How much would it cost to make a website?

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The cost of your website will depend on:

- what you can do yourself
- what you are willing to learn and do by yourself
- what your friends or family or others can do for you at the lowest possible price

You can create a website for upwards of $25,000 with bells and whistles an information website needs. If you can do a lot of the things you need, you can create a website for under $100.

For an information based website, you will need:

- Domain - anywhere from $5-25 per year
- Content Management System such as Wordpress, Drupal and Joomla which are all free
- Site Design or website theme - some are free but premium themes can cost anywhere from $100 and up
- Logo - free if you can do it yourself or have someone do it for you for free
- Content - if you are going to write all your content, then cost is free except for your time and effort
- Web Hosting - can be as cheap as $8 per month to $1,000+ a month for dedicated servers

You monetize or earn money from an information based website through:

- Advertising - where you sell ads directly on your site
- Third party advertising - such as Google Adsense and other banner advertising and contextual advertising networks such as Kontera, Chitika
- Affiliate Programs such as Amazon's Associate program, Commission Junction
- Sell ebooks and other information products
- Subscription or membership program where you close off paid sections of your site to members

If you want to earn from an advertising network such as Adsense, better get your own domain. You have a stronger chance of getting approved (exception is with Blogger, which is owned by Google).