My Fuel DockFuel price widget vs. fuel price board: what's the difference?
A fuel price widget is any snippet of code that shows fuel prices on a website. A fuel price board is My Fuel Dock's version, built for marinas: a live display of your dock's actual prices that staff update from a web portal, a mobile app, or a text message. Your webmaster pastes one snippet once, and the board takes care of itself from then on.
What people usually mean by "fuel price widget"
Search for a fuel price widget and most of what you find shows national average prices pulled from government data. Those widgets are fine for a news site, but they answer the wrong question for a marina. A boater checking your website wants one number: the price at your pump today. A national average is not that number, and a widget showing it can cost you a fill-up when the boater assumes your real price is higher.
What a price board does instead
- Your actual prices. The board shows exactly what you charge, and updates the moment you change a price. No waiting, no refreshing.
- Updates from anywhere. Change prices in the web portal, in the My Fuel Dock mobile app, or by sending a quick text like "Regular is now $5.49."
- Fits your website. Works on WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, and any other platform that accepts an embed snippet.
- Designs to match your site. The free plan includes the Free Board. Premium plans choose from eight designs with custom colors, including a marquee layout for public displays.
- Always a free option. There will always be a free version. See plans and pricing.
Setup is one paste
Your webmaster pastes a single snippet into your website, once. After that, you control prices yourself and never need website help again, whether you are on the free plan or premium. That promise has a name: the One Paste Promise.
Which one do you need?
If you want to show general fuel market trends, a generic widget does that. If you want boaters to see your marina's real prices and plan their fill-up at your dock, you want a price board.