The questions people actually ask.
What is Dotstrap?
A permanent address with an AI front desk behind it. You share dotstrap.com/your-name instead of an email address or a phone number; the AI front desk talks to whoever comes by and hands you a short brief, and you decide who hears back.
What does it cost?
Nothing. Dotstrap is free, and there are no paid plans today.
Do people need an account to reach me?
They sign in with Google before their first message. They don’t need a page of their own, and no email address, password or phone number is collected from anybody.
What if I’m busy for a while?
Switch your front desk off. Your page then says you’re not taking conversations right now, and your page and links stay up.
What if something I wanted was set aside?
Open Filtered and press Move to Inbox.
Can people see what I told my front desk?
No. Visitors can talk to your desk; they can never see your note, and they are never told whether they fit it. A published filter is a set of instructions for getting past it.
What does every visitor hear?
The same thing: that their message will be passed on, and that you decide whether to reply. Nobody is told they were filtered.
Does it answer as me?
No. It says it is your AI front desk, speaks about you by name, and never promises a reply. Only you can reply as you.
Do I see the whole conversation?
No — you see a brief: who they are, a category, a priority and why they got in touch. The visitor’s own words stay between them and your front desk.
Where does my reply go?
Into Conversations on Dotstrap, where the visitor sees that you joined. The page’s chat closes once the brief is filed.
Does it book meetings?
No. Dotstrap holds no calendar and books nothing. It decides who is worth your time; what you do with that time is yours.
What are the limits?
Two, and they are different things. People who come to you cost you nothing. The conversations YOU start are counted, on a rolling 24 hours, and your dashboard shows what is left; and you get one open conversation with any one person at a time.
What happens after fifteen days?
A conversation nobody answered expires. Nothing is deleted: it stays in Sent marked Expired, and you’re free to write to that person again.
What is Looking for?
The other direction. You write one private sentence about what you are looking for right now, and Dotstrap shows people whose declared aims fit yours. Nobody ever sees your sentence — a result shows a face, a name, a public line and how many details could be compared.
Does appearing in someone’s results get me past their front desk?
No. The two share no state. Looking for finds people; opening their page starts an ordinary conversation with their front desk, like anybody else’s.
What happens if I stop using it?
Your address stays, your page stays, and every conversation and setting stays with it. Your link is hosted whether or not you are using it.
Can I take my page offline?
Yes. Deactivating your account hides your page, destroys nothing, and can be undone in one press.
Can I delete my account?
Yes. You can export your data, deactivate, or delete your account and its data from Settings.
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