Backdoor
What's new in Backdoor
Something better for your job search, most weeks.
Every email goes to a founder
Backdoor now writes only to a founder's own address, finds startups by what they are doing, and gets to know you in seconds.
- Founders only
- Every lead comes with a founder's own email address. No team inboxes, and no startup without someone real to write to.
- A first look in seconds
- Share a link and Backdoor tells you what it sees right away, while it reads the rest of your work.
- Startups by what they are doing
- Backdoor looks for startups that just raised, launched or are growing, not only ones with a job post.
- Built for students in the US
- Tell Backdoor your visa status once, OPT, STEM OPT or H-1B, and it looks for startups that can hire you. On OPT, your emails say you need no sponsorship.
Your sign-off, once
Every email ends with your own sign-off, exactly once: your closing, the name you use, and your links.
Follow-ups that know what happened
Each follow-up is written when it is due, so it fits where the conversation is.
Rules that replace
Change how your emails should read and the new rule takes the old one's place for every email after.
Shorter replies
Backdoor's messages are shorter and to the point.
Approve with a tap, and faster matches
Send or fix a draft with one tap on WhatsApp, and see your matches before anything else.
- Send with a tap
- On WhatsApp, each draft has buttons to send or skip. Or ask for changes and tell Backdoor to send the new version.
- Matches first
- Your first matches come first. Ask for the sample email whenever you want to see one.
- Pay by UPI
- In India, pay by UPI or card right on the payment page.
Faster searches
Backdoor searches the web for each person and finds matches much faster.
One answer to many messages
Send a few messages in a row and Backdoor answers them together, once.
Voice notes and resumes read better
Voice notes are transcribed more accurately, and resumes are read from their own text.
Prices where you pay
The payment page shows prices for the country you are paying from.
Profile saves on the dashboard
Saving your profile on the dashboard works again.
Your daily number, your resume and invites
Pick how many founders to email a day, attach your resume, and bring a friend.
- Invite a friend
- Share your invite link. In India, when a friend you invite makes their first purchase, you both get 30 more days.
- Your daily number
- Send 10 new founder emails a day, or ask for any number up to 20.
- Resume on every email
- Ask and your resume goes on every first email as a PDF.
Say it once
Correct a fact about yourself or set a rule for your emails once, and every draft after follows it.
Matches that respect your limits
Startups that break a limit you set, or cannot hire where you live, are left out before you see them.
Word resumes
A resume sent as a Word document is read like a PDF.
Replies and bounces, handled for you
Backdoor now keeps an eye on every thread it sends, so you hear about replies and bounced emails without checking anything.
- Replies caught for you
- When a founder replies in your Gmail, Backdoor spots it, stops the follow-ups and texts you right away.
- Bounced emails, fixed
- If an email bounces, Backdoor finds someone else at the company and drafts a new note for your OK.
- Away messages understood
- If a founder is out of office, the next follow-up waits until they are back.
The right person, more often
Backdoor is much better at finding who to write to, and each draft shows where the address came from.
Emails built on your work
First emails lead with what you have actually done and how it fits what the startup is building.
Updates never go missing
Anything Backdoor owes you, like a finished search or a reply, waits for you instead of expiring.
Cleaner setup
Connecting Gmail and picking a plan take fewer steps, and nothing jumps around.
It says what it did
Backdoor no longer says something was sent or started unless it really was.
Research that knows it's you
Backdoor reads your own links first, so it gets your story right from the start.
- No more mix-ups
- Backdoor checks every fact against your own profile, so someone with the same name never ends up in your story.
- Reads your LinkedIn properly
- Your roles, dates and projects come straight from your own pages.
Resumes always land
A resume you send is saved and used every time.
Warm intros, and more control from chat
Ask for an intro, change direction mid-search, or step away, all by text.
- Warm intros
- Our team makes warm introductions for Backdoor users, free or paid. Just ask in chat.
- Pause or delete by text
- Ask to pause Backdoor or delete your account in chat, then confirm with one word.
Change focus mid-search
Tell Backdoor what you want instead, and it restarts the search with that focus.
Every founder reply reaches you
You now hear about every reply, including the polite no's.
A free list of founders who are hiring
- 2,000+ founders and HRs
- Text LIST to Backdoor and get a sheet of people who are hiring right now, with their emails and LinkedIns.
New plans and a trial week
- Paid trial week
- Start with a low-cost first week before you commit to a plan.
- Monthly, quarterly, or lifetime
- Pick monthly, quarterly, or a one-time lifetime plan. Quarterly costs less than paying month to month.
Prices in your currency
Plans show in rupees in India and dollars elsewhere, picked for you automatically.
Smoother plan picker
Choosing a plan during setup takes fewer taps, and the button stays in view.
Voice notes and sharper research
- Voice notes
- Send a voice note on WhatsApp or iMessage and Backdoor replies as if you had typed it.
Full founder replies
Reply alert emails now include the founder's whole message, not a short preview.
Fix a link, rerun research
Correct or remove a link and Backdoor researches you again from the right sources.
Research that finishes
Profile research no longer fails partway through if you edit your profile while it runs.
Cleaner resume PDFs
Resume PDFs keep your hyphens as typed and put your email in the header.
Steadier chats and billing
Busy chats stay answered
Very active conversations no longer go quiet after lots of messages in one day.
Deleting cancels billing
Deleting your account now cancels your plan right away, so nothing renews afterward.
Text button always works
The iMessage button on our site always shows a number that is live right now.
More control over follow-ups
- Manage follow-ups by text
- Ask Backdoor to send a follow-up now, move it to another day, or cancel it.
Dashboard and chat in sync
Approve or skip a draft on the dashboard and your chat moves on to the next one.
One pause switch
Pausing from the dashboard or by text now works the same way and stops all outreach.
Pausing keeps your schedule
Resuming after a pause no longer pushes your scheduled follow-ups further out.
Better email delivery
- Bounce alerts
- If an email bounces, Backdoor closes that lead, stops its follow-ups, and lets you know.
Fewer emails in spam
Follow-ups use cleaner email headers, so they are less likely to land in a founder's spam folder.
More varied matches
Matches favor startups with recent hiring news and spread out, so fewer people email the same founders.
Clearer file errors
If a file you send can't be read, you get a plain note instead of a technical error.
Delete your account anytime
- Delete your account
- Delete your account from Settings whenever you want. It also removes Backdoor's access to your Gmail.
Faster profile research
Profile research is quicker and more reliable, reading your links and searching the web in one pass.
Safer login codes
Login codes lock after too many wrong tries to keep your account safe.
Profiles stay yours
Your profile is built only from the links you give us, so it can't drift to someone else.
Follow-ups in the same thread
- Follow-ups stay threaded
- Follow-ups arrive as replies in the same email thread, with your first email quoted below.
- Nothing gets dropped
- If we can't tell which email a reply belongs to, we pass it to you instead of losing it.
Fewer missed replies
Founder replies reach the right conversation far more reliably, even from another address at their company.
Right name in alerts
Reply alerts now show who actually wrote back.
Backdoor on WhatsApp
- Text us on WhatsApp
- You can now text Backdoor on WhatsApp, not just iMessage.
Pick your app
Every text button on our site lets you choose iMessage or WhatsApp.
Remembers your drafts
Backdoor remembers every draft it showed you, so "send that one" goes to the right email.
See matches before paying
- Preview before you pay
- Before you sign up, Backdoor shows startups that fit you and a sample email it would send.
Clearer draft cards
Every draft now shows the same simple options to send, edit, or skip.
No lost texts
Texts you send in quick succession are all saved and answered together.
Fewer odd messages
Fixed a bug that sometimes made Backdoor's check-in messages come out garbled.
Just say send it
- Approve in plain words
- Reply "send it" or "skip", or ask for changes in your own words, to handle a draft.
- Better contact emails
- Backdoor no longer emails generic catch-all company inboxes, only real contacts.
- Gmail reconnect prompt
- If Gmail disconnects, the dashboard shows a reconnect button instead of an error.
Edit your profile
- Editable profile
- See and edit everything Backdoor knows about you, including the summary it uses to pitch you.
- Re-run research
- Changed jobs or shipped something new? Re-run research from your Profile page.
- Login link by text
- Can't get a login code? Tap the button on the login page to text us for a link.
Edits hit the right draft
Draft edits apply to the email you are looking at, and old drafts no longer get sent.
Faster, calmer iMessage
- Reactions and GIFs
- Backdoor can react to your messages and send the occasional GIF.
Faster replies
Backdoor replies on iMessage noticeably faster.
Formatting and link previews
Messages show proper formatting, and links open up with previews.
One reply, not five
Send a few texts in a row and you get one reply that covers them all.
One question at a time
During setup, Backdoor asks one question at a time instead of a pile at once.
Pause and cancel by text
- Cancel by text
- Ask Backdoor to cancel your plan in chat and you'll get a text confirming it.
Automatic pause
If your plan lapses or Gmail disconnects, outreach pauses and picks back up once you're reconnected.
Fewer repeat alerts
No more stream of failed-send messages when a follow-up can't go out.
Texting from social apps
Tapping our text button inside apps like Instagram now shows the number to copy.
Reply alerts and saved preferences
- Founder reply alerts
- Backdoor texts you when a founder replies, with a quick read on what they said.
Remembers your preferences
Tell Backdoor your salary floor or favorite investors once and it uses them when picking startups.
Names the companies
When new matches are ready, Backdoor names the startups instead of a vague update.
Ask about follow-ups
Ask when your next follow-up goes out and Backdoor can tell you.
Clean email punctuation
Draft emails no longer show garbled symbols from fancy dashes or quotes.
Easier setup, smarter matching
- Reply emails
- You also get an email whenever a founder replies.
- Fresh hiring matches
- When a startup starts hiring, Backdoor checks it against your profile and adds it if it fits.
- Resume PDF
- Ask Backdoor for a resume and get a clean PDF built from your profile.
No forwarding setup
Founder replies reach Backdoor on their own, so setup no longer needs Gmail forwarding.
Keeps looking for contacts
If a founder's email can't be found, Backdoor keeps trying over the next week.
Backdoor is live
- Text your job agent
- Text Backdoor about the roles you want and it finds startups that fit you.
- Emails from your Gmail
- Backdoor drafts founder emails and sends them from your Gmail after you approve each one.
- Automatic follow-ups
- If a founder doesn't reply, Backdoor follows up for you.
- Your dashboard
- See every startup, draft, and reply in one place, with why each one was picked.
- You stay in control
- Pause the agent from your dashboard, and revoke Gmail access or cancel from Settings.