As a maker, do you code your landing pages from scratch everytime?

Posted by vick_onrails on Monday May 06, 2019 @11:09PM
from the self-post dept.

Hello everyone, I'm very new in tech and I've seen how speedily the ecosystem is. I've learned how important validating product ideas are and so far, I've seen practical real-life examples of people doing the same.

But I have a question to ask here; Since a whole lot of the time, we need to make landing pages for quick product validations, does it make sense to take days to build a landing page? Or should a person just buy a cheap one or download one for free from places like https://cruip.com/ or https://www.eatapapaya.com/ ?

I'm curious because making a good landing page can take me around 2 full days while downloading one can enable me to start immediately. What would you normally do?

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Re:As a maker, do you code your landing pages from scratch e... by lprubin on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @01:00PM (#19851274)

Definitely not. I frequently use landing page tools with built in templates, analytics, and A/B testing tools such as Unbounce, Leadpages, Webflow or one of the many others. Many email platforms such as Mailchimp are starting to offer integrated landing page builders as well.

With those tools I can build multiple variants of a responsive MVP landing page in 2-3 hours.

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Re:As a maker, do you code your landing pages from scratch e... by mustafaekim on Saturday May 11, 2019 @04:46AM (#19885262)

I do create my landing pages from scratch every time.

You just need to know a little bit of CSS (grids/flexbox) and media queries. The rest is idea & finding matching fancy images.

I don't do A/B testing, to me, it is a waste of time for small businesses.

What do you think about our landing page: https://www.testinvite.com

Maybe I am very old fashioned. I don't know

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Re:As a maker, do you code your landing pages from scratch e... by klaaz0r on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @07:17AM (#19857746)

What I have done is make a simple gatbsy starter and have components for signup/contact etc. all ready. And wrap everything with a bootstrap theme.

On average I spend 2 hours setting up a new landing page.

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Re:As a maker, do you code your landing pages from scratch e... by pryelluw on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @12:14AM (#19846502)

Whatever gets me a/b testing quicker. In my case, its hubspot.

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Re:As a maker, do you code your landing pages from scratch e... by mattmanser on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @02:52PM (#19861777)

Why are you coding at all?

Wordpress, free theme, done.

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