How to create a free website
Go from idea to “I’m online now” with a 7-day free trial of GoDaddy Website builder. Whether you’re putting together a portfolio, selling cookies, or offering legal services, follow these easy steps to get started. Upgrade to a paid plan when you’re ready for more business building features.
- Start creating your free site or store by picking a template.
- Add your content, products and business info to make it yours.
- Use built-in marketing to let people know you’re open for business.
- Manage everything — reviews, orders, social — from 1 dashboard, on any device.
- Buy premium features — store add-ons, SEO, appointments — as you need ‘em.
Basic
For Getting Started
Get your business moving with a professional website, email address and marketing tools.
Save 43%
₫273,900
₫153,999
/mo
With a 1-yr term. You pay ₫1,847,987 today
Auto-renews annually at ₫3,286,800.
Cancel renewal anytime in Account Settings.
- Connect a custom domain
- Search Engine Optimization tools to rank higher on Google
- Easy-to-use website editing tools
- Time-saving AI writing and content creation
- Know how you're performing with Site analytics
- Free Professional Email
- Create and send email marketing campaigns to 100 users per month
- Connect with customers through live chat and contact forms
- Help secure sensitive information with an SSL Certificate
- Ability to remove "Powered by GoDaddy" branding
- Quickly create content with GoDaddy Studio
Recommended
Premium
For Larger Customer Reach
Reach more customers with expanded social media and email marketing tools.
Save 41%
₫471,900
₫274,999
/mo
With a 1-yr term. You pay ₫3,299,987 today
Auto-renews annually at ₫5,662,800.
Cancel renewal anytime in Account Settings.
All previous features, plus:
- Create and send email marketing campaigns to 25,000 users per month
- Allow customers to book appointments and events
- Take online payments and deposits
- Create and schedule unlimited Social Media ads a month with Calendar Assistant
Commerce
For Scalability and Automation
Easily manage your inventory and sell online.
Save 39%
₫548,900
₫329,999
/mo
With a 1-yr term. You pay ₫3,959,987 today
Auto-renews annually at ₫6,586,800.
Cancel renewal anytime in Account Settings.
All previous features, plus:
- Sell an unlimited number of products and services
- Set up multiple payment and delivery options
- Create your own discounts and promotions
- Sales tax is automatically calculated for you
- Create and send email marketing campaigns to 100,000 users per month
- List your products on third-party marketplaces^
- Inventory automatically synced across all platforms^
- ^Currently available in select regions. Check availability for your market.
Plus
Included in every Website Builder plan
Mobile-friendly site
Easily reach customers wherever they are.100+ beautiful templates
Dazzle customers with our professional templates.Marketing dashboard
Real-time tracking of your performance and presence.Free Professional Email
Get a free trial email that matches your domain.24/7 expert support
Our GoDaddy Guides are always here to help.Website Templates
Whatever website you'll build, it'll look good
A powerful website builder at your fingertips
Click to easily edit or add entire sections — like a photo gallery, menu, or price list — in seconds, from any device.
Design beautifully branded content for social media, email marketing and beyond.
Set up your online shop for free using professional ecommerce templates, then upgrade to a paid plan to start selling.
Manage everything from one dashboard, on any device.
Onward and upward with our customers.
Powerful features to help boost your business
GoDaddy Website Builder
Get a site that brings a lot to your business
Your business has many needs, from booking appointments to selling products, and you need a website that can deliver.
Manage it all in one place
Website? Social media? Email marketing? Ecommerce? Yes, all that and much more.
Scroll-stopping designer templates
Create confidently with 100s of stunning templates and customizable, industry-specific themes that can beautifully showcase your brand.
Save time with AI, no tech skills needed
Effortlessly create a website, no coding required. You’ll save time with AI-generated product descriptions, easily add or upload images, all giving you more time to grow your business.
Enhance your brand, connect to your own domain
Strengthen your brand and help build trust by connecting your custom, unique domain.
Online Appointments
Simplify and automate scheduling
Think how convenient that would be. Even better if they pay for appointments when they make them. We’re happy to help with that.
Make payments even more convenient
Accept most major credit cards and take deposits when customers book services or appointments on your website.
Manage customers for a great relationship
With our client management tools you can maintain contact info, appointment history, and payment history to make it easier to interact with your customers.
Sync your calendars to stay in the know
Two-way syncing keeps your business and website calendars perfectly aligned.
Web Analytics
Monitor your site for smooth operations
Use our robust tools to help analyze data to help you identify new opportunities that can help drive your growth.
GoDaddy InSight™ Score included
Stay ahead of the competition. See how your site and online marketing measure up against businesses like yours.
Industry-driven recommendations
Get industry-specific advice and action plans based on data from more than 1 million+ GoDaddy customers.
Easy tracking from one place
Quickly see how your SEO, website, and campaigns are doing from one dashboard.
eCommerce
Sell to anyone everywhere
Whether it’s products and services, or pretty much anything else, we make it easy to sell on your website and on popular online marketplaces. Best of all, you manage everything in one place.
Easier to get paid with flexible payments
Accept most major credit and debit cards, or choose from other processors to accept PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Venmo.
Customize for sales, taxes, and more
Give your customers discount codes for sales and promotions. And create your own tax and shipping rates depending on your business needs.
Buy online, pickup in store
Create convenience for your customers. Let them buy online and then pick up their order in person.
Conversations
Say hello to your all-in-one business inbox
Conversations features automated messages, and a unified inbox for managing communications across multiple channels.
Manage all customers in just one app
With a unified inbox and optional business number, Conversations makes it easy to handle customers, freeing up time to focus on your growing your business.
Never miss a call
Quickly know when a call is for business so you can take it and not miss a potential sale. Of course, if you let it go to voice mail, your custom message is there to greet them.
Reply smarter and faster with AI
With the magic of AI your customers quickly get clear, relevant communications via chat bot that are on brand.
Marketing
Promote, analyze, optimize, repeat
Once you build your website, people will need to see it. That's where we come in with built-in, robust marketing features to help you engage your audience.
Rank higher on Google
Now you can rank higher in search with bulit-in Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
Use email to help your business grow
Turn visitors into customers by sending them emails about products and sales. Or just a quick note to thank them for their interest.
Be social on social
Stand out on social media with gorgeous posts you can easily design using Studio by GoDaddy.
GoDaddy Website Builder FAQ
Why should I build a website?
What is a website builder?
A website builder is a tool or a platform that enables users and businesses to create and design their own websites without coding or programming skills. Website builders provide a user-friendly interface pre-designed template, and multiple customization options. The GoDaddy Website Builder (formerly known as GoCentral) is an all-in-one solution perfect for DIY website creators, helping you easily build and launch a professional website or promote a brand or business in minutes.
How can I keep my website secure and safe for my customers?
What's included in the Free Website option?
Is my website really free?
After you experience the premium features of our paid plans free for 7 days, you will be downgraded to a free version of the Websites + Marketing service. Don’t worry, if you choose not to upgrade you won’t lose the work you’ve already done to your free site and you can upgrade anytime to continue enjoying premium features (such as connecting your domain). You can upgrade your plan in the My Products section of your account or with the help of GoDaddy Guide. See Website Builder plans and pricing to find one that suits your needs.
How long does it take to create a website with GoDaddy Website Builder?
Can I turn my website into an online store?
Can I connect a custom domain to my website?
Can I connect my social media and website?
Are SEO (Search Engine Optimization) tools included with Website Builder?
Select Website Builder plans come with built-in SEO tools to help your website show up in search engines like Google. In Website Builder, you’ll find the SEO Wizard, a step-by-step guide that provides suggestions on how to optimize each page of your website by adding relevant keywords and descriptions.
To get further detailed insights on user behavior and for more SEO improvements, you can connect your website to Google Analytics and Search Console to track your traffic, user behavior and understand your site’s presence in Google search.
How do I create a website?
Creating a website is a relatively small effort that can have a huge impact on your business’ bottom line. Here’s how to start building your website:
- Get organized You can plan ahead by thinking about the info and images you want to include on your website, and how you’ll organize them, such as an About page with your contact details or a Menu page to highlight your best offerings. Some people find mapping out a general structure before building their site helpful. But with GoDaddy Airo, you also have the option to simply answer a few prompts and let AI generate a tailored website draft for you in minutes, no technical skills required.
- Choose a template or use our AI to start. Create a site with our AI website builder. It can automatically guide you to the right colors, fonts, and designer-made templates based on your preferences, saving you hours — no coding required. You’re in control: review, edit, and personalize what AI generates as much or as little as you want, saving you hours of manual work.
- Customize your website Use our easy editor to add your content, products and business info, and customize colors, fonts and layouts. GoDaddy’s templates are highly customizable. You can modify layouts, colors, fonts, images, sections, and more using the user-friendly interface. Easily add, remove, or rearrange site elements to achieve your desired look. Quickly add your content, products, and business information with our simple editor.
- Choose your domain Register a custom domain or connect one you already own to your website. This helps people easily identify your business from your site’s online address and protect your brand online.
- Optimize your website for search engines Tap into AI-powered SEO tools through Airo Plus to help your website get found easily in search results, a simple step to boost your online visibility from day one.
- Launch your website Publish your website and watch your business grow, while managing everything (website updates, reviews and social posts) from a single dashboard, on any device.
What if I want to move from a Free Website to one of the paid plans later?
Does the Free Website plan come with Online Store features?
How do I create a website?
Creating a website is a relatively small effort that can have a huge impact on your business’ bottom line. Here’s how to start building your website:
- Get organized You can plan ahead by thinking about the info and images you want to include on your website, and how you’ll organize them, such as an About page with your contact details or a Menu page to highlight your best offerings. Some people find mapping out a general structure before building their site helpful. But with GoDaddy Airo, you also have the option to simply answer a few prompts and let AI generate a tailored website draft for you in minutes, no technical skills required.
- Choose a template or use our AI to start. Create a site with our AI website builder. It can automatically guide you to the right colors, fonts, and designer-made templates based on your preferences, saving you hours — no coding required. You’re in control: review, edit, and personalize what AI generates as much or as little as you want, saving you hours of manual work.
- Customize your website Use our easy editor to add your content, products and business info, and customize colors, fonts and layouts. GoDaddy’s templates are highly customizable. You can modify layouts, colors, fonts, images, sections, and more using the user-friendly interface. Easily add, remove, or rearrange site elements to achieve your desired look. Quickly add your content, products, and business information with our simple editor.
- Choose your domain Register a custom domain or connect one you already own to your website. This helps people easily identify your business from your site’s online address and protect your brand online.
- Optimize your website for search engines Tap into AI-powered SEO tools through Airo Plus to help your website get found easily in search results, a simple step to boost your online visibility from day one.
- Launch your website Publish your website and watch your business grow, while managing everything (website updates, reviews and social posts) from a single dashboard, on any device.
What types of websites can I build with GoDaddy?
Can I use GoDaddy Website Builder for a one-page website?
Yes. GoDaddy Website Builder allows you to create single-page websites as well as multi-page sites. Simply choose a template that fits your needs and customize it to keep everything on one page if you prefer a streamlined, single-page experience, especially if you’re just starting out.
As you grow you might want to add more pages like About us, Products and Services, Testimonials, Contact Us, and more.
What is the role of GoDaddy Airo in Website Building?
Are there built-in design tools I can use to create graphics for my website?
What kind of support resources does GoDaddy offer?
GoDaddy offers 24/7 expert support via phone and chat, a comprehensive help center, a library of tutorials, and step-by-step guides. Whether you’re creating a new website or migrating an existing one, our support system ensures the process is simple and hassle-free.
In addition, GoDaddy offers professional website design services for those who prefer expert assistance. You can request a consultation through GoDaddy’s Website Design Services.