I have tried them all and they all have gimmicks to get more money from you. The one I like is www.wohooo.net. They charge $6.50 a month and if you use the coupon code LONDON12 at check out the first month is half price. They offer unlimited emails and everything the expensive hosting sites offer. And best of all they will never raise the price. You can even get a free domain name that ends with .tk and transfer it to their service or buy a domain name on their site. But it is worth checking into.

The typical shared server hosting account that will include 1 domain name and allow an unlimited number of added sites cost $8 a month, paying a year up front is often needed to get a decent price. You can find mini account that don't allow added domains or with bandwidth limitations for closer to $4 a month.

If you don't have a clear business plan and site specifications you might get your feet wet with a free blog account, that can remain free forever, Google's blogger.com is the biggest, hosting some 1.4 Billion pages, they have no paid upgrades like many of the other 'free' hosts, one upgrade, you may add a custom domain name obtained elsewhere (better than buying through Google) making your total cost for a site with a professional name about $14 a year.

Try Google searching: site:blogspot.com your interest

to see some examples of the look of these free sites.

Wordpress.com is another free host with some sort of paid upgrade if you get too commercial, it's sing the indistry standard blog engine you would probably use if you upgraded to a paid host with no editorial restrictions.

There are 2 possibilities:

1. You create the site yourself. You only have to pay for hosting (from $5 p.m.) and domain (from $7 for com domain per year). The the easiest way to create a website is by using wordpress.

2. You let somebody else create your website. It will cost you between 250 to 500 bucks, depends on how big your site is. I'm a website builder from Holland, just send me email about what you want then I can give you a price.

Hope this helps.

1) buy a domain that isnt taken from a website like name.com

2) find dirt cheap hosting (some companies offer like $1 a month hosting) it isnt the best but, if your looking for simply the cheapest way...

3) advertise your website. there are loads of cheap ways to perform blackhat SEO on your website (search engine optimisation) although if you want help with proper ethical SEO, please feel free to visit our website at www.seopt.co.uk

There are companies like 1and1 that offer a bulk package for website name, hosting and help with creation, although i have never tried them myself so i cant give a recommendation.

all the best,

I am trying to make a website by myself, but when I do the research, no one is telling me how much it's going to cost. They say, "It's free for a year," but they won't tell me how much I will be paying after that year. The only way to find out is by signing up for it, it seems.

So what's the cheapest way to make a website and how much will it be?