PAX MarketsYC W25 landing page report.
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Your landing page’s weakest score is Trust.

How PAX Markets ranks

  1. 1.Kraken78
  2. 2.Coinbase70
  3. 3.Bitstamp67
  4. 4.Bybit67
  5. 5.Gemini66
  6. 6.PAX Markets60
Fix Trust

Score over time

85807570656055Kraken 76 on May 21 (Wayback)Kraken 78 on Jun 5 (Wayback)Kraken 74 on Jun 19 (Wayback)Kraken 78 on Jul 3 (Wayback)Kraken 76 on Jul 17 (Wayback)Kraken 78 on Jul 28 (Wayback)Kraken 78 on Sep 11 (Live)Coinbase 74 on Jul 17 (Wayback)Coinbase 72 on Jul 31 (Wayback)Coinbase 72 on Aug 14 (Wayback)Coinbase 70 on Aug 28 (Wayback)Coinbase 70 on Sep 11 (Live)Coinbase 70 on Sep 14 (Live)Coinbase 70 on Sep 25 (Wayback)Bitstamp 64 on Jun 5 (Wayback)Bitstamp 65 on Jun 19 (Wayback)Bitstamp 66 on Jul 3 (Wayback)Bitstamp 66 on Jul 17 (Wayback)Bitstamp 65 on Jul 30 (Wayback)Bitstamp 65 on Aug 12 (Wayback)Bitstamp 67 on Sep 11 (Live)Gemini 60 on Jul 17 (Wayback)Gemini 60 on Jul 31 (Wayback)Gemini 62 on Aug 14 (Wayback)Gemini 60 on Aug 27 (Wayback)Gemini 66 on Sep 11 (Live)Gemini 61 on Sep 25 (Wayback)Bybit 67 on Sep 9 (Live)PAX Markets 60 on Sep 22 (Live)Sep 22

Trust

34Poor

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

Kraken
Coinbase
Gemini
Bybit
Bitstamp
Trust read
PAX MarketsNo visible trust signal identified.
KrakenForbes — "Most popular crypto exchange 2026" beneath the signup form
CoinbaseProduct UI showing "Trending crypto" with live prices ("Bitcoin $90,238.11")
Bitstamp"Your trusted exchange since 2011." longevity claim paired with the Quick buy product screenshot showing real asset pric
GeminiLive "Place a prediction" widget with real market "Alexander Zverev vs Karen Khachanov", odds and "Updated 5m ago" feed
BybitLive "Hot Futures" price panel showing real-time tickers (BTCUSDT 78,652.7 +0.12%) with a 7-day trending chart

Value props

58Fair

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

PAX Markets’s headline vagueThe Future Of Crypto ExchangeBuy crypto with zero-fees and get cash-back on every trade. For algorithmic clients, we offer exchange integrated order placement: the fastest tick-to-trade anywhere.

Working

  • Subhead names zero fees and cash-back
  • Speaks to both retail and algo traders
  • 0 Fees ticker reinforces the hook

Could improve

  • Headline is a generic abstraction
  • No number behind fastest claim
  • Hero decorates, shows no product

CTA

62Fair

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

PAX Markets
Kraken
Coinbase
Bitstamp
Geminiin-product action
Bybit

Problems

  • no action verb — reads as label
  • desktop hero uses 'CONTACT' instead
  • '0 Fees' claim missing from button
  • three different CTA labels on desktop

Information hierarchy

66Fair

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

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture1234
  1. Bottom-right CTA pair — LEARN MORE and CONTACT sit outside the scan path at the far bottom-right, detached from the headline and equal-weight with each other.
  2. CONTACT primary button — The primary action reads 'CONTACT' while the header and ticker push 'EARLY ACCESS' — three different CTA labels compete for one conversion.
  3. Scrolling ticker banner — The animated 'Get Early Access Today With 0 Fees' marquee repeats four times and pulls the eye away from the CTA row directly above it.
  4. Header nav links — Blog, Events, Team, and Docs offer four exits before the visitor reaches any conversion action.

Mobile web

80Strong

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture12
  1. Half-width CTA pair — "EARLY ACCESS" shares the row with "LEARN MORE", shrinking the primary tap target instead of going full-bleed.
  2. Sticky promo ticker — Bottom "Get Early Access Today With 0 Fees" bar is non-tappable decoration that eats viewport and duplicates the CTA.

Competitors

inferred from product, audience, and value prop