Raise your brand awareness with your error page.
EMAIL CENTRE UK
These guys let you play Alan Sugar for a split second, or simply guilt trip you into heading back to the homepage. Either way, it’s funny, and is a clever way to introduce you to some core members of the company and re-engage the user.
9GAG
Simple, silly and smart. 9gag update their 404 with a new GIF to match a meme that’s big at the time. They also give a solution to never see their error page again by downloading their app.
IMDB
The best thing a 404 page can be is on brand, and IMBD stay true to their service with a twist on classic movie quotes. What’s the bet you refresh the page a few times before clicking on a movie title…
LEGO
Lego keep it on-brand (and manage to get that song stuck in your head again) with their 404 error page. Unlike some of the other error pages in this list, Lego maintains the overall architecture of their site, allowing easy access to the nav and footer.
MAILCHIMP
Generic messaging on templated error pages gets boring pretty quickly. Mailchimp combines their tone of voice with a silly animated cartoon to make you chuckle.
Tricks
We had to include our own 404 page, didn’t we? This fun ‘space raiders’ style game brings our brand to the forefront and gives the user a break from reality by blasting floating letters. Once you’ve reached a certain score, we’ll give you some links to guide you to other (hopefully working) parts of our site.
All of these funky 404 designs further solidify the importance of getting the most out of your customers’ attention. Engagement is the single most important currency before anything else, without it you are unable to sell yourself. Make sure you’re not wasting your customer’s time – utilise it however you can! Looking for a fun way to animate your own error page? It’s more simple than you may think. Send us an email and we can work up some ideas!
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