Two new coming soon designs are available. They are what your domain shows while the real site is being put together.
Why this is not a trivial page
The gap between registering a domain and having a finished actor website is usually weeks and frequently months. During that time the address is live, you are giving it out, and people are visiting.
What they find matters. A half-built site with placeholder text and no reel actively damages you. A blank page or a hosting company's default page is worse. A deliberate holding page with your name, a photograph and a way to reach you is a completely respectable thing for somebody to arrive at, and it buys you the time you need.
What the new designs do
- Your name, large, and what you do.
- One photograph, full bleed on one design and framed on the other.
- A contact route, so the page is still functional.
- An optional line about what you are working on.
- An optional signup so people can be told when the site opens, using newsletter signups.
What they deliberately do not have: a countdown timer. Countdowns create a deadline you will miss, and a timer that ran out three weeks ago is the single worst thing that can be on a holding page.
Say something specific
"Coming soon" is a wasted sentence. "New site opening this spring. Currently in [production] at [venue]" is a page that does real work while the site is unfinished.
The same argument as everywhere else: a page that says something beats a page that says nothing, and it gives search engines a reason to index the address at all.
Set a limit for yourself
The honest risk with a good holding page is that it becomes permanent. It looks fine, so the pressure to finish disappears, and two years later it is still there.
A better plan for most people is to publish a small real site: name, headshot, reel, contact. Four items and it is live. The onboarding checklist is built around exactly that.
Choosing between the designs is covered in choose your coming soon design.
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