This epidemic has showed us some really unpleasant trends in the PC sector, such as computer and peripheral shortages and strong demand. Most individuals have been impacted in such a way that their incomes and lives have suffered. But don’t give up hope. Some people have taken advantage of this time period to develop low-cost or even free websites to meet their company or personal requirements. So, for individuals who are on a restricted budget, our ultimate guide for the cheapest website will be really beneficial. Now, without further ado, let’s get started with free website creation.

You have two options for creating a free/cheapest website:

Free Website (subdomain):

You can either create a subdomain website like www.yourwebsitename.abcxyz.com where “Yourwebsitename” is the name you provide and “abcxyz” is the primary website. Here your website will be a subdomain of abcxyz.com and there will be obvious limitations or fewer features depending upon your choice of the free website provider. You can consider this if the website you want to build is just for a hobby or learning etc. and no serious business.

Now if you want a full-fledged website of your own, then read next to build the cheapest website. To build and run a website of your own, you need 2 resources. Domain and Hosting.

Free Domain:

If you want to build the cheapest website then obviously you will first check for free domains. I did too and believe me it’s not worth your time.

The free domains are available with TLDs like .tk, .ml, .ga, .cf, and .gq. But here is the catch. The domains are free to use but you DO NOT own them. The domain provider has the authority to take back the domain you use. Imagine if you have worked hard to get your website popular but all your time & efforts go down to waste.

Scary? right.

The only other option is to buy a domain(highly recommended) from popular domain providers. I bought this domain for Rs 84 which is just equal to 1$ from 123-reg.co.uk. Well, the 1st year price is Rs 84 then it will be more (not more than common standard cost) from 2nd year onwards. But I plan to earn from this website so that it can pay for itself.

Either way you choose depends upon how much control you want over your domain. By the way, some popular domain & hosting providers also give free domains (even .com which is a little more expensive) for 1 year if you purchase their hosting plan. The list includes Hostinger, Bluehost, etc. But this post is about the cheapest website so I would recommend continue reading on.

Free Hosting:

The next thing will surely make you happy reading this post. Check out Infinity Free.

InfinityFree in my opinion is the best free web hosting with a PHP server and MySQL database which are the most used and popular too. In fact, this free website guide is currently hosted on Infinity Free at the time of writing this. I have done my research on free web hosting providers and this is the best hosting with which you can start your journey.

At first, I was having some issues with the default file manager they provide. But after using FileZilla for transferring files, I had no issues. Infinityfree has also one of the best uptime and also a good active community to support you on every step. I had a question posted in the community, in which I got answers from another user and the admin himself (maybe herself I don’t know) within a day, and my problem was solved.

But I am not done here. I want to help you more.

If you are a beginner who wants a step-by-step guide then continue reading. Coming are some tips for ease of life, good quality website, and absolute control over it.

Free SSL:

You can create your free SSL certificate. There are options like ZeroSSL, Let’s Encrypt, SSL For Free, etc. I created the Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate following instructions in the Cpanel of Infinity Free. Some of the best hosting sites like hostinger provides lets’s encrypt SSL too.

Tip: I do not recommend this as of now as there is another better option below for this i.e. cloudflare. If you use both SSL from let’s encrypt and cloudflare’s then there will be conflict. More details below.

Free Content Delivery Network (CDN):

CDN stands for Content Delivery Network. It makes your website faster by uploading your media files from different servers on your website.

My first recommendation for WordPress sites is Nitropack CDN which has free version and it works excellent. It is free untill you have 5000 monthly visits to your website.

Cloudflare.com is such a website that not only provides free CDN but also free SSL. Don’t make this mistake: I had Let’s Encrypt SSL and later I registered with Cloudflare. There was some conflict between the 2 SSL certificates. So only choose Cloudflare. Cloudflare also supports caching of your website so that your website loads faster. I highly recommend using Cloudflare to avail these free benefits. There are also advanced settings like page rules, and caching even in the free version which you should check out later.

Free File Transfer (FileZilla):

If you find difficulty using the default file manager like me, then use the Filezilla FTP client. It is one of the most popular software and it’s free. The hostname for Infinityfree is “FTP upload” without quotes. Usernames & passwords are the same as your Infinity login details(dashboard). I use Filezilla for all of my websites. You can check at: https://filezilla-project.org/

Free Mail:

Need your domain name email like yourname@yourwebsite? It is possible and also free. I use Zoho mail. Sign up for mail setup. The process is very easy and I found instructions from ZOHO quite simple and useful. Now you can use your own personal email like [email protected] where “name” is the email name you want to create and “xyz.com” is your website.

If you are a beginner and want to build the cheapest website, then below is the step-by-step guide.

Step by Step Guide for Free Website