Getting an app to production

[William-McGonagle]

@robert-virkus

I'm working on a free email app right now similar to Hey.com (just in the way they organize email). I don't want to do server hosting, so I'm going to have users sign in with Gmail, Outlook, Apple, etc. I didn't want it to be open-source. Don't get me wrong, I love open source, and have done my fair share for the open-source world, I just wanted to keep more control of it for now.

I'm getting concerned though because I keep hearing about all of these verifications that Gmail now needs– I've heard the cost is between 15k-75k. The reason I'm asking is just because there is barely any information out there, and because I can't afford more than $200, much less $75k. I don't want my app to have to charge people either to stay up, and I thought it could be free because there are no costs to me to do IMAP/POP/SMTP. Are there any hidden costs I should look out for?

I'm also interested in helping on the project so I'll start sending in some pull requests if I keep working on my mail app.

Cheers,
WMG