OffTrigger - Auto-respond to real estate leads within 30 seconds

Hey Product Hunt! 👋

I'm Ashwin, and I'm super excited to share OffTrigger with you today!

The Story:

I spent 2 weeks buying coffee for real estate agents and asking them one question:

"What's your biggest frustration with leads?"

Every. Single. One. Said the same thing:

"I lose deals to agents who respond faster."

The numbers are brutal:
• Average response time: 47 minutes
• 78% of leads contact someone else within 1 hour
• Agents lose $40-60K annually because of slow responses

So I locked myself in a room for 12 days and built OffTrigger.

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What It Does:

OffTrigger monitors your email inbox 24/7, detects leads from Zillow, Redfin, Rightmove, 99acres, and 30+ platforms globally, then auto-responds in under 30 seconds via Email, WhatsApp, or SMS.

The Result? 97% faster than the industry average.

Key Features:
✅ Works with ANY email provider (Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, custom domains via IMAP)
✅ 2-minute setup (no complex integrations!)
✅ Multi-channel responses (Email, WhatsApp, SMS)
✅ Smart lead scoring (🔥 hot / ⚡ warm / ❄️ cold)
✅ Global coverage (US, UK, India, UAE, Australia)
✅ 35+ platforms detected automatically

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The Build:

Solo founder, 12 days, $0 marketing budget.

Tech Stack:
• Backend: Node.js + Express
• Frontend: React + Tailwind CSS
• Database: Supabase (PostgreSQL)
• Email: IMAP protocol (universal compatibility!)
• Messaging: Twilio API (WhatsApp + SMS)
• Hosting: Render + Vercel (entirely on free tiers!)
• Payments: Dodo

Infrastructure cost: $0/month 🎉

Hardest Part:
Building 35 different email parsers. Zillow sends HTML tables. Redfin sends plain text. Rightmove sends mixed formats. Each platform is completely different.

3 days of pure regex hell 😅

But totally worth it for universal coverage.

The Big Pivot:
I originally built this with Google OAuth for Gmail. Then discovered `gmail.readonly` is a **restricted scope** with a 100-user LIFETIME cap.

At 3/100 users, I panicked and rewrote everything to use IMAP in 4 hours.

Turned out to be a blessing:
✅ Works with ANY email provider now
✅ No user limits
✅ More reliable
✅ Better product

Sometimes constraints lead to better solutions!

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Beta Results (3 days, 15 agents):

The numbers from our private beta:
• Average response time: 23 seconds ⚡
• 100+ leads captured
• 0 missed overnight leads
• $1.2M potential commission saved

One agent told me: "I closed a $450K deal because OffTrigger responded at 2 AM while my competitors were asleep."

This is exactly why I built this.

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Pricing

I kept it affordable because most agents can't pay $500/month for CRMs:

• Starter: $49/month (100 leads)
• Professional: $89/month (300 leads) ⭐ Most popular
• Team: $199/month (unlimited leads)

14-day free trial, no credit card required.

Positioned well below competitors like Follow Up Boss ($69-500/month).

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Try It:

🆓 Free trial: https://offtrigger.com
📊 See it in action: [Demo screenshots above]

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I'm Here All Day:

I'll be monitoring this thread constantly today. Ask me anything about:
• The technology (IMAP, email parsing, etc.)
• The build process (12 days solo)
• Real estate automation
• Running on $0 infrastructure
• Pivoting from OAuth to IMAP
• Anything else!

Questions I'm Trying to Answer:

1. Is 30 seconds fast enough or should I aim for <10 seconds?
2. What other industries desperately need instant lead response?
3. How can I improve the onboarding experience?
4. Should I add AI-powered follow-ups or keep it simple?

Your feedback means everything! 🙏

Thanks for checking out OffTrigger!

— Ashwin

P.S. If you know any real estate agents struggling with lead response times, please share this with them! 🏠