Trend #006 - 15 No code ideas to inspire your next weekend project

Hey,

Every other Friday, I will send you a trend alert to make you the smartest person in the room about all things startup.

Today, we are going to highlight 15 No-Code Ideas to get your creative juices flowing.

What you will learn:

• The best use cases for low or no-code tools

• 15 no-code startup projects from the community

• The easiest no-code idea to start

• Why 90% of no-code startups will fail 

• 2 big issues to watch for when building with no-code.

• If don't want to build, where you can buy no-code projects instead

📣 Community shoutout

Tobi - I have no idea how she juggles being pregnant, a mom of 4, and building projects with no-code. What a superhuman!

Katt - A veteran in the no-code space, Katt has built and sold multiple no-code projects. She also has a fantastic newsletter - No Code Exits - that highlights one no-code project that has been successfully sold every week.

💌 Psst, to get featured like these guys?

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Let's get back to today's topic 👇

🔎 The tweet that inspired this issue

Two weeks ago, I asked the Twitter community a question. "What are some cool no-code projects you've seen?" And we've received lots of responses! Let's look at 15 of the best ideas for inspiration.

👀 What type of "No-code stuff" is everyone building?

But first, what do we define as "no-code" in this list? We have 2 criteria for selection.

• It has to be built using no or low code.

• It has to include some form of logic ("if this then that"). I mean, otherwise, every blog site or an agency's website can be considered no code. ❌

Disclaimer: Please bear in mind I have not looked into these websites in detail, so some websites might have slipped through despite not qualifying and vice versa.

🔥 Platform & marketplace ideas

No-code platforms like Bubble are fantastic for testing out new platform and marketplace ideas. This is probably the best use case for no-code because the alternative method - even just to build an MVP - is a costly affair.

Nicheless - A minimalistic micro-blogging platform (like a long-form version of Twitter but without vanity metrics). Built on Bubble. Currently has 2000 users.

New Lemonade - Shopify, but designed for children to sell their own products, starting with designing their own mugs. Built on Bubble.

🔥 SAAS ideas

There are plenty of micro SAAS ideas you can come up with just by going through problems in your own daily life.

Here are a few:

Joli - A social bookmarking tool. Keep all your team's bookmarks together so that the entire team can find them.

Releadity - This tool helps salespeople organise leads and schedule follow-up calls.

🔥 E-commerce ideas

Shopify is still the easiest way to get started with building your own e-commerce store. But what if what you sell is a little more complex?

Here's why you might want to use no-code tools for e-commerce👇

DropCenter - A B2B wholesale tire e-commerce store. No-code tools helped them set up custom drop-shipping & logistics solutions for their B2B customers.

Velographs - A custom cycling map designed and printed using just a post-code provided by the customer. A combination of Webflow, Airtable and Make helps them streamline the design and printing process.

🔥 SEO ideas

I came across quite a few of these programmatic SEO ideas & projects recently, whereby a large number of web pages are generated programmatically. So imagine using an excel database with 200 rows to generate 200 pages of content, all using code and without writing.

🔥 Templates

What happens when a new platform gains popularity? People start to create templates for them!

If you have good design chops, you can create templates for each of the no-code platforms like Bubble, Notion, Glide...

Societal Labs - Social media templates for bubble

Easlo - He grew a 250k+ Twitter following creating templates for Notion

🔥 Databases

If you don't know where to start, start with a database.

Anything you find value in a list form can be recreated into a searchable database using simple tools like Airtable and Notion. Once you've created your database, list it on Gumroad and you're ready to go.

Trade Trade Crypto - A database of Ethereum transactions. I am fairly uneducated when it comes to crypto, so if you know why this is helpful, please hit reply and let me know.

MFMpod - A back catalogue of My First Million podcast. This idea is great, combining an enthusiastic audience (MFM listeners are loyal fans of Sam Parr and Shaan Puri) and a large but unorganized content (ideas from hundreds episodes)

Founderpass - A discounts directory and members club for founders.

🔥 No-code + AI

I saved the best to last. The indie startup community is racing to build new tools using two of the most exciting new technology - No-code and AI.

Get AIway - AI-generated personalised trip planner. Built using Bubble & ChatGPT. If I get $1 every time I come across yet another personalised travel planner, I'd be a millionaire. 🤭Will ChatGPT finally crack this?

Wise-bots - This tool lets you pick the brains of famous philosophers. You can also build something like this for specific religions, famous authors or even a genre of thinking. For example, a tool that pretends to be a Cognitive Behavior Therapy coach (if you can find a way to overcome the medical qualification issue)

Quest Gen - This tool generate quizzes from any text in one click using AI.

Podcastmarketing - This tool generates AI marketing assets in minutes. Built on Bubble.

🔨 Where to buy

If you prefer to Buy-Then-Build, check out Harold's No Code Garage Sale. Give Harold a follow so you don't miss event #2!

💀 Risks  

• Issues with scaling - These are concerns about speed and privacy issues, which is why it may not necessarily be a good idea to stay with no-code tools when you scale.

• A solution looking for problems - When considering what you COULD build with No-code, you are, by definition, prioritizing product over customers. Most startups that start in this manner will fail. Remember to validate your ideas as you build.

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Until the next one,

Hazel

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