Your own corner of the internet

A personal website works best kept simple: a short bio, what you're currently doing, and links to your work or social profiles, all on your own domain instead of a platform you don't control. We.inc's free plan gets a personal page live at no cost, and describing yourself to the AI for a fully written site starts on Starter at $20 a month.

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A personal website for your work, your writing, or just you. We.inc's AI builds it from a short description, free to start, AI editing from $20 a month.

Pages every personal website needs

Home / About: For most personal sites, one combined page covering who you are and what you're currently working on is enough. Don't over-engineer a site that just needs to introduce you.
Work / Projects: If you have projects, writing, or work worth sharing, a simple list with short descriptions and links out is more useful than long write-ups for every item.
Blog: Entirely optional, but a place to write occasionally gives your site a reason for people to come back, and gives search engines more to index over time.
Contact / Links: A short list of how to reach you and where to find you elsewhere (email, LinkedIn, GitHub, social) saves you from repeating the same links everywhere.
Now / Resume: A short page on what you are doing right now, or a one-page resume, answers the question most visitors arrive with. Keep it dated so people know it is current.

Try this prompt

A personal website for a software engineer named Alicia Ford who works in backend development and writes occasionally about databases, with a clean and minimal tone, a short about section, a list of side projects with links, and a simple blog.

What name should a personal website use?

Your own name, spelled the way people would type it. If the exact .com is taken, try adding a middle initial or a word like "studio" or "writes" rather than a hyphenated string nobody remembers. Use the same name in the site title and on your social profiles, so a search for you lands on the page you control.

How personal should the about section be?

As personal as the people you want reading it. A recruiter wants your current role, what you are good at and how to reach you; friends and readers like a line about where you live or what you do on weekends. Write the first paragraph for the audience that matters most and keep anything you would not want an employer to see off the page entirely.

Start from this design

Three designs that suit a personal website.

Dark Art-Director Portfolio
White Bold-Type Designer Portfolio

About personal website design on we.inc

Skip the personal web design brief and the six week wait. Tell the AI about the business in a sentence and it builds the whole site, ready to edit.

Features designed for your industry

One link for everything about you: Bring your work, social links, and a short bio together in one place instead of scattering them across five different platforms.
A blog if you want one: Write about whatever interests you, whether that's your field, a hobby, or personal projects, on a page that's fully yours.
A real domain with your name: On a paid plan (from $20/mo), connect a custom domain like yourname.com so your personal site has a home that isn't tied to any single platform's rules or algorithm.

Who this personal website design suits

A software engineer's personal site with a bio, blog, and links to side projects
A grad student sharing research, publications, and a CV
Someone building a simple 'link in bio' style page for social media
A hobbyist documenting a personal project like a home renovation or a garden

What makes a personal website work

Simple beats elaborate for a personal site

Unless the site's purpose is to showcase design skill itself, a clean single page with a bio, a few links, and maybe a blog does the job better than an elaborate multi-section layout most visitors won't fully explore.

Owning the domain matters here specifically

A personal site is one of the few things worth owning outright rather than renting space on a platform. A domain with your name means the link never changes even if you switch tools later.

A blog only helps if it's kept up occasionally

An abandoned blog with one post from years ago reads worse than no blog at all. If you're not sure you'll write regularly, it's fine to leave it off and add it later.

Link out rather than duplicate content

For published articles, talks, or work hosted elsewhere, link to the original rather than copying it onto your site, which keeps your personal site as a hub rather than a second copy of everything.

What it costs

A personal domain with your name costs about $10 to $20 a year and is worth getting even for a very simple site. The free plan covers most personal sites entirely; Starter at $20 a month is only worth it if you want the AI actively writing content or restructuring pages for you.

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Frequently asked questions

How much does a personal website cost?

Publishing a simple personal site from a template is free on we.inc's free plan (up to three sites, no AI). If you want the AI to write your bio and pages from a short description, that starts at $20 a month on Starter.

Do I need a custom domain for a personal website?

It's not required, a we.inc address works fine to start, but a domain with your own name (on a paid plan from $20/mo, plus about $10 to $20 a year for the domain) and means the link stays yours no matter what tool you use to build the site.

Should a personal website include a blog?

Only if you expect to write at least occasionally. An empty or long-abandoned blog section tends to look worse than simply not having one.

What's the minimum a personal website needs?

A short bio and a way to contact you or find your other profiles covers the basics. Everything else, projects, writing, a blog, can be added as it becomes relevant.

Can I link my social media and other profiles?

Yes, most personal sites include a short list of links to email, LinkedIn, GitHub, or other profiles, which is a common and effective way to consolidate your online presence in one place.