Till a few years ago, for designing a basic website, some web design and HTML skills were needed or a website designer had to be hired. However, increasingly website owners are designing the website themselves using tools like website builders

Many of the website builders available today have a free version which can be used for building personal websites. For commercial users, an enhanced version is available on payment of a fixed fee, though some website builders charge users for annual upgrades.

Other free website builders are integrated with web hosting. The web hosting companies bundle it with the web hosting package and the website builder is not available separately.