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The Weebly Website Builder is trusted by over 40 million worldwide users and our flexible price plans help you tap into this leading solution. As the reseller, you maintain full control over billing, support, and your customer relationships. Use HEXONET's API to start offering Weebly on the same platform as your domain management interface and enable your customers to create beautiful, professional websites in minutes.
List of plans
| Annual plan | API Class | Registration period |
|---|---|---|
| Free | WEEBLY_FREE | 1Y |
| Starter | WEEBLY_STARTER | 1Y |
| Pro | WEEBLY_PRO | 1Y |
| Business | WEEBLY_BUSINESS | 1Y |
| Performance | WEEBLY_PERFORMANCE | 1Y |
Go to https://wiki.hexonet.net/wiki/Weebly_Plan_Structure to learn more about each plan.
Please note, Weebly Website Builder is currently only available as annual plan.
Using the API
Upgrade via API
You can upgrade your website by using the following command
COMMAND = UpgradeWebsite ID = (Website ID) CLASS = (Website class)
ID
The website ID
CLASS
Website plan. Valid plan are:
- WEEBLY_FREE
- WEEBLY_STARTER
- WEEBLY_PRO
- WEEBLY_BUSINESS
- WEEBLY_PERFORMANCE
Note that when you upgrade your website, we will automatically process a refund for the remaining term left in your original plan. For example, if you bought a Starter website in June and upgrade to Performance in August, we will refund the prorated Starter annual fee which is calculated from September to May.
See here for more information on UpgradeWebsite command.
Povisioning upgrade within Weebly Website Editor
Weebly displays several upgrade triggers in the Website Editor when the website's current plan does not include that feature. There's also an upgrade button at the top right corner of the Website Editor for easy upgrade. If a customer clicks on either the upgrade triggers or button, it will open a new modal to provision the upgrade process. As our reseller, you can customize the upgrade modal content so that you can have full control on the upgrading process.
To do so, you must provide us the URL that will handle the upgrading process. You can provide the URL via the CreateWebsite (for new website) or UpdateWebsite (for existing website) command. Note that you must specify the upgrade URL for each website you want to apply the changes to.
To add upgrade URL to new website
COMMAND = CreateWebsite CLASS = (Website class) DOMAIN = (Domain name) WEBSITEUSERID = (Website User ID) PERIOD = 1Y TITLE = (New website title) (optional) REFERENCE = (Original website ID to copy from) (optional) UPGRADEURL = (your custom link to the upgrade modal)
To add upgrade URL to existing website
COMMAND = UpdateWebsite ID = (Website ID) UPGRADEURL = (your custom link to the upgrade modal)
Whenever an upgrade trigger or button is clicked, Weebly will call your upgrade URL and adds the following parameters to the URL:
- user_id
- site
- plan
- upgrade_type
- upgrade_id
- plan_ids
- hash
Here’s an example of an URL with the added parameters:
http://your-url.com/upgrade.html?user_id=1234567&site=1234567891011234&plan=starter&upgrade_type=feature&upgrade_id=edit_footer&plan_ids=40%2C14%2C41%2C10%2C35%2C39&hash=e71ca960fad7e87df447bb7879a27a8d14fa5a48&
To display your upgrade modal content
Before you load your modal content, you should verify the hash to make sure the call is coming directly from the Weebly Website Editor. You can use the following command to verify the hash
COMMAND = VerifyWebsiteUpgradeHash ID = Website ID WEBSITEUSERID = (Website user ID) HASH = (hash from the upgrade URL) CLASS = Weebly
See here for more information on VerifyWebsiteUpgradeHash command.
If VerifyWebsiteUpgradeHash returns code 200, you can then proceed with the modal load and execute the UpgradeWebsite command to upgrade the website plan.
How to connect domain and website
Please note the following when you're connecting a domain to your website:
- Domains must be fully qualified (for example www.mydomain.com).
- Subdomains are allowed (for example www.blog.mydomain.com).
- Domains must be unique and can’t use the word weebly.
For non-SSL secured websites
All websites are not SSL secured by default. If you did not explicitly enable SSL certificate on your website, you can create the following A records in your domain’s DNS settings
@ IN A 199.34.228.55 www IN A 199.34.228.55
For SSL secured websites
IP address for SSL secured websites are only given when you enable SSL certificate option in the Website Editor.
Go to the Website Editor by visiting the link provided in CreateWebsiteSession
COMMAND = CreateWebsiteSession ENTITY = Site ID = (Website ID)
In the Website Editor, go to Settings > General > SSL. Click on the Enable button and follow the instructions on the page.
Note, it might take up to 48 hours for these changes to fully propagate on the Weebly side. During that time, the website may not be available.
Other information
- Website plan downgrade is not supported
- Only SSL certificates provided by Weebly are eligible for use and they can be installed directly from the Weebly Website Editor interface. SSL certificates are not available for the Free plan.
