--- title: "ChatGPT Website Builder: How to Build a Website with ChatGPT | Sitelink" description: "Can ChatGPT build a website? Yes, with ChatGPT Sites. The exact prompt we used, the bakery site it built, how to publish it, and how to put it online at an address like mycafe.site.link." url: "https://site.link/help/build-a-website-with-chatgpt" --- # Build a website with ChatGPT ChatGPT can build a website from one message and host it for you. Here's the exact prompt we used, the site it made, and how to put it online at an address people can remember. What you need * ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu. Sites is in beta on those plans. * ChatGPT on the web or in the desktop app. ## 1\. Describe the site Open ChatGPT on the web or in the desktop app and ask for a website. Use the word **website** in your message, or type **@Sites**, and ChatGPT builds it with [ChatGPT Sites](/help/what-is-chatgpt-sites), which also hosts it for you. Say who the site is for, what goes on it, and the one thing a visitor should do. This is the prompt we used: Build a one-page website for a neighborhood bakery called Hearth & Crumb. Show today's breads at the top, a short menu with prices, opening hours, and one clear Order ahead button. Warm and simple, and it should look good on a phone. ChatGPT worked for 4 minutes and came back with the site. Anything you leave out, it fills in with sample details: it made up our prices and hours. Paste your real menu, prices and opening times into the first message and you'll have less to fix. ## 2\. Try it in the preview The finished site opens in a preview beside the chat, marked **Only visible to you**. Nobody else can open it yet, so test it like a visitor would: tap every button, follow every link, and open it on your phone. Check what each button really does. Our **Order ahead** button opens a form to pick breads and copy a pickup request, but it doesn't send the order anywhere. The customer still has to message the bakery. ChatGPT said so in its reply, which is worth reading in full. ## 3\. Ask for changes Type changes in the same chat, or click **Request edits** above the preview. Be specific, one change at a time: * "Use these prices: sourdough $9, baguette $4.50." * "Put the opening hours above the menu." * "Make the Order ahead button call 555 0100 instead." The preview updates after each change. There's no drag-and-drop editor: every change goes through the chat. ## 4\. Publish it Click **Share** above the preview. Under **Link access**, change **Just me** to **Public**, then click **Publish**. Anyone with the link can open the site now. The same dialog has a switch, **Allow this to be discovered and show it on your profile**. Leave it off unless you want the site listed on your ChatGPT profile. Your site is live at an address ChatGPT made, ending in `chatgpt.site`. Ours is 46 characters long: too long to print on a sign or read out over the phone. ## 5\. Give it an address people remember In the same chat, type **@site.link**, pick it from the list, and ask for the address you want. If Sitelink isn't in the list, [add Sitelink to ChatGPT](/help/add-mcp-app-to-chatgpt) first. It takes about a minute. Give this Site the address mycafe.site.link @Sitelink Give this Site the address mycafe.site.link Used Sitelink Done. **mycafe.site.link** now points to your Site. * Name reserved for your account * Added to your Site as a custom domain * DNS records created * HTTPS turning on, usually within a few minutes Sitelink claims the name and ChatGPT adds it to your Site, so there's no domain to buy and no DNS to set up. The address is free for 30 days, then $9 a year for most names. Step by step: [connect your ChatGPT Site to your address](/help/connect-chatgpt-site). To watch it happen, see the [custom domain for ChatGPT Sites](/chatgpt) video. Already own a domain? Open the Site's settings, choose **Add domain** and add the records it shows where you bought it. [Here's every record, explained](/help/chatgpt-sites-custom-domain-dns). ## The site we built Everything above comes from one real run on November 6, 2026\. The bakery is made up, and so are its prices, but the site is real and still online: [![The Hearth & Crumb bakery site on a phone: Today's breads with drawn cards for sourdough, baguette and focaccia, and an Order ahead button.](/images/examples/hearthandcrumb-phone.webp)](https://hearthandcrumb.site.link) [hearthandcrumb.site.link](https://hearthandcrumb.site.link), built by ChatGPT from the prompt above. | Built with | ChatGPT Sites, on a ChatGPT Pro plan | | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Messages to build it | 1 | | Time to first version | 4 minutes | | What it made | Drawn cards for three breads, a menu with prices, opening hours, and an Order ahead form | | What to fix before real use | The prices and hours are samples, and Order ahead only copies a request for the customer to send | | Time to go live at the address | 6 minutes: 1 in the chat, then 5 for HTTPS | | Address | hearthandcrumb.site.link | ## Can ChatGPT build a website for free? Not with ChatGPT Sites. OpenAI offers Sites in beta on the Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and Edu plans, so the Free and Go plans don't have it. On any plan, ChatGPT can still write a one-page site as an HTML file. It just won't host it for you. To put that file online, see how to [host an HTML file](/help/host-html-file). ## When a website builder is the better pick ChatGPT Sites suits a one-page site: a [restaurant website](/create/restaurant-website) with your menu, a portfolio, an event page, a [landing page](/create/landing-page) for a waitlist, or a small tool. It's quick when you already pay for ChatGPT, and it hosts the site for you. A website builder like Wix or Squarespace is the better pick if you want to drag things around by hand, run a shop with a cart and checkout, take bookings, or hand the site to someone who doesn't use ChatGPT to keep it up to date. Once your site is live, [get it on Google](/help/get-website-on-google) so people can find it by searching. ## Related guides * [Connect your ChatGPT Site](/help/connect-chatgpt-site) * [Add Sitelink to ChatGPT](/help/add-mcp-app-to-chatgpt) * [Get your site on Google](/help/get-website-on-google) Still stuck? Email [care@site.link](mailto:care@site.link) with the address you're working on.