Trevally has the data encrypted and, in order to get authorized by Gmail or even Microsoft, we need to face a hard process to show them that we're following the requirements to keep the user data safe... apart from the data being stored in the cloud and other elements around it.
So, the idea behind this platform is a way to keep you email and other elements related to that (contacts, for example), synced and backed up.. and not only that, but also share informations about your data that most of these solutions doesn't offer.
Maybe, moving the servers to outside the US would avoid this 4th Amendment situation in respect to the user data.
But, I'm not sure how people are so scared about security but they're everywhere, in social platforms, using smartphones, etc. I really don't believe that there's a safety place in this WWW, but, we're trying to do that, at least, for contacts and emails, attachments.
Interesting that it seems that you're using proton mail. I confess that I wasn't aware about that platform till few days ago.. that's what I'm also willing to achieve.
I'm working hard to avoid that. In order to be approved by Google, we must follow a lot of data security preventions.
But it's interesting how people are talking about security but they are or using AI, or using social networks but never complain about that. I'm not saying about you, but, few people that I asked for to test.
dangus, thank you so much for such attention and feedback. You know might know that, as a business owner (not that I'm, but, willing to be), feedback like yours are precious.
Hey Dangus, thank you so much for your time writing it to me.
So, regarding the landing page: the reason why I implemented that in the past is that: today, is hard to show some "value" to the user that are familiar with so many PRO landing pages.. but, honestly, I'll change the landing page in order to make it more simple.. because it was built for personal use.
Answering your questions:
Who do you imagine fits your ideal customer profile?
- I'm honestly thinking about it... because, the user might have different purpose. If I'm looking for a contact management system that stores my stuffs in the cloud and gives me some insights about my contacts.
- But, why having different solutions for contacts and having a bridge to connect them? For example: Kanban, file sharing, message, etc.. everything is related to contacts.
- Another reason why I implemented it is because Gmail doesn't offer a way to know the ones that mostly sent messages to me.. including not desired messages. So, it makes easier to me to find those contacts and get rid of messages sent by them;
Regarding the video.. you're totally right. I'm a programmer.. I'm a nerd.. and I have 0 experiences with that.
Thank you so much for the ideas that you've shared with me. I'll start improving asap based on these feedbacks.
Q:Isn’t my employer going to see me logging in to some random service with my work account? Will the corporate Microsoft identity provider even have you in the allowlist?
- It's like having your accounts synced into Apple Mail (or some other Google app). The difference is that it organizes your contacts and keep your data stored in the cloud;
Q: I can just connect with everyone I know from work on LinkedIn
- That's for sure, but, the idea here is more a CRM than a social network;
Q: I avoid doing personal business on my work machine so when I am terminated I don’t lose anything
- But again, the idea here is to use in many different situations. For instance: you had an old domain but instead of using the Apple Mail, you used a service that store it for you in the cloud. So, you can still have access to it because the data belongs to you... but after a while you don't have the domain anymore.
Example C: anything I know I want to keep long term I save in some way that the company can’t keep
- And this is one example of how the platform is used for.
Example D: I don’t actually want to engage in Example C because it violates company policy and nothing I do at work is worth getting sued over.
- The problem doesn't happen only to company emails... that was my situation with stuffs that I saved by mistake...
Thank you all for the feedback, mainly the legal ones. The problem here is not only related to the company emails, but, it also helps to other that have own domain emails but at some point, loses it (because some reason).
People still sync their email in Apple Mail or similar apps, but, after getting the phone stolen or some HD problem in the computer, everything is done!
The idea is not to offer legal problems but, data problems, but I totally understand your point.
While I was targeting a different purpose and solution, a personal solution, people thought on this as business solution.
I had important emails lost from different domains that I had in the past without managing the contacts or attachments properly.. data not related to the company, but, personal data.
For those ones that faces the same problem that this solution is for.
After going through two layoffs, I realized I had the same painful problem both times: I lost all my:
- contacts,
- personal messages,
- and important information that were tied to my company email.
None of these were business-related — they were personal, and yet I had no way to recover them once my access was removed.
Because of that, I decided to build a solution (for free) that lets people safely sync their accounts to a platform where messages, attachments, and contacts are backed up.
If they ever lose access to their original account, they can quickly and easily recover everything.
The most interesting feature is that, if you already lost something (by deleting in your end) but some friend of yours sync its account.. you'll recover it back
I’m currently looking for 5 users to test this POC (for freeeeeeee).
Would you be willing to test the platform for me and share your feedback? Specifically:
What you think overall
What worked well (and what didn’t)
What could be improved
Any issues or bugs you find
Your feedback would be incredibly valuable and would directly help me make the product better.