DonkeyYC S26 landing page report.
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Your landing page’s weakest score is Trust.

Fix Trust

Score over time

9080706050Zencargo 71 on Sep 22 (Live)Flexport 65 on Jun 13 (Wayback)Flexport 68 on Jun 26 (Wayback)Flexport 67 on Jul 8 (Wayback)Flexport 68 on Jul 22 (Wayback)Flexport 69 on Aug 9 (Wayback)Flexport 68 on Aug 19 (Wayback)Flexport 68 on Sep 5 (Live)Pietra 57 on Apr 21 (Wayback)Pietra 58 on May 16 (Wayback)Pietra 65 on Jun 15 (Wayback)Pietra 66 on Jul 28 (Live)Cavela 77 on Jul 28 (Live)Donkey 77 on Aug 22 (Wayback)Donkey 78 on Sep 20 (Live)Aug 22Sep 20
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  1. Sep 20, 202678LiveOverall +1 · Mobile web +6 · Information hierarchy −4Viewing
  2. Aug 22, 202677First tracked report — strongest Information hierarchy 86, weakest Trust 56View →

Trust

58Fair

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

Donkey
Cavela
Flexport
Trust read
DonkeyDetailed container-quote product UI showing "Lock this price for 48 hours" with itemized tariffs, ocean freight, and cus
ZencargoCustomer logo strip (Swoon, SLG, Gelmart, Beauty Pie) on the mobile capture
FlexportDashboard UI showing 'Exceptions' (Mechanical Delay, Under FDA Review) and 'SKUs in Transit' table with amounts, destina
PietraIntegration icon diagram showing Shopify, Google, Slack, TikTok and Meta connections
Cavela"Work with the suppliers behind" logo strip (ZARA, Carhartt, UNIQLO, lululemon, adidas)

CTA

78Fair

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

Donkey
Cavela

Problems

  • 'build' implies effort, not payoff
  • no 'free' despite 'no payment due now'
  • no instant-quote cue on the button

Information hierarchy

82Strong

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

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture12
  1. Hero product screenshot — The quote UI that demonstrates 'one number' is cropped at the fold with its key price row blurred, so the strongest evidence never fully lands above the fold.
  2. Duplicate nav CTA — 'BUILD A CONTAINER' appears at identical weight in the nav and the hero, splitting the single-action focus between two same-label buttons.

Value props

84Strong

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

Donkey’s headline sellsFactory prices, delivered, one number.Donkey is the AI-native trading company. Upload your buying list and see every landed price instantly, tariffs and delivery included.

Working

  • Six words cover price, delivery, simplicity
  • Subhead names mechanism: upload list, see prices
  • Hero shows real DDP quote, not decoration

Could improve

  • No numbers in headline or subhead
  • Pain of tariff surprises left unspoken
  • "AI-native trading company" is category jargon

Mobile web

88Strong

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture12
  1. Demo video screenshot — Desktop quote UI shrunk to phone width — every line of the pricing proof is illegibly small.
  2. Header CTA button — Duplicates the full-width "BUILD A CONTAINER" button just below it, spending header space on redundancy.

Competitors

inferred from product, audience, and value prop