About HorizonsTemplates
The short answer
HorizonsTemplates is an independent directory of Hostinger Horizons templates, run by one person. Each of the 10 templates is researched against the best sites in its industry, built as a complete live website, audited four times, and published on its own sub-domain so you can judge it before you clone it.
Updated September 2, 2026 · 10 live templates
Who runs it
Nikolai Bhend
Founder and editor · Basel, Switzerland
I build websites for small businesses and I build these templates the same way I would build a client site: research first, then a complete build, then audits I have to pass before it goes live. Every guide and every evidence page on this site carries my name because I wrote it and I checked it against the running demo.
What this directory is — and is not
It is an editorial directory: one template per industry, chosen and built to a standard, not a marketplace of hundreds. It is independent — not run by, affiliated with or endorsed by Hostinger. The demos are built on Hostinger Horizons and cloned through its native use-template feature, and every demo business is fictional: the names, addresses, phone numbers and people are placeholders you replace with your own.
How a template gets made
Research into what the best sites in that industry actually ship, a complete build in small validated steps, then four sequential audits — code; content, SEO and answer-engine readiness; design; conversion, QA and accessibility — and a final pass that strips anything a real owner could not make true. The whole process is written up on the methodology page.
How it is funded
Cloning a template costs nothing and this directory charges nothing. When a clone leads to a paid Hostinger Horizons plan, Hostinger’s template programme pays a referral commission to the template’s maker — that is the directory’s only income. There are no advertisements, no paid placements and no sponsored templates; if that ever changes, it will be disclosed on this page first.
What you will not find here
- No invented reviews, ratings or testimonials — on this site or on any demo.
- No affiliate links dressed up as editorial advice, and no sponsored placements.
- No “award-winning” claims, no fake team photos, no numbers that cannot be sourced.
- No page that exists only to catch a search — every page here answers something.
The fastest way to judge any of this is to open a demo like a customer would.