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Start a free website in the builder

Sign in with an email link, pick how you want to start, and get a first version of your site. Building and editing are free.

2 min read · Updated November 2, 2026

#Open the builder

Building and editing a site are free, and you do not need a card. You pay only when you take the site live on your own web address.

The builder has no password of its own. You sign in with a link we send to your email, and the same sign-in works for the rest of TruLata.

  1. Go to builder.trulata.com, or press Start your site free on the website builder page.
  2. Type your email address and open the sign-in link we send you.
  3. On Let's make your website, choose I have a website or I don't have one yet.

#Start from your TruLata dashboard

If you already use TruLata, open the Website tab and press Build your website. The builder is part of your account: it uses the same sign-in, and the messages from your new site's form reach you there too.

When your site belongs to a TruLata account, the builder's top bar shows a Dashboard link back to it.

#Two ways in

I have a website: give us its address, and your Google listing if you have one. We read them and make a better version. See Build from the site you have now.

I don't have one yet: answer short questions about your business, one per screen. Skip any you like. See What the builder asks you.

#If you close the tab partway

Your answers are kept on that device as you give them. Come back within a week and the builder asks Pick up where you left off? Press Carry on to continue, or Start over to begin again.

TipAnswers are kept on the device you used. Open the builder on the same phone or computer to pick them up.

#Make another site

Press New site in the top bar to start a second site from the beginning. To start one from a site you already have, use Make a copy in Settings instead (see Download, copy or delete a site).

#Questions

Do I need a credit card to start?

No. Building, editing and publishing to your free preview address need no card. You pay when you go live on your own web address.

Do I need a password?

No. You sign in with a link sent to your email each time.

Can I build a site if I already pay for TruLata?

Yes. Open the Website tab and press Build your website. It uses the same sign-in as your dashboard.

Still stuck?

Ask on the Ask TruLata tab of your dashboard and it answers from your own numbers, or opens a ticket for a person. Or email support@trulata.com and a person on our team replies.

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