ShorYC S25 landing page report.
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Your landing page’s weakest score is Trust.

Fix Trust

Score over time

100806040200Deel 59 on Jun 30 (Wayback)Deel 20 on Jul 23 (Wayback)Deel 77 on Sep 21 (Live)Remote 77 on Jun 11 (Wayback)Remote 72 on Jun 30 (Wayback)Remote 76 on Jul 16 (Wayback)Remote 78 on Jul 24 (Wayback)Remote 76 on Aug 11 (Wayback)Remote 76 on Aug 20 (Wayback)Remote 78 on Sep 22 (Live)Rippling 83 on May 4 (Wayback)Rippling 82 on Jul 14 (Wayback)Rippling 80 on Jul 28 (Wayback)Rippling 81 on Aug 11 (Wayback)Rippling 83 on Aug 25 (Wayback)Rippling 80 on Sep 8 (Wayback)Rippling 76 on Sep 22 (Live)Oyster 72 on Apr 8 (Wayback)Oyster 72 on Apr 25 (Wayback)Oyster 73 on May 5 (Wayback)Oyster 71 on May 25 (Wayback)Oyster 70 on Aug 22 (Wayback)Oyster 72 on Sep 5 (Wayback)Oyster 72 on Sep 22 (Live)Shor 74 on Sep 22 (Live)Sep 22

Trust

62Fair

Proof that the product is real, competent, and safe to try.

Shor
Deel
Rippling
Oyster
Remote
Trust read
Shor"Backed by Y Combinator" badge above the headline
DeelG2 4.8/5 (5K+ Reviews) and Trustpilot 4.5/5 (9K+ Reviews) badges directly below the "Book a demo" CTA
RemoteCustomer logo bar under "GLOBAL COMPANIES GROW WITH REMOTE" (GitLab, Box, Miro, KFC, Heineken, Mizuho, Mercury, Lovable)
RipplingG2 badge reading "4.8 stars 13k+ reviews" above the headline
OysterTrustpilot and G2 star ratings with a B Corp "Certified Corporation" badge above the Book a Demo CTA

Value props

72Fair

Title, subtitle, hero — do they sell the product's true value?

Shor’s headline sellsInternational payroll, built for founders.Hire international employees and contractors at startup speed. Sign up in minutes and run payroll within the week.

Working

  • Names category and audience in six words
  • Time-bound claims: minutes, within the week
  • YC badge plus customer logos add trust

Could improve

  • Hero art decorates, never shows product
  • No hard numbers: countries, price, savings
  • No emotional contrast with slow incumbents

CTA

76Fair

Copy, size, verb, cost-feel — does the primary CTA earn the click?

Shor
Rippling

Problems

  • generic label, no product echo
  • speed promise not in CTA
  • no payoff implied by click

Information hierarchy

78Fair

Does the design help or inhibit what the page is trying to say?

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture123
  1. Duplicate CTA pair — "Talk to a founder" repeats at equal size beside "Get started" in both nav and hero, splitting the primary action twice.
  2. Faded fourth logo — The last "Trusted by" logo is nearly invisible against the rocks, making the proof row look broken.
  3. Nav exit links — Pricing, Docs, Blog and Log in offer four exits before the visitor reaches the hero promise.

Mobile web

84Strong

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture12
  1. Faint trust logos — "The Prompting Company" and Omnifact logos are low-contrast and clipped at the viewport edge, weakening the trust strip.
  2. Talk to a founder button — Ghost button on a busy lighthouse image has weak contrast, making the secondary action hard to read at a glance.