Website question

[fluxdeity]

Trying to start my own website with a shop and I have a couple questions.

From my understanding I can host my own website with notepad and my IP address, but to get a domain name I have to buy one from another website? How would I just make my own? 

How would I make my own .com website without having to pay another company? How does bluehost, hostgator, godaddy, etc all have .com's and sell .com's. Where do I get a .com without paying someone else?

 

Also HTTPS/SSL, I see hostgator and bluehost sell SSL certificates. How would I just make my own website HTTPS/SSL without paying someone else?

 

Edit; I'm not saying I'm going to run a store from my home PC and network with no security, I was just using it as example for free option.

[WereCatf]

3 minutes ago, fluxdeity said:

How would I make my own .com website without having to pay another company? How does bluehost, hostgator, godaddy, etc all have .com's and sell .com's. Where do I get a .com without paying someone else?

You'd have to setup a company of your own and have it registered as a domain-registrar at ICANN.

 

5 minutes ago, fluxdeity said:

Also HTTPS/SSL, I see hostgator and bluehost sell SSL certificates. How would I just make my own website HTTPS/SSL without paying someone else?

You can get free SSL-certificates from Let's Encrypt.

[mr moose]

19 minutes ago, fluxdeity said:

Trying to start my own website with a shop and I have a couple questions.

From my understanding I can host my own website with notepad and my IP address, but to get a domain name I have to buy one from another website? How would I just make my own? 

How would I make my own .com website without having to pay another company? How does bluehost, hostgator, godaddy, etc all have .com's and sell .com's. Where do I get a .com without paying someone else?

 

Also HTTPS/SSL, I see hostgator and bluehost sell SSL certificates. How would I just make my own website HTTPS/SSL without paying someone else?

 

Edit; I'm not saying I'm going to run a store from my home PC and network with no security, I was just using it as example for free option.

basically you can't,  every option is going to have a cost, some more than others.    A domain name will cost, hosting will cost (if you run from home upgrading tour internet and systems will cost).

 

I think the cheapest if you are starting out will be one of those all in a box store front services (square space or something like that maybe, I've never used it) or Ebay. 

[myselfolli]

A domain will cost you somewhere around 10$/year and it will point to a (preferably static) IP adress. This IP adress will be tied to a webserver (apache, nginx), which will serve your website.

 

It sounds like you're still very new to hosting, so I'd recommend setting up a live version using some kind of website builder, if you want to learn more about hosting and makeing websites, don't hesitate to hit me up.

[Guest]

Everything will cost you some money here or there if not both. 

 

It’s exactly like owning property. You’ll have your own address. 

 

You can use alternatives like google sites where you get a sites.google.com/YOUR-SITE’S-NAME