{
  "id": "amplemarket-site",
  "title": "Amplemarket — efficient copy, story graphics, impeccable trust",
  "domain": "amplemarket.com",
  "url": "https://www.amplemarket.com/",
  "anchor": null,
  "kind": "site",
  "sectionType": "whole-site",
  "industry": [
    "saas"
  ],
  "clientProblems": [
    "weak-proof",
    "commodity-feel"
  ],
  "buyerGoals": [
    "conversion",
    "enterprise-ready"
  ],
  "resources": {
    "overall": "high"
  },
  "companyStage": "growth",
  "verdict": "approved",
  "added": "2026-11-05",
  "lastChecked": "2026-11-05",
  "screenshot": "/images/entries/amplemarket-site.webp",
  "example": false,
  "tags": [],
  "whyItWorks": "Very well designed site in all metrics. Copy is efficient without long paragraphs everywhere. Graphics tell a story. Most sections work almost as-is with a simple recoloring for most other industries as well. Trust section is impeccable. Also worth checking out earlier site version with Wayback Machine. Public page: all-in-one sales platform for teams & AI agents.\n",
  "whatIdSteal": "Efficient copy without long paragraphs; graphics that tell a story; a trust section this strong; section patterns that recolor cleanly for other industries. Peek at the earlier Wayback version for contrast.\n",
  "whatIdNeverDo": "Padding every section with long paragraphs when short efficient copy plus story graphics already do the work — and don't ignore how strong a dedicated trust section can be.\n"
}

{
  "id": "base-site",
  "title": "Base — simple reusable sections (skip the always-on bento)",
  "domain": "base.org",
  "url": "https://www.base.org/",
  "anchor": null,
  "kind": "site",
  "sectionType": "whole-site",
  "industry": [
    "other"
  ],
  "clientProblems": [
    "commodity-feel"
  ],
  "buyerGoals": [
    "launch-clarity"
  ],
  "resources": {
    "overall": "some"
  },
  "companyStage": "growth",
  "verdict": "approved",
  "added": "2026-11-05",
  "lastChecked": "2026-11-05",
  "screenshot": "/images/entries/base-site.webp",
  "example": false,
  "tags": [],
  "whyItWorks": "Simple sections that work in most cases. Otherwise very solid and easy to customize to fit anything. Public page: Base (Coinbase L2) product/ecosystem marketing site.\n",
  "whatIdSteal": "Simple, reusable section patterns that customize cleanly to almost any product without inventing a new layout language.\n",
  "whatIdNeverDo": "Yoinking the bento grid layout where the animations always play — that's just awful UX.\n"
}

{
  "id": "clearstreet-site",
  "title": "Clear Street — storytelling with icons/3D when photos are scarce",
  "domain": "clearstreet.io",
  "url": "https://www.clearstreet.io/",
  "anchor": null,
  "kind": "site",
  "sectionType": "whole-site",
  "industry": [
    "saas",
    "other"
  ],
  "clientProblems": [
    "hard-to-trust",
    "commodity-feel"
  ],
  "buyerGoals": [
    "enterprise-ready",
    "quiet-expert-authority"
  ],
  "resources": {
    "overall": "some"
  },
  "companyStage": "growth",
  "verdict": "approved",
  "added": "2026-11-05",
  "lastChecked": "2026-11-05",
  "screenshot": "/images/entries/clearstreet-site.webp",
  "example": false,
  "tags": [],
  "whyItWorks": "Great storytelling elements and other design ideas for saas and clients who don't provide much photos: icons, 3d work, animations. Content and order of conversation with user makes quite a lot of sense. Public page: Clear Street — brokerage infrastructure for sophisticated investors.\n",
  "whatIdSteal": "Storytelling via icons, 3D, and animation when the client won't give photos; a content order that walks the user through a sensible conversation.\n",
  "whatIdNeverDo": "Defaulting to empty stock-photo heroes when the real move is custom icons / 3D / motion for a photo-poor SaaS client.\n"
}

{
  "id": "planhat-site",
  "title": "Planhat — logo + outcome customer proof right after hero",
  "domain": "planhat.com",
  "url": "https://www.planhat.com/",
  "anchor": null,
  "kind": "site",
  "sectionType": "whole-site",
  "industry": [
    "saas"
  ],
  "clientProblems": [
    "weak-proof"
  ],
  "buyerGoals": [
    "enterprise-ready",
    "conversion"
  ],
  "resources": {
    "overall": "high"
  },
  "companyStage": "growth",
  "verdict": "approved",
  "added": "2026-11-05",
  "lastChecked": "2026-11-05",
  "screenshot": "/images/entries/planhat-site.webp",
  "example": false,
  "tags": [],
  "whyItWorks": "Simple but creative informative layouts. They have tons of resources like customer videos and such so this isn't a great example overall, but many sections are brilliant, like the logo + outcome + small link for customer outcomes right after hero. Public page: next-gen CRM for customer success / revenue teams.\n",
  "whatIdSteal": "The logo + outcome + small link pattern for customer outcomes placed right after the hero — simple, creative, informative layout for proof.\n",
  "whatIdNeverDo": "Treating Planhat as a low-resource template — they lean on tons of customer videos and assets, so don't copy the whole site when you don't have that.\n"
}

{
  "id": "taxo-site",
  "title": "Taxo — text-heavy healthcare site with zero photos",
  "domain": "taxo.ai",
  "url": "https://taxo.ai/",
  "anchor": null,
  "kind": "site",
  "sectionType": "whole-site",
  "industry": [
    "healthcare"
  ],
  "clientProblems": [
    "looks-amateur",
    "hard-to-trust"
  ],
  "buyerGoals": [
    "quiet-expert-authority",
    "launch-clarity"
  ],
  "resources": {
    "overall": "none"
  },
  "companyStage": "growth",
  "verdict": "approved",
  "added": "2026-11-05",
  "lastChecked": "2026-11-05",
  "screenshot": "/images/entries/taxo-site.webp",
  "example": false,
  "tags": [],
  "whyItWorks": "Many simple but effective sections. Works well for designs where there's quite a lot of text, and no photo assets whatsoever. Public page: Taxo — intelligent healthcare product site.\n",
  "whatIdSteal": "Simple section patterns that stay effective with lots of text and literally no photo assets — logo + color carrying the visual system.\n",
  "whatIdNeverDo": "Forcing stock photography into a healthcare / clinical story when you don't have real photos — Taxo shows the text-heavy, zero-photo path works.\n"
}

{
  "id": "autosend-site",
  "title": "AutoSend — dense developer ESP with natural logos and numbers",
  "domain": "autosend.com",
  "url": "https://autosend.com/",
  "anchor": null,
  "kind": "site",
  "sectionType": "whole-site",
  "industry": [
    "saas"
  ],
  "clientProblems": [
    "weak-proof",
    "commodity-feel"
  ],
  "buyerGoals": [
    "conversion",
    "launch-clarity"
  ],
  "resources": {
    "overall": "high"
  },
  "companyStage": "growth",
  "verdict": "approved",
  "added": "2026-11-02",
  "lastChecked": "2026-11-02",
  "screenshot": "/images/entries/autosend-site.webp",
  "example": false,
  "tags": [],
  "whyItWorks": "Excellent density of information. Key numbers and customer logos are one section that feels natural. Lower down the page might be a bit technicals first, but if it's for developers that's fine. Solid good design as well, not too tryhard but nicely animated without clutter spam when the animations add information. Public page positions AutoSend as email for developers and marketers (transactional + marketing, volume pricing, API/SMTP/MCP).\n",
  "whatIdSteal": "Dense info layout where key numbers and customer logos sit in one natural section; restrained animation that adds information instead of clutter spam.\n",
  "whatIdNeverDo": "Tryhard decoration or animation spam that doesn't add information — and don't fear technical depth on a developer-facing page.\n"
}

{
  "id": "heronai-site",
  "title": "Heron AI — engineering SaaS with what / how / who launch structure",
  "domain": "heronaiapp.com",
  "url": "https://heronaiapp.com/",
  "anchor": null,
  "kind": "site",
  "sectionType": "whole-site",
  "industry": [
    "saas",
    "engineering"
  ],
  "clientProblems": [
    "unclear-offer",
    "commodity-feel"
  ],
  "buyerGoals": [
    "launch-clarity",
    "quiet-expert-authority"
  ],
  "resources": {
    "overall": "high"
  },
  "companyStage": "early-startup",
  "verdict": "approved",
  "added": "2026-11-02",
  "lastChecked": "2026-11-02",
  "screenshot": "/images/entries/heronai-site.webp",
  "example": false,
  "tags": [],
  "whyItWorks": "S+ in everything engineering saas related. Perfect visual design (UI, illustrations, grid) that civil engineers and architects will instantly like. Excellent level of detail in the copywriting. Benefits glanced in hero with slider. The approach in general is just so solid for new products: 1. What is it? 2. How does it work? 3. Who can use it & get started now. Public page: AI agent inside Revit/Rhino/ArchiCAD/SketchUp that reviews the model, flags issues, and edits on approval.\n",
  "whatIdSteal": "Audience-native visual system for engineers/architects; hero benefit slider; new-product narrative order — what it is, how it works, who can use it and start now.\n",
  "whatIdNeverDo": "A weak or fuzzy hero CTA when the rest of the engineering-SaaS page is this solid — the hero CTA is the only weak part called out here.\n"
}

{
  "id": "notbadsecurity-site",
  "title": "Not Bad Security — low-budget Microsoft security site with sharp copy order",
  "domain": "notbadsecurity.com",
  "url": "https://notbadsecurity.com/en/",
  "anchor": null,
  "kind": "site",
  "sectionType": "whole-site",
  "industry": [
    "other"
  ],
  "clientProblems": [
    "looks-amateur",
    "unclear-offer"
  ],
  "buyerGoals": [
    "look-legit-underdog",
    "conversion"
  ],
  "resources": {
    "overall": "some"
  },
  "companyStage": "early-startup",
  "verdict": "approved",
  "added": "2026-11-02",
  "lastChecked": "2026-11-02",
  "screenshot": "/images/entries/notbadsecurity-site.webp",
  "example": false,
  "tags": [],
  "whyItWorks": "Super low budget site that can be designed and spun up in like 2 days or less. They have very strong photography, but otherwise the resources required are simply good copywriting. The amount of text and the order of messaging are perfect on the front page. Public page leads with a plain outcome line (\"We keep your Microsoft environment secure\") then consulting, assessments, and advisory — no fluff category pitch.\n",
  "whatIdSteal": "Strong photography + copywriting-only resource model; front-page text amount and messaging order; keep Get in Touch in the header nav when the company has zero freebies prepared and a harder hero CTA simply doesn't fit.\n",
  "whatIdNeverDo": "Defaulting the hero to passive \"What we do\" + \"Get in Touch\" when something more activating would fit — though I wouldn't force a lead-magnet CTA if it doesn't match how they work.\n"
}

{
  "id": "oi-site",
  "title": "Oiva Isännöinti — dense service homepage when nothing can be deprioritized",
  "domain": "oi.fi",
  "url": "https://oi.fi/",
  "anchor": null,
  "kind": "site",
  "sectionType": "whole-site",
  "industry": [
    "other"
  ],
  "clientProblems": [
    "buried-next-step",
    "unclear-offer"
  ],
  "buyerGoals": [
    "conversion",
    "enterprise-ready"
  ],
  "resources": {
    "overall": "some"
  },
  "companyStage": "established",
  "verdict": "approved",
  "added": "2026-11-02",
  "lastChecked": "2026-11-02",
  "screenshot": "/images/entries/oi-site.webp",
  "example": false,
  "tags": [],
  "whyItWorks": "Great example for those massive service sites that have literally hundreds of semi-important links and pages and when the client's web project team doesn't have the ability or will to imply that some departments are more important than others, so we need to link to so many things on the front page. Oiva's public homepage surfaces resident tasks (documents, move-in, renovation notice, fault report, sauna booking, and more) alongside board/offer CTAs without pretending one path owns the page.\n",
  "whatIdSteal": "A front page that honestly carries many equal-weight service links when the org will not rank departments; keep resident self-serve actions visible without burying the \"compete our property management\" path.\n",
  "whatIdNeverDo": "Forcing a single \"primary\" department hierarchy the client team will not stand behind — on sites like this the honest dense link set is the brief.\n"
}

{
  "id": "seline-site",
  "title": "Seline — hero that states the GA alternative, then proof",
  "domain": "seline.com",
  "url": "https://seline.com/",
  "anchor": null,
  "kind": "site",
  "sectionType": "hero",
  "industry": [
    "saas"
  ],
  "clientProblems": [
    "unclear-offer",
    "weak-proof",
    "commodity-feel"
  ],
  "buyerGoals": [
    "launch-clarity",
    "conversion"
  ],
  "resources": {
    "overall": "high"
  },
  "companyStage": "early-startup",
  "verdict": "approved",
  "added": "2026-11-02",
  "lastChecked": "2026-11-02",
  "screenshot": "/images/entries/seline-site.webp",
  "example": false,
  "tags": [],
  "whyItWorks": "If your product's main selling point (in this case the Google Analytics alternative that sees all visitors) can be explained in the hero, do that and go straight to proof. The way the ease of installation is sold in the \"Paste one script. See your first visitor in minutes.\" is always good to do: instead of saying \"install now\". Comparison table is beautifully written to offer details whenever it makes sense to do so instead of simple yes/no. Public page matches: cookie-less GA alternative, trial/demo CTAs, then feature proof and a detailed competitor table.\n",
  "whatIdSteal": "Hero that states the core selling point then jumps to proof; install CTA framed as outcome (\"Paste one script. See your first visitor in minutes.\") instead of \"install now\"; comparison tables with real detail instead of yes/no ticks.\n",
  "whatIdNeverDo": "Hiding the main differentiator below the fold, or a comparison grid that only does empty yes/no checkmarks when a short detail would persuade.\n"
}

{
  "id": "spacefs-site",
  "title": "Space — benefit-led product landing that beats the always-on bento",
  "domain": "spacefs.com",
  "url": "https://spacefs.com/",
  "anchor": null,
  "kind": "site",
  "sectionType": "features",
  "industry": [
    "saas"
  ],
  "clientProblems": [
    "unclear-offer",
    "commodity-feel"
  ],
  "buyerGoals": [
    "launch-clarity",
    "conversion"
  ],
  "resources": {
    "overall": "high"
  },
  "companyStage": "early-startup",
  "verdict": "approved",
  "added": "2026-11-02",
  "lastChecked": "2026-11-02",
  "screenshot": "/images/entries/spacefs-site.webp",
  "example": false,
  "tags": [],
  "whyItWorks": "Excellent copywriting and clear path to take action. This is how products should be described on the landing page. Instantly understandable, with graphics and visuals that SHOW THE BENEFITS. The key benefits section is a huge upgrade over the popular bento grid, where all those hover animations would be visible and playing all the time. Here, it's literally impossible not to read the 5 points like \"Files open instantly\". When users hover, they get a short Mac UI animation showing the exact same thing a 2nd time. Perfection. Public page: \"The infinite AI-native filesystem\" with streaming/zero-disk benefits and numbered points.\n",
  "whatIdSteal": "Benefit lines you cannot skip reading; hover reveals a short UI animation that re-shows the same benefit; product visuals that demonstrate outcomes instead of decorating a bento.\n",
  "whatIdNeverDo": "The popular always-animating bento grid where every tile plays at once and none of the benefit lines get read.\n"
}

{
  "id": "spellbook-site",
  "title": "Spellbook — legal SaaS that leads with familiar photos, not product UI",
  "domain": "spellbook.com",
  "url": "https://spellbook.com/",
  "anchor": null,
  "kind": "site",
  "sectionType": "hero",
  "industry": [
    "saas"
  ],
  "clientProblems": [
    "hard-to-trust",
    "unclear-offer"
  ],
  "buyerGoals": [
    "enterprise-ready",
    "quiet-expert-authority"
  ],
  "resources": {
    "overall": "some"
  },
  "companyStage": "growth",
  "verdict": "approved",
  "added": "2026-11-02",
  "lastChecked": "2026-11-02",
  "screenshot": "/images/entries/spellbook-site.webp",
  "example": false,
  "tags": [],
  "whyItWorks": "Good example for niche expert SaaS, for law in this case. Leading with the product UI isn't always the best idea, if your audience isn't very digital native. This site sells software for lawyers, so it should have some of those familiar photos lawyers are used to at the start. Great example also of how to make the most of generic stock photos to make otherwise meh and boring customer cases do heavy lifting in the hero. \"The Redline\", their branded newsletter about AI in law is a great touch that basically everyone doing newsletters should steal. Great thinking in the Solutions section, with how LOW PRIO it is on the messaging. Public page: contract AI suite for in-house teams and law firms, with trust logos and end-to-end intake→repository story.\n",
  "whatIdSteal": "Familiar audience photography before product chrome; stock photos made to carry customer cases in the hero; a branded newsletter like The Redline; keep \"for you / solutions\" links low priority until people already know what you offer.\n",
  "whatIdNeverDo": "Putting the \"for you...\" solution links right up front before the offer is clear — people won't care unless they already know what you offer, and in this case they don't. Also: leading with product UI for a non-digital-native buyer.\n"
}

{
  "id": "titan-site",
  "title": "Titan — readable premium wealth site via whitespace, not clutter",
  "domain": "titan.com",
  "url": "https://www.titan.com/",
  "anchor": null,
  "kind": "site",
  "sectionType": "whole-site",
  "industry": [
    "other"
  ],
  "clientProblems": [
    "commodity-feel",
    "unclear-offer"
  ],
  "buyerGoals": [
    "quiet-expert-authority",
    "conversion"
  ],
  "resources": {
    "overall": "high"
  },
  "companyStage": "growth",
  "verdict": "approved",
  "added": "2026-11-02",
  "lastChecked": "2026-11-02",
  "screenshot": "/images/entries/titan-site.webp",
  "example": false,
  "tags": [],
  "whyItWorks": "Super simple and clear text sections. This is pretty much the gold standard of how to make things look readable and clear and premium without clutterifying everything. This site has way too many scroll animations, but the idea that if your text messaging sections are super \"basic\" you make the site exciting and different by putting in tons of white space, videos and images. Public page: wealth management for tech professionals — AUM, client count, equity/tax/retirement services in plain sections.\n",
  "whatIdSteal": "Super basic, readable text messaging paired with lots of white space, video, and imagery instead of clutter; premium clarity without dressing up the copy.\n",
  "whatIdNeverDo": "Clutterifying simple messaging — and piling on way too many scroll animations when whitespace and media already carry the excitement.\n"
}

{
  "id": "vepsalainen-site",
  "title": "Autokorjaamo Vepsäläinen — bland local service page built for conversion",
  "domain": "autokorjaamovepsalainen.net",
  "url": "https://autokorjaamovepsalainen.net/",
  "anchor": null,
  "kind": "site",
  "sectionType": "whole-site",
  "industry": [
    "other"
  ],
  "clientProblems": [
    "commodity-feel",
    "hard-to-trust",
    "weak-proof"
  ],
  "buyerGoals": [
    "conversion"
  ],
  "resources": {
    "overall": "some"
  },
  "companyStage": "established",
  "verdict": "approved",
  "added": "2026-11-02",
  "lastChecked": "2026-11-02",
  "screenshot": "/images/entries/vepsalainen-site.webp",
  "example": false,
  "tags": [],
  "whyItWorks": "I know this page looks extremely bland and basic. The reason this deserves a yoink is the insane conversion rate this site gets. This is how you position a commodity service in a local highly competitive and saturated market. The conversion rate is well about 10%. This is what we ended up with, after 5 years of constant A/B testing on what works. The public page is a long-form owner letter plus guarantees (3-year quality warranty, on-time finish, money-back diagnostics) and dense review proof — not a pretty portfolio.\n",
  "whatIdSteal": "Commodity local-service positioning via plain owner voice, concrete guarantees, and proof density over visual polish; ship the A/B-tested bland page when conversion is the job.\n",
  "whatIdNeverDo": "Dressing a local sweatshop-type client in trendy agency visuals when this kind of plain, tested conversion page is what they should leave with.\n"
}