Makerpad

We’re really excited to announce that Makerpad has joined Zapier.

I started my journey into what is now known as “no-code” back in 2016. The no-code movement hadn’t yet started, the community was non-existent, and there was, by comparison, a scattering of no-code tools and options for automation.

Fast-forward to today, and no-code has grown bigger than I had imagined it could. Huge amounts of money are being raised and invested, new tools are continuously being developed, and the community is growing at an exciting rate.

I founded Makerpad in 2019 as a way of showing people how to build things without needing to know how to code. I think part of what made it so successful so quickly was that the content I was putting out through Makerpad was educating people on the democratisation of software development.

This desire to democratise software, and push towards a future where people aren’t limited by a lack of coding knowledge, is a vision that unites Makerpad and Zapier.

Our conversations began late 2020, in a somewhat unorthodox way. Off the back of this tweet saying “Zapier should buy Makerpad ASAP”, Wade (CEO and co-founder of Zapier) reached out and said that the tweet was not wrong. Wade and I went back and forth and soon realised that our visions for the future of software development were aligned. I really feel that the two companies are a perfect fit for one another: Zapier is the glue binding no-code tools together; Makerpad is the education and learning community that brings people together.

It goes without saying that Zapier is doing incredible things for technology. With a non-traditional funding history, the company has grown into a hugely successful brand, employed a talented team of over 400 spread all over the globe, devised a killer SEO strategy, and most importantly, changed how the world moves and works with tech. I couldn’t be more proud that Makerpad will now be working alongside them.

Looking ahead, now that we have the backing and support of Zapier, there will be some exciting things happening at Makerpad. Together, we can take no-code to heights that would have been tough to do on our own. We hope to reach and educate people in all corners of the world, and work towards democratising software on a global scale.

There won’t be any major changes for now — you can still expect the same team and community. We’ll continue to make the high-quality, unique content you’ve come to know Makerpad for. With Zapier behind us, this can and will only continue to get better and better. We’ll be announcing more details over the coming days and weeks.

I want to say thanks to every one of you that has supported and believed in Makerpad. I’m thrilled to be on this journey with you all, and I can’t wait to bring you along for the next chapter.

You can read more about our news on TechCrunch and Zapier.

It's come a long way since I started Makerpad as a side project 12 months ago:

• we have a team
• some investors
• over 1000 PRO members 💰💰💰
• 10k email subs
• 10k users visiting us just last week alone!
• also our MRR grew 75% MoM Dec-Jan

All of this combined helps us continue to grow and be around for a long time continuing to build out the best no-code platform for all of YOU!

Sincerely from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much to everyone who has been supporting Makerpad! 🙏

Thank you SO much to everyone for your support. 🥳

We're so excited for what’s to come for Makerpad and the Makerpad team. Can’t believe we won the Golden Kitty and beating (nicely, because we love them) other awesome no-code tools to the top!

https://www.producthunt.com/stories/announcing-the-2019-golden-kitty-award-winners

All built without code of course!

What a GitHub profile is to a developer, Makerpad profiles are for no-coders.

• browse users
• submit posts + categorise
• say which Tools you use
• say what you've built (marketplaces, workflows etc)

If you want to request a profile invite: https://forum.makerpad.co/t/makerpad-profiles/109

Here's the announcement: https://twitter.com/bentossell/status/1217830213230514177

This is our biggest story yet: https://www.makerpad.co/stories/mitchell-wright-how-lambda-school-grew-with-no-code-tools

People often ask how far does no-code scale. This is a great example. Also Lambda is a code school, but they used no-code to grow and scale.

At makerpad.co we are at 793 PRO members and 8.7k subs. Looking to hit 1k and 10k subs by end of year as a stretch goal.

Honestly can’t believe this side project I started now has over 110 tutorials, 3 staff and over 200k revenue in less than a year! So grateful for everyone’s support so far.

If you can’t code or just want to see what’s possible with no-code, come join us: makerpad.co

Tom built this incredible tutorial (our biggest yet) about building a sort of Patreon clone.

By the end of this tutorial, you will have a fully functioning product with an aggregated news feed where users can create a community, create public and member-only content, take subscription payments, manage posts, manage profiles and see monthly revenues.

Tools used: Adalo - that's it!
Build time: 3-4 hours

https://www.makerpad.co/tutorial/subscription-powered-community-like-patreon-with-adalo

The other day I tweeted "reply with what you want to build and I'll suggest ways to do it without code "

It went crazy! So many people replied. I thought I need to do something with this on https://www.makerpad.co/

Introducing Idea Requests: https://twitter.com/bentossell/status/1179808900482260998

You can simply submit your idea and then I reply with a comment to help you build it without code and also add relevant tutorials, tools and stories.

I've been working with the makerpad.co team on a new refresh of the site.

The goal? to allow people to see the section that's right for them easily. So if you're looking to build a membership site, you click through and see tutorials related to that. If you work in marketing, you click through and see tutorials to help you in your day-to-day.

Still some tweaks to make of course

Also, we published a few new tutorials:

• automatically create products in Shopify
• send app download links via Twilio
• use Apple shortcuts to save your fav blog posts
• pull Linkedin info into Webflow records

As I'm full-time now, Makerpad is hiring. Already added one.. looking for more.

Open role/open to one or more people joining to cover these areas:

• Tutorial research
• Building challenges
• Operations (organising Makerpad house for @NoCodeConf etc)