Zapier is the new iPhone.
What brought bite-sized chunks of the internet into your pocket? The iPhone and its App Store.
What will bring bite-sized chunks of apps into your interface? Zapier and Zaps as page sources.
Zaps as page sources is a feature being discussed at Zapier that will change the way you work. You’ll be able to use Zaps to change text, images, and anything else in Zapier Interfaces.
Are you shocked? Do you see how game-changing this will be? Are you texting your friends?
By the end of this post, you might be. That’s my goal :)
BUT FIRST a picture of our new puppy, Rosie:
Let that soak in. Enjoy the warmth you feel in your chest and heart. Take a deep breath.
Okay, onward.
Today I’m going to dive into the idea of Zaps as page sources. You’ll learn why it will be a creativity bomb on what you build.
Let’s hit 88 miles-per-hour and step into the future.
A Zapier app that updates, adjusts, and moves (as an app should) needs Zaps to help make those moves. Zaps can pull from 6,000+ different apps and they will power apps you build within Zapier Interfaces.
TL;DR Zaps will update specific components like text and images within a Zapier interface.
The Zaps will look like this:
Out pops a Zapier app that combines data from your apps, all on Zapier. It’s like a fantasy team but with apps. You decide the winning combinations.
Let’s look at some examples.
Here’s a shortlist of ideas using Zaps as page sources:
Alexandre Kantjas had a great LinkedIn post about how no-code is ripe for building internal tools on top of large systems of records like Salesforce. Salesforce is mega-powerful but clunky. Enter Salesloft. An app built on top of Salesforce. It’s not a no-code app but it shows you the opportunity: clunky and powerful systems of record like Salesforce provide an opportunity to create simplified tools on top.
Imagine what happens when Zapier Chatbots get powered by Zaps, too. You’d be able to tack on a chatbot to any of the apps you build and have a conversation about the data you’re seeing.
Where we’re going, we don’t need roads… Do you see the future, yet?
Better start thinking about what you’ll build.
To recap:
Happy building,
Bryce