25 Beautiful Examples of “Coming Soon” Pages

February 19th, 2010 by Tyler Denis | 61 Comments | Stumble It! Delicious

"Coming soon" pages are a great way to tide over your visitors until you finish your new website. They can be used as a teaser for your future website, or places to simply put your information where people can get to it while you are under digital construction. We are going to look at a collection of how websites are successfully using "coming soon" pages.

1. SquidChef

SquidChef has a cute under-the-sea theme and an illustrated squid character to go with their name "SquidChef". Having a character illustration like this almost ensures that the site is going to have a friendly feel. (Check out some more illustrated character designs). I also like the idea of putting all the information into the talk bubble.

2. Accentuate

I like the color scheme of this "coming soon site". It’s a simple theme that uses pink to highlight the important areas. The colors go well with the simple layout of the website and the image of the chairs makes the website more interesting than just having text.

3. Flowdock

Having an illustrated look to a website usually gives it more of a fun and laidback feel. It has a bright and welcoming color palette, and I like how the headings in the three sections in the footer are different colors. It makes the color flow throughout.

4. Rumble Labs

Usually when you say "hello" right off the bat, it gives off a friendly vibe, and despite the dark background, this page gives that endearing feeling. The bright highlight colors help emphasize that point, as well as the arrow and dotted lines.

5. Irava Stefan

I like the hovering logo – it creates a sort of 3D look, which gives the page a little more dimension. Also, what makes this site interesting is that when you hover over the logo and Twitter icon with your mouse, it displays more information. (Learn how to create 3D text via this tutorial).

6. chocolatepool

The brightly colored quirky illustration gives a good sense of what the style of work could be, or at the very least, gives fun laidback feel. The sign that says, "summer" integrated into the illustration gives a hint as to when the website will launch.

7. Berengere Monin

This website has a very nice clean and simple look. I like the Asian-inspired style, with the tree/plant on the right and the black, white and red color scheme. It gives the "coming soon" page a nice sense of simplicity.

8. Birdboxx

This is a successful illustrated "coming soon" web page. This site pours out a peaceful and calming character with the green colors and the white dove.

9. Creative Joomla! Design Book

I like the sketchy-style of this soon-to-launch page. Not only is it a fun layout, but it is also useful, with the "be updated" web form mixed in to the design. This "coming soon" page gives you ways of keeping in touch, by including Twitter and email options into the composition.

10. Lilly’s Table

The color palette is what really draws me to this website. The colors have a slight retro feel (learn how to create a retro color scheme), but it still gives off a bright, clean, vibrant feel. In addition, I like how the last post from their blog is displayed on the left.

11. ChkChkBoom

I like the paint splatter effect, which they use to draw attention to the important parts of the layout. They also use some bright colors to emphasize certain areas like the headline, and the green play button which is used for the RSS email feed.

12. Mogulista

This website gives off a glamorous countenance, and that is probably because the business is geared towards women, who typically find these sorts of theme appealing. What really struck me about this "coming soon" site was the navigation. They use a nice animation that keeps you on the same page but rolls in and out new text below the logo.

13. Dialed Tone

I like the usage of the 3D dial, as well as the shadows on the "coming soon" box and the sign up button, which give the site a lot more dimension.

14. Evert Slagter

The icons are a nice touch considering they work with mobile user experience. I also like the simplicity and the subtle light glow in the background that gives it a little more depth that just having a black background.

15. Chuck Barrett

I think when I look at this, I immediately get an idea for what kind of style of fashion will be on the future website with the black and white photo. I also like the idea of having the icons in grayscale, which goes with the photo, and how, when you hover over them, they change to colored.

16. Jon Ward

At first glance, this is your run-of-the-mill name, logo, and title "coming soon" page, but if you stay on it for a second or two, you’ll notice that where the job title is, is actually an animation that rotates the title, email and phone number. It’s a great way to present that little bit more information, and at the same time keep the page as simple, but engaging, as possible.

17. FILTERED.LANGUAGE

The logo has a techno look to it, which was why it drew me to the site in the first place. It turns out that it’s for a poetry publication. Regardless, the logo, which gives this "coming soon" page a nice dose of color, is spectacular.

18. Johnny Walker Plumbing

I love how simple the look is, but you can still get the impression that he is a plumber at someone’s house fixing their flooded toilet or sink. It is simple but effective.

19. DesignSvn

I always love good Photoshop lighting work, and this website has it working really well with the web 2.0ish Twitter and subscribe icons.

20. Upstate Design Collective

Other than the 3D effects, I really like how the bright fresh colors make the website stand out.

21. Handsome and Gorgeous Clothing

I think that it is important to showcase your merchandise, even if your website isn’t finished yet. I also like the use of the jagged edge, giving it a layered fabric feel, which is appropriate for what they are selling.

22. The Republic

I like the white design with the subtle cityscape at the bottom; it gives it an interesting look. I also like how they use gray colors instead of the typical black on white, which gives it a less harsh look and helps to make the logo mark stand out more.

23. Gimmr

Not only does this "coming soon" page have a color scheme that I really like, it also has a unique feature. You can upload a photo of yourself and add glasses to your portrait so you can look like the character/mascot to the left (which you can then use as your avatar).

24. myNiteLife

This is another website that uses some nice lighting effects, and the purple colors give it a night feel that goes perfectly with their name (myNightlife).

25. FavMovie!

It seems like they are using their "coming soon" page as more of a teaser, not really saying what they’re all about. All I can gather is that it has something to do with about movies (probably). If you want to find out, you can sign up for email updates.

About the Author

Tyler Denis is a part-time freelance designer from Ashland, New Hampshire. He is also the creator/writer of the design blog Denis Designs/blog, a website dedicated to bringing quality tutorials and inspiration. You can follow him on Twitter or at his personal site, Denis Designs.

61 Comments

satrya

February 19th, 2010

Wow! awesome collection.

Richard

February 19th, 2010

BirdBox is an illustration available from iStock… nice use of it though.

Michael

February 19th, 2010

How do you find such good examples of coming soon pages?

Michael Mallon

February 19th, 2010

Some really cool stuff there!! I have been working on a holding page for an up and coming side project of mine:

http://www.deadcelebjokes.com

pretty happy with it, may be a bit 2 much on it at the minute lol

Imon

February 19th, 2010

Nice post, these are very interesting examples. Gimmr is my favorite

Russell Poulter

February 19th, 2010

Good post! Some nice designs here. I think this is defiantly an area where less is more.

Patrik

February 19th, 2010

great collection! Accentuate is a masterpiece! Too bad we didn’t make it on the list with http://www.saismo.at :( … maybe you wanna check it out anyway ;)

Matt

February 19th, 2010

These may be beautiful, but not all of them are very functional. If a page doesn’t say something about “coming soon”, etc there is a good chance that the user may think its just a terrible site lacking content and never return. How about a post of “Beautiful and Usable Coming Soon Pages”?

Jacob Gube

February 19th, 2010

@Michael Mallon: Beautiful design Michael — Nice illustrative layout, and I like your color choices.

@Russell Poulter: I agree. When it comes to “Coming Soon” pages, you want to tell the user what the site is about and show them ways to get notified when the site launches, such as an “email subscribe” feature. A well-designed “Coming Soon” page, to me, quickly converts the viewer to an email subscriber, or Twitter follower, or Facebook fan, or any of the means you provide them that will let them stay tuned for the official site launch announcement.

@Patrik: Your “Coming Soon” page embodies exactly what @Russell Poulter stated.

@Matt: Solid point, and something to keep in mind when designing usable “Coming Soon” pages.

Jordan Walker

February 19th, 2010

A great collection. It would be an interesting study to see how long in duration those types of coming soon messages are posted.

Eva

February 19th, 2010

http://hipnhopeful.co.za has also got a beautiful coming soon page, which i like very much.

cheerio eva
@friendsofdesign

Matthew Heidenreich

February 19th, 2010

great examples. Makes you want to dip into photoshop and start making your own.

Steve

February 19th, 2010

I like this collection as it´s multifaceted. Thank´s for that!

Here´s another one in comic-style.
http://www.designaer.de Sure, there´s no email subscribe feature, but it´s different and in a funny way.

Chris Thurman

February 19th, 2010

I sometimes think it’s pointless to spend too much time designing these but if done right, it can really be an effective way to build hype for an upcoming site. Great roundup!

agencehorizon

February 19th, 2010

Nice roundup. I’m usually not a “coming soon” stuff big fan, but this may change my mind ;)

Omega

February 19th, 2010

Nice collection :)
I like this coming soon page too: http://www.studioneko.com (hoping they will not remove it “too” soon : D )

Newyorkiz

February 19th, 2010

Another page coming soon => http://www.pimpmytwit.com/

Peter Godek

February 19th, 2010

thx for featuring SquidChef :)

Kyle Bragger

February 19th, 2010

May I humbly recommend Forrst.com as well?

Sebastian

February 19th, 2010

Funny, both on the same day :D

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2010/02/a-collection-of-coming-soon-web-pages/

Codesquid

February 19th, 2010

Lovely designs! Designs like this really get your interest and make you remember them for later, when they have launched!

thai

February 19th, 2010

aaaah you always forget me :)
http://www.chokdidesign.com ?

Graham Green

February 19th, 2010

Here is the BEST! All flash, totally cute!

http://hopkinshut.com/

Laia

February 19th, 2010

Very inspiring designs! Thanks for sharing!

XueDaLong

February 19th, 2010

I like http://www.hyperlingo.com

Very clean and smart layout with the very striking call to action box.

Stefan

February 20th, 2010

this is funny, i just saw another post featuring my page :). thanks for the mention Denis. good work for the post.

Dalesh Kowlesar

February 20th, 2010

LOL! I love Gimmr!!!!

Kaushik

February 21st, 2010

These are not only good coming soon pages, but they are good site design as well. I bet many of these sites, when launched, will sport the same look. And a good logo is essential to any good design.

Jaspal

February 21st, 2010

brilliant designs .. i like it :)

rod rodriguez

February 21st, 2010

wow,very interesting collection, some really amazing ideas here…

Davide Scalzo

February 21st, 2010

Very inspiring ideas! thanks for sharing!

adam

February 21st, 2010

also just wanted to throw my “coming soon” page into the mix. think it does a pretty good job too!

http://www.voyurl.com

thanks,
-a.

Vicki

February 21st, 2010

These are great – you did a good job of sourcing these pages for the article.

I haven’t seen a coming soon page for a long time in my travels so it’s refreshing to see how much they’ve changed and improved over the last few years, they used to be ever so dull!