How to Generate a Website in 5 Minutes

on 13 Dec 2024, by Bogdan, in Blog, Cloud, Guides

by Bogdan

Did you know that literally anyone can now easily generate a website in 5 minutes with a few simple steps, for free? In this post, we’ll show you how.

Not long ago, creating a website used to take a lot of work. There were basically two options on the menu — learn the basics of programming language or hire a developer. The first choice is difficult and time-consuming. The latter is expensive.

Today, things have changed. Site owners now have more resources like website builders at their disposal to develop a strong online presence.

More specifically, since some builders started integrating AI, creating websites in 5 minutes is now more than ever, entirely possible. Yes, it’s that fast! We have a free AI tool here at Brizy to help you step up your game.

But there are specific requirements you must have ready to make this process as smooth as possible.

Things You Need to Start Creating a Website

One of the prerequisites for creating a website is to consider your website goals.

Some important questions you can ask yourself could be: What’s the purpose of your website? Do you intend your website to be a portfolio of your work, a niche blog, or an online store (ecommerce site)?

How do you want to be known by your audience? That’s your business name.

How do you want people to reach you? This will be your domain name.

For example, for our website, that would be brizy.io (also called URL, the technical component of a domain name). Since the domain serves your business goals by referencing your product or service, you’ll want to put some good thought into it. It should be highly brandable, easy to type, memorable, etc.

Since we’ll be generating our website with AI, steps like setting up hosting and domain registration come later. Or rather it depends on the platform you’re using.

All-in-one platforms like Wix or Brizy Cloud already have hosting and domain setup integrated into the process. Self-hosting platforms like WordPress require you to arrange hosting and domain registration separately.

We also recommend having:

A web design in mind, logo, or image of the website
Gather other essential business information like your business description. This can be in the form of a Google Business Profile. We’ll explain why later.

Once you have all these details, we’re ready to start building.

A Step-by-Step Guide to Generate a Free Website in 5 Minutes

Ready to get started? These first three steps will easily walk you through the process of generating a free website in a few minutes.

Let's begin.

Step 1: Choose the right AI website builder

By definition, an AI website builder is a tool that uses artificial intelligence to help you create a website quickly. It asks a few simple questions, such as your business name and description, and then automatically generates web pages for you in minutes. Pages like the homepage, About Us page, and even blog or product sections if needed.

After that, you can make changes with their built-in drag-and-drop editor.

Features to look for

There are already a a handful of these AI website builders on the internet but to find the best one, check for these features:

Free trial
Ease of use
Web design flexibility, as in, there are options for drag-and-drop editing and customizable templates.
Ability to integrate tailored content and designs based on your inputs like business name, description, or contact info.
Built-in hosting
Support for free subdomains or easy connection to custom domains
Reviews
Integration options like marketing platforms
Mobile-friendliness

To save you time from searching the internet, we recommend Brizy AI Website Builder. It doesn’t just check all these boxes but offers even more features. You’ll have access to your media library like images, icons, and other assets. Plus, it’s free to start. The Pro plan comes later if you need advanced features.

But what makes Brizy AI so unique from others?

Why Brizy AI website builder?

Instead of only chatting you up for details, Brizy AI provides another option to connect to your Google Business Profile (GBP).

Connecting to GBP automatically pulls key business details so you don’t have to enter this info manually to generate a pre-built website. This ensures that your website is built faster, and smarter using accurate business details that reflect your style.

Other advantages of this connecting to a Google Business Profile include:

It ensures your final website reflects the correct business name, address, phone number, hours, etc.
Information on your website will be consistent with other business listings you’re on.
It helps improve your online visibility in local searches on Google and other search engines.
It strengthens your presence in local searches making it easier for nearby customers to find you when you’re online.

Because of this, Brizy AI is also the go-to solution for local businesses like yours that want to attract local customers.

Let’s see it in action in the next steps.

Step 2: Generate the design and content of your website

There are two ways site owners can generate the design and content of their website using Brizy AI Website Builder. First of all, begin by opening Brizy’s official website: brizy.io/ai-website-builder

Then, click the Build Your Website button to start for free. It’s that easy.

By entering your business information

Clicking the Build Your Website button will take you to this page:

On this page, you can enter business details like your business name, description, and contact information as follows:

Enter your business name
Next, you’ll have to identify and select your business category. The category is key because it helps search engines determine what kind of searches your business is relevant for.
Then, you’ll provide your business description, contact details, and email (optional).

The business description should be detailed so the AI can write better web copy.

When you’re you’re happy with your business description, click the Build Website button to generate a pre-built design for your website.

The second method connects Brizy AI with your Google Business Profile.

Connect to your Google Business Profile

This is the easiest step because you only have to find your business on Google. Brizy makes this possible because of its integration with Google Business Profile. This lets site owners who already have an existing Google My Business account search for their business on Brizy AI prompt and connect.

You won’t have to re-enter business details again as we saw in the previous method.

Instead, if you have a business listed on Google Business Profile, just type in your business’s name in the prompt. Be specific.

Brizy AI will search for the business name and return the result in a drop-down list. Then, you can select the option that’s yours. For this tutorial, we’ll search for Pizzeria Beddia as follows:

Once we’ve selected our option, click the Build Website button to generate your website instantly. It won’t take more than a minute for Brizy AI to build your AI site, choose fonts & colors, add images, generate copy, add titles, and descriptions, and do a lot more to finish the pre-built website.

It generates something like this in the first round:

Step 3: Regenerate key elements of your website

Sometimes, the first website Brizy AI generates might not cut it, and that’s okay. It’s just beginning. Generally, Brizy AI provides several regeneration options to tweak specific parts of, or the entire page at the bottom right corner. You’ll see a star-like AI icon. Click it to open these options:

Start New: This option lets you go back to this prompt and start afresh again:

Titles & Texts: This option re-edits the headings, subheadings, or the entire web copy until it is close to what you consider perfect.
Images: It lets you regenerate new AI images for better ones
Typography: lets you experiment with different font styles and sizes until it matches your brand personality
Colors: this lets you change the site’s color scheme, buttons, etc to reflect your branding.
Entire Page: reorganizes the entire page to make your page flow better.

That’s it!

Here’s what a 5-minute website would look like

After playing around with the regeneration options Brizy AI offers, this is what our 5-minute website looks like:

If you want a simple restaurant website, this pre-built template is enough for a start. But it goes without mentioning that there were good and bad things we noticed when generating our 5-minute website with Brizy AI.

Let’s highlight the good side, first.

Pros

We confirmed that Brizy accurately pulls the required details in a Google Business Profile to create a website. It did so perfectly. Brizy AI accurately captured details like the business name and the phone number as reflected on the official Pizzeria Beddia website.

Other things Brizy AI did well include:

Suggesting high-quality pizza images
Refining elements like images, typography, etc was easy
the site is mobile-friendly
It auto-generated relevant sections of a website. Clicking any of those navbar links leads you to the right section.
It did a nice job translating Beddia’s business description into a good copy.
The business category is accurate.

In short, Brizy AI has no problem capturing the business details it requires to generate a website.

What were the cons, then?

Cons

Brizy AI only captures details like the business name, category, description, phone numbers, and emails it finds on a Google Business Profile. Again, these are the details site owners would normally type in to generate a website if you opt for that option.

It didn’t capture other essential business information like opening hours, service options like outdoor seating, etc.

This could explain why the resulting AI-generated websites appeared more like SaaS websites after multiple regeneration attempts. Instead of a typical restaurant-like website template with menus, order buttons, etc. In addition, if you haven’t logged in, the regeneration attempts are limited.

Does it all end there? Let’s look at some steps you can take to improve the website.

Next steps to optimize your website

So far, we’ve only generated our website. But there are still other upgrades you’ll have to do before it’s ready to go live. These include customizing the design, optimizing the content, additional SEO tools, and setting up essential features like hosting and a custom domain.

Customize the design

This can be step four. Click the edit & publish with Brizy button to take full control of the AI site and make it completely your own. This drag-and-drop editor is capable of inline editing and setting up custom SEO options, titles, and meta descriptions. You can add, remove, rearrange sections, or replace elements such as the stock images and so on.

Optimize the content

You also have to create content that hits the mark. So, what’s the best way to optimize content for user intent? You guessed it right — with the help of AI.

The same drag-and-drop editor has a built-in AI text generator that can help you rewrite most of your site’s copy for your audience.

Setup hosting and domain

Hosting is usually included within the Brizy AI platform saving you the hassle of finding an external hosting provider. Or deal with complicated server setups.

For your domain, you'll have two options:

Continue to use Brizy Cloud’s free subdomain option (e.g., yourwebsite.brizy.site) if you’re starting on a budget.
Or, connect your custom domain (e.g., yourwebsite.com) for a more professional appearance. In addition, you can buy a domain through registrars like Namecheap, or integrate one you already own.

The platform guides you through the setup process.

Once everything looks good and functions as it should, go ahead and Publish. Here’s what you need to know about this last step:

Do a final review: Check for any last-minute tweaks (like spelling mistakes), ensure all your links are working, and do other modifications.
Preview your website: Most platforms offer a preview feature that lets you see how your site will look once live.
Then, publish: Once you’re happy with everything Publish your website to get it up and running.

Note: Brizy easily integrates with social media and email marketing tools like MailChimp, HubSpot, etc to help you start marketing your site immediately.

Your website in 5 minutes — final thoughts

The future of building websites is now here with us.

And it’s only two words — artificial intelligence.

By combining these two things, you can generate a website in a few minutes, customize it, and upgrade content with AI for a strong online presence. Besides, it is completely free to start and beginner-friendly. You only have to find the right AI website builder to work with and create websites much faster and smarter.

To save you the trouble of scouring the internet for one, we recommend Brizy AI Website Builder. It’s fast, simple, and accessible to anyone.

Start today and see how easy creating a website can be!

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What are the limitations of a free website?

Free websites often come with:

Limited customization options
A subdomain instead of a custom domain (e.g., yoursite.buildername.site)
Limited features for advanced functionality (e.g., SEO tools, ecommerce tools)

Upgrading to a paid plan removes most of these limitations.

Which skills do I need to create a website?

There are no technical skills you require if you’re building with an AI website builder like Brizy AI. Instead, you can create a website using drag-and-drop features and guided content generation. Familiarity with your business needs and a clear vision for your site are all you need.

Can I make an ecommerce website for free?

Yes, you can start with an AI website builder for free, but advanced features like payment gateway integrations and other ecommerce features require a premium plan.

How do I create a quick website?

To create a quick website:

Choose an AI-powered builder like Brizy AI.
Provide basic information about your business or site. Or connect to your Google Business Profile to avoid reentering these details.
Let the AI generate a design and content.
Customize the layout, colors, and text.
Publish your website—all within minutes!

Article by Bogdan

Co-founder & Head of Design, Bogdan has a passion for everything that works great and looks awesome. Guilty for most of the UI and UX around this place, you can say "Hi" to him at bogdan at brizy dot io