Build and publish a free Webador website step by step. Learn registration, templates, content setup, editing, SEO basics, and free publishing.
Building a professional online presence does not have to cost anything upfront. Webador offers a genuinely usable free plan, but the interface makes it surprisingly tricky to activate and publish without being pushed toward a paid upgrade. Many users give up before they realize their site is already live.
This guide walks you through every step—from registration to sharing your live URL—based on what is demonstrated in the official Webador tutorial video. You can try Webador for free to follow along.
Why the Free Plan Is Hard to Find
Webador advertises a free plan on its pricing page, but the onboarding flow repeatedly surfaces upgrade prompts and domain purchase screens. As shown in the tutorial video, it is easy to think you cannot proceed without paying—but you can. The key is knowing exactly where to click "later" or "continue for free" each time those popups appear.
For a broader look at what Webador offers across all tiers, see the Webador review covering features, pricing, and who it suits best.
Step 1: Register Your Account
- Open the Webador link in the video description or use this partner link to reach the correct landing page.
- Enter your email address in the field on the homepage.
- Click Get Started.
The partner link helps ensure you land on the right offer page, since Webador occasionally updates its layout.
Step 2: Choose Your Site Type and Name
After registering you will reach a setup screen with two options:
- Website — for blogs, portfolios, business pages, or hobby sites
- Online store — for selling products
Select the type that matches your goal, then give your project a name. The tutorial demonstrates using a coaching business as an example, but the process is identical for any site type. If you want to set up an ecommerce project specifically, the Webador webshop step-by-step tutorial covers that flow in detail.
Step 3: Use the Content Pre-Fill Feature
Webador offers to pre-fill your site with relevant content based on your business category. In the video, the following steps are shown:
- Select your business type (for example, coaching).
- Enter your business name.
- Add a short description of what makes your business unique.
- Click Continue.
You are then asked which pages you want included—for instance, a contact page, an about page, or a services page. Deselect any pages you do not need, then click Continue again.
This pre-fill step is optional but saves time by generating a realistic page structure you can edit rather than starting from a blank canvas.
Step 4: Choose a Design
Webador presents a selection of templates and color schemes at this stage. As the tutorial notes, do not spend too long on this choice—you can change your layout, fonts, and colors freely inside the editor afterward. Pick something that broadly fits your brand and move on.
Step 5: Skip the Domain and the Upgrade Prompts
This is the step where most users get confused. Webador shows a domain search screen and, immediately after, a plans comparison page. Here is what to do:
- On the domain screen: click Later.
- On the plans screen: select the Free plan.
- On the follow-up popup: click Continue for free.
As the tutorial explains, a professional custom domain always requires a paid subscription—this is standard across website builders. The free plan gives you a temporary subdomain instead, which is fully functional.
Step 6: Design Your Site in the Editor
Once you dismiss the upgrade prompts, Webador opens its drag-and-drop editor. From here you can:
- Edit text, headings, and images directly on the page
- Add new sections or blocks
- Adjust colors and fonts
- Manage your page list from the sidebar
The editor is designed for users without any coding knowledge. For a complete walkthrough of the editor's features and customization options, the full Webador website creation tutorial goes deeper into the design workflow.
Step 7: Find and Share Your Live URL
This is the most important insight in the tutorial, and the part that trips up the most users.
Your site is live the moment you create the project. You do not need to click a separate publish button. When you do click publish, Webador shows another domain purchase popup—which makes it look like publishing is blocked. It is not.
To find your live URL:
- Inside the editor, click View your website.
- A browser tab opens showing your site on a temporary URL. The address typically begins with
followed by a unique code and ends withtemp
..website.com - Copy that URL.
To confirm the site is genuinely public, the tutorial demonstrates opening the URL in an incognito window—no login, no cookies—and the page loads normally. That URL can be shared immediately.
To make the link cleaner for social media or email: paste the temporary URL into a service like Bitly or any URL shortener to produce a shorter, tidier link. This does not change where the site is hosted; it simply masks the long temporary address.
Webador Plan Comparison
| Feature | Free Plan | Paid Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting | Included | Included |
| Custom domain | No (temporary subdomain only) | Yes |
| Domain at signup | Click "Later" to skip | Choose during setup |
| Upgrade required to publish | No | No |
| URL shortener workaround | Supported | Not needed |
When to Upgrade
The free plan is a solid starting point, but there are clear reasons to consider a paid tier later:
- You want a custom domain (e.g.,
) instead of the temporary subdomainyourname.com - You need to remove platform branding
- You want priority support
If you are evaluating other builders alongside Webador, the step-by-step guide to building a free Wix website and the Jimdo website builder tutorial offer useful points of comparison.
Recommendation
Webador's free plan is genuinely usable—hosting is included, the editor requires no technical knowledge, and your site goes live without a credit card. The main limitation is the temporary subdomain, which looks less polished than a custom domain. For anyone testing an idea, building a portfolio, or launching a hobby project, the free tier covers everything needed to get started.
The onboarding is deliberately designed to push upgrades, so knowing where to click "Later" and "Continue for free" is the only real hurdle. Once past those screens, the editor is straightforward.
If you are ready to launch, try Webador for free and follow the steps above to have your site live today.
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