Just a note to say that a native solution in SiteJet will be very nice since Elfsight is a paid solution. I already know that all my clients will want a Instagram feed but paying for that will be a no-no.
What do you think of a native solution for creating widgets like that? It is a big plus for our clients. The free plan with Elfsight let appear the branding of Elfsight. Nobody wants that on his professional site. Please think about it. Now that kind of widget on a site is extremely capital, for boosting revenue I mean not only because it is nice.
Our agency just built the price of those integrations into the build pricing so all of our clients have the option to use the widgets if they like! Made it easier for everyone all around.
Thanks Zachary for your reply. I am proposing pack prices. Once it is paid, it is done.
I am curious. Do you want to share with me the way youcharge your client? It is on a monthly basis? Annual?
Thanks again it is very pleasant having advices from other webdesigners. It seems that I will be a lot hereâșïž
We charge 50% up front, 50% at end of project on initial build, and for all other âprojectâ builds. (We do digital marketing as whole)
Support/Maintence fees depend on the scope of the website, but are around $100-$1000 per month ($100 for small sites, $1000 for Ecommerce and larger ones with integrations)
Example: we realized a lot of our clients want a video background. Instead of charging them to just find a stock video, we just added $200 to each project (internally) so that we can tell the clients "they have access to a 4k stock video if they want)
Ok. Thanks a lot. I will charge 30% before and 70% afterâŠmaybe will change it if clients are not serious.
Since I wanted to work with wordpress, I have to confess, before sitejet I prefered to just make pack price (with 3 weeks of support) and once it is done it is finished. I had prepared guides and videos for helping my clients. But Sitejet make me reconsider the way that I will charge clients since it is less time consuming to manage sites now. Your reply is very precious for me. Thanks again for your help. I really appreciate it.
I have finally tested it.
The free plan proposed aââPowered by Curator.ioââ that is not really nice and the feed didânt appeared correctly. So sadly, it is not a good alternative for me since the first paid plan is really expensive paid annually.
So, a native solution will be the best solution for me he he he!
Thank you again for your message. It didnât suit me but maybe someone else could find it is a good solution. What are you thinking?
I am not an agency, but a private person and only have a portfolio website.
Therefore, this Instagram feed would also be interesting for me without Elfsight.
Has anyone found an alternative solution in the meantime without paying extra for it?
Hey @Nicole_Kichtan unfortunately, it is not possible to embed an Instagram feed to your Sitejet website without a third-party tool or extensive code knowledge.
However, you could add single posts via the embed feature of Instagram using an HTML-element. That could be a workaround for a few single posts.
Just a quick follow-up in case anyoneâs still looking for a free way to show an auto-updating Instagram feed:
There are a few tools out there that let you generate an embed code from your Instagram profile â no login or coding needed. You can just paste the code into an HTML element in Sitejet, and itâll update automatically when you post something new.
A few options that offer free plans:
Lightwidget
SnapWidget
SociableKIT
Flockler (free for one feed)
Theyâre all pretty simple to set up and work fine for small personal or portfolio sites.
Happy to help if anyone needs a hand with the setup
Just to clarify â the tools I mentioned (like Lightwidget, SnapWidget, etc.) arenât native Sitejet features. Theyâre third-party services that generate embed codes, which you can easily insert using an HTML element in Sitejet.
That said, theyâre fully compatible and work great for things like auto-updating Instagram feeds, especially for simple or personal sites â and no login or API setup is needed.
Sitejet does have some native integrations (like Elfsight), but the options I shared are more like lightweight alternatives that are easy to plug in and get running quickly.
