Having a website of your own is still a dream come true for many people. Every day, coming across millions of websites intrigues thousands of people to own a website of their own. Surfing the web and sifting through websites of top-notch businesses, bloggers, news channels and whatnot, makes people dream of having one for themselves as well. But to turn this dream into reality might not be an easy task for everyone, considering that the tech knowledge and the expenses for such a project are not easy to handle. 

There are services in today's age and era that provide drag and drop website building features either for free or for very little amount. On top of the list are Wordpress, weebly and blogger as well. Blogger is a service by google that is free of cost, and it even allows you to build a subdomain ending in .blogspot.com for free, and allows you to use your custom xml website template as well or you can chose from many different design templates available online for free or under $20.

Let's get started on how you can build a website for free, but keep in mind only building the website is for free, but in order to get a custom domain you will have to pay. It has gotten cheap though due to competition, you can register one for as little as $12.99 for a year on GoDaddy

WRITE YOUR NICHE:

For your website to be what you think it should look like, it is important to note what in specific you’re looking for. What kind of website are you building? Is it for blogging, or product selling, or a real estate company or whatever you’re looking for? Everything you’re looking for, you must note down to have a clear idea of where you’re going to land once all the process is done.

Once you have the niche decided then it will be easier for you to chose a domain name as well.

REGISTER DOMAIN NAME:

Most of the easy domains are taken, so look for something creative. There are different sources to get yourself a domain, GoDaddy, Register.com, Network Solutions, and uk2.net are popular and reliable for getting a perfect and ideal domain name for your website. There is another way to get domains and that is to Purchase Domain Names. This can be done if they have been parked or are for sale. Domains are sold online through different Business Sales Sites. It would be good if you can get some legal and financial advice before purchasing an expensive domain name as there are a lot of risks involved.

Since you're looking to make a website for yourself on a budget or for almost free, one can opt for multiple ways to get it. Most of the easy domains are taken, so look for something creative. There are different sources to get yourself a domain, GoDaddy, Register.com, Network Solutions, and uk2.net are popular and reliable for getting a perfect and ideal domain name for your website. There is another way to get domains and that is to purchase domain names. This can be done if they have been parked or are for sale. Domains are sold online through different business sales sites. It would be good if you can get some legal and financial advice before purchasing an expensive domain name as there are a lot of risks involved.

PICK A WEBSITE BUILDER:

The next step after acquiring a domain name is to choose a decent website builder that fits all your needs. Everyone when starting to build a website for themselves is keen to look for things that they want specifically. For all your needs to be fulfilled, you must do a bit of research to find the best one that would serve you as per your needs.

Surprisingly, there are many free website builders on the web to choose from. For instance, a few website builders that are performing well and receiving good feedback are Wix, Strikingly, Weebly, Webnode, SimpleSite and a few more. All these website builders are free to use, look through them one by one and notice the features you're looking for.

CREATE AN ACCOUNT ON YOUR WEBSITE BUILDER:

You’re done with the process of finding the right website builder, and you have chosen the one with your desired features. Now, you need to create a free account on this website builder. All these websites require you to create a free account to have access to their website. These websites may ask you for some personal details, but that shouldn't be an issue.

CHOOSE TEMPLATE:

Template is basically the layout of your website and how all the components will sit in. Depending on the platform you choose for building your website, there will be many different templates available. If you don't have any coding knowledge and want to chose from a different template than the one's provided you can also get a custom template made according to the design of your choice, or you can buy from many pre-made templates available for purchase to be used on different platforms (website builders).

Choose your template and start customizing as you need. Customizing a template won’t be a hectic task as you don’t have to code. Once you are satisfied with the draft version of your website you can hit the publish button and make it live.

Great! you have just created a website. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. Real work starts now, the maintenance, keeping it updated, driving traffic and monetizing are all individual parts that need to be payed attention to if you wish to make it a successful website.