Q: "2) Re self hosting - please confirm there is no charge for moving away from the platform" Correct.
There is NO charge, because YOU and YOUR CUSTOMER can NOT move away from the platform, after you send them your customer :)
NO - you can not download files and upload them to another hosting service.
If this deal would have option to move (download) your files away (in case that your client request this), this would we mybee a 5 star deal , but since is not - you can not download anything ; not even a backup- you are locked to weblium.
This is probably the reason that this is current rated WORST active pay deal on appsumo... Nuff said.
Sorry... but I simply can not put myself into position to tell my customer "sorry, i can not give you your files (that you did already pay for) and you also can not take your website to another host .... since he can find host that will mybe for same price offer him also an email account (yes- weblium dose not include not even 1 email account ) or at least WAF services (essential for buissnes websites) ......
"3) Is the code completely editable outside weblium, if not can we upload to the weblium platform to edit then re-upload to our hosting without extra charge?"
Wiki will answer you in his M$ style (fast, exact but mostly unusable) ... but here are my 2 cents: ( i am customer of this company):
1. you can not download code
2. even if you manage to get yourcode with help of tech support (as Wiki promise) it is "properly coded" to Weblium and you can not use it anywere,
3. You dont get any WAF services, and you dont get any email accounts (ot even one). So you will buy your potential customer 120$ for Weblium+30 for buissnes level email accouts + 19$ for WAF (you cannot run a bussnes site without WAF https://www.getastra.com/pricing ...
So if your paying customer will ask from you to change hosting you will need to re-create site from scratch -and i dont belive that he will pay you agin for this ... so basicly, if you have serious clients you are on really legal thin ice with Weblium ... you can end up to pay $$$ to recreate customers website, if you dont have rely good legal agrement with youre client .... but anyway, it is Weblium policy that they will not build web builder for "backup" and/or "export" and we must respect this ....
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...only problem is that they can not comunnicate open and directly from first day ( there will be no export, after you send us your customer they are are tied with us and they can not change hosting)
And this shaddy policy is at end bring them to worst rated Appsumo active deal .... relay an epic fail of great product and complete understatement of Appsumo community ....