Where do you host your landing page + mailing list sites?
As the title says, what do you normally use to setup a page where you can collect emails for potential users for upcoming products?
Curious about whether you use code or no code tools for it.
As the title says, what do you normally use to setup a page where you can collect emails for potential users for upcoming products?
Curious about whether you use code or no code tools for it.
render.com is very simple for static sites, they even support some of the popular ones https://render.com/docs/static-sites
I've been using https://buttondown.email/ since it's very simple to use.
Nice one. Was not aware of render 💯
I used cloudflare pages/ vercel for landing pages mainly. Never tried any service for mail.
For landing pages I use TailwindCSS to design them and Vercel for free hosting. For email I have heard great things about ConvertKit. Unfortunately it can get quite expensive so I’m interested in what other people suggest.
Hello Alex.
I am currently building a no-code tool for indiehackers to validate their business ideas fast without spending money and time.
You can start validating your idea and take pre-orders from your potential customers before you launch the actual product.
Sometimes indiehackers, like me, don't validate their idea enough before actually building it. Also I am removing the pain points for them by making it easy and fast to make it.
Would you be interested to try it out?
I'm building my app project on Firebase as it's free and integrates well with GA / Ad Mob / Crashlytics etc.
It also offers free hosting.
I built my site on Webflow as it gave me the everything I needed as a non-designer but Webflow hosting is expensive. I then upgraded my Webflow account, downloaded the code and deployed it on Firebase. I can now downgrade my Webflow account and keep the free hosting on Firebase.
Deploying to Firebase was easy. Building an email list with Mailchimp was easy but getting details from a contact form to email was a bit trickier.
You can use GitHub pages for free if your repo is public. They allow you to connect a custom domain and set up SSL. For collecting emails, some services can be used starting from free Google docs (yes, you can use it to collect emails!) to Mailchimp (expensive) or Sender.
My personal website is on github pages and I can't believe it didn't cross my mind. Thanks for the idea 👏
No worries, glad to help!
All my static sites are deployed on Netlify (their deployment experience is top notch). For mailing list I've been using https://buttondown.email.
I’ve tried out SendGrid recently and it’s been great. Their Contacts API let’s you add contacts to a list which is perfect for form submissions on a landing page.
Their design portal/email builder is also convenient and can be used to put together some templates.
I use their automation feature to trigger emails. I.e for every email contact added to a list, send a welcome email etc etc.
We actually use our own product HeyForm to collect potential users' emails, we tend to make it a use case.
I have only tried Heroku so far. The free plan has limitations, in terms of https and anything you write to the file system can be erased.
Ended up saving the emails to notion and emailing myself using SendGrid.