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Your landing page’s weakest score is Trust.

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Score over time

706050403020Kalshi 60 on Sep 20 (Live)Polymarket 62 on Apr 11 (Wayback)Polymarket 58 on Sep 22 (Live)PredictIt 28 on Jun 16 (Wayback)PredictIt 30 on Aug 25 (Wayback)PredictIt 60 on Sep 22 (Live)Manifold 55 on Jun 15 (Wayback)Manifold 54 on Jun 28 (Wayback)Manifold 56 on Jul 16 (Wayback)Manifold 54 on Jul 27 (Wayback)Manifold 55 on Aug 9 (Wayback)Manifold 55 on Sep 7 (Wayback)Manifold 55 on Sep 22 (Live)Zeitgeist 44 on Apr 28 (Wayback)Zeitgeist 47 on Jun 17 (Wayback)Zeitgeist 45 on Jul 28 (Wayback)Zeitgeist 46 on Sep 22 (Live)Forum 64 on Sep 22 (Live)Sep 22

Trust

35Poor

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

Kalshi
Polymarket
Manifold
PredictIt
Trust read
ForumNo visible trust signal identified.
KalshiLive market card showing "$11,050,553 vol" with a real-time price chart for WAS Commanders vs DAL Cowboys
PolymarketLive market volume figures — "$7M Vol." on the NATO x Russia market and Hot Topics showing "$614K today" traded
PredictItLive market chart "Will crypto regulation be enacted in 2026?" with real-time price history and 192-market listing
ManifoldLive market listings with real trader counts and volumes, e.g. "Will Republicans win the Senate in the 2026 elections?"
ZeitgeistNo visible trust signal identified.

Value props

58Fair

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

Forum’s headline undersellsTrade on what's trending.Markets built on views, searches, and streams.

Working

  • Names the core action: trading
  • Subhead names novel assets: views, searches, streams
  • Short, punchy, memorable rhythm

Could improve

  • No example market or number to make it concrete
  • Hero shows zero product — pure decoration
  • No emotional hook: edge, thrill, being early

CTA

68Fair

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

Forum

Problems

  • 'waitlist' signals deferred payoff
  • no echo of 'Trade on what's trending'
  • no value hook near the button

Information hierarchy

76Fair

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

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture123
  1. Learn more button — Secondary button sits at near-equal size and adjacency to "Join waitlist", splitting the single click decision.
  2. Join waitlist button — Muted slate-blue fill blends into the dark navy background, weakening the one-second find test for the primary action.
  3. Subheadline copy — "Markets built on views, searches, and streams" is the only explanation of the product and is set in low-contrast grey that recedes into the background.

Mobile web

84Strong

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture12
  1. Uncollapsed nav links — "About" and "Careers" sit as a full desktop link row instead of a hamburger, adding tap targets that compete with the hero.
  2. Headline wraps to two lines — "Trade on what's trending." scales down only slightly, wrapping mid-phrase and pushing the CTA lower in the viewport.