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What's your stack for quickly firing up a landing page?

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

  • Versoly, Unicorn Platform, Carrd.co, ...?
  • Finding an HTML template?
  • WordPress?

(2) Hosting

  • Netflify, Vercel, ...?
  • Some cheap WP hosting?

(3) Analytics

  • Google Analytics?
  • Simple Analytics, Plausible Analytics, ...?

(4) Collecting emails

  • Mailchimp, ...?
  • Zapier to send subscription form submissions into a Google Sheet?

(5) Making it pretty

  • Where would you go for a logo and graphic resources?

Thanks! 🙏🙏🙏

posted to Icon for group Product Development
Product Development
on June 15, 2020
  1. 5

    If you are looking for an easy-to-use HTML theme, check out some of the ones on my website BuildFaster

  2. 3

    For careermove.io:

    Website: Next.js

    Hosting: Vercel

    Analytics: Google Analytics

    Email: Sendgrid

    Making it pretty: Looka.com

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      This comment was deleted 5 years ago.

  3. 2

    Sendgrid Form, HTML, Github, Netlify

  4. 2

    Go Next.js route, powered by Vercel, with Google Analytics being the easiest to set up or maybe Amplitude.

    Collecting mails through MailChimp is way easier and goto Flaticons and FreePik for assets

  5. 2

    I 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.

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      What is the reason it lacks flexibility, carrd?

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        That and I think Google Analytics is great but the UI is awful and tough to navigate.

  6. 1

    I'm currently using:

    1. HTML/CSS
    2. Google Firebase
    3. Google Analytics
    4. MailChimp
      4.5 Airtable
    5. Illustration Kits and Paint3D
  7. 1

    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.

  8. 1

    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.

  9. 1
    1. Vue/Tailwind
    2. Firebase :)
    3. Google Analytics for now
    4. SendGrid. I recently switched from Mailchimp to SendGrid for targetaudience.app. So far I'm more satisfied with SendGrid cause it's simpler and you can send a single message to a single person ^^
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    HTML, CSS, Netlify. I use Mailchimp for email submission, but might validate new options today. I don't particulary like it.

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      May I ask what you don't like about Mailchimp?

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        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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          This comment was deleted 5 years ago.

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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.

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    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.

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    1. Website: Webflow

    2. Hosting: Webflow

    3. Analytics: Google Analytics

    4: Email: Campaign Monitor

    1. Making it pretty: DesignJoy.co 😁
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    I use Versoly which has hosting, analytics, and email forms built-in. Then integrated with Mailchimp so I can send out newsletters if needed.

  15. 1

    I use convertkit. It's spot on.

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    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.

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