Hello!
I am putting together a starter kit for indie newcomers.
Say you want to fire up a landing page as quickly as possible for your product.
You need to: get/build the page, host it, track visitors, collect emails.
What are your tips on the most unobtrusive ways of doing that?
(1) Website
(2) Hosting
(3) Analytics
(4) Collecting emails
(5) Making it pretty
Thanks! 🙏🙏🙏
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For careermove.io:
Website: Next.js
Hosting: Vercel
Analytics: Google Analytics
Email: Sendgrid
Making it pretty: Looka.com
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Sendgrid Form, HTML, Github, Netlify
Go Next.js route, powered by Vercel, with
Google Analyticsbeing the easiest to set up or maybeAmplitude.Collecting mails through
MailChimpis way easier and goto Flaticons and FreePik for assetsI currently use the following:
Carrd
Mailchimp
Namecheap (for domains and Gsuite)
Google Analytics
I would add that this stack is really good for quickly putting up a landing page to test out an idea but it does suffer from a lack of flexibility.
What is the reason it lacks flexibility, carrd?
That and I think Google Analytics is great but the UI is awful and tough to navigate.
I'm currently using:
4.5 Airtable
This is an interesting question. I am still working on my own tech stack for landing pages, but generally speaking:
1 - Just for landing, I make a static HTML website
2a - Domain through DreamHost (if I need a new one)
2b - Amazon S3 + Cloudfront. After doing it once, it becomes a clear process
3 - My own analytics solution, built on Django
4 - My own newsletter backend, also built with Django and hosted on Digital Ocean
5 - Finding a template on Themeforest or through a designer I already know and like
5b - Started fiddling with Tailwind to see how limited my design skills and creativity are.
For Remote Letter, I used
Domain: Namecheap ($9/year)
Front end: Bootstrap template
Back end: Flask/Python
Hosting: Linode VPS ($5/month)
Database: MySQL
Email: EmailOctopus
Analytics: Google Analytics
For under $15 I was able to setup everything with a little bit of coding. Also I use the same server for other purposes too so $5/month is a good deal.
HTML, CSS, Netlify. I use Mailchimp for email submission, but might validate new options today. I don't particulary like it.
May I ask what you don't like about Mailchimp?
Sure. I simply don't like their UI and UX. It confuses me.
It amazes me that their are THE front runners in this business.
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Hi @andy_f. I personally am using Wrodpress + Hubspot for Startup Sanctuary. I used WP as I have used it for years and I am familiar with this platform.
I have also recently tried out Landen and it is a very quick way to get a beautiful landing page set up and running.
Since landing pages are usually static ones
I use my own pure html/css/js
on Heroku node backend
using any hosting,
Google Analytics,
Mailchimp,
I'm very good at graphic design, so I do it myself. For payments i have used Stripe, but I have issues with trustworthiness, might switch to Paypal. I also use cloudflare for https.
You can check jbtemplates.com, this is a perfect example.
Website: Webflow
Hosting: Webflow
Analytics: Google Analytics
4: Email: Campaign Monitor
I use Versoly which has hosting, analytics, and email forms built-in. Then integrated with Mailchimp so I can send out newsletters if needed.
I use convertkit. It's spot on.
Last time I had to do this was for DriftWatch and I concluded MailChimp’s free account with their built in landing page creator was the quickest way for me to get going.