Build a new site · No WordPress needed

No site yet? Just describe it.

ShiftPress is not only for people leaving WordPress. Tell it what your business does and it builds you a real website, page by page. Already have a design from Figma or an AI design tool? Upload it and get editable pages, not a screenshot. From there you run the site by chat, like everyone else.

Free to start. No credit card, and no website required.
From a descriptionFrom a designReal editable pagesOwn the codeEU hosting

Starting from nothing

Describe it in plain words Or upload a finished design No plugins, no database Hosted in the EU (Frankfurt)
Sound familiar?

The blank page is
the expensive part.

Everyone tells you to "just get a website up". Nobody mentions that the first version is where most of the money and most of the months go.

Three months, still no site

The quote came in, the kickoff happened, and you are still waiting on the second draft.

Templates that fight you

The builder looked easy in the demo. Then you spent an evening trying to move one button.

A design nobody can build

Your designer delivered something lovely in Figma. Turning it into a working site is a second project.

Launched, then stuck again

It goes live, and the first small change puts you right back in the queue you started in.

Two ways in

Start with words, or start with a design.

Both roads end in the same place: a real, fast site in your dashboard that you change by talking to it.

01 / Describe it

Say what your business does.

Write a few sentences about what you do and who you do it for, or pick a starting point that already matches your line of work. Add your colours and your logo, and ShiftPress writes and builds the pages: the home page, the services, the team, the contact page, all with real copy you can edit, not "lorem ipsum".

  • A few sentences is enough to get a first site
  • Set your brand colours and logo up front
  • Real copy on every page, ready for you to correct
New site Building
“A physiotherapy practice in Freiburg. Three treatments, a team of four, online booking and a short blog.”
Your brand, applied everywhere
Home Treatments Team Booking
02 / Bring a design

Upload the design, get a working site.

Export your design from Figma, or from an AI design tool, and drop the zip into ShiftPress. It comes back as real pages in your site: proper headings, working links, images in place, and a header and footer shared across the site. You edit it like any other ShiftPress page, because that is what it now is.

  • Upload a zip export, no developer handover needed
  • You get editable pages, not a picture of a page
  • Import into a new site, or add pages to one you have
Import a design Ready
practice-design.zip 1.8 MB
index.html → /
treatments.html → /treatments
team.html → /team
Header and footer are shared, so one change updates every page.
03 / Then it runs itself

From here, it's the same site as everyone else's.

However it started, you now have a normal ShiftPress site. Change it by chat or by clicking text on the page. Point your own domain at it. Add forms, a booking calendar, a website chat, a second language. The SEO and the structured data are handled for you, and you can download the whole thing as code at any time.

  • Edit by chat, by voice, or by clicking the page
  • Your own domain, SSL and EU hosting included
  • Forms, bookings, chat, languages and SEO all built in
Your dashboard Live
Change anything by chat open
Your own domain connect
Forms & leads on
SEO & structured data auto
Go deeper

More on starting a site.

Frequently asked

The honest answers.

Do I need an existing website to use ShiftPress?
No. Most of our customers arrive with a WordPress site to move, but you can start from nothing. Describe your business and ShiftPress builds the first version of the site for you, then you edit it the same way everyone else does.
What kind of design file can I upload?
A zip containing the exported HTML and CSS of your design, which is what Figma and the AI design tools produce when you export a site. Images come across with it. What you get back is real pages in your ShiftPress site, so you can edit the text and swap the pictures straight away.
Is the copy any good, or is it filler?
It is real copy written from what you told us, not placeholder text, and it is a starting point rather than a finished job. You know your business better than any tool does, so read it, fix what is wrong, and ask for a rewrite of anything that misses the mark. That takes minutes rather than weeks.
Can I still use my own domain?
Yes. Every site gets a permanent ShiftPress address immediately so you can share it while you work, and you can connect your own domain whenever you are ready. SSL is included and renews itself.
What if I want to move an old site across later?
That works too. Building a new site and migrating an existing one are the same product, so you can start fresh now and bring old pages over afterwards, or run both and decide later which one your domain points at.
Do I own what gets built?
Yes. It is standard code and it is yours. You can download the whole site as a zip from your dashboard and host it anywhere. There is no export fee and nothing to ask permission for.
How it works

Three steps, and you have a website.

No template to wrestle with, no kickoff call, no waiting for a second draft.

01

Describe it, or upload your design

Write a few sentences about your business, or drop in the zip your designer sent you.

02

ShiftPress builds the pages

You get a real site with your colours, your logo and copy written from what you said, ready to read through.

03

Fix what's wrong, then go live

Change anything by talking to it, connect your domain, and publish when it says what you want it to say.

Get started

Your first website, this afternoon.

Describe what you do and ShiftPress builds it, or bring the design you already have. Free to start, no credit card, and no existing website needed.

Already have a site to move? Migrate it instead · See pricing