This way you can create a free website in no time

At the beginning of 2023, there were more than 2.1 million companies in the Netherlands. 94% of these companies have their own website. With a website you show your business partners and potential buyers that you are present online, you show your expertise and you immediately provide your own (digital) business card.

The more professional your website looks, the greater the chance that people will purchase your product or service. Read in this blog how you can create your own website, webshop or blog (for free) in no time.

Step #1 Determine the purpose of your website

The first step if you decide to build your own website is to determine the purpose of your website. For example, do you want to be easier to find online for your target group? Or are you going for a higher conversion rate? The goal you have chosen is important for the design of your website.

Step #2 Choose a program for building your website

Once you have determined the purpose of your website, you can now start looking for a website builder. In this step-by-step plan, JouwWeb is used as a builder. With Jouwweb you can easily set up your website, manage it from one environment and you can use the most popular payment and shipping methods. Any profit you make is also yours. This means that there is 0% commission. Signing up is free: all you have to do is enter your name, email address and the title of your website.

Choose from the different packages of JouwWeb

Do you want to set up a website easily and within 10 minutes? JouwWeb offers four different packages to make this possible, consisting of: Free, Lite, Pro and Business.

Package Free

Do you want to build your website as a private person or hobbyist? Then you can choose to purchase the Free package. With this package you have access to all essential features, such as free hosting, unlimited storage space and data traffic, 50+ designs to choose from, personal support, a blog function and a secure connection. Your website includes advertising with this package. In short, the Free package is suitable for the real basic. For a professional website with useful functions, it is advisable to take the Lite, Pro or Business package.

Package Lite

With a Free package you do not have your own domain name. Do you want that? Then choose to purchase the Lite package with a simple version of your (single) domain name. The first 3 months are completely free of charge, after which you pay 4.50 euros per month. There are no start-up costs. With this package you have access to the various basic functions: free hosting, unlimited number of web pages and data traffic, personal support, blog function and a secure connection. Your website is not ad-free with the Lite package.

Package Pro

Even if you choose the Pro package, the first 3 months are free. After these 3 months you pay an amount of 8.50 per month. There are no additional start-up costs. Pro is the most popular package among entrepreneurs. Some of the most important functionalities you have access to compared to Lite are: 1 mailbox, webshop function, 10 products, links with your accounting, mobile bar, extensive statistics, search function and a link with Google Analytics to gain insights into your website visitors. In addition, no advertising is displayed on your website.

Package Business

And last but not least: the package for the real professionals, called the Business package. Here too JouwWeb offers the first 3 months free of charge. After this you pay 17 euros per month. You then get access to all the features that a good website or webshop should have, for example: 1 domain name, 1 XL mailbox, unlimited web pages, unlimited products, your own favicon, unlimited photo albums, audio, HD Video and a handy link to Google Search Console, Google Analytics and Google My Business.

Step #3 Fill website

After choosing a suitable package for your website, it is time to fill your website. New designs are added regularly for you to choose from. The colors and layout that are in the design are free to be adjusted so that you can design your website completely according to your wishes. This way you turn your website into a strong example of branding. Have you made adjustments and do you still want to change them later? That’s no problem.

Want to get started energetically? Check out the 5 essential web design tips for beginners in the video below.