Wix.com

Wix.com Ltd. (Hebrew: וויקס.קום, romanized: wix.com, or shortly Wix) is an Israeli software company, publicly listed in the US, that provides cloud-based web development services. It offers tools for creating HTML5 websites and mobile sites using online drag-and-drop editing. The website is a web hosting service for individuals, groups, organizations, businesses, and so on.
Users can add applications for social media, e-commerce, online marketing, contact forms, e-mail marketing, and community forums to their websites.
==History==
Wix was founded in 2006 by Israeli developers Avishai Abrahami, Nadav Abrahami, and Giora Kaplan. With its main offices in Tel Aviv, Wix was backed by investors Insight Venture Partners, Mangrove Capital Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, DAG Ventures, and Benchmark Capital. The company entered an open beta phase in 2007 using a platform based on Adobe Flash.
In June 2011, Wix launched the Facebook store module, making its first step into the social commerce trend. 
In March 2012, Wix launched a new HTML5 site builder, replacing the Adobe Flash technology.
In October 2012, Wix launched an app market for users to sell applications built with the company's automated web development technology. Wix's software development kit lets app developers create and offer web apps to Wix users.
By August 2013, the Wix platform had more than 34 million registered users.
In May 2014, Wix launched the WixHive API for websites to capture and share visitor data (such as contact information, messages, purchases, and bookings) with other installed apps within the same website.http://investors.wix.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=848255
In December 2017, Wix Code, an API for adding database collections and custom JavaScript scripting, was released. In March 2020, Wix Code was re-branded to Corvid API, and then in January 2021 re-branded from Corvid to Velo, to avoid resemblance to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
In February 2020, Wix unveiled Editor X, a new platform for designers and web agencies.https://www.wix.com/press-room/home/post/wix-unveils-editor-x-extending-leadership-of-web-creation-market
==Controversies==
===Use of WordPress codes===
In October 2016, there was a controversy over Wix's use of WordPress's GPL-licensed code. In response, Avishai Abrahami, Wix's CEO, published a response describing which open-source code was used and how Wix says it collaborates with the open-source community. However, it was subsequently noted that collaboration with the open-source community was not sufficient under the terms of the GPL license, which requires any code built on GPL-licensed code to be released under the same license.
==External Links==
*Wix.com in Wikipedia.
==References==
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