monthly plans from 25.00 NZD. It offers a free trial, and its maker describes support through weekday NZ phone hours and 24/7 email monitoring for emergency issues.
Facts from Website World's own pages
- Access controls
- Students, parents and teachers share a login portal, while private content can be limited to selected groups. · website.school.nz, 15 Oct 2026
- Accounting and inventory integrations
- The integration catalogue names Xero, MYOB, Unleashed, TidyStock, Cin7 Core, Lightspeed and ConnectWise among others. · website.world, 15 Oct 2026
- API
- The API page describes integrations for couriers, inventory systems, and CRMs, and states a maximum of 100 API requests per minute. · websitebuilder.nz, 5 Oct 2026
- API authentication
- API documentation describes OAuth2 with scopes and refresh tokens alongside legacy ID/key authentication. · api.website.world, 15 Oct 2026
- API limits
- The API documentation specifies a maximum of 100 requests per minute and offers webhooks or hourly polling for some integrations. · api.website.world, 15 Oct 2026
- Appointments and calendars
- The platform includes teacher-parent meeting booking and public or restricted school calendars. · website.school.nz, 15 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The maker describes Website World as a solution for businesses ranging from small to large-scale setups. · websitebuilder.nz, 5 Oct 2026
- Backups
- Incremental backups can restore roughly two weeks of changes, with additional offsite and offline copies. · website.world, 15 Oct 2026
- Browser access
- The maker says no software installation is required because sites can be updated from any web browser. · websitebuilder.nz, 5 Oct 2026
- Class blogs
- Teachers can publish private or public class blogs. · website.school.nz, 15 Oct 2026
- Commerce features
- Website World supports shopping carts, product catalogs, orders, memberships, tickets, subscriptions, vouchers, loyalty programs and POS. · website.world, 15 Oct 2026
- Company
- The maker says its web development business is based in Grey Lynn, Auckland, and has operated since 2000. · websitebuilder.nz, 5 Oct 2026
- Device support
- The maker says the point of sale works on iPad, desktop, smartphones, and any internet-connected device. · websitebuilder.nz, 5 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The help centre contains tutorials covering drag-and-drop editing, TinyMCE, forms, SEO, events and ecommerce. · help.cms-tool.net, 15 Oct 2026
- Ecommerce
- The platform supports online orders, multiple payment methods, freight calculations, discounting, vouchers, and loyalty programs. · websitebuilder.nz, 5 Oct 2026
- Email marketing
- Its bulk-mail tool supports segmented campaigns, open and click statistics, and unsubscribe handling. · website.world, 15 Oct 2026
- Freight integrations
- Listed shipping connections include NZ Post eShip, Aramex, Zappy, GoSweetSpot and StarShipIT. · website.world, 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Auckland, New Zealand · website.school.nz, 28 Sept 2026
- Hosting
- The pricing page says hosting plans have no contract terms and that discounted annual plans are available. · makeawebsite.nz, 5 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Listed integrations include Xero, MYOB, Unleashed, Cin7 Core, StarShipIT, GoSweetSpot, Mailchimp, and Klaviyo. · websitebuilder.nz, 5 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The security page explicitly describes the platform as closed source. · website.world, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: caps and refunds
- The independent review notes package visitor and order caps and a strict policy against partial mid-term refunds. · websiteplanet.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: feature gaps
- Capterra review material records complaints about a limited font range and requests for more integrations. · capterra.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: pricing
- WebsitePlanet says the plans can be expensive compared with other local and international providers and that domains cost extra. · websiteplanet.com, 15 Oct 2026
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