Website design for startups. From people who launch their own products.
We do website design for startups that need to explain something new, quickly, and then grow into a source of users. We launch our own apps and web products, so we build startup sites the way we build ours: a sharp story, fast pages and a structure that can scale to hundreds of pages.
The job
A startup website has a harder job than most
An established business can lean on its reputation. A startup has a few seconds to explain a product nobody has heard of, to someone who did not ask. Investors, early users, partners and future hires all land on the same homepage and need different reasons to stay.
The design has to make the product feel real and trustworthy. The copy has to make it obvious. And the site has to be fast, because a lot of early traffic comes from mobile links in social posts, newsletters and chats.
Stages
Startup website design by stage
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Pre-launch: prove the story
One or a few pages that explain the problem, the product and why now. A waitlist or demo request. Enough to test the message with real people and show investors something that looks serious.
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Launch: convert the first users
Product pages, pricing, a clear signup or download path, answers to the obvious objections. Built so the team can add pages without a rebuild.
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Growth: get found
Pages for each use case, audience, integration or market, written for the searches your customers make. This is where organic traffic starts to compound.
Our own launches
We are a startup studio with our own products
We have 8 apps of our own in the App Store, with web products alongside them. Dronk reached number one on the App Store's party game chart the week it launched, and dronkapp.com went from a new domain to 5,000+ visitors a month in about six months. BnbFinds is our own web product with curated travel collections.
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#1
Dronk
Read the case : Dronk
on the App Store's party game chart the same week it launched. dronkapp.com gets 5,000+ visitors a month in 13 languages on a domain that is only six months old. -
10+ hours
BnbFinds
Read the case : BnbFinds
of research saved per trip. Curated Airbnb collections on a fast, static platform. -
120,000+
UnfollowCheck
Read the case : UnfollowCheck
users worldwide, 1M+ profiles tracked and 30,000 monthly visitors to unfollowcheck.com, mostly from Google.
What you get
What a startup site from us includes
- Positioning help: one sentence that says what the product is, for whom.
- A custom design that looks like a company worth betting on.
- Copy written with you, in plain words.
- A fast, static build that scores high in Core Web Vitals from day one.
- A structure for growth, ready for use case pages, languages and search.
- Analytics set up so you know where signups come from.
SaaS or app
Software or app startups
If you sell software with trials, plans and integrations, the site needs its own logic. See SaaS website design. If your product is a mobile app, the site has a different job: turning visitors into App Store downloads. That is covered on app website design. And when you are ready to grow through search, see SEO for startups.
Working together
Small studio, founder to founder
MediaVikings is a small studio in Denmark run by Jacob Gade Hartmann. You work with the person who designs and builds your site, in English, across time zones. Decisions are quick, and there is no account manager between you and the work.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Should a startup use a website builder or hire a designer?
Before you have a product, a builder or AI tool can be fine for a placeholder. Once you are launching, raising or paying for traffic, a site designed around your story and built to load fast usually pays for itself. The honest answer depends on your stage, and we will tell you if you are too early.
What pages does a startup website need?
At launch: a homepage that explains the product in one screen, a page per main use case or feature, pricing if you sell online, an about page that shows who is behind it, and a clear signup, demo or download path. Everything else can come later.
How fast can a startup website be ready?
A focused launch site can often be live within a few weeks, if the positioning is clear. The slowest part is usually agreeing on what the product is and who it is for, not the design.
Can the site grow with us?
Yes. We build on a structure where new pages, languages and templates can be added without starting over. Our own dronkapp.com grew to 200+ pages ranking in 13 languages on the same foundation.
Do you also build the product?
We build native iOS apps and web apps as well. If you need a first version of the product, see MVP development.
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