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Showit is an easy to use, drag and drop website builder designed specifically for creatives and entrepreneurs who want complete creative freedom and flexibility over their website's design without needing to know how to code. You can easily customize, tweak or revamp any of our website templates at the click of a button.

Yes, this template will only work on the Showit platform, and an active Showit subscription is required to publish your website. View Showit’s pricing plans here. If you’re new to Showit, they have a 14-day free trial so you can test the platform out before committing. Switching to Showit is easy, and Showit has blog transfer options from Wordpress or Squarespace if you sign up on the Advanced Blog plan.

Yes! You can customize every single part of your site design for full creative freedom and flexibility. This means you can change all colors, fonts, and even add, hide, delete, and duplicate sections and pages. You can add videos and embed any shop buttons, lead capture forms, or email newsletter sign up forms to make the template completely work for your business. 

Additional costs involved with launching your website include a custom domain (ie www.yourcoolwebsite.com) and a monthly Showit subscription starting at $19 a month which includes the design builder, website hosting, storage and backup. Get your first month of Showit FREE by using the code VANILLAANDOAK at checkout. 

Other optional costs are things such as an email marketing platform to capture email sign ups, a cart system such as ThriveCart or Shopify Lite to sell products, CRM’s like Dubsado or Honeybook, or an online booking calendar/appointment scheduler. 

First things first —Google has said time and time again that the platform doesn’t matter, and that no platform is better over another for SEO. 

Showit has user-friendly built-in SEO tools to help you optimize your website for search engines. You can easily add in page titles, keywords, meta descriptions, text heading tags, and image SEO titles/descriptions. Showit also integrates with WordPress so you can write content-rich blog posts, and utilize plugins such as Yoast, both a big plus for your SEO efforts.

At the end of the day, good SEO is about your strategy, consistently creating content that resonates with your audience, great keyword research, and using it correctly on your website. Remember, SEO is an ongoing game of matching your content with what people are searching for and keeping them engaged once they land on your site (which is where a beautiful and strategic web design can also help your SEO)! 

Showit is incredibly user-friendly and intuitive to use (think Canva but for web design!) but like any new platform, there can be a learning curve at the beginning. 

Showit has a huge library of resources, help docs, and tutorials. There is also an incredibly helpful Facebook group where you can ask other users questions. 

If you need more technical help you can reach out to Showit Support via Live Chat directly in the builder. If you need template assistance, you can visit the Vanilla + Oak Help Centre or reach out to me at hello@vanillaandoak.ca.

At checkout you have an option to add a 1-hour pre-launch site audit for $97, or if you are looking to work with a designer to fully customize your template, check out our Template Customization Service. 

Our templates have been used by videographers, wedding venues, wedding and event planners, and content creators. While it was designed for photographers in mind, the template is versatile and completely customizable, so it will work for any creative or service based business that wants to showcase beautiful imagery or video on their website. 

If you’re not sure if this template will work for you, send me an email at hello@vanillaandoak.ca and I’ll give you my honest opinion, and point you in the direction of a better suited template to your business if needed.