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NOWT.

A pre-launch brand site for a West Yorkshire flavoured-water startup, built to convert early interest into a waitlist.

Problem

A strong idea with nothing to show for it yet

NOWT. is a new lightly-flavoured spring water brand launching in West Yorkshire — no sugar, no sweeteners, no caffeine. Before a single bottle hits a shop shelf, the brand needed a site that could carry the idea on its own: explain what NOWT. is, why it's different, and capture a waitlist of early drinkers ahead of launch.

The name is Yorkshire dialect for "nothing" — the whole site had to earn that honesty rather than just stating it, without tipping into gimmick.

Approach

Let the product do the talking

We built a single-page brand site structured around the questions a first-time visitor actually has: what it is, what it tastes like, why it exists, and how to get in early. Product photography does the heavy lifting, with the copy kept short, plain-spoken, and consistently on-brand with the "nowt to hide" tone.

The waitlist form was the one job the site had to get right: fast to fill in, clear about what happens next, with no unnecessary fields between a visitor and the "Go on then" button.

Result

A pre-launch site ready to build a waitlist

The site is live ahead of NOWT.'s local launch across gyms, cafés, and shops in Huddersfield, Halifax, Leeds, and Wakefield — giving the brand somewhere to send people from day one, before the first bottle is stocked anywhere.

Gallery

Site screens

NOWT. homepage hero section
NOWT. flavours section showing the three launch flavours

Walkthrough

Browsing the live site

Walkthrough of the NOWT. site: hero, flavours, and the pre-launch waitlist form