Weblium on the BookBird Author Score
Author Score · author website builders · #6 of 8 ·
Best for: Authors on a budget who want an e-book store template
Author jobs, from Weblium’s own pages
- Yes: Book pages with store links
- Yes: Templates made for authors
- Yes: Newsletter sign-up
- Yes: Your own domain
- Yes: Blog or news page
- Yes: Sell books from the site
- Yes: Search settings you control
Weblium pricing
Subscription. Free trial: 14 days. Plans, in US dollars:
- Free (time-limited: up to 3 pages, weblium.site subdomain, no domain, no indexing, no forms, no blog or store; the pricing page labels it 60 days)
- Starter (annual): $132 a year (USD 11/month equivalent; cheapest plan for a custom domain; free domain for the first year; advanced SEO settings, lead forms, integrations, up to 10 pages)
- Starter (monthly): $16 a month (same features billed monthly)
- Business (annual): $210 a year (USD 17.50/month equivalent; online store, blog, multilingual (5 languages), up to 500 pages)
- Business (monthly): $25 a month (same features billed monthly)
Prices from the rendered pricing page and its FAQ, which says all prices are in USD. Annual saves up to 30%. A 14-day trial of Business features needs no card. The 'Free' tier is not permanent: the help center says a site can stay on Free for 46 days after the trial (the pricing page says 60 days), without indexing or a domain, and is then blocked, so free_plan is false. Bundles for 5+ sites save 25-40%.
What Weblium offers
- E-Book Store template aimed at authors and digital publishers, with Books, Author and Order a Book pages
- 300+ templates and an AI assistant
- Contact and lead forms with Mailchimp, AWeber and other integrations on paid plans
- Online store and blog on the Business plan
- Per-page title, description and keywords; automatic sitemap; redirects, canonical and schema.org settings
- Connect a domain you own on paid plans; annual plans include a first-year domain
- Built-in CRM collecting form submissions and orders
- 14-day trial of Business features, no card
Runs on: web.
Weblium alternatives
| Software | Score | Price from | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wix | 9.7 | Free plan; paid from $17 a month (billed yearly) | Authors who want author templates and a free starter site |
| WordPress.com | 8.2 | Free plan; paid from $48 a year | Authors who blog or send posts as a newsletter on WordPress |
| BookBub Author Websites | 8.1 | Free plan; paid from $7.99 a month (billed yearly) | Authors wanting a free author site with built-in email sign-ups |
| HostingAuthors | 7.5 | Free plan; paid from $90 a year | Authors who want a free, permanent page for one book and room to grow into an author hub |
| Tertulia author websites | 7.5 | $7.99 a month (billed yearly) | Authors selling ebooks and audiobooks direct without per-sale fees |
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