Website roast
Roast my website, but make it useful
A good roast is honest, fast and a little uncomfortable. Strangers see your homepage for the first time and say, in four scores, whether they get it, trust it and would stay.
Why most roasts leave you with nothing
One loud opinion
A single roast from a forum or a friend is entertaining, but you can't tell whether that person is typical or just in a bad mood.
Jokes instead of answers
"Looks like 2012" stings, but it doesn't tell you whether the problem is your headline, your trust signals or your design.
Nothing to compare
After you fix things, you want to know if it got better. A free-form roast can't tell you that.
How it works
Give thirty seconds, get an honest verdict back
Review other websites
Look at a screenshot and answer four questions. Every review earns you a credit.
Put your own site in line
Choose how many votes you want. Priority or a target audience gets them faster or more focused.
Read the verdict
A stay score, a rating per question and short comments. Unreliable votes are filtered out.
Four questions
A roast in four blunt questions
Every reviewer answers the same four questions on a scale of 1 to 5. Many short, honest votes say more than one long rant.
Do I understand what this is?
Do strangers get what you do, or does your headline only make sense to you?
Do I trust it?
Would anyone leave their email or card details here?
Does it look professional?
Does it look finished, or like a side project?
Would I stay?
The verdict: stay or bounce. The share of 4s and 5s is your stay score.
Roast, then fix, then roast again
A roast is only worth something if it changes your site. Because every reviewer answers the same questions, you can see exactly which part of the first impression is weakest. Fix that one thing, retake the screenshots and run another round. The before/after comparison tells you whether the difference is real or just noise.
Where roasts usually land
The most common problems are not about taste. They are a headline that doesn't say what you do, no visible reason to trust a business you've never heard of, and no obvious next step. The first impression checklist covers all three, and why visitors leave goes deeper.
You give a roast, you get a roast
On StayOrBounce you earn votes by reviewing other websites, about 30 seconds each. Judging other people's homepages is also the fastest way to see your own with fresh eyes.
Frequently asked questions
Is it actually honest?
Reviewers don't know you and never see your name. They see a screenshot, answer four questions and move on. Votes that look automatic, like the same score on everything, are filtered out.
Do I get written comments?
No. StayOrBounce works with scores, not essays. That's what makes it fast, and what lets you compare results after you change something. If you want written feedback, see how we compare.
What does a roast cost?
Nothing, if you review other websites: each review earns a credit, and one credit buys one vote. You can also buy credits to get results faster.
