I get it, The idea is not to discourage you, the idea is to let you know fully aware of the time, effort and maintenance that goes into it. that's all. you can lean and acquire all of it. heck, I did but it took me a while. all I'm saying is, you have to be determine because it will cost in a long run no matter how cheap. Thats all.
It honestly depends on what service you use I personally used Wix to make one of my own (which I need to update). They have a pretty simple interface that you can go more in depth with depending on how much you want to do with it.
My solution: Make my hubby do it who's an It business developer, or my friend makes it who's a webdesigner
(In all: I'm not going to tackle this myself)
If you use the right tools, it will be no more difficult than tying your shoelaces, believe me. I already have more than three websites from different businesses that have more than a million users a day. All this is due to the fact that these sites are made to attract attention: design, convenience and comfort in ease of use. All this affects whether you will increase the number of clients or not. To do this I use this useful tool https://amasty.com/magento-server-configuration-service.html1. If you have any difficulties creating a web page then you can resolve all the issues here
There are websites that have templates that you can use and customize. If you are learning basics, HTML is not hard and CSS may just need a few classes. Plus there is a bonus that minimalist site designs are now trendy which makes things a little easier.
Like others here have already said, the easiest way is to use a service that does all the hard work for you, so you don't have to learn any coding. You'll be up and running a site in no time!
However, I wouldn't be too intimidated by coding your own site. It seems scary now because most things on the internet have been made super easy and knowing things like HTML and photo editing are no longer necessary skills. That doesn't mean they're skills that take a lot of effort to learn. Especially HTML is a simple code and it seems confusing at first but it's quite easy to learn. Especially since every single piece of code you could need can be found online and you can just copypaste them into your own code. CSS and Java take more effort to learn but for a simple site you don't even need that much of them. With them you don't need to learn the whole coding system but only the pieces you need and how to use them. Just because a lot of websites these days use ridiculously complex navigation systems doesn't mean you need to do that. Sometimes a simple website is better and more user friendly. Which is exactly what basic HTML can give you.
In my opinion the key ingredients on making a nice website is making it easy to navigate and having it be pleasing to look at. Sometimes a clean and beautiful design can be executed with a really simple code. For webcomics that's usually all you really need.
This so far, is the best advice. I'm going to add to it though:
-Understanding how to maintain https is a must - google is now a hard ass about this.
-design, design, design. We're in the era of mobile apps. Your website must be mobile friendly. CSS3's media queries can help you with this, building whats called a responsive web site.
-Adding to the above, ADA compliance is now a must. Your site legally must be accessible by those with handicaps.
-We have frameworks now to help us with some of this stuff. Twitter Bootstrap is a great way to have a lot of stuff built
for you already and ready to be dropped in. ReactJS, Angular, VueJS etc are also all there to help you with the coding side.
-SEO is a necessity. Search engines need to know how to crawl your page so they can determine how relevant they are to search terms and thus rank it higher in search results. Otherwise you'll flounder on page 100 of google.
We use the Wordpress software. Most hosting services offer it as a fee, but GoDaddy lets you install without charges. From there, we use a Wordpress theme called ComicPress, and a plugin called "webcomic" and that's basically it. It requires a tiny bit pf programming, but if we can do it, anyone can. =P
It's not necessarily difficult if you use the sites like wix and squarespace. But it can be kind of pricey and whether you use one of those services or build your own from scratch you still have yearly domain fees. With the sites you have their subscription fees as well.
Don't forget Tumblr too, That's an easy, 100% free and attractive way many webcomic creators present their work. 
True. But it is a worthy alternative if one doesn't want to go through the mess of "making" one. You've got enough to deal with in creating/editing comics, who wants the added stress of a website that could get wonky, or hacked, or not backed up, etc. etc. 
It's limited, sure, but for someone just starting out or not programming-oriented, it's a super choice.
As long as Wordpress doesn't make the last mistake with that 5.5 update a few days ago. They almost immediately needed to make 5.5.1 because of the millions of sites affected. 
Advantage: Tumblr! lol
lol xD Hey I don't like either Just giving out options! If someone just wants something easy then they should just use a hosting site like Tapas, Webtoons, Smackjeeves, Comicfury, Keenspace, mangatoon, the duck, etc etc etc
I just made a Wordpress site with ComicPress and "webcomic" theme.
If you want to host multiple comics or customize the look of everything, it's a bit of a headache. Plus, you have to backup the site, make sure it doesn't get hacked, etc.
However, I decided to finally make my own site8, so I can have one place for all my art. Plus, different comic sites/social media sites come and go; now I have a site that will be here for years to come.
The Depths comic. (nsfw) Google it for safety.
A lot of cool webcomics still use it. GrrlPower for instance does, and it's mega huge. A lot of others; I speak regularly to the guy that created "comic Easel" which is an offshoot of webcomic, but a bit easier to follow.
We're all just waiting in terror when a new Wordpress version is released and blows all the sites up.
