GoDaddy Website Builder Tutorial (Step-by-Step)

so I've been using many different website Builders before and I got to say that using the GoDaddy website builder I've definitely had the easiest time creating a beautiful looking website it's perfect for beginners because honestly it's very hard to screw anything up whenever you change something on the site go thaty make sure that it still looks great on your page they also have tons of beautiful templates for all kinds of different websites and you can also run your website entirely for free if you don't need any of the paid fees features so in this video I'll give you a complete walkthrough of the GoDaddy website builder showing you everything you need to know to build your own website so even if you don't know anything about building websites you have never built a website before after watching this video you're pretty much be able to build any website that you want be it a Blog a personal website a website for your business or maybe a website where you want to sell products I'm going to show you how to do all that in this video you'll find all the timestamps Down Below in the video description so let's get started all right so the first step is to go to madx media.com GoDaddy or simply click on the first link Down Below in the video description this will take you to the correct sign up page where we're going to start the video all right so the link in the description will take you to this page right here where we'll start by creating a new GoDaddy account you can either sign up with your Facebook account your Google account or you can simply type in your email address to get signed up so click whatever option you want to choose type in all your information right here and then click on create account and then here on the next step we have to decide on what kind of website we want to build so they already give you a couple of suggestions here on the top like gaming real estate agent however you can simply type in whatever you're looking for right here in the search bar so if you want to build a Blog you can just type in blog right here and then you get some more suggestions or you can type in let's say a photography website so you can type in photography and so on and then based on what you type in here and decide on what kind of category you want to go for they will basically give you the perfect template for this specific website for an example for this video I'm going to create a website for a clothing store so I'm going to just type in clothing and look for clothing store so we we have one example right here so I'm simply going to click on clothing store and then I'm going to click on next then we have to set a name for our site so I'm going to name this site Medics apparel however if you don't know what you're going to name your site yet don't worry you can always change your name later on and then we can see all the different website plans that we can go for and we will take a look at them later on in the video however now we're going to Simply click on continue for free and then start building out our site and then at the end you can decide on if you are actually in need of a paid plan or if you want to continue using the free version of GoDaddy and that takes us in side of the goad website builder where as you can see we already kind of have a finished looking website right here and we're going to get into how to change all the content change out the pictures the text and so on in a moment but the first thing that we want to do is choose our theme so when we go to the top here click on theme then we can click on try a new look and then you will see different themes for your type of website so I'm going to see themes here for a clothing store website because before I have chosen to build a clothing store website if you have chosen something else this is going to look different for you so what you want to do here is just check out these themes for yourself maybe click on them check out different pages how they look like and then decide on a theme uh that looks the best to you and don't worry about that decision too much because later on if you decide that you should have chosen another theme we can always change the theme later on down the road once we have finished building our website so for this video I'm going to Simply choose um the Highlight theme which is right here so I'm going to click on select and then it changes all the content to this specific theme right here and if it doesn't look perfect don't worry because we can still change a lot of the things inside of the theme right now now before we change any of the details here on our website we want to go again to the right side where it says theme and then we want to check out each of the tabs that we can see right here so first let's go into color so under color we can basically change the color theme of our website so we can just play around here we can just move this color and then we can see exactly what changes so currently for example the button changes the button colors you can also make this maybe an orange uh like this and you can just play around with it a bit what you can also do here is um kind of change the tone of your web weite so right now we are uh we have everything in the bright section so the light version we can also make it a bit darker by just going to the right side right here and that will just make everything a bit darker and I kind of have a darker theme so whatever you think looks the best for your website and for your brand just choose accordingly I'm going going to just stick with the the light version right here because I think it looks better for what I want to build so this for the colors um you can just play around with it basically and then we're going to move on and click on fonts right here here we can basically decide on what kind of fonts we want to use for our heading so our primary font and then also our secondary font right here I can either choose this manually by just going in here choosing the font or I can use already made options that GoDaddy gives you that they think looks very good together so for example uh AR Sho black and monserat looks very good together or maybe f one and sword sense Pro look very good together so just choose um just play around with it and choose whatever you think looks the best for your site then let's also go into buttons right here so buttons the same way we just can decide between different styles so what I would do is just scroll to a part of your website where you have some buttons so you can see how it looks like on your website and then you want to go um you have primary buttons right here and also secondary buttons so let's go into the primary buttons and here is all the the options that we have we can use a minimal looking button that looks kind of like this or what I like to do is I kind of like to highlight my buttons a little bit because I want people to click on them so I'm going to make them kind of colorful uh like this so again just choose what you think looks the best for you and then we can move on so now we have set the basic style of our website which like I said before we can always change down the road so let's look at how we can add content to our new website so here under the website tab we can see what kind of pages we already have on our website so we have a homepage every website has to have a homepage then we have a shop page a private policy page and a terms and conditions page now here's how we can add new pages all we got to do is click on the plus sign right here where it says add page and then we can click on new page right here then we can decide on to start with a blank template and then just add content from there or we can use an already existing template from GoDaddy for an about page a contact page a gallery page and so on let's go for an about page for example click on about page and then click on create page right here and then GoDaddy will create a new page on your website and as you can see this new page is also in the menu here on the top where people can navigate through your website and it already creates an about page that looks exactly like the template that you went for basically and you can always change that later on so now when we go to website again here we can see one more page the about page and we can also change the order of those pages by clicking on this icon right here and then we can move it up move it down wherever we want to have our page so let's click on done and now we can also go into the settings so when we click on the settings icon right here we can click on page settings and then if you don't want to have that page in the navigation bar here on top we can simply untick show in navigation and then it will just disappear right here we can also just have it in a footer so then we can just take this or we can make it the private page so nobody really has access to this specific page and then once everything is fine here we can click on done and we have now added a new page so let's now look at how we can change the content on each of the pages let's go back to our homepage by clicking on website and then clicking on home right here so now we are back on our homepage which is what we started with so each page is set up in different sections so here on the homepage you have this header section right here where you have a big image a big headline and also then navigation bar here on the top then when you scroll down you have the next section which is for this website an online store section which doesn't have any product sets obviously then we have an About Us section and so on we have an email marketing section and you can just build this site out indefinitely with new section so when you click on the plus sign right here add section then you can just add content you can create a specific section uh based on a template so maybe you want to add some uh an image Gallery right here so would click on image gallery let's say photo gallery and then you always have nice templates here on the right side that fit very well to the website style that you already have so let's say we use this one photo gallery right here click on ADD and then it will simply add this new section on our homepage and uh you can also delete sections so if you don't want to have let's say this about a section we simply go to the three dots right here click on delete section delete and we can also move sections around by simply hovering over the specific section that we want to move and then you can see those arrows right here so if you want to move it down we simply click on move section down and then it will just flip these two sections you also have the option to preview your site at any time by clicking on preview here on the top left and that way you can see how your site looks like on a normal desktop screen and also on a mobile phone so the cool thing here with GoDaddy is that the templates are already optimized for mobile so there's basically nothing you have to do to optimize it for mobile as well and you should have a site that is optimized for mobile because a lot of the traffic nowadays comes from mobile phones so uh once you're done checking out the preview you can click on edit side and then you'll get back to the editor and then when you want to change the content of a specific section there's basically two ways to do that the first one is to Simply change it directly on the site so we can simply click on the section then go to any element you want to change and then let's say I want to change this text here to let's say just Medics apparel so I can just do that right here then I can also change the style maybe from style one to style five or something whatever you think looks the best and then also when you click on the section then on the right side a menu will open up where you can change everything right there so let's start out with changing the image right here at the top we can click on cover media and then we can click on change image right here and then you can either upload your own image which is probably what you want to do because it's your website and your content basically I'm going to Simply use a stock image here that GoDaddy offers so I'm going to just type in fashion and then I'm going to just choose one of the images that I find right here so let's say I'm just going to go with this one right here click on insert and that will now change the picture here on the top of the website we also have different image Styles here on the top we can click on fill we can go to fit to blur or just inset so whatever you think looks the best then you can also add an image description here on the bottom that will just help out with your rankings a little bit because then Google knows exactly what uh what image that is and maybe people will stumble across your website using Google search however that's not really necessary you can also make it black and white right here so then once the image is fine click on done and then what I do is I simply go from top to bottom so I start with cover uh media then I go to Accent right here see what looks best you just play around with it and then you just find what looks the best then the alignment here of the text I think it looks good here on the left side then site navigation we already went through this this is basically here on the top uh the menu bar of your website so we can skip that then let's move on promotional Banner here is where you can just show a promotion on the top if you have a discount going on you can just add some discount codes here on the top and we can also add our logo right here so we can upload the logo or simply change the text right here here is where you can upload your own logo then let's move on action button so this is something I would recommend to add a button to the top of your website because then people already see a button without having to scroll so uh I'm just going to click on get in touch show action button and then I'm going to have it say shop now and then I will link this specific button to uh the shop page so here I can just link to page that's fine and the page should be the shop page so people can click on the button and then they will get get directly to the shop now if you have a a website for your business where you want to book appointments you probably want to send them to the booking section of your website whatever makes the visitors convert to a customer for your specific site then let's click on done that's fine uh let's go back to header and um then we also have the headline here we already changed it here on the site itself you can also add a paragraph let's say discover our new Collections and then as you can see it will add it here and it looks awesome in my opinion so you don't really have to worry about designing really much because the design part is already done by Cho choosing the template and then you just add your content and it looks already amazing let's click on social buttons here on the bottom and then we can just enable it right here on the top and then maybe you want to type in your social uh media media icons Facebook Twitter Instagram and so on and then the social media icons will show up here on the top of your website and that's basically what you do with every single section of your site so now we have created the the top section here let's go to the photo gallery we click on it and then we just go from top to bottom here and just check out every option until it looks perfect for us the same thing with the contact us section and then once we're done with the homepage we simply go to the about us page or the shop page and then we do the same thing right here we go through all the Styles the image options and so on so just using this method you can just build out your entire website and now I also want to show you a couple of add-ons that you can use on your website so when we click on website right here and then on the bottom we can see website add-ons that we can use on our website so if you have a store and you want to sell a products on your website you you're going to need to add the store add-on which is already added here on this website and we're going to get into how to add products how to add shipping and all that kind of stuff later on then we also have a chat add-on which is this icon here on the bottom so people can click on that and then they can start chatting with you or your employees and you can also set up like automated messages like a greeting message right here you can have a confirmation message set up some chat Bots as well so just go through these options and then you can set up your Communication channel here on your website then we also have a popup add-on so when we click on that we can just enable it right here and then you can maybe uh give them some discount code or whatever you want to communicate to them right here and how you change everything here is basically the same way how you change the sections just go through all the options here on the right side and then uh just customize everything to the way you want it to look like now we're going to move on and go through some of the main settings of our website so so when we click on the top right click on settings then we again want to go from top to bottom so we're going to click on basic information here we can basically change the site name uh the business category and our email then under social media links we can change all of our social media links uh and then it will just automatically change all across your website if you want to add a fabon what a fabon is is basically what you can see right here on the top that's just a little icon that you can see on your browser when you visit a specific website so it's usually a 180 by 180 pixel image that you can simply upload right here and then it look it'll look more professional on your website so you don't have the GoDaddy icon here on your website and then uh get found on Google you can add a description for your website a headline for different uh Pages as well so this will just make it easier for Google to rank your website under uh the correct keywords then we have also uh site history so this is basically when you mess up and then you want to recover a previous version of your site and then you also have some analytics and tracking options which is uh a bit more advanced so we're not going to go into it uh with a lot of detail however under cookie Banner you can ask people to accept the cookie policies that's required in some countries so make sure you inform yourself if that's required for you then you can simply click on uh show cookie notification right here and then it'll ask people if it's okay to to to add cookies to the browser which makes it easier um for for GoDaddy to load your site faster and uh to basically make the experience better for your visitors then we can uh basically move on here to Google analytics which is very uh useful if you um want to analyze the data of your website if you want to track what people are doing on your website you can add the tracking ID of your Google analytics and then you can see a lot more data here uh on your website then we also have Facebook pixel if you want to retarget people using Facebook ads you want to add your Facebook pixel Facebook metat tag printerest metat tag and then Google AdSense Google AdSense is if you want to run ads on your website using Google AdSense and want to make some money then you can also do that right here so let's go over how to use email marketing using the GoDaddy website builder um I already have an email marketing section here on the homepage by default if you don't have it you can add it manually by just adding a new section and then choosing the email marketing section and what that basically is is en it enables people to subscribe to your email list and then you can send them promotions or informations about your business so they all they have to do here is Type in their email address and then the email will be taken into your back office where you can start sending them emails and what many people do especially if you have a store they just give out a discount code so when we click on the section right here you can again change the image change the accent headline and so on and then you can type type in a discount percentage right here so let's say we want to get 10% off for everybody who just gives us their email so then this will be the text here on the top and then whenever people type in their email then this text will show up where they're going to get a a coupon code welcome 009 where they can now use this code to get a discount you don't need to do the discount you can just also ask for the email whoever giving something in exchange for the email always leads to more conversions to more signups then once that section is done what you can do is create email newsletters so when we click on create an email here on the bottom it will take us to our back office of our GoDaddy site now we are in the back office and here on the marketing email marketing this is where we are right now in the back office and here's basically where you have an overview of all the campaigns that you have set up if you want to create a new email and send it out to your email subscribers all you got to do is click on create new email right here and then you'll get to the email Builder kind of and um you can use different templates that that GoDaddy already has they have some very nice looking templates or you can just build it on your own let's maybe choose this template for an illustration skip the tour and then it's the same way as you build your website you just click on different elements you can change them right here you can also change the style here on the right side change the background the text and so on what you definitely need to do is add a subject here on the top you also need to add a a postal address because of email marketing laws you have to add a physical address so here you just want to add your business address basically and then you also have to uh change here the link where the specific button should go to and then once that's done you can click on Save and continue uh once your email is finished and then you can decide on who you want to send this email to click on next and uh then you're basically ready to send it so you click on send now schedule for later and so on so let's click on send now I don't even have an email subscribers so nobody will receive this and then everybody who signed up using on your website will receive this specific email so again it can be a promotional email or just information that you want to send uh your email subscribers so let's go back to our website by clicking on website right here and now if you want to add a Blog to your website this is also super easy here using GoDaddy so all you got to do is add a new page so we're going to go to website click on the plus sign right here click on new page and now we're going to choose the blank template right here click on create page and then we're going to name that page so I'm going to name it blog and then it already shows up here in the header and then we're going to click on done and now all we got to do is add a section for our blog post so we're going to click on ADD section right here and now we're going to go to blog and newsletter blog and now we can see different sections that we can use for our blog so maybe uh I like like uh this one right here I'm going to click on ADD and then it will add our blog section now because I don't have any blog posts yet there's nothing here so what I got to do is click on start writing and then it will again take me back into the back office under marketing and then blog right here so what I can do here is simply click on create post and then here I can start writing my blog post so let's say my uh first blog post then I can also add an image right here so let's just add something for demonstration purposes let's add this one right here insert and then I can also write something here on the bottom and then once the blog post is finished I'm going to click on publish and um go to editor and now I'm going to go to my blog page right here and now as you can see here is our first blog post so as you can see very easy to create a blog as well here on GoDaddy now let's go over how to set up your online store if you actually want to sell products on your website so I already have a shop page right here which you can also add if you don't already have it um by just clicking on the website add-ons store here on the bottom and then just add it that way then uh when you're on the shop you're going to see that you don't have any products yet so what we're going to do here is click on add products and then it will take us again into the back office of our GoDaddy site where we can add our first product so you can decide on if you are selling physical products or digital products right here then also upload an image obviously it makes sense to upload images of your products um I don't know let's just type in t-shirt and then see what comes up let's just use this one right here then click on insert and then the product name type in the product name type in the price you also have the possibility to type in a sale price so um if the if you wanted to say it's discount you get like 20% off you can just type in the lower price right here then aside on the product category and the stock keeping unit and tax category as well and then make it visible on your store if you want people to see it you can also add a description here on the bottom then once that's done click on Save right here and that has added our first product on our store and now as you can see here this is what it will look like on our store so when people just browse our products this is basically what they see so t-shirt which is the name and then it's down from $30 now it's $25 and then they can click on it and go through the entire just uh checkout process however in order for everything to work we also have to set up our shipping information and also our payment providers which is the method how you will collect the money from your customers so when we are here on the shop page and click on the shop section then on the right side all the way down there are some shortcuts that will take us to to the correct pages of our dashboard where we can set up our shipping and also our payment providers so let's start with shipping by clicking on shipping settings right here then it will take us to our dashboard and by default there's already free shipping setup um we can also delete that and then just start with a new shipping method so we're going to click on ADD shipping right here and let's go for um we can click on flat rate per order so just have a fixed shipping price maybe a price based on weight or we can also use free shipping let's do free shipping for a certain amount of card value so let's click on ADD and then we just do free shipping and let's say they have to order at least $50 worth of goods and then it's free otherwise it will be just let's say $7 that's fine then click on save so now I've just added a simple shipping method so people know exactly what they have to pay uh for shipping and then we also have to set up our payment providers so again here on the shop page on the right side we can click on this shortcut payment settings that will take us again to the dashboard to the correct page and then there's something called Go Daddy payments which is a very easy way how you can set up your payment providers so people can just type in their credit card information and then uh GoDaddy will basically process your payments then you also have a PayPal which is there by default if you don't want it to have it active you have to click on this connect right here or you can just also use offline payments so you you can just send people invoices or they pay you cash somehow um so a lot of options here uh for the payment providers as well now what we haven't looked at yet are the legal pages so something like private policy terms of service refund policy and so on these are basically just pages that we usually have uh linked on the footer of our website and currently we already have them by default here on this footer and you can just go to website and then click on each of these pages and here is where we can add all of the the content that we have to add to our private policy obviously that differs between what kind of website you building what kind of business you have if you don't know how to write this just Google how to write a private policy or just and the most expensive way is to hire a lawyer to do it for you but there are a lot of templates out there uh that you can use from similar businesses and then you can just uh replace the words so you have your own private policy and terms of conditions and so one just make sure you add them to your website so you're fine and then once we are finished building out our entire website I would recommend that before you go ahead and publish it and make it available to visitors you actually test it out yourself so what we can do is click on the preview button here on the top and then we can go ahead and click on buttons we can go to uh the shop we can go to the checkout process book appointments and all that kind of stuff to make sure everything works perfectly before we make it go live so once that's done what you can do is click on publish right here and then GoDaddy will publish your website on on a godaddy domain so as you can see now the website is live and we can actually click on this link here and just check out how our website currently looks like in a normal browser so the thing here is that on the free plan you have your website here on this GoDaddy sites domain so if you don't worry about that that's fine you can just use the free version of GoDaddy however if you want to create a custom domain for example something like madx media.com then you want to go for a custom domain by that domain and you're going to have to go for a paid plan so if you want to do that you can click on choose domain and then you're going to have some suggestions right here you also can look for domains uh try to go with a doom domain if you are international if you are maybe only Canada go for a.ca um just make sure it looks kind of professional if you already have a domain you can click on I already own a domain right here and then you just import it here to GoDaddy however let's say we don't already have one so let's go with I know there's only net so let's go with Medics apparel. net and click on um select plan because you're going to have to select the plan if you want to connect it to your own domain and then there's a couple of different plans if you only have a basic website where you're not selling anything I would simply go with the basic plan however if you are a a website that sells products you're going to need to go with a plan where you can sell products so here you're going to need to go with the Commerce plan in order to take payments on your website and by the way you can always upgrade your plan later on so if you now go for the basic plan and then you realize that you need to send more emails per month using GoDaddy you can simply upgrade to the standard plan and then to the Premium plan and so on