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title: "Start your website: free first draft · Cider Websites"
description: "Tell us about your business in a few short steps and pick your plan. A free first draft in 5 to 7 business days, or sooner, and you pay only when you launch."
url: "https://ciderwebsites.com/start"
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Start your website

# Tell us about your business

Your first draft is free. You pay only when you're happy and ready to launch.

Fill in the short form About five minutes, right here. Pick your plan and add your photos. [Chat with us instead Rather talk it through? Answer a few questions in the chat, one at a time.](https://ciderwebsites.com/chat)

- **Free first draft.** See your site before you pay anything. No card needed to start.
- **Fixed prices.** No hourly rates and no surprise invoices: anything extra is on our price list and agreed first.
- **Yours to keep.** Once it's paid for, the site and its files are yours, and a domain we register is in your name. Let us host it, or take it anywhere.

Already have a project in progress? [Sign in here](https://ciderwebsites.com/signin) to see your draft and message the team.