Best Cloudways Website of 2023 | 15 Inspiring Examples

1. Med Film Festival

https://www.medfilmfestival.org/it/

The Med film festival looks like it comes from film noir. The animated picture of the water gives a beautiful filmy look. The posters are very creative.

Things we love about this web design

•  Visual appearance
• Scrolling movieposters
• Multiple CAT’s

2. General Condition

https://generalcondition.com/

A warm welcome from this website with a creative and fun page above the fold. Below the fold, the black and white content continues to be very fun and enticing with lots of great images, animations, and write-ups. So nice to see!

Things we love about this web design

• Fantastic theme in word and image
• Creative way to show past work
• Fun design yet professional

3. KBI Digital

https://kbi.digital/

The overall black and white theme is very nicely implemented on this creative website. The color combination makes it immediately identifiable. The sliding pictures of the guests make the website more trustworthy.

Things we love about this web design

• Creative homepage
• Clean and simple below the fold
• Lots of whitespace

4. Wilderness Campers

https://www.wildernesscampers.co.uk/

A great slogan greets you when opening this website. This website is full of stunning images and makes your visitors want a holiday right now. Amazing website!

Things we love about this web design

• Great color scheme
• Lots of whitespace
• Call to action above the fold

5. The Governor

https://thegovernor.govsacademy.org/

The content is mentioned in the tables as well as at the side of the page. In this way, viewers can easily read the customized content. So overall, this very clear website impresses with its simplicity.

Things we love about this web design

• Important points are bold with maroon color
• User friendly
• Lovely logo

6. More than Muscle

https://www.morethanmuscle.co.uk/

The portfolio gives hope to people with its homepage full of superb images.  The website’s use of white and maroon colors gives it an amazing look. The content is designed in a simple and clear style.

Things we love about this web design:

• Great social proof
• Clean website
• Multiple ways to get in touch

7. Commercial Storefront Services

https://www.cssict.com/

If you start a website that caters to tenants, just take a look at this clear and simple website. All the essential elements are here. Most importantly all services are available on the homepage. 

Things we love about this web design:

• Great social proof
• Fantastic images
• Lots of CAT’s

8. Full Car

https://www.fullcarweb.com.ar/

A car website should have stunning images and of course, this website has those a lot. Overall this website has great style and is very clear for visitors. Lovely!

Things we love about this website design:

• Clean design
• Wonderful images
• Product categories on the homepage

9. Linux 

https://www.linux.com/

This super clean website does a lot with so little. It’s mainly text with few images but still so well designed. Splashes of color go a long way to accentuate important points on this website.

Things we love about this website design:

• Call to action above the folnd
• Very clean
• Clean white and blue color scheme

10. Our Family Garden

https://ourfamilygarden.net/

Welcome to the family garden! A great slogan to open a great website. This simple website does super well to create that friendly feeling by using a brown theme that looks very natural. This suits the product very well.

Things we love about this website design:

• Clear design
• Natural colors suit the product
• Link to a featured product

11. Magnarevo

https://www.magnarevo.com/

As the window pops up, you can see the pinkish color picture used in the background which gives it a pleasant look, but as you scroll down the theme of the website changes. From pink to black, the color changes to keep the important details noticeable for the reader.

Things we love about this website design:

• Aesthetic background
• Quite  lovely change of color tones
• Innovative interface

12. Starterful

https://starterful.com/

This website has kept it simple. With boxes in the background, the user has used a font that is large enough for everyone to see and used the yellow color to make it more recognizable for the client or reader.

Things we love about this website design:

• Decent mix of colors
• Interactive web design
• CTA above the fold

13. HappyFiles

https://happyfiles.io/

HappyFiles have used pink color for the background which is quite unique for websites. Pink with white colors gives such a soft look to the website which makes it totally different from the usual tech sites. Cool!

Things we love about this website design:

• Simple web design 
• Lovely interface 
• Call to action above the fold

14. Creative G

https://creativeg.gr

This website has used the opportunity to explain their goals and values at the start to give readers a better sense of what they are getting into. The aesthetic visualization at the back is making the website look more interesting and exciting.

Things we love about this website design:

• Aesthetic background
• Motion graphics that will leave you smiling
• Organized web design

BONUS: Elegant Themes

URL: https://elegantthemes.com/

Although this one officially shouldn't be in this list - I couldn't keep this one from you. Elegant themes has amazing website themes and leads by example. Their own homepage looks stunning.

What you can learn from this great  website

• Playful design
• Clear call to actions
• Great user experience

How to build a Cloudways website?

1. Analyze the best examples on this page
   
2. Make notes of what you like – and what you don’t like
   
3. Design your own site with this drag & drop website builder (includes free themes) 

4. Publish your website with a cheap hosting plan (includes free domain + SSL)

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Cloudways Website Best Practices

#1 Claim the right domain before it’s gone

#2 Spend your money wisely

Many people pay high hourly rates to web designers who use simple templates to build a website.

Don’t let that be you. Nowadays it’s easy to build and customize templates using drag & drop website builder. We recommend Divi, it’s great for beginners and allows you to customize everything.

Checklist: 5 ways to make your Cloudways website beautiful and highly converting

1. Don’t break the 5-second rule

The moment a visitor lands on your website you only have 5 seconds to make a good impression.

That’s 5 short seconds to convince your visitor to stay on your website – and don’t hit the ‘back’ button.

Make sure the text on your website is appealing and gets your visitor excited. Don’t waste the first 5 seconds of somebody’s visit with unnecessary fluff.

2. Don’t confuse your visitor with too many call to actions

Great call to actions draw the attention of your visitors.

That said, you don’t want your call to action buttons fighting for the attention of your visitor. Pick the most important call to action for that page, and go with it.

In case you want to show multiple call to actions anyway, make sure to give them a different design, with your primary call to action being the most notable one.

3. Design mobile-first

Last year over 52% of all the website traffic worldwide came from mobile devices.

More than half of the website visits are on a mobile device.

This percentage will only increase in the coming years, therefore the mobile design of your website is crucial for the success of your Cloudways website.

When designing your website, think about mobile design before you build your desktop website.

4. Watch people using your website without telling them what to do

Once your website is ready it’s time to launch. Well, almost.

Invite some friends or colleagues and put them in front of a computer. Ask them to pretend to be potential customers and have them visit your website.

Now sit next to them, and don’t say anything (this will be harder than you think).

Do this with at least 5 people and learn from their behavior:

• Did they follow the steps you expected them to?
• Did your website load fast enough?
• Was everything clear to them?

5. Collect real testimonials from real members

By now you probably realized social proof is extremely important when it comes to building a great website. Take it to the next level, and add testimonials from your members.

Don’t write them yourself, don’t ask your friends to write them. Everybody will feel something is off.

Want to go for the perfect score? Include video testimonials. Trust me, this will turn your website into a conversion machine.

Growth hacking: 3 powerful strategies to promote your Cloudways website

1. Go viral with a viral give-away

Imagine.

You send your website to 5 friends. Who each send it to 5 friends.

Now these friends also send it to 5 friends.  Oeh la la! Continue this loop for a while, and your website is actually going viral.

Viral Loops is a referral marketing tool which helps you to explode your website with new visitors.

We’ve used Viral loops to create virality with multiple websites. It allows you to build a sustainable referral scheme which helps you to grow your website rapidly.

2. Use local SEO

SEO is a great way to attract local clients. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization and helps you to get free website traffic through search engines.

Check out these articles about local SEO if you you want to learn more about this:

• https://ahrefs.com/blog/local-seo/
• https://moz.com/learn/seo/local

3. Do a press release

Yaiks! A press release? That’s not for personal website, right?

Well. It is actually. Journalists LOVE small businesses and the entrepreneurs behind them. It makes sense – if you’re at a birthday party, friends are probably always asking how your business is doing.

Everybody loves entrepreneurs.

Write a press release about a milestone your company achieved. It doesn’t really matter what it is your company did, just make it juicy and interesting.

Create a list of journalists and reach out to them. The key in this process is the follow-up. If you’re just sending them just one email you’re probably not going to have a lot of success. Remind them at least once within a period of 7 days.

Being featured by local news outlets actually is good for your SEO. The more websites mentioning you on their website, the higher you’ll rank in the search engine.

FAQ

What makes a good Cloudways website?

A Cloudways should have a clean design, be easy to navigate and include a lot of social proof. Have a look at this page for great example websites.

How to create a Cloudways website?

1. Analyze the best examples on this page
   
2. Make notes of what you like – and what you don’t like
   
3. Design your own site with this drag & drop website builder 
4. Publish your website with our recommended hosting platform.

How much does a Cloudways website cost?

A web designer will charge anywhere between $1800 and $4800 for a decent website. However, this article will teach you to do it yourself for less than $100.

What information is needed on a Cloudways website?

Your website will need at least the following pages: ‘Home, About us, Contact, Timetable. To create trust with your visitor it’s important to show lots of pictures and videos of your classes.