This is a great resource for startups! My biggest suggestion would somehow be a way to filter by things like type, style, etc. (a lot like http://patterntap.com/ does). It would also be nice if I could view more on a page, so I don't have to click through 11 pages of posts. Again, great work! :)
I don't see a way to submit a site to be added to the list, so I'll comment it here. You should add these 2 great landing pages:
I've always found pretty hard to compete just with the typical landing page - beautiful image, nice mission statement and a sign-up botton. how to out stand?
Personally, I've always found good the landing page of Dropbox with 120s video that explains exactly the core. Something almost impossible with a one-liner.
They're all aesthetically pleasing, but it'd be nice to see the highest-converting and find out what makes them successful.
Some landing pages look like shit but convert like the Spanish Inquisition, so I'd rather base my inspiration on those than a pretty but poor-performing landing page.
Im not taking a shot at patio11 here, because he clearly is a standout member on HN & knows what he is doing, but http://www.bingocardcreator.com/ is a good example.
It doesnt follow any of the "design trends" you would see on dribbble or have the modern look that the sites on land-book do, but I would guess it converts much higher than most of these sites.
To me personally (I don't keep up with professional design trends), that is an amazingly well designed page. I click on it and I immediately know what the website is used for. All of the well-designed websites are too low on content; I have to search for what the website is about, and if I didn't already know what the products were I would be immediately turned off.
For instance, on the Spotify website, I am told two things: it is called Spotify and it has something to do with music. "Music for every moment" doesn't tell me much about the functionality of the product and really doesn't sell me on it. Lapka is even worse by not telling me a single thing on the actual page.
Is a horrible looking landing page, but every single pixel has been A/B tested and it has a great conversion rate. Especially considering the lifeblood of the site is through marketing (as user retention is extremely difficult), an excellent landing page is essential.
Because its invasive. I had my volume off on my computer because I need silence at this very moment, yet these bastards turn my local computer's volume up. I mute again and the volume turns on again. This is the most blatantly disrespectful practice I have ever been exposed to from an "honest" site.
Two things I can't stand:
Music. I tend to have my own music in the background. If I really need to listen to the website, I will turn on the volume myself.
My Desktop is MY DESKTOP. I did not give this website permission to turn on the volume on MY DESKTOP! I don't care how honest your company is, this makes you look like a virus, and if you aren't pushing viruses, I can't think of a more clear and blatant disrespect to the users than this. Did they ever think that someone has a sleeping person / baby nearby? Maybe the person is at a library. Regardless if the person has any good reason, DON'T TURN ON MY DESKTOP VOLUME.
And the site looks like a giant scam too — the supposed live auctions are rotating animations, and the bid buttons turn into register buttons when clicked. I know plenty of scam sites have great tricks to increase conversions but that's not where i'd look for inspiration if i were trying to create a landing page for a real and legitimate business.
It's a penny auction site. I'm not sure I'd call it "honest." You are very likely not their target market. I don't have any inside information, but I'll bet that these tactics work really well on the type of people who are likely to sign up for a penny auction.
Clearly I'm not the target market because I moved off the site so fast that I didn't even see what it was. My attention was on my computer's volume button and the back arrow on my browser.
I hate websites that play sound without my permission.
That site look exactly like those paper flyers you get in your home mailbox. Maybe their target market is stay at home moms. Thus the look and feel, and the auto play sound.
Agreed. Some of my best converting work is considered ugly. Though money in the bank looks better than color in thy pixels. As always, test, test, test!
Couldn't agree more with the sentiment here. It always blows my mind when I come across what appears to be a terribly designed (and outdated) squeeze page that still goes gangbusters on conversions and avg rev per sale
I'm not sure I'm entirely seeing the value here. You're presenting "the best" landing pages but there is no criteria for what makes the landing page "the best". I suppose as a source of inspiration, having lots of landing pages thrown in your face is useful but I'm still left wanting more from this.
What's the goal of the landing page? Why does this design meet this goal better than if it were designed in this other way? Some analysis of the landing page and service, coupled with analytics and conversion optimization results, would make this significantly more valuable of a resource.
Not only that, but I'm not feeling the long scrolling thing. It was relatively unique and cute the first few times I've seen it, but I really would like to see the conversion data for sites that choose to place the sign-up and information 3 virtual miles below the fold.
The page isn't quite ready yet but its hopefully not too far off. There's a known issue with black lines appearing on the sides of the video in safari.
In particular, it would be fantastic to get some ideas for giving incentives for people to share the page. We still need to clean up the section after the signup too :-/
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http://www.ebay.com/new & https://www.facebook.com/about/graphsearch
Personally, I've always found good the landing page of Dropbox with 120s video that explains exactly the core. Something almost impossible with a one-liner.
Some landing pages look like shit but convert like the Spanish Inquisition, so I'd rather base my inspiration on those than a pretty but poor-performing landing page.
It doesnt follow any of the "design trends" you would see on dribbble or have the modern look that the sites on land-book do, but I would guess it converts much higher than most of these sites.
For instance, on the Spotify website, I am told two things: it is called Spotify and it has something to do with music. "Music for every moment" doesn't tell me much about the functionality of the product and really doesn't sell me on it. Lapka is even worse by not telling me a single thing on the actual page.
Is a horrible looking landing page, but every single pixel has been A/B tested and it has a great conversion rate. Especially considering the lifeblood of the site is through marketing (as user retention is extremely difficult), an excellent landing page is essential.
Because its invasive. I had my volume off on my computer because I need silence at this very moment, yet these bastards turn my local computer's volume up. I mute again and the volume turns on again. This is the most blatantly disrespectful practice I have ever been exposed to from an "honest" site.
Two things I can't stand:
Music. I tend to have my own music in the background. If I really need to listen to the website, I will turn on the volume myself.
My Desktop is MY DESKTOP. I did not give this website permission to turn on the volume on MY DESKTOP! I don't care how honest your company is, this makes you look like a virus, and if you aren't pushing viruses, I can't think of a more clear and blatant disrespect to the users than this. Did they ever think that someone has a sleeping person / baby nearby? Maybe the person is at a library. Regardless if the person has any good reason, DON'T TURN ON MY DESKTOP VOLUME.
That site look exactly like those paper flyers you get in your home mailbox. Maybe their target market is stay at home moms. Thus the look and feel, and the auto play sound.
What's the goal of the landing page? Why does this design meet this goal better than if it were designed in this other way? Some analysis of the landing page and service, coupled with analytics and conversion optimization results, would make this significantly more valuable of a resource.
They are nice and all, but most of them are almost copy-paste jobs of each other.
http://www.conversion-rate-experts.com/seomoz-case-study/
I'm in the process of making a landing page for something I've been working on right now.
It would be great to get some feedback from the HN community - you guys all have way more experience than me.
The app is called Senso, and its designed to make it easy for children to recognise and learn about emotions in themselves and others:
http://senso.launchrock.com
The page isn't quite ready yet but its hopefully not too far off. There's a known issue with black lines appearing on the sides of the video in safari.
In particular, it would be fantastic to get some ideas for giving incentives for people to share the page. We still need to clean up the section after the signup too :-/
Thanks in advance!
Who cares if it has blinking text and a giant animated under construction sign? If it converts, it's good.