Can I Build My Own Website?

If you want to have a business - or if you want to sell anything at all - you need to have a website of your own. But a website can cost money, and when you are trying to save everything you can to start your business, you don't really want to spend extra on a website. Because of this, lots of people who have their own business also end up asking this question: Can I build my own website? If you have ever wondered this yourself, the answer is that - as long as you know a few specific things - you can absolutely build your own website.

You will first have to register your own domain name, before you can ever build your website on your own. It usually only costs about $10 per year to have your domain name, so the toughest part is actually finding a domain name that works for you. This should be easy if you or your company has a unique name; it gets a bit more complicated, however, if the domain name you want is already taken!

The next step - since you will want to be able to set up and run everything on your own - is finding a template that lets you do everything autonomously. Find a template such as a Wordpress template, and you will be able to make any changes or adjustments to your site that you want, whenever you want.

And if you decide to design a website on your own, you will want to make sure you put in some time doing research. If you want to have a lot of freedom in the way your website looks, you will need to make sure you first research some basic HTML coding; it's not very complicated, and it is very important! As for other research, you will need to also put in your time making sure you understand as much as you can about the process of building a website. One of the best resources is the book Learning Web Design (which is a $45 book that Amazon sells for $25!).

You will be able to start building your website as soon as you know what you are doing - and what's more, you will be able to make it look exactly the way you want it to look!