Would you use a "sign up" form service for your MVP?
Would you use a "sign up" form service for your MVP?
I've been exploring ways to make forms easier to deploy on a website and getting more out of the data you collect with them.
Exporting email lists is an obvious must, but it could be handy to create charts, graphs, and email lists based on certain criteria like location, date range of signups, responses to marketing efforts, A/B testing, etc.
I'm thinking of something simple and easy to use right out of the box. Form templates ready to use, easy to style, and an easy to use app that does a few things very well.
Well, services like Mailchimp already do everything you listed...
Thank you for the comments.
Mailchimp is nice. I toyed with it a bit after they acquired Mandrill and required I set up an account with them to continue using the Mandrill api. It's a bit more than I wanted or needed though.
That acquisition is what motivated me to build my own email server. Nothing against Mailchimp, I just got fed up with being reliant on 3rd party email services after 15 years.
Sounds interesting, but I think it is going to be hard to find a proper market for it. If you are an indie hacker, putting together a sign up form shouldn't take you that long. If you are not an indie hacker, you may be looking for a more integral solution (a landing page builder, etc.). But those are only my assumptions, you may try to go ahead to validate them! :)
Thank you for responding. You may be right and that's why I'm asking here.
I started playing with how to make a dynamic form processor this week to explore how I could make it easier for me to deploy a form. That led me to ponder how I could make it easier for anyone, and what I might do to add value to that.
Templates for forms is one obvious thing might add value. Not that making a form is hard or tedious, but because it's still easier to copy, paste, and edit a well designed one than make it yourself.
Same is true for the backend form processor. Having one that works with any form is just easier. But, again, anyone that can code can whip that up too. So, while it does add value to a "service" it's still not yet really enticing for a developer who prefers to roll their own.
What I've seen with a lot of people is that they fall back to Google forms. It's like their safe place. However, Google is Google, and etc.
What you mentioned may be a good way of adding value. I've seen a lot of articles saying 'how I built this awesome thing without knowing any programming'... So, there may be room for projects like yours...