Bulk website placeholder detector: which sites are only a default or coming-soon page?
In short: Paste a list of websites and see which home pages look like a default nginx, Apache or IIS page, a hosting welcome page, a coming-soon or under-construction notice or an almost empty page, with the wording, as a CSV. Limit: Signals from the page title and text, not certainties.
A bulk website placeholder detector reads each home page's title and text for the signs of an unfinished site. Paste up to 100 websites, or 500 after a free Google sign-in; rows say Looks like a placeholder, with the signal such as a default server page or coming-soon wording, or No placeholder signal. These are signals, not certainties. Download the CSV.
Price: this tool is free. Checking a whole email list is from $9/mo, and the first 100 checks are free with Google, no card. Check your list free nowSee pricing
Sample result
acme.example shows the default nginx page; globex.example says coming soon.
- Site
- acme.example
- Signal
- Default nginx page
- Evidence
- Page title
What this means for you
A placeholder signal says the site may not be finished; a banner on a live site can use the same words.
- Default server pages
- Coming soon and construction
- Almost empty pages
- The wording shown
- nginx
- Coming soon
- CSV
By SimpleVerifier Team · Last updated
Checking a list of company sites before outreach?
- Paste the sites here: 100 a run, or 500 after a free Google sign-in. Filter to the placeholder rows and download the CSV.
- Upload or paste it at /verify. Every address gets a live mailbox check, and the first 100 email checks are free with a Google sign-in, no card.
How do I find placeholder websites in a list?
- Paste up to 100 sites, or 500 after a free Google sign-in, one per line; emails and URLs work too. You can also upload a CSV.
- Press Find placeholder pages. Each home page is requested once, over HTTPS and then HTTP, five sites at a time.
- Read each row: Looks like a placeholder with the signal and the wording it matched, or No placeholder signal.
- Filter to the flagged rows and download the CSV.
Example
- You enter
- Three sites:
acme.example(the default nginx page),globex.example(a coming-soon notice) andinitech.example(a full site). - You get
- acme.example: Looks like a placeholder, Default nginx page from the title. globex.example: Looks like a placeholder, Coming soon page. initech.example: No placeholder signal. Download the CSV.
- Limits
- Up to 100 a run without an account and 500 when signed in with Google, counted over a minute. 10 sites a request; one GET of the home page from our server, no cookies, nothing stored.
What counts as a placeholder?
Default pages that web servers show before a site is installed (nginx, Apache, IIS), hosting welcome pages, coming-soon and under-construction notices, the sample WordPress post and pages with almost no text and no links. The row names the signal and the wording.
A banner with the same words can sit on a real site, so a row is a signal to look at, not a verdict.
Why does it matter for a lead list?
A company with a placeholder page has often not launched, or stopped maintaining its site, and may not run mail. It is a weak lead until you confirm it.
For a live-or-down check of every site, use the bulk website status checker; for who hosts a site, the website host checker.
What do you do with the flagged rows?
Open the site, search the company by name and decide whether to keep the contact.
Before you email anyone on the rest, verify the addresses.
Who uses this tool, and for what?
- Lead-list owners
- Spot companies that never launched a site.
- Sales teams
- Skip prospects with only a default page.
- Agencies
- Find businesses that need a real site.
- Domain buyers
- See which domains host nothing yet.
What can’t this tool tell you?
- Signals from the page title and text, not certainties.
- A site built by JavaScript can look empty.
- Only the home page is read.
- Up to 100 sites a run without an account, 500 signed in.
Common questions
- How do I tell if a website is a placeholder?
- Paste it into a bulk website placeholder detector like this one. It reads the home page for default server pages and coming-soon wording.
- Is this placeholder detector free?
- Yes. 100 sites a run without an account, 500 after a free Google sign-in, with no card, and a CSV download.
- Does it find under-construction pages?
- Yes, from wording such as under construction or website is being built.
- Can a real site be flagged?
- Yes, if it shows a coming-soon banner. Open flagged sites you care about.
- Does it read pages built by JavaScript?
- No. It reads the HTML we receive, so a JavaScript-only site can look nearly empty.
- Does it check other pages?
- No, only the home page.
Sources
A tidy list can still be full of dead addresses.
Extracting, deduplicating and syntax checks all work on the text of an address. None of them can tell whether the mailbox exists. Only the server that hosts it can answer that, through an SMTP check, and that is what the paid product does.
- Upload the cleaned file as it is: CSVs up to 100,000 rows
- A real SMTP mailbox check on every row, with catch-all detection
- Small list? Starter at $9/mo covers 2,500 emails a month, cancel anytime
Plans from $9 a month, cancel anytime, no contract. Sign in with Google and your first 100 email checks are free, no card. The free tools stay free either way.