The network for creativity
Join 1.25M professional creatives like you
Connect with clients, get discovered, and run your business 100% commission-free
Creatives on Contra have earned over $150M and we are just getting started
Back to feedPost
I analyzed 500 websites.
The cost of slow loading? Shocking.
Load time vs revenue (per 1,000 visitors):
1 second = $5,000 ✅ 2 seconds = $4,200 (-16%) ⚠️ 3 seconds = $3,100 (-38%) 🔴 4 seconds = $2,000 (-60%) 🔴 5+ seconds = $800 (-84%) 💀
Every extra second costs you THOUSANDS.
Real example: Site with 10,000 monthly visitors → 1s load time: $50,000/month → 3s load time: $31,000/month → Loss: $19,000/month = $228,000/year
Just 2 seconds slower.
Industry breakdown:
E-commerce: 2.8s (losing 34%)
SaaS: 3.2s (losing 42%)
Healthcare: 4.1s (losing 55%)
Real Estate: 3.9s (losing 51%)
The opportunity is MASSIVE.
Test your site: pagespeed.web.dev
What's your load time? 👇
Nayem
Search Engine OptimizationWordPress DevelopmentWeb DesignShopifyWixVibeWordPresswebsiteperformancewebsiteswordpressdesign
The network for creativity
Join 1.25M professional creatives like you
Connect with clients, get discovered, and run your business 100% commission-free
Creatives on Contra have earned over $150M and we are just getting started
Related posts
Figma → Shopify custom website.
Done in 24 hours. ✅
AI is raising expectations.
Speed and quality now go together.
A strong landing page first draft should not take more than 24 hours.
Do you agree or disagree?
I don't think AI solves time problem, but quality problem.
As long as you can produce high quality visuals, it doesn't matter how long, you'll still have a edge.
Check it out - I posted a preview this week, here's the full case study.
Every once in a while, Novatur Design outputs something I'm really proud of and Evra is one of those projects. From the business name to the art direction, from the website & Saas platform to the Pitch deck that closed 7 figures this was true End-to-End Design.
Unfortunatley the live site doesn't reflect the design quality I intended (dev was out of my control). This showcases the original work.
3 Framer plugins to design 10x faster, part 2 💙
1. TypeScale generates the typography system for your website with ease!
2. Back to Top is a library of buttons that appears when users scroll down and smoothly takes them back to the top of the page
3. Iconstack gives you 50,000+ free SVG icons from top libraries like Material, Tabler, Lucide, Phosphor, Bootstrap, and more.
Use code JAN for free Framer PRO for one month! 🔥 /FramerPartner/
Trending
Figma Make
Go from idea to prototype in minutes. What are you designing?
aivideo
AI video tools are moving at warp speed. Which ones are you experimenting with?
illustration
Handcrafted illustration is bubbling up across the web. What are you drawing lately?
aidesignflow
AI tools are redefining design work. What's your current workflow?
freelancerlife
Freelancer life is wins, pivots, and everything in between. What’s yours right now?
