How do you generate landing pages to validate ideas?
I'm trying to get a lay of the land with respect to the tools you all use to generate landing pages!
I have seen a few services out there (e.g., LeadPages) that seem to help you generate pages and of course there's the old fashioned way of developing a landing page yourself.
What have you used? Some basic features I'm interested in:
- Good templates
- Ideally write no code myself
- Custom domain
- Collect emails
Thanks!
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I built https://versoly.com/ if you're looking to create SaaS landing pages, later on can create full websites.
No code required, good templates that load fast (we have the fastest loading templates), custom domain and can collect emails.
It looks like you can code, we have a code editor built in so you don't have to learn the UI, but we have non-technical users who build landing pages everyday so best of both worlds!
Versoly is looking great! I remember seeing it months back. It has really developed by now! Nice work
Thanks!
Just finished v3 of the platform so Versoly will be looking even better.
Didn't your website use to have something to do with Google Sheets?
Nope. I did comment about Google sheets integration.
Wow, this looks super nice. Great work.
I used this one - https://inovatik.com/index.html
I just purchased the big bundle and it contains around 30 templates all of which are well structured and easy to use. This will require you to muck around with HTML & CSS though. I don't have any affiliation with the site, just a satisfied customer.
If you want something that's more well rounded(sign up forms, no code etc), I would suggest https://mailchimp.com/features/landing-pages/
I haven't used this myself, but if I were to build a landing page today, I would probably go for this.
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Hi Inovatik,
Of course! I would definitely recommend it. :)
I don't really consider myself to be a "frontend" person. But I was still able to customize and use your templates for most of my use cases. Thanks for building it and wish you luck as well!
If you want to start collecting subscription payments then my product https://pricewell.io lets you integrate Stripe without writing any code and integrates with any no-code website builder that allows HTML snippets (almost all of them).
i enjoy using https://www.umso.com/ (landen before)
I like using https://carrd.co
It's super easy to use, very inexpensive, you can spin up several landing pages under the same plan, and the templates are ready to use out of the box. You can tweak them as you go if needed, and integrating an email form is super simple.
this looks excellent
If you want something live in minutes, growlist is quick. I personally created it to rapidly deploy mvp ideas, sales pages, lead gen forms, surveys, feedback, affiliate campaigns and more.
https://www.growlist.com
Thanks! Will check it out for sure.
I just launched this one this week: hushhush.club
I coded it from scratch, but there's no reason you couldn't do it with Notion + Super, MailChimp's built-in site builder, or something from Leadpages for instance.
The key is to give your value prop clearly and have some way to capture feedback.
Very nice, looks super clean! Can I ask where you’re storing the emails?
Since it's a platform with users, they're stored as "pre-users" in the database. I.e. just a user record with nothing but an email address.
Once invites for the platform go out, and the user accepts the invite, they'll go through the onboarding process, etc.
Ah okay. I was thinking a DB would be overkill for just collecting emails but yeah if you’re already integrating with a platform that makes a lot of sense.
I like using https://www.pricewell.io/, which allows you to create a SaaS pricing page and manage customer subscriptions without development in minutes of integration and super easy embedding into the website.
It is free, which makes it really appealing and you can also write code for better customization!
I built this landing page in an hour using typedream which launched today on producthunt.
https://typedream.app/micro-creator
Good question.
I just post my ideas on Kernal and people vote if they'd use the idea or not - https://kern.al/idea/vending-machines-for-retail-products
I've been working on my website builder for a few months now from scratch. It's missing a few things here and there but I am slowly adding more and more. As it's a new service, there are bugs and I am trying to tackle them.
One direction that I have gone was allowing users to build as if they were using adobe xd or figma meaning you can place elements anywhere for total drag and drop freedom.
You also do not have to worry about designing for mobile devices as it's automatically generated to suite every device. I am going to push an update to allow you to modify mobile views later.
https://customsitenow.com/
I use my current mvp of https://fromnotion.com. It allows to create a simple landing page on Notion. We built a simple no-code css editor for customizing the appearance from default of Notion.
Some ex.:
https://beeper.fromnotion.com
https://customdesk.fromnotion.com
https://stitch.fromnotion.com
https://clack.fromnotion.com
It’s enough to validate ideas.
Hey @typeofnan, I recently launched TurboNav using https://super.so/.
Templates are based on Notion's block system, you can use CSS to override but can get tricky.
Custom domains are definitely supported and for collecting emails, I'm using Convertkit and embedded an iframe through Notion's embed command.
Overall, I'm 80% satisfied lol. I'm debating about moving to Webflow, I've heard good things from them. Primarily due to the CSS customization can get tricky.
But for now, my Notion-built landing page will suffice. I'm happy with my blog that's also using super.so https://www.trialanderr.com. Although, I think it needs some love and content 🙂
I should have added in using https://usefathom.com/ for analytics
I think I'm late to this party but this is my tech stack
Trying to use SMS instead of email follow ups as I heard it's more well received and better conversion rates but we'll see. I've collected both email and phone numbers for this process
You can use this if you want to add gamification to it :D
https://www.iwanttobuildthis.com/
Hi
I am working on https://table.listws.com and about to launch https://landing.listws.com, both will let you create landing pages from templates and create forms to collect emails into an airtable or gsheet .
The main difference with others builders is that I have a very clear separation of content/data and the design/template.
Let me know if you need anything.
I've built a lot of landing pages over the years, basically using templates, there's many online that are free or great ones for about 10-12 bucks (never needed to get $60 templates). They are easy to modify to your specific needs if you are familiar with HTML/CSS. I can generally set up a working landing page in a few hours and save on monthly costs. To quickly set up forms I use sheetmonkey or airtable and host on firebase as it's free and easy to set up. - Firebase init select hosting, project and then firebase deploy and you are good to go (I've even used their web.app domain for a few weeks in some cases).