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#idea-validation Would you pay for a service that gives you the ability to send emails from javascript without hosting anything?

#idea-validation Would you pay for a service that gives you the ability to send emails from javascript without hosting anything?

service.apiKey = 'somekey';
service.sendEmail('tothis@address.com', 'body').then(...);

I had to build a landing page for myself and I created a "mini service" to send emails from js (as I didn't want to use MailChimp's UI). You will have a dashboard to manage "To:" addresses and billing.

Notes:

  • Will only allow hardcoded "To" addresses in the beginning (against spam from my servers)
  • Will enforce a limit on per "To" address and will have basic protection against misuse (domain tied for example)
  • Will have a "free" tier with a lower limit and "To" addresses, perfect for people starting out.
on February 18, 2019
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    I had the same idea few months back and ended up finding this.

    https://formsubmit.co/

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      Cool, it's not the exact idea, but close. I'm wondering if they are profitable with their current plan (that mostly seems free) + how is their spam going.

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        They make money when the user wants to see all the submits in a dashboard. If not in their email. other than that it seems free.,
        Just out of curiosity. Are you a backend dev or front end?

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          Fullstack?