Got $100? You can build your own website!

In less than one hour, this FREE tutorial will show you how YOU can design, build, and host your own website for less than $100! Includes: Domain name registration, web hosting for up to 100 domains, browser-based content management system, and gorgeous templates by professional designers!

Perfect for a blog or full-blown company site!

Whether you just want to create a personal blog or family site, or you need to build a professional-looking site for your company or business, this tutorial will guide you through the steps needed to get your site up and running, and for much less than you might have thought was possible!

Simple, browser-based content publishing.

This tutorial will teach you how to install the FREE WordPress content publishing system on your own web server, making it easy to create, edit, and publish your site content using just a web browser and familiar editing tools. No HTML necessary!

You’re looking at a sample site!

This site was built in one afternoon, using the steps outlined in this tutorial, at a total cost of just $95.  You can build gorgeous sites just like this one for even less! Best of all, this tutorial is completely FREE, and is provided here as a resource for you. Get your own site built today!

About this Site

Hundred Buck Website is a step-by-step guide to building and hosting your very own website for $100 (or less). If you’ve got an idea for a website, want to start your own blog, or launch a web-based business, our hope is that this site will help you get started.

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Testimonials

Before I found this tutorial series, I thought that a custom web site would cost thousands of dollars. I followed the steps in this tutorial and built my entire site in less than 2 hours!
M. Stewart
Whether you're a complete newbie, or you've been designing websites for some time, the simple steps in this tutorial series will help you to build and deploy websites faster—and cheaper—than you ever thought possible.
J. Allison
Your tutorial helped us to build an entire site for our company in just one afternoon, and we spent just $25! (We downloaded one of the free themes from WooThemes.) Thank you for this incredible resource!
L. Williams

Step One: Choose a Domain Name for your Website

Step One: Choose a Domain Name for your WebsiteThese days, the most challenging part of building a website is selecting a good domain name (www.yourdomain.com). Nearly all the “good” domain names are registered and in use. A great tool to help you find available domain names is domai.nr.

Step Two: Register a Domain Name and Setup Hosting

Step Two: Register a Domain Name and Setup HostingHead over to Media Temple and sign up for a new hosting account. During the setup process, you'll be given the opportunity to register your domain name for an added $5/yr, which will save you the added step of registering a domain name with a 3rd party registrar.

Step Three: Install the WordPress Publishing System

Step Three: Install the WordPress Publishing SystemUsing the built-in 1-Click Applications installer within your Media Temple Account Center control panel, install the WordPress content management software. This step will automatically create a MySQL database, which will hold all your site's content, and install the files necessary for WordPress to build and manage your site!

Step Four: Customize Your Site's Design with a Theme

Step Four: Customize Your Site's Design with a ThemeWordPress uses site templates, called themes, to determine the layout, look, and feel of your site's content. WooThemes is a talented group of web designers who make amazing themes for WordPress. Grab one of their themes, upload it to WordPress, and activate it to customize your site's look and feel!

Step Five: Build Your Site Content!

Step Five: Build Your Site Content!Now that you've setup your hosting, installed WordPress, and chosen a theme for your site, it's time to get busy building your site's content! Use the WordPress Dashboard to add pages, create blog articles, and share your content with the world! Need more help? Check out our WordPress Video Tutorials!