I Made a Website With AI. What Do I Do Next?
Made a website with ChatGPT, Lovable or an AI builder and not sure what’s next? A step-by-step guide to turning it into a real, working website.
Convert your AI-built website to Elementor
You've used AI to make a website. It's a great start, but it isn't a real website yet. We turn it into a proper WordPress site that you own, can edit, and customers can find.
What you can bring us
Maybe ChatGPT drew up a design, you built a prototype in Lovable, or WordPress.com put together a draft in a few minutes. It looks good, and it's a great start.
You bring us what you've made. We keep the look you liked and handle everything the AI left out.
A design or mockup
Images or layouts from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Canva, or a screenshot of something you liked.
A prototype
A site you made in Lovable, Bolt or v0, or code a chatbot wrote for you.
An AI builder draft
A site started in WordPress.com, Wix, Squarespace or Elementor's AI tools.
A few experiments and an idea
That's fine too. Your prompts and attempts make a useful brief.
The difference between an AI website and a real one
An AI draft looks like a website. A real website does the job of one.
Where it lives. Your AI draft usually sits on a preview link or a trial account. A real website runs on your own domain, with Australian hosting you control.
How you change it. An AI draft is hard to update without more prompting or editing code. A real website is easy to edit in Elementor, or with AI if you prefer.
What it says. AI copy could belong to almost any business. A real website explains what you do and why people should choose you.
Whether anyone finds it. AI drafts are often invisible to Google and AI search. A real website is set up for SEO and AEO, so people and AI tools can find you.
Whether it works. Forms and buttons on an AI draft may not go anywhere. A real website has working forms, email on your own domain and analytics.
Who looks after it. An AI draft has no backups or security. A real website has backups, updates, security and a person to call.
Prototypes from tools like Lovable and Bolt deserve a special mention. They can look excellent, but they're built as code, which makes them hard for a business owner to update. Depending on how they're built, they can also be harder for search engines to read. Rebuilding in WordPress fixes both.
How AI to Reality works
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Send us what you've made
A link, files, screenshots, or the prompts you used.
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We review it and plan
We look at what's there, tell you what's needed to make it real, and give you an estimate.
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We rebuild it in WordPress and Elementor
We keep the layout, colours and feel you liked, and make it work properly on phones, tablets and desktops.
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We make it real
Your domain and email, hosting, copy that sounds like you, SEO and AEO, working forms, page speed, a privacy policy and analytics.
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We launch and hand it over
We show you how to make everyday edits, and offer Elementor training if you want to go further.
Keep editing your website with AI
If you enjoyed making your site with AI, you can keep using it. We can connect your new site to an AI assistant such as Claude using Novamira, so you can ask for changes in plain English. Novamira is covered by our agency licence, so there's no extra software cost to you.
AI editing works best for text updates and small changes. For bigger work, or if something goes wrong, we're still here.
See the full Novamira Pro feature list ↗
About WordPress MCP setupOr let us look after it
If you'd rather not touch it again, that's fine too. One of our maintenance plans covers updates, backups, security and support, so your website keeps working while you get on with your business.
See our maintenance plansWhat it costs
We charge $140 + GST per hour. Most AI to Reality projects fall into the ranges shown here.
You'll always get an estimate before we start, and the review time is credited if you go ahead.
About 2 hours
To review what you've made and plan the build.
8 to 15 hours
Usually, for a small site of up to 5 pages.
Quoted after review
For a larger site or an online shop.
2 to 3 hours
For AI editing setup with Novamira, plus training.
Why Snug Site
Snug Site has built and looked after WordPress websites for Australian small businesses for over 12 years, and I've been designing websites for about 25.
We use AI tools every day in our own work, so we know what they do well and where they fall short.
Common questions
Can you turn a ChatGPT website design into a real website?
Yes. Send us the design or screenshots and we'll build it as a working WordPress website.
Can I move a Lovable or Bolt site to WordPress?
Yes. We rebuild it in WordPress and Elementor, keeping the look, so you can edit it without touching code.
Will it look the same?
As close as you want it. We treat your AI version as the brief, and we'll suggest changes only where they help.
Do I own the website?
Yes. It's on your domain, and you own the site and its content.
Can I still use AI to edit it?
Yes. We can connect an AI assistant to your website so you can request changes in plain English.
How long does it take?
A small site usually takes one to two weeks from approval, depending on how much content needs writing.
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