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Before investing time into building an Actor, validate that people actually need it. This guide shows you how to assess market demand using free tools and research techniques.

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## Assess your motivation

Ask yourself: _Do you want to build this?_
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## What can you build as an Actor

[Actors](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors) are a new concept for building serverless micro-apps, which are easy to develop, share, integrate, and build upon.
[Actors](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors) are a new way for building serverless micro-apps, which are easy to develop, share, integrate, and build upon.

They are useful for backend automation jobs, which users set up, integrate into their workflow, and let run in the background, rather than consumer-facing applications that users need to interact with.

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### Submit your own ideas

You can submit your own Actor ideas through the [Ideas submission form](https://apify.typeform.com/to/BNON8poB#source=ideas). Provide clear details about what the tool should do and how it should work.
You can submit your own Actor ideas through [this form](https://apify.com/ideas?modal=ACTOR_IDEA). Please provide clear details about what the tool should do and how it should work.

## Find ideas from other sources

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