Hi guys,
i was wondering if i could also build a app like: https://helpspace.com/ (customer service tool with mails).
Right now i am still testing around in the No-Code Space and my setup is weweb and xano.
If i would like to build a tool where i work with incoming mails how would you guys build it? Which tools do i need to use?
what comes to my mind right now is that i would watch the inboxes with a make.com account and write each mail in the database. Are there any other ways?
It definitely is doable, I usually do consulting about feasibility/create solutions during my 1:1 consultations with non technical founders.
From a Quick brainstorming, you’d need an e-mail server that supports sending and recieving e-mails, many companies have this, so that’s no problemo - even gmail. After that, you’d need to implement some JavaScript libraries to access/send e-mails, which also is not that hard, I for example did it for Firebase, as I describe in this article:
This actually sounds hard, but it probably isn’t as the e-mails are a very old an primitive technology. So I think this is 100% doable in WeWeb, and WeWeb actually might be the best platform for this, with its extendability options.
Yes, can be done. Yes it can be done with weweb in the mix. Both are true for the vast majority of “can I build X” clone/app questions.
But that’s not great for driving decisions. I would look at how you project to make money with the result. How much? How certain is the payoff? What’s the market groundwork you need to lay to make the sale? And then increase that, because you know you can build it (see paragraph 1) and now the question is de-risking the market opportunity.
The second half is how long it would take, what resources you need to expend, and - most importantly - how accomplishing it would make you money. The answers to these questions are driven by the qualities of the tools, your clarity on the job to be done (e.g. what the market is paying you for) and your own skill set at this time. All three of these things change, which is why focusing on shorter, sharper wins that increase your knowledge, reputation and cash flow early set you in a better stead to build again based on what you learn in the early initiatives.