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Auto-Renew Charges, Billing Disputes, and Why Website Ownership Still Matters
Every so often, a user story surfaces that highlights a problem many website owners don’t realize exists - until it happens to them.
In a recent Reddit thread in r/WIX, a Wix user reported being charged for another two-year plan months after disabling auto-renew, transferring their site to a different platform, and removing their payment method. Support responses cited refund policy limits, leaving a bank dispute as the only realistic option.
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Tagged auto-renew, auto-renew charges, billing disputes, billing transparency, hosted platforms vs self-hosted, hosted website builder, hosted website builders, subscription renewals, subscriptions, website control, website ownership, website platform lock-in, Wix, wix billing issues
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