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Is Wix Studio Masterclass Worth Your Money? (Spoiler: Mostly Yes)

OK so full disclosure – I wasn’t planning to review this course. But after dropping $297 on it last month and binge-watching it over a weekend (yes, I’m that web design nerd who cancels plans to learn new software), I figured I’d save you all some time and cash by sharing my unfiltered thoughts. No affiliate links here, just coffee-fueled opinions from someone who’s been building websites since Geocities was cool.

Wix Studio: Actually Not Terrible (I’m Shocked Too)

Look, I’ve been a Webflow guy for years. I was that annoying person who’d mock anyone using Wix. “Oh, you use Wix? That’s… nice.” *condescending smile*

But I gotta eat my words here. Wix Studio is… surprisingly good? They’ve basically taken everything that sucked about regular Wix and fixed it. It’s like when your problematic friend suddenly gets therapy and becomes a functional adult.

The responsive controls actually make sense now. You’re not fighting the platform at every turn. The typography system doesn’t make me want to throw my laptop out the window. And it handles interactions without making everything look like a PowerPoint presentation from 2004.

Last month I had to build three sites simultaneously for a client with a ridiculous deadline. Decided to try Wix Studio as an experiment, and honestly? Saved my ass. Built all three in the time it would’ve taken me to do one in Webflow. Don’t tell my Webflow friends I said that though. They’ll revoke my designer card.

The Course: Skip the First 2 Hours (You’re Welcome)

The Basics: Zzzzzz… Then Actually Useful

The first couple hours are pretty “no duh” if you’ve built a website before. HTML is a markup language? YOU DON’T SAY. I literally made a sandwich during this part and didn’t miss anything.

BUT – and it’s a big but – don’t skip too far ahead. Around hour 3 is where it gets good. Arash (the instructor) starts connecting those basic concepts to how Wix Studio actually implements them, and suddenly I was like “ohhhh THAT’S why it works that way.”

Had a facepalm moment when he explained how the responsive system works. I’d been doing it wrong for weeks, fighting the platform instead of working with it. That alone was worth the price for me, since it probably saved me 50+ hours of frustration on future projects.

The Good Stuff: Actually Practical Shit

The middle sections are the gold. It’s all about setting up global styles and design systems. If you’ve ever had a client say “why does every page look slightly different?” (and who hasn’t?), this part is crucial.

There’s this bit around 7 hours in where he shows how to set up a proper typographic system that automatically scales across breakpoints. I literally paused the video to try it on a client project I was stuck on. Fixed my issue in 20 minutes after banging my head against the wall for 2 days.

The breakpoint management stuff is what I needed 3 months ago when I took on that nightmare 70-page site. Would’ve saved me so many revision rounds. The client kept finding inconsistencies that were driving me nuts, and now I know exactly why they were happening.

The Projects: Actually Real-World Useful

I’m so tired of courses where they build some perfect fantasy project with no real-world constraints. “Let’s build a beautiful portfolio for this imaginary photographer who has exactly the right number of perfectly cropped images!” Yeah, not how it works in the trenches.

This course actually has you convert Figma designs into functioning sites, and the designs aren’t oversimplified. They have those annoying real-world elements that always trip you up – like awkwardly sized images, weird spacing requirements, and complex navigation patterns.

There’s a part where Arash gets stuck for a minute trying to figure out why something isn’t working. AND THEY LEFT IT IN THE FINAL EDIT. I almost cried with joy. He troubleshoots it in real time, and it’s exactly the kind of problem-solving you actually need to learn.

Advanced Features: Hit and Miss

The CMS stuff is good, but honestly nothing revolutionary if you’ve used any decent CMS before. What IS great is how he shows the limitations – like when he points out “this looks like it should work, but it’ll break if you do X, Y, or Z.” That kind of honesty is rare in these types of courses.

I skipped some of the e-commerce sections since I don’t do many shops, but the animation and interactive elements parts were solid. There’s a technique for creating subtle scroll animations that I’ve already used on three client sites. Clients eat that stuff up and think you’re a wizard.

The mega-menu tutorial saved me last week when a client suddenly decided they needed one after the design was approved. Implemented it in an hour instead of panic-quoting them an extra week of work. Client thinks I’m a hero, I think Arash is my hero. Circle of life.

Worth the Money? Let’s Do Some Drunk Math

The Real Talk on Quality

Production quality is good but not mind-blowing. It’s not Peter McKinnon cinematic or anything, but you can see everything clearly and the audio doesn’t suck, which is all that really matters. Arash isn’t the most dynamic presenter on earth (sorry dude if you ever read this), but he’s clear and doesn’t waste your time with stupid jokes.

What I appreciate most is that the lessons are actually structured in a way that makes sense. It’s clear someone thought about the learning curve instead of just filming random tutorials and slapping them together. You can tell he’s actually taught people before.

The Extras that Actually Help

The downloadable assets aren’t garbage, which shocked me. Usually course “resources” are just lazy exports, but these are legitimately useful. The Figma files are organized in a way that makes sense and have clear naming conventions.

There’s this one component library that I still refer back to almost daily. It’s become my starting point for new projects because it’s set up so efficiently. That alone has probably saved me 2-3 hours per project, which adds up fast when you’re freelancing.

Community: Not as Lame as Most

I rolled my eyes when I saw there was a Facebook group. Those are usually ghost towns filled with people asking the same five basic questions. But I was desperate with a client issue at 11pm, so I posted… and got three helpful responses within 20 minutes. At NIGHT.

Arash himself actually answered one of my questions about a weird edge case. Didn’t expect that level of involvement from the creator of a course this popular. There was none of that toxic “just Google it bro” attitude you get in a lot of tech communities.

Skills You’ll Actually Use

I’ve taken so many courses where I learned stuff that I never used again. This hasn’t been one of those. I’ve applied something from almost every module to my client work already.

Most valuable to me has been the systematic approach to building sites. I was always a “figure it out as I go” designer, which works for small projects but falls apart with bigger ones. I’ve become way more methodical about setting up global styles first, and it’s made my projects more consistent and WAY easier to revise when clients inevitably change their minds.

The Stuff That Annoyed Me

• Why spend so much time on HTML/CSS basics? I get that some people need it, but make it an optional module, man. I made a whole sandwich during this part.
• Some sections feel rushed, especially the more advanced stuff. The 3D elements section could’ve been twice as long and still not covered everything important.
• The “certification” is basically just a PDF you get for completing the course. Clients don’t care about it, employers don’t recognize it. Pointless.
• Nothing about client communication or project management. Like, cool, I can build a perfect site, but how do I explain to a client why their logo can’t be “just a little bit bigger” on mobile without messing up the entire layout?
• Needs more case studies with specific industry examples. The techniques all work, but seeing them applied to different types of businesses would help with those clients who think their industry is “different” (spoiler: it’s not).

Should You Buy It? Depends…

If you’re trying to level up from making basic brochure sites to more complex projects without learning to code, yeah, this is probably worth the investment. I was skeptical of the price tag, but one client project basically paid for it already through the time I saved.

For agencies, it’s a no-brainer if you’re looking to speed up production. My small team has cut our build time by about 30% since implementing the workflows from this course. That’s real money when you’re juggling multiple projects.

Freelancers will benefit most from the end-to-end approach. It’s not just about how to use features, but how to structure entire projects efficiently. I’m now taking on projects I would have passed on before because they seemed too complex for my timeline.

Is it perfect? Hell no. Is it worth $297? For me it was, but your mileage may vary. If you’re already a Webflow wizard or actual coder, you might find it too basic. If you’re a total newbie, parts might be overwhelming. It’s really ideal for that middle zone – designers who know their stuff but want to build more complex sites without diving into JavaScript.

OK that’s it. Back to my client project that was due yesterday. If you’ve got questions, I’m around – drop a comment or whatever. And no, Arash didn’t pay me to write this. If he had, I’d have been nicer about his presenting style. (Sorry again, dude!)

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