The person behind Cyprus Now

I'm George.
I made this.

Cyprus Now is not a company. It is one person in Limassol who kept finding out about the good events after they happened, and decided the island deserved better.

George, in Limassol

2,000+

readers every week

20+

sources checked daily

90

days from launch to thousands of readers

0

euros spent on advertising

Why I built it

Finding out what is on in Cyprus used to mean a dozen scattered websites, half of them stale, plus whatever posters you happened to walk past. I wanted one honest place that answers “what's on?” properly. It did not exist, so I built it.

Every day the site reads more than twenty public sources, merges the duplicates, maps the venues, and puts the island's events in one place. It is free, there is no account to make, and it stays that way. No venue owns it, and nobody can pay their way into the listings.

I designed it, engineered it, and grew it alone: the data pipeline, the maps, the search, the design system, the SEO that brings in the readers. Most portfolios describe the work. This one is the work. You are standing in it right now.

What I do

Design

Product and web design that feels effortless to use. Interfaces, brands, whole systems. University-trained, and formerly UI design on Cardano, the blockchain.

Build

Real engineering, not page builders. This site is a live data platform: daily ingestion, dedup, maps, search, caching. I ship the whole thing myself.

Grow

Design and code are worth little if nobody arrives. Cyprus Now went from zero to thousands of weekly readers in 90 days, on search alone.

Work with me

I take on a small number of projects for businesses that want this standard: a website, a product, a system that works beautifully and gets found. If I am not the right person for yours, I will say so and point you somewhere better.

Write to me about what you are trying to build. I read everything myself, and I reply in writing within a business day. No calls until we both want one.

Email me about a project

There is more of my work at efesop.com.

Cyprus Now is free and carries exactly one ad: mine, the one that brought you here. Working with me is what keeps the site free for everyone else.

Just here for the events? Back to what's on.