Should I Build It Should I Build It
02 Jul 2025
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Confidence
Engagement
Net use signal
Net buy signal

Idea type: Swamp

The market has seen several mediocre solutions that nobody loves. Unless you can offer something fundamentally different, you’ll likely struggle to stand out or make money.

Should You Build It?

Don't build it.

Your are here

You're stepping into a crowded market with your idea to clean spam from email inboxes. The category, which we call "Swamp," accurately reflects this situation: there are already numerous solutions available, and many struggle to gain traction. With 9 similar products identified, competition is considerable. These products have low engagement, indicated by an average of only 1 comment per product. Given the existing landscape, succeeding will require a fundamentally different approach and significant differentiation from current offerings. Unless you can pinpoint a specific unmet need or drastically improve upon existing solutions, it may be challenging to stand out and achieve profitability.

Recommendations

  1. Before investing further, conduct thorough research to understand why existing spam-filtering solutions haven't fully satisfied users. Identify their shortcomings and areas for improvement. For example, SpamStrike received some negative feedback for not blocking all sales messages, thus indicating a desire for broader functionality.
  2. If you decide to proceed, focus on a niche or specific group of users who are particularly underserved by current spam filters. Are there specific types of spam (e.g., political, promotional) that your solution can uniquely address? Focusing on a niche can help differentiate your product.
  3. Consider developing tools or integrations for existing email providers rather than creating a standalone spam filter. Partnering with established platforms can provide a wider reach and leverage their existing user base. This could be an API for existing services.
  4. Explore adjacent problems related to email management that might offer more promising opportunities. For example, can you expand beyond spam filtering to address email organization, prioritization, or summarization?
  5. Given the challenges in this crowded market, it may be wise to consider whether your time and resources might be better spent on a different, less saturated opportunity. Evaluate alternative ideas with higher potential for success.
  6. Given that at least one competitor is offering their product for free, you should think deeply about potential revenue streams. Will this always be free? Is this part of a funnel?

Questions

  1. What specific types of spam will your solution address that existing filters do not handle effectively, and how will you technically achieve this?
  2. How will you differentiate your spam filter from existing solutions in a way that provides a significantly better user experience, and how will you measure this improvement?
  3. Considering the low engagement of similar products, what innovative marketing and user acquisition strategies will you employ to gain traction and build a loyal user base?

Your are here

You're stepping into a crowded market with your idea to clean spam from email inboxes. The category, which we call "Swamp," accurately reflects this situation: there are already numerous solutions available, and many struggle to gain traction. With 9 similar products identified, competition is considerable. These products have low engagement, indicated by an average of only 1 comment per product. Given the existing landscape, succeeding will require a fundamentally different approach and significant differentiation from current offerings. Unless you can pinpoint a specific unmet need or drastically improve upon existing solutions, it may be challenging to stand out and achieve profitability.

Recommendations

  1. Before investing further, conduct thorough research to understand why existing spam-filtering solutions haven't fully satisfied users. Identify their shortcomings and areas for improvement. For example, SpamStrike received some negative feedback for not blocking all sales messages, thus indicating a desire for broader functionality.
  2. If you decide to proceed, focus on a niche or specific group of users who are particularly underserved by current spam filters. Are there specific types of spam (e.g., political, promotional) that your solution can uniquely address? Focusing on a niche can help differentiate your product.
  3. Consider developing tools or integrations for existing email providers rather than creating a standalone spam filter. Partnering with established platforms can provide a wider reach and leverage their existing user base. This could be an API for existing services.
  4. Explore adjacent problems related to email management that might offer more promising opportunities. For example, can you expand beyond spam filtering to address email organization, prioritization, or summarization?
  5. Given the challenges in this crowded market, it may be wise to consider whether your time and resources might be better spent on a different, less saturated opportunity. Evaluate alternative ideas with higher potential for success.
  6. Given that at least one competitor is offering their product for free, you should think deeply about potential revenue streams. Will this always be free? Is this part of a funnel?

Questions

  1. What specific types of spam will your solution address that existing filters do not handle effectively, and how will you technically achieve this?
  2. How will you differentiate your spam filter from existing solutions in a way that provides a significantly better user experience, and how will you measure this improvement?
  3. Considering the low engagement of similar products, what innovative marketing and user acquisition strategies will you employ to gain traction and build a loyal user base?

  • Confidence: High
    • Number of similar products: 9
  • Engagement: Low
    • Average number of comments: 1
  • Net use signal: -10.0%
    • Positive use signal: 0.0%
    • Negative use signal: 10.0%
  • Net buy signal: 0.0%
    • Positive buy signal: 0.0%
    • Negative buy signal: 0.0%

This chart summarizes all the similar products we found for your idea in a single plot.

The x-axis represents the overall feedback each product received. This is calculated from the net use and buy signals that were expressed in the comments. The maximum is +1, which means all comments (across all similar products) were positive, expressed a willingness to use & buy said product. The minimum is -1 and it means the exact opposite.

The y-axis captures the strength of the signal, i.e. how many people commented and how does this rank against other products in this category. The maximum is +1, which means these products were the most liked, upvoted and talked about launches recently. The minimum is 0, meaning zero engagement or feedback was received.

The sizes of the product dots are determined by the relevance to your idea, where 10 is the maximum.

Your idea is the big blueish dot, which should lie somewhere in the polygon defined by these products. It can be off-center because we use custom weighting to summarize these metrics.

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