If you’re looking to renew or create a new website in 2023, you’ll find you have multiple choices, a broad range of services promising you different tools for building a website by yourself, using templates, drag and drop panels with little to no coding knowledge or experience needed.
Can I Really Build A Website Myself Without Prior Knowledge?
No.
GoDaddy Website Builder
If you bought a domain name from one of the top domain name providers – GoDaddy.com, you probably got a few calls to action that tried to convince you to use the website builder by GoDaddy. You can use it for free at first but the trial period is short.
The GoDaddy website buidler provides a few simple but perhaps useful options, such as adding pages, adding text and basic content blocks, adding contact forms for leads and for a mailing list.
The limitations of the closed-source website builder by GoDaddy can’t compare it to other website builders available on the market, and we don’t advise to use it on “series” websites.
Wix
The closed-source website builder Wix is one of the most used and loved platforms, mostly by simple users without knowledge of code. Professionally loved by web designers since they don’t have to deal with much code, but not so loved by web developers that need more options and freedom.
You can build a website for free with Wix, having their banner on your website, which is not good for professional websites, but not so bad for hobby websites.
For creating static website, Wix is great. But if you’re looking for more control, functionality and freedom, you’ll go elsewhere.
WordPress
The open-source platform for anyone that wants to create a website with or without a blog is perfect for most websites, and is now used worldwide very frequently for creating all sorts of websites, including dynamic and complex shops and archives. WordPress, being an open-source, is a source of income for many companies small and large, and it’s always improving.
The best way to create a WordPress website is to purchase a hosting plan, most hosting providers have a “button click installation” for WordPress, and you’ll be able to create a website right away.
Elementor Pro
If you’re looking for the perfect drag-and-drop website builder for WordPress, meet Elementor & Elementor Pro. The most powerful tool for creating pixel-perfect websites on WordPress.
Divi
If you’re looking for a drag-and-drop builder for WordPress that is more visual and easy to use than others, Divi is great.
Weebly
Closed-source platform that can help you create website from pre-built templates in minutes.
Webflow
If you’re looking for a more professional website builder that can provide pixel-perfect results, with easy access to modern web-dev features, Webflow can be great. Creating a website and publishing is easy, when you publish a website on the servers of Webflow, you can create a shop and other archives, but if you’re looking for host the website you created with Webflow on your personal hosting plan\provider, you won’t be able to use crucial options such as those for creating a shop.