Free landing page builders vs paid?
I have a small launch coming up and don't want to pay $80 bucks for something like Unbounce or Landingi etc.. Mailchimp also seems to have a free landing page builder that has metrics and some other stuff.
What do people here recommend for cheap test marketing?
Also, as a developer I'm tempted to just build a static site with NextJS, so that I can extend it later and control stuff like SEO better.
What are the main features than the landing page sites offer that are a pain to build on your own? (eg conversion/metrics tracking/ FB login etc.)
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I did my site (ZeroToUsers.com) with a static HTML template & uploaded it to Netlify. Works great & fast. If you start with a template it doesn't take so much time.
For me, I always want to change something and doing it with builders is pain in the ...
Where do you get templates from?
You can find this template along with others on Cruip .
Thanks you!
yeah exactly a template + SSG is good. but if you want metrics, or a facebook login plugin or a registration form + backend... all doable but it's death by a thousand cuts. or AB testing, or something a non-techie can edit later... CMS does have it's benefits. Plus the templates are pretty optimized I would guess. But I'm not sure if there's really cost effective option with more advanced features.
Fb login is a weird feature for landing page :)
sorry I meant more like FB (or other - adwords) tracking, for example if i did a small buy on facebook, to know which campaigns are converting.
Ah FB pixel.
" death by a thousand" 100% agree so many things you have to do to optimise a landing page.
We built https://versoly.com/ if you want to just get started.
We have a code editor built in so you don't need to learn a new tool.
@BraydenTW @Frontendor @Michael_Andreuzza can chime in - this is their domain
Thank you @orliesaurus, You rock.
Hey @dcsan.
I am selling templates for 10 to 15 dollars, they are plane jane made with only Tailwind or Bulma.
DM on Twitter and you get any of them for free.
I am reworking wickedtemplates.com
Also, left an easter egg on Tailwindcomponents.com, a whole Tailwind template.
https://tailwindcomponents.com/component/wicked-template-seychelles.
Nt Twitter is.
Https://Twitter.com/Mike_andreuzza
looks interesting. can those templates be used with nextJS or gatsby? Are they "components" at all or mainly the plain css/html?
They are built only with the CDN from Tailwind or Bulma.
So you can choose the stack.
(Hey @orliesaurus, thanks for the mention 😄)
👋 @dcsan, I sell easy-to-setup HTML templates on BuildFaster.co. They are all HTML and CSS (I use Scss as a pre processor).
Let me know if you have any questions.
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seems like a nice kit of components, but I wouldn't want to do front-end stuff nowadays without some framework react/vue/svelte. and it's a lot of work to convert the raw html components.