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title: "Create your first project"
description: "Answer a few setup questions, choose voice or text, and work with Buildy to create your business."
canonical: "https://www.buildy.ai/docs/getting-started/create-your-first-project"
last_updated: "2026-10-28"
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# Create your first project

Answer the setup questions on your home page, then choose **Speak with Buildy** or **Start in text chat**. Buildy guides you through the next step.
Your home page calls each project a business. Inside the project, the screens say project. They are the same thing.

## Steps

1. Sign in. If you need a plan, start your trial or subscription first.
2. For your first business, answer five short questions about your business stage, marketing budget, business type, priorities and existing website. You can skip a question or use **Skip questions**. Your answers save as you go.
3. Choose how to start:
   - **Speak with Buildy** opens a voice conversation. Buildy asks questions and helps with the next step.
   - **Start in text chat** opens the project. Answer Buildy's question or tell it what you need.
   - If you chose to rebuild or redesign an existing website, use **Start rebuilding my website** or **Start redesigning my website**. Buildy starts with your home page.
4. Tell Buildy what you sell, who it is for, and what you need. For example: "A site for my yoga studio in Denver. Show the class schedule and let people book a trial class."
5. Select **Preview** at the top left, or at the bottom on a phone, to see your site as it takes shape.
6. Check the result and ask for changes. Open **Home** in **Dashboard**, or through **Tools** on a phone, for your guided setup checklist.

For later projects, click **Create new business** on your home page and choose voice or text. On a computer, you can also click the **Create new business** tile in your business list. If you start from a direct prompt link, Buildy uses that prompt instead of the setup questions.

> [!TIP]
> Already have a website? Import it: "Import my website from example.com." Buildy rebuilds your site in your project. See [Import your existing website](/docs/build/import-your-website).

## Common problems

### Buildy built something different from what I asked

Reply in chat and say exactly what to change. Short, specific requests work best: "Change the hero image to a photo of a yoga class" instead of "make it better".

### I cannot create a project

New accounts start with no credits. Without a plan, your home page shows **Start My Trial** or **Start My Subscription** instead of **Create new business**. Click it, add your card, and then create your project. See [Free trial and when you are charged](/docs/billing/free-trial).

## Related

- [Find your way around a project](/docs/getting-started/find-your-way-around)
- [Build with Buildy](/docs/build)
- [Publish your site](/docs/publish)