- AI has certainly gone a
long way from the introduction of ChatGPT to being able
to convert text into images to now being able to
convert text to even videos. But what I'll be discussing
in this video is how to actually use AI to
build your own website. Specifically what I'll be discussing are five AI website builders that you can start using
to build your website whether it's a landing page or
a portfolio kind of website. So let's get started. The first AI website builder that you can use is called Hocoos. I like the interface and
the UI and UX of Hocoos. I'll show you exactly how it works but essentially what you are able to create are websites based
on eight quick questions. A couple of its features is
being able to have this kind of booking system that they
have in place, it's built in, can also start a store and have a blog in place
on your website integrated. For instance, if you've got a
beauty and wellness business, here are a couple of key
features that you can integrate, including an online booking system. You've got team scheduling,
client management, and you can also create
beautiful portfolios using it. Once you've signed up,
you'll answer some questions as described on their landing page. So asking, "What category best describes your website's purpose?" Is it a store, is it a service? Is it a portfolio or blog? You've given a few subcategories here. So let's say we are a marketing agency. In the next step it's asking,
"Personalise your website by selecting the services
you wish to offer." So I'll just select
social media management. Let's say we want to sell
products and get bookings but not collect testimonials. Let's do that. Next is where your business is located. Is there a business address? Is there a service area
or online business only? I'll select online business only. All right, "What do you want
your business to be called?" I'll just name mine XYZ agency. Here's where you can
highlight three unique aspects of your business. So let's say friendly customer service. We've got affordable
prices, easy navigation, let's choose those and click on continue. Alright, one of the final
steps is how would you like your website visitors to contact you? Phone, website contact, email address, you can also select multiple
by entering your email address for email address and then
phone number for phone. But I'll just choose a website
contact form in this instance and it has generated
after that questionnaire. Not bad, we've got like a hero header at the top with headline, call to action buttons right
here, learn more, book now. We've got services as well
as some of the features. On the right, you've got different styles. The first style, we've got
a second style right here. It has made changes to the layout and the image that it's used as well as the font
combinations I noticed. Let's check out the third style. Here's what it looks like. If you want more of a professional look, this is one to go for. You can also change the colour palette to something different. So we'll switch between these so you can see what they look
like as well as font pairs. So you've got different
font pairs depending which ones you like. So it is emphasising that it's
just an example preview only. So what we need to do next is
click on create my website. Okay, so it is done. It is now in the editing
mode where you can go in and change the headings, even using the AI writer that's built in if you need assistance. So Hocoos makes it easy for you to simply navigate
and change what you want. On the left you've got a few options such as adding a new widget to the page. You've got website pages, so if you want to add an about page and things like that, you can do that with that. And go to store, so this is where the e-commerce
is integrated as well as the actual design and uploading images. At the top is your website's address. If you want to use a custom domain, then you will need to upgrade. Upgrading includes a custom
domain, unlimited image uploads, and AI content generation
plus more features. At the moment, these are what the plans
look like, $150 a year. Otherwise on a monthly basis it's $15. So my thoughts on Hocoos is that it's easy to use, beginner friendly, all you needed to do was
answer a few questions. And then out comes your website,
it's easy to use in terms of the tools and you're able
to move things up and down, adding different elements, adding different widgets to the website. But what it lacks is I
guess that flexibility. So if you need something more
advanced where you can play around with the settings
more and the layout, then Hocoos may not be your choice, but because it is that simple to use, it may be all you really need to get your website up and running. Okay, next up on the list is from our kind sponsor Hostinger. They've got a built in AI
website builder that you can use. They're primarily are
a web hosting company but because it is a web hosting company, they know exactly what a website involves and the server to back it up, right? You will see a minute
just how simple it is to use Hostinger to build
your website plus more. But in terms of their pricing,
they start at just $2.99 per month and they always
have a sale going on. So for you, simply look in
the description box below, I've got a link that goes
straight to Hostinger and there's an extra
discount that you can use and that code is Aurelius. If you simply enter it at checkout, you get a further discount on top of the already reduced prices. But the plan I recommend you go with is Hostinger's business plan starting at just $3.99 per month. In addition to some of
the top features such as being able to create
up to 100 websites, you get 200 gigabytes of storage. You also get free email and a free domain name of your choice. And especially if you're
selling something online, you get top e-commerce features
not found in the other plan. In addition, 0% transaction fees. So Hostinger doesn't charge any fees whenever you sell a product. Plus you can accept over 20 payment methods on
your e-commerce website. Again, by using my link,
you do get a coupon code. So when you check out, click
on "Have a coupon code?" Enter Aurelius as the
coupon code and apply and then you get a further discount on top of the discount
that they currently have. This of course is on their 48 months plan but you can select 12 months and the discount will still apply. Well, let's now go ahead and build a website using
Hostinger's AI website builder. And it's going to ask you do you want to create or migrate a website? We want to create a new website and here's where the fun begins. You can start with
Hostinger's AI Website Builder which is what we're going
to do or even use WordPress for more flexibility and advanced options. But we are going to use
Hostinger's Website Builder and you'll see later on
just how easy it is to use. Next is to name your website. In this case we are going
to claim a free domain. Because I do have a premium account and I signed up for that, I am given a free domain name to register and associate this website with. So I'll go in here and
claim a free domain. I'm going to register
a hypothetical business called Aurelius Talks Tech and from the dropdown I'll just
select a dot com and search to see if it's available,
follow the rest of the steps, and once you're done, you'll
be taken here where it says, "Let's create you a
website in one minute." So let's start creating. Next is tell us about your website, enter your brand name, your website type, whether it's an online
store, blog, business, showcase, portfolio, or other, and then describe what you do. So at this point you can
simply sit back and relax. Alright, so that took less than a minute to produce
what you see right now. We've got the hero header right here. We've got products that we can start using as placeholders for our
actual products to sell and some features and benefits going on, reviews, testimonials,
delivery kind of policies. At the bottom we've got subscribe to the newsletter as well as a map. Starting back at the top, this is what is what we
can play around with. We can change the different
template styles right here. So if you don't like the
first one, change it to that. Play around with it, right? This is what it's all about. Just because the AI website
builder produced this, you're not fixated and stuck
with using that template. You can very well customise it. And the beauty of using
Hostinger's AI Website Builder is that it's completely flexible because it is a web host
and a website builder first and then all these AI website
builder is a byproduct of it. But a couple of other
things that you can play around with right here is the style, different colour palettes as you can see and it changes in real time
depending on your branding. You can also change the
different font pairings. So if you don't like that one,
you can change it to this. Click on pages and you can
easily add a blog in one click. We can also add an online
store to the navigation. So now it's called products
and even appointments, if you work with clients,
but now let's take it further because what we're going to do
is click on continue to edit and right here is where you can
fully customise your website to your liking and it's
as easy as dragging and dropping, so there's no
playing around with code. And yes, you can do all the usual things like adding your own headings and changing what you
see in terms of the text. Looking on the left, you
can add different elements from the list of elements library. Pages and navigation is
where you control the pages on your website. You can even add a new page. Website styles will take you to the area where you can
change specific colours of your website as well as the text, different button shapes,
and even animations too. Now because we selected an online store, what you can do is go to online store and these are
the placeholders that you see. I did find relevant ones
related to I guess, tech, which is what I described my business as. Click on manage store, I'm just going to call it
Aurelia's Talks Tech store and click on continue. I'm just going to use my local
currency, Australian dollars. And here is where we can
manage all our products. So you can see the placeholders right now or we can start adding new
products by clicking on one of these types or whether
it's a physical product, digital service, donation, or
appointment select from those. And under store settings is where you can configure
your payment settings, how you want to get paid. So super simple to integrate e-commerce into your website using Hostinger. Apart from that, you can add your own blog and add your blog posts right here. You've got a couple of AI tools as well, including a logo maker, AI writer, and heat map that you can
integrate as well as analytics which is, what I also love about Hostinger because it is a web hosting company, you're given the details, the metrics, and the analytics so you can dive deeper and know exactly where your
traffic sources are coming from, your visitor behaviour, and more. And now your website is ready. So if you are selling products, you can start selling right
away or booking those clients. And yes, your website will be compatible on both desktop and mobile
devices as you can see. So if you like what you see,
look in the description box below where there's a link to Hostinger where you can get a further discount using my coupon code Aurelius. The next AI website
builder is called Durable and their claim is you can build a website in 30 seconds with AI. I did try this, but of
course it's not as flexible as what you would get if you were to build your
website with Hostinger. But let's click on generate your website and see what we can come up with. The first question is, "What type of business are you building?" From the list, you can choose
accounting, landscaping, life coaching, and more but let's choose accounting in
this example, click on next. "What's the name of your
business?" this time. Now it's doing the process
of picking a colour palette and choosing other things
for the website's layout. And it says your website is ready. So that took about a minute or two and here's where you're taken. You can go to this editor and
regenerate certain sections. So let's say we wanna
regenerate the heading and now it's generated a different heading with a different subheading as well. Down below are other features like the services, meet the team, and other elements on the page. Now it will encourage you
to sign up for an account because when we initially went to Durable, you didn't need an account. So I guess that's their way of kind of reeling you in just to
give the platform a try. Only after you've signed
up, you can go further and edit different sections. So we can edit the actual heading. And you've got this kind of sidebar so you can't really
edit right where you see so it's not what you see is
what you get kind of thing. Enter your heading right here, subtext and changing alignments
and buttons and images. You can create new pages by
clicking on create a page and choosing from one of
these pre-made templates, different device views and
optimization as well as again, being able to regenerate, but apart from all that, quite
rigid and not so flexible. So if that's something you want and you simply want a website
that looks similar to this, then Durable might be all you need. Next up we've got 10Web which originally was a website builder but now they've integrated AI into it. When you click on "Generate your website," that'll take you to the
wizard and the steps. What makes I guess 10Web different is that it actually creates
a WordPress website for you with the WordPress backend, right? So once you click on create,
you can create a new website with AI and here are the
steps you go through. So selecting the business type, I'll just select digital
agency, very similar steps to some of the other tools
that we've already mentioned. Choose a style, let's
choose Ocean, click on next. Choose your website design, I'll just select the
first one, click on next. I'll enter my company name as well as describing the company. So it says, "Get better results by inputting more detailed content." So I've just said an
accounting firm focused on tech startups, I've
described the business more and let's click on next. And here, enter three
main services or features. I've just put friendly service,
tax planning, and lodgement. Enter contact details
but I'll skip this step. Choose a tone of voice for
the content of your website. In this case, I'll just choose formal since it's a professional service. Once signed up, it will
create your website, it'll show you the process as shown here. This is what it's produced, not too bad. It says "Tech Startup
Accounting with tax planning." Got services, got some ratings, even though these are not real, some features, benefits, the team. The only thing about 10Web is that you do need to subscribe
to one of the paid plans. I think there is a trial,
but if you click on edit, it will prompt you to give it a try for seven days and you'll get
access to all these things. But when you click on try,
you'll be asked to sign up to one of its plans
from personal to agency and then you'll need to
enter your payment details. So this may not be for you if you don't want to commit just yet but if you like what you
saw and wanted to produce in the preview, then it may be
worth going and trying it out for seven days. There's no commitment, you can cancel it. But that's 10Web in a nutshell. The last and final AI website
builder is called Mixo. This one promises to launch
a startup in seconds with AI which I feel is a little misleading because you know, it's not
fully launching your startup but more so the actual website. When you click on "Get Started for free," it'll take you to the step, "So what's your startup about?" I've just used an example from here. So personalised yoga plans
to help members improve and reach their goals. Let's click on generate site and see what it's going to come up with. The thing with Mixo is that
it actually helps you come up with a brand name. So it may not be for you, but what it's come up with
is Yoga Flow in this case. Of course, there's no guarantee that Yoga Flow is available
as a business name. It could be trademarked, the domain name may not be available but I think for testing
purposes it may be useful. But here we go, this
is what it's produced. We've got like this heading
and an email address form that you can enter and some other features
and benefits and yeah, the thing with Mixo is
that it heavily focuses on building an email subscriber base. So I don't believe there's
an option to add e-commerce, integration, and things like that. So it's mainly just to collect emails. The editor is quite simple to use. This is a website that I
generated not too long ago but if you go to settings on the page, you can upload your own site logo, changing different fonts and colours. So really basic in that case. But if you do wanna publish, you can publish for free
but only have one page. So good enough for like
a simple landing page. Otherwise, if you want more,
you will need to upgrade. Out of all the AI website builders, Mixo is perhaps the easiest in terms of generating a
website, but of course, it's all just making it all up using AI and AI generated content and images. But in terms of flexibility,
it's just not there for someone who wants to
get a website out there, it may not be enough. All right and those are
five AI website builders to give a try. I'll leave links to all of
these services and platforms below this video so you
can go there, take a look, experiment it for yourself
to see which one you like. But other than that,
thanks so much for watching and if you got value from
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