To own a website, there are four important factors to be considered:

1.Domain Name: That is the buying of a unique name for personal or you company business E.g. www.YourCompanyName.com. There are companies on the internet that you can buy this from.

2.Web Design: This is where you contact a web design company or expert to design your website according to your requirements.

3.Hosting: For your website to be online on the internet, it needs to be hosted by a hosting company. This is like renting an office space to market your goods and services on the internet.

4.Maintenance: Finally, your website needs to be maintained/updated on regular basics to ensure proper functionality and the security of your website.

Since the cost of designing and maintaining of a website is more expensive than that of domain name and hosting cost, there are some web design experts that can design and maintain your person or business website for free and all you maybe required to take care of is the domain names and the hosting.