answer:Do you really want to use your own computer as a web server? Leave it on 24/7? Have internet visitors in your working computer? Be sure there is no downtime ever? Easier to get a webhost. And cheaper. Many hosts offer templates so you can make your own site. As for and “actual address” or domain name, you purchase that by the year or several years, even decade from a registrar like Network Solutions, Go Daddy, or Tucows. When you are looking around for cheapest registrar, also look at hosting opportunities and how much support [templates, SEO] they have.