are there any website builders that are completely free and you don't have to pay a thing?

[J]

Marcus is right. Wordpress is a great platform to develop a site from. It offers so much in great coding and free plugins that make things work oh so well.

There are some free hosting companies and some really cheap deals through people on microjob sites, but I caution you greatly about using any of them I tested many of the free hosting companies, and several from the microjob sites and all of them failed miserably. one even wiped his hard drives and all of his customers sites-- but felt zero remorse

There are several hosting companies that can provide hosting for under $20 a year. here is one

http://bypasshost.com

btw..check out everything they offer that helps you