Rapper website guide for 2026: what to include and where to build it
A rapper website is your own home base for music, videos, merch and booking details, outside your social
feeds. Give fans something to play, press something to work with and bookers a clear way to contact you.
Pick the builder around what you need to do: sell directly, put together a full site or keep everything
on a small page.
Heya is made by the team that wrote this guide, so read its row with that in mind. Prices come from each
company's own pages, checked on November 9, 2026.
The short answer
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Music and direct sales Bandzoogle suits artists who want music tools, a mailing list
and direct sales on their website.
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Digital products and media Beacons suits artists who want to sell digital products
and host a media kit.
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More design choices Wix suits artists who want a full website with a large choice of
templates.
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Small site, annual price Carrd suits artists who want a small site, with custom
domains and forms available through Carrd Pro Standard.
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Build on your phone Heya suits artists who want to build a small site on a phone,
embed music and link to shops or booking pages.
Website builders for rappers
Compare Bandzoogle, Beacons, Wix, Carrd and Heya by price, domain options and how each handles the
things you want on your site.
| Builder |
Free plan |
Paid from |
Custom domain |
Best for |
| Bandzoogle |
14-day free trial |
$9.16/mo billed annually (Lite) |
Free .com, .net or .org on website plans |
Musicians who sell music, merch and tickets |
| Beacons |
$0 plan, free forever |
$8.33/mo billed annually ($10 monthly) |
Free custom domain on Creator |
Creator media kits, stores and links |
| Wix |
$0 Free plan, no credit card |
$17/mo (Light), yearly price |
Connect one on Premium plans; 1 year free domain voucher on most |
Big template library and business tools |
| Carrd |
Free Basic plan |
$9/year (Pro Lite, 3 sites) |
Pro Standard ($19/year) and Pro Plus |
One-page sites and landing pages |
| Heya |
Free: 3 sites, 5 pages each, yourname.heya.bio |
$3/mo (Pro Lite) |
Pro Standard (1) or Pro Plus (up to 10) |
Small sites built and edited on a phone |
Swipe the table sideways to see every column.
Each option up close
Bandzoogle
Lite $9.16, Standard $14.16, Pro $18.33 a month billed annually
Bandzoogle puts music tools alongside website hosting, with integrations for Bandcamp Player,
Bandsintown and Airbit, plus a GigSalad Quote Form for booking requests. Lite costs $9.16 per month
billed annually, or $11.00 per month, and includes a custom domain, 10 pages, 10 audio tracks and
100 mailing list members. The trial lasts 14 days before you need to upgrade to keep the site
active; Standard adds a store for physical products and services at $14.16 per month billed
annually, or $17.00 per month, with zero commission fees.
- Better at
- Musicians who sell music, merch and tickets.
- Watch out
- Lite holds 10 pages and 10 audio tracks.
Beacons
Free; Creator $8.33 a month billed annually
Beacons offers a free-forever plan for selling unlimited digital products and creating affiliate
links, and it supports media kits and product pages at a custom domain. Creator includes a free
custom domain and costs $10 monthly, or $8.33 per month when billed annually at $100. Watch the
sales cut: Free and Creator charge 9% commission on all sales, while Creator Plus and Creator Max
charge 0%.
- Better at
- Creator media kits, stores and links.
- Watch out
- A 9% commission applies to sales on Free and Creator.
Wix
Free; Light $17, Core $29, Business $39 a month (yearly)
Wix has over 2000 templates you can customize manually or with AI, and a Free plan that doesn't
require a credit card. Light costs $17 per month and includes 2 GB of storage and 2 site
collaborators; Wix displays USD prices for yearly subscriptions paid in full at purchase. Premium
plans let you connect your own domain and remove Wix branding, with a 1 year free domain voucher on
most Premium plans for a new domain purchased from Wix.
- Better at
- Big template library and business tools.
- Watch out
- Listed prices are for yearly plans paid up front.
Carrd
Free; Pro Lite $9, Pro Standard $19, Pro Plus $49 a year
Carrd offers a free Basic plan, while Carrd Pro Lite costs $9 a year for 3 sites and removes Carrd
branding without adding custom domains. Carrd Pro Standard costs $19 a year for 10 sites and adds
custom domains with SSL, forms and widgets from Stripe, PayPal, Gumroad and Typeform. There's a
7-day free Pro trial with no payment or credit card required, so you can try those features before
choosing a plan.
- Better at
- One-page sites and landing pages.
- Watch out
- Pro Lite does not include custom domains.
Heya
Free; Pro Lite $3, Pro Standard $6, Pro Plus $15 a month
Heya is a no-code builder for one-page and small sites that you can build and edit fully on a phone,
with Spotify, SoundCloud, YouTube and Vimeo embeds and buttons that point to an outside shop or
ticket page. Free has no time limit and allows up to 3 sites with up to 5 pages each and a small
badge; publishing requires Google sign-in, though you can start building without an account. Pro
Lite costs $3 a month and removes the badge without a custom domain, while Pro Standard costs $6 a
month and includes 1 custom domain per account that you already own and connect yourself.
- Better at
- Small sites built and edited on a phone.
- Watch out
- Free sites show a small "Made with Heya" badge.
Templates to start from
These are Heya templates. Each one is live: open the demo, or start your own from it.
What goes on a rapper website
Start with your artist name, a photo and the music you want someone to hear right now. Put a playable
track or video near the top, then give people a clear way to reach the release on their preferred
service. Don't make the opening screen a wall of biography.
Keep the bio short. Say who you are and what you're releasing or working on, using details you're
ready to make public. Put a longer bio elsewhere if you need it.
What should a visitor do next? Pick that before adding more blocks.
Include your upcoming shows, a merch link if you've got merch, a mailing list sign-up and a contact
route. Keep social links available without making them the whole page. And check the site on your
phone before publishing, including the music player and every button (especially the contact button).
Merch, drops and your mailing list
Decide where the sale will happen before choosing a store setup. Bandzoogle Standard lets you sell
physical products and services directly from the site, with zero commission fees. Beacons Free lets
you sell unlimited digital products, but its 9% commission also applies on Creator.
Carrd Pro Standard includes widgets from Stripe, PayPal and Gumroad. A Heya button can send someone to
your merch store, ticketing page or payment page hosted elsewhere. Keep that destination clear: "Shop
merch" should take people to the merch.
For a drop, put the release where people can find it and change the main button when it's available.
Heya also has a countdown block for a date you choose.
Give your mailing list its own sign-up spot. Bandzoogle Lite includes 100 mailing list members and 500
emails sent per day. On Heya, you can link to a Google Form or Tally form for sign-ups.
Press, features and bookings
Give press a short bio, photos you've chosen for press use, your current music and a contact address.
Keep the artist name consistent across the page and the materials. If you've got coverage or features
you want to show, link to those rather than filling the page with claims about yourself.
Beacons can host a media kit at a custom domain. You can also make a press page part of your main
site, with the material grouped in one place.
Make booking contact obvious. Bandzoogle's GigSalad Quote Form lets visitors request a quote to book
you or your band. Heya can embed Calendly or link to a booking page.
And label different contact routes if you use them: bookings here, features there. If the same address
handles both, say that. No need to make it look like separate teams.
How we checked
We took every price, limit and feature from each company's own pages, checked on November 9, 2026.
Heya's details come from its pricing page and docs, checked on October 30, 2026. The facts come from
bandzoogle.com/help/articles/363-bandzoogle-pricing, bandzoogle.com/pricing,
beacons.ai/i/pricing,
wix.com/plans, wix.com,
carrd.com/docs/pro/plans,
carrd.com/pro,
heya.page/pricing and
heya.page/docs.
Plans change often. If a number here is out of date, email hello@heya.page and we'll fix it.
FAQ
Do rappers need a website?+
You don't need one to put music out. But if you want a home base outside social media for fans,
press and bookers, a website fits that job. It can be a small page with your music and contact
details. Start there if that's all you've got ready, rather than building empty sections.
What should a rapper website include?+
Include your artist name, music, a photo, a short bio and a clear contact route. Add show dates,
merch and a mailing list sign-up where they apply. Press materials can sit on a separate page or
in a clearly labelled section. What's the main thing you want someone to do? Give that a clear
button near the top.
Can I make a rapper website for free?+
Yes. Beacons, Wix and Carrd have free plans. Heya Free has no time limit or credit card
requirement and allows up to 3 sites with up to 5 pages per site, with a small badge. Bandzoogle
instead offers a 14-day free trial, after which you need an upgrade to keep the site active.
How do I sell merch from my website?+
You can sell directly through Bandzoogle's Standard store, which supports physical products and
services with zero commission fees. Carrd Pro Standard offers payment and shop widgets, including
Stripe, PayPal and Gumroad. Or keep the store elsewhere and link to it: a Heya button can take
visitors to your existing merch shop or payment page.
Try Heya free
Start from the band website template, edit it on your phone or laptop, and publish on Heya's Free
plan for $0, with no time limit and no credit card.
