Choosing Between Wix Restaurants and Wix Stores

Choosing Between Wix Restaurants and Wix Stores

Wix offers 2 main solutions that sometimes may overlap: Restaurants and Stores. While some businesses are straightforward restaurants or stores, others can decide what solution is better for them according to their needs.

For example, flower shops don't sell food, but, much like a restaurant, they do sell perishable items that you want to get the same day. So if you own a flower shop you may choose to use Wix Restaurants and not Wix Stores.

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When to use Wix Restaurants

Wix Restaurants is designed for businesses that sell perishable items such as cakes, food and flowers.

Features requirements may be:

• Order tracking board

• Immediate orders

• Scheduled orders

• Immediate preparation

• Table reservations

• Separate restaurant and delivery menus

• Specific labels (such as 'gluten-free')

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When to use Wix Stores

Wix Stores is designed for eCommerce businesses that sell non-perishable items such as:

• Sealed food

• Food sold by weight

• General merchandise

Features requirements may be:

• Your orders are not time sensitive and can be shipped by mail

• You're selling on multiple sales channels, and adding dropshipping products to your store.

• You offer up to 50,000 products in your online store

• You sell digital products

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Feature comparison table

View a comparison table below that highlights the features of Wix Stores and Wix Restaurants.

Feature	Wix Restaurants	Wix Stores
Online orders	✓	✓
Separate restaurant and delivery menus	✓
Table reservations	✓
Item labels	✓
Sell on multiple channels		✓
Dropshipping		✓
Orders tracking board	✓	✓
Multiple locations	✓	✓
Immediate orders	✓
E-commerce platform		✓

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FAQs

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Can I combine Wix Restaurants and Stores?

In some cases you may choose to combine several apps on your site.

For example, you own a hotel that has a spa and restaurant.

• You sell digital vouchers to the hotel spa.

• Your restaurant also sells fresh pastries online.

• You sell exclusive hotel merchandise like your signature soap set travel kit.

For this case, you will use Wix Hotels, Bookings, Restaurants, Stores, and possibly Events and Blogs.

Can I use a mobile app with both Wix Restaurants and Stores?

Yes, you can manage both Wix Restaurants and Wix Stores using the Wix app on your mobile device. Wix also offers free mobile apps where your members can purchase products, sign up for services, and more. Choose the app that best suits your business needs.

For a more personalized experience, you can build your own mobile app with a Mobile App Premium plan. Once live in the app stores, your native app automatically becomes your preferred app. Learn more about building your own mobile app.