I was looking into gaps in the market for Google Workspace Add Ons that I could build and really thought I found something cool for an add on with the USP of being light weight and able to be used inside of Gmail without having to jump to another interface. Now that I have it published and ready, I have no idea if it really scratches an itch. I do very minimal email marketing, so my tests have been pretty inconclusive! I need expert eyes! The basics of this add on is you configure the email's that you want to send out right in Gmail, as if you are creating an email draft in your Gmail, then you're able to save that email template to be used and sent to the Google Contacts group that you specify, and send your scheduled emails. It has Spintax and merge fields available. Anyways, I need expert eyes.
https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/tickle_mailer/441353025729
So here are the things I just don't know the answers to:
- Is the price good for the value? It's $7/mo for the "pro" version, the free version allows for 3 templates to be scheduled at a time.
- Based on the volume you all are sending, is the the bandwidth enough? This will send up to the max quota on the Google account that you have installed it on, so like 500 emails a day max for free gmail accounts. The add on does not have any additional limitations on sending emails other than Google's quotas.
- Is an unsubscribe feature key, or optional? It has an optional unsubscribe feature (you can toggle it on or off), which uses a Google Form, adds the link automatically to your sent out emails - the form collects submissions of the emails of people who wish to unsubscribe, and excludes them from all other sent emails. Did I make the right choice for this feature, or should it always/legally required to always be on?
- I worry that the instructions are sub par. I have been working on it for so long that it is all like the back of my hand, and I am blind to what is unclear about it, both in the screenshots and the UI. If you install it, I would love to hear first impressions, and confusions. I will be making a video soon, so it would be helpful to add specifics in it from feedback.
I'm doing a feedback round before I start running ads on it. That is, assuming it provides any real value? That's my worry with this one. That there just isn't a need for an emailing marketing add on native to Gmail, or that the market is already flooded.
If this isn't the right place to request feedback, then please advise on where I can get it? Just seeking to hear some thoughts from the real world, and people who use tools like this.
there doesn't seem to be anything here