THREE free platforms to start your own website or blog, without technical knowledge. Plus, a FREE personalised domain name.
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FREE freenom
Free Domain Name
What are freenom offering for free?
- Pick a personalised domain name (an address, that internet users use to find your website.
What we like
- Using this service you can register a domain name under one of many extensions: .tk .ml .ga .cf .gq, such as yourname.ga
- You can forward the domain name it to another URL. For example, if you have published a blog using a free service, you may have a long difficult to remember address. Instead, you can register a short memorable domain name and forward it to the blog.
- For more technically minded users you can use their DNS Service, or your own DNS (name servers). There is no charge for this.
What we don’t like
- You will not be the legal owner of the domain name
- There are strict terms & conditions to be allowed to register, and then keep using the name
FREE Wix
Free Website Builder
What are Wix offering for free?
- Create and publish a website, without any specialist technical or coding knowledge.
What we like
- You can use the base tier totally free, enabling you to publish a website onto the internet. They do have premium tiers, which offer additional tools and services, but you don’t necessarily have to upgrade.
- A WYSIWG interface, and drag and drop tools, make creating a website easy.
What we don’t like
- Advertisements will be shown on your website (unless you pay).
FREE WordPress.com
Free Website Builder
What are WordPress.com offering for free?
- Publish a blog online, for free.
What we like
- We don’t think you need to be technically knowledgeable about how websites or blogs work, to be able to use this service.
- Their interface makes it easy to start writing, and letting the whole world read your blog.
What we don’t like
- If you don’t want ads to be shown on your blog, you have to pay.
FREE Weebly
Free Website Builder
What are weebly offering for free?
- A WYSIWYG website builder.
What we like
- Its interface makes it easy to drag and drop elements onto your web site.
- Add eCommerce, on the free base tier too.
What we don’t like
- You have to pay to remove ads.