First up, check out website builders or content managers with ready-made, inexpensive web page design templates. They let you customize looks without design skills. Focus on the important basics - neat layout, easy navigation, polished branding images. Also, quality over quantity keeps costs low. Responsive layouts adapt to phones, tablets, etc seamlessly. Teach yourself design essentials through online courses or blogs. Or hire an up-and-coming student/freelancer - they gain experience and you save budgets. Keep your site in tip-top shape through regular updates so redesigns aren’t needed as often. Finally, small tweaks prevent major overhauls.
As explained above. First, choose a custom domain name.
Select a website hosting provider. Regardless of your budget, site functionality comes first.
Select a website developer.
Choose a theme
Put everything together to see what is making your website worth investing in. Create the logo and design according to the domain name and services.
Attaching the link for reference to the site I worked for that is offering research proposal help, their site turned out so perfect in a reasonable budget.