Online website builders enable anyone to build a
web site easily and quickly with no programming knowledge. It
is a lot cheaper than paying a professional web design company to do
it for you and it could even work out cheaper than buying an
authoring package like
Microsoft Expresion Web or DreamWeaver.
There are more and more of these packages coming onto the web every
day so we have been tracking them down and testing them out.
Some are very basic and only good for building personal home pages
and some are so comprehensive they include ecommerce shopping carts
and marketing tools. So here's our pick of the bunch.
Have fun building your website.
Homestead
My No: 1 Online
Website Builder
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Prices:
per month.
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Starter
Gold
Platinum
StoreFront Enhanced
StoreFront Professional
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$ 4.99
$19.99
$49.99
$24.99
$59.99
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Setup Fee: |
Free |
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Free Trail: |
30 Days |
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Templates: |
2000+ |
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Pages: |
Starter 5 | Gold 100 | Platinum unlimited |
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Features: |
Personalised domain name and email
Customer support, web hosting, interactive features including
forms, maps, guestbook etc. Site stats.
E-commerce on StoreFront package only. |
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Comments: |
Award winning software with great choice of styles and options. |
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Review: |
Read my
full review here |
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Homestead |
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Moonfruit
World's easiest online
website builder
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Prices:
per Month |
FREE
SiteMakerFree
£2.99 Lite
£5.99 Standard
£8.99 Plus
£12.79 Max |
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Free Trail: |
14 Days |
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Templates: |
150 |
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Pages: |
Unlimited |
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Features: |
Counters, games, message board, picture gallery,
flash pages and more. e-commerce available all packages except
lite version. |
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Comments: |
This web site builder is different to most of the
competition. It has a very slick user interface and the
Max package enables you to build an unlimited number of web
sites up to 100mb. |
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Moonfruit |
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Koorus
Popular Online
Website Builder
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Prices:
per month.
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10 websites
5 websites
3 websites |
$29.95
$25.94
$18.95 |
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Setup Fee: |
None |
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Free Trail: |
8 week money back guarantee |
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Templates: |
Skin builder module - 15 different layouts with options to
change colours, make corners rounded and add images to create a
unique template. |
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Pages: |
Unlimited |
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Features: |
Use your own domain name, articles, RSS feed, breadcrumbs, form
builder, image library, split tester, keyword tool.. |
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Comments: |
This is the most comprehensive online website I have seen.
It is feature packed and still easy to use. It has
everything you need to get your own unique website online
including marketing tools. The whole thing is intuitive
and if you do get stuck there are plenty of helpful videos to
show you exactly what to do. All the flexibility of a
professional authoring tool without the cost and learning curve. |
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Review: |
Full Review coming soon.. |
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Link: |
Koorus |
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SiteSell Comprehensive Marketing Package
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Price: |
$299 per year ($24.92 per month)
pay annually or half yearly |
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Setup Fee: |
$96 |
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Free Trail: |
Money back guarantee. Full refund within 30 days. pro-rata
refund for the rest of the year. |
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Features: |
A complete package including ecommerce, promotional tools,
domain name, search engine optimisation and submission, traffic
analysis, newsletter system, loads of manuals and they will even
provide you with products if you want. |
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Comments: |
This is more than just a site builder, it is a complete Internet
business in a box.
Now with a new special offer the package is the
great value for money |
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SiteSell |
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BlinkWeb
World's 1st Drag & Drop Site
Builder
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Price:
per Month |
FREE |
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Templates: |
88 |
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Pages: |
Unlimited |
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Features: |
Contact form. guest book, maps, Google ads, custom html, file
upload, check lists, boxes, buy now buttons, testimonial boxes,
video and galleries |
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Comments: |
Easy to use drag and drop interface makes this site builder very
simple and easy to understand. Some nice features and a
great price! |
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BlinkWeb |
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iPage
Best Value for Money
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Price: |
$6 per month |
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Free Trail: |
No. Demo and 30 day money back guarantee |
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Templates: |
150+ |
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Features: |
Web-mail, e-commerce, stats, marketing, 24/7 telephone and email
support. |
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Comments: |
iPage is an iPowerWeb company.
iPowerWeb has won awards for web hosting and is one of our
recommended top 10 hosting companies. |
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Link: |
iPage |
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WebSiteWizard
Recommended for E-Product Sales
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Price:
per month. |
Starter
$ 9.99
Optimum
$29.99
E-Commerce $46.99 |
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Free Trail: |
7 Days |
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Templates: |
180 plus |
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Features: |
Logo creator, hundreds of stock photos, form creator, unlimited
email, Good selection of tools including opt-in email, popup
maker, search engine submitter, link exchange, forums, surveys.
Shopping cart, adtracker, stats, free domain name, unlimited web
space, telephone support. |
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Comments: |
WeSiteWizard.com is produced by Implix who already provide one
of the best autoresponder systems on the Internet. |
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Review: |
Read
my review here |
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Link: |
WebSiteWizard |
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1&1 eShops
Cheapest Ecommerce Solution
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Price:
per Month |
$9.99 /$29.99/$49.99 |
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Free Trail: |
90 day Money Back guarantee |
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Templates: |
30+ |
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Pages: |
50/200/unlimited items |
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Features: |
e-commerce, Stats, domain name, email, autoresponders, webmail. |
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Comments: |
This is run by a professional hosting company so
there are plenty of add on products. 1&1 eShops start at $9.99
and includes $600 worth of FREE software.
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Link: |
1and1 eShops |
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AtomicShops
Recommended for Ecommerce
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Price:
per Month |
Business $19.95
E-Commerce $35.95 $19.95 Limited Time Offer |
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Free Trail: |
10 Days |
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Templates: |
1000+ |
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Pages: |
500 pages and 500 products |
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Features: |
Comprehensive shopping cart, Photo Album, MultiMedia, Feedback
form, Guest Book, Message Board, Autoresponder, Calendar,
Extensive online help documentation |
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Comments: |
Very easy and fast to use, the most comprehensive website
builder in its price range. |
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Review: |
Read my
review here |
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Link: |
AtomicShops |
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Price: |
$59.95 |
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Free Trail: |
Yes |
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Templates: |
70+. Templates have a home page, a sub page and a popup
page template. |
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Pages: |
Unlimited |
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Features: |
Transfer completed web site to your own hosting company. |
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Comments: |
Professional templates and unlimited pages makes this package
good value for money but you will have additional hosting fees. |
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Site2You |
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Price: |
$4.95 or $14.95 per month ($49 or $149 annually) |
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Free Trail: |
Yes. Registration required. |
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Templates: |
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Pages: |
5 or 20 |
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Features: |
Basic features with site meter. |
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Comments: |
This is one of the cheapest we have found so far but there are
no ecommerce facilities on any package. This system is
part of register.com who provide domain name registering
services. |
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WebSiteNow |
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Prices:
per month. |
Websites
$19.95
Ecommerce $55.00 |
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Free Trail: |
Yes |
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Templates: |
40 themes |
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Pages: |
Unlimited |
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Features: |
Domain name, emails, marketing tools. |
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Comments: |
Easy to use and a choice of packages to suit your requirements. |
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WebeStore |
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Price: |
$29.95 - $79.95 per month |
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Free Trail: |
Yes. Registration required |
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Templates: |
100 with customisable colours and flash intro. |
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Pages: |
Depends on design used. |
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Features: |
Flash intro on all packages, e-commerce, hit counter |
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Comments: |
A very professional looking site can be made with this
application and a choice of flash intros completes the look. |
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Link: |
Curz Web Design |
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Price: |
$81 for 3 years |
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Free Trail: |
2 page site FREE |
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Templates: |
16 |
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Pages: |
Unlimited. Also build unlimited number of web sites |
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Features: |
Flash animations, full customisable templates |
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Comments: |
Great drag and drop page editor. Easy navigation bar
editor |
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Link: |
81x |
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Price: |
$9.99 Per month |
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Free Trail: |
Yes. No subscription required. |
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Templates: |
60+ |
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Pages: |
2 |
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Features: |
Instant Business website builder: Very Fast, Very simple and
easy to use. Subscribers have a dedicated Web adviser who
monitors the site and makes sure it gets listed in search
engines and generates income for the client. PageMakerOnline is
capable of getting a business online in 60 seconds. |
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Comments: |
Page Maker Online does exactly what it says on their home page.
I've seen fast web site builders but this is definitely the
fastest. |
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Link: |
Page
Maker Online |
