The Cheapest Way to Build Your Own Website
Short answer: free, mostly. The real cost is your time.
Here's what that actually looks like, honestly.
The genuinely free options
Wix, Google Sites, and Carrd all have real free tiers — not just trials. For a one-page site with your hours, contact details, and a few photos, any of them will get you online today at zero cost beyond a domain name (roughly 100–150 DKK/year).
What "free" actually costs you
Time, mostly — a few evenings if you're comfortable with computers, longer if you're not. Free tiers usually come with the platform's branding on your site, a clunky subdomain unless you add your own, and limits on what you can customise. None of that is dishonest marketing — it's just the trade-off for free.
The first upgrade that's usually worth it
Your own domain name, connected properly. It's cheap, it makes you look established, and — unlike almost everything else on this list — it's something you keep even if you later switch platforms or hire someone.
When to stop and call someone
If you're selling products with real inventory, need bookings, or you've spent more than a few frustrated evenings fighting the page builder instead of running your business — that's usually the signal. Not because DIY failed you, but because your time is worth more than the money you'd save.
The honest takeaway
If a free site does the job, we'd genuinely tell you to use it — we're not precious about it. We're here for when it stops being enough.
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