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Built 50 n8n/zapier/make templates over 12 months. Only 10 actually make money. Here's all of them
Built 50 n8n templates over 12 months. Only 10 actually make money. Here's all of them:
40 templates collect dust. These 10 generate $18k/month:
🥇 **#1: INVOICE EXTRACTOR SUPREME**
Revenue: $4,800/month (4 clients)
What it does:
- Handles ANY invoice format
- Learns vendor patterns over time
- Auto-fills based on history
Secret sauce: Stores vendor patterns, gets smarter daily
Setup time: 20 minutes
Accuracy: 99.3%
🥈 **#2: CONTRACT TERMINATION TRACKER**
Revenue: $3,500/month (2 law firms)
What it does:
- Scans all contracts for dates
- Creates calendar reminders
- Alerts at 90, 60, 30 days
Client quote: "Saved us from $50k in auto-renewals"
Their ROI: 14x monthly fee
🥉 **#3: RESEARCH PAPER VACUUM**
Revenue: $2,400/month (3 agencies)
What it does:
- Searches 6 academic databases simultaneously
- Returns 50 papers in 3 minutes
- Includes citations and impact factors
Game-changer: One API searches all databases
Time saved per client: 40 hours/month
**#4: MEDICAL FORM PROCESSOR**
Revenue: $1,800/month (1 clinic)
Handles: Handwritten patient forms
Accuracy on doctor writing: 94%
Integration: Direct to EMR
Replaces: 3 full-time data entry staff
**#5: FINANCIAL TABLE LIBERATOR**
Revenue: $1,500/month (2 firms)
Conquers:
- Merged cells
- Nested tables
- Rotated pages
- Footnote tables
Output: Perfect Excel models
Tested on: Fortune 500 reports
**#6: EMAIL-TO-CRM BRIDGE**
Revenue: $1,200/month (4 clients)
The flow:
- Watches all email attachments
- Extracts relevant data
- Creates CRM records
- Zero manual entry
Prevents: Lost leads, missed follow-ups
**#7: PROPOSAL GENERATOR**
Revenue: $1,000/month (2 agencies)
Process:
- Input: Client requirements
- Searches: Past proposals
- Output: 80% complete draft
Time saved: 5 hours per proposal
Consistency: 100%
**#8: RECEIPT RECONCILER**
Revenue: $800/month (2 companies)
Magic:
- Matches receipts to transactions
- Flags discrepancies
- Direct QuickBooks/Xero sync
Accuracy: 99.8%
Audit time: Reduced 90%
**#9: ACADEMIC CITATION FORMATTER**
Revenue: $600/month (1 university)
Speed demon:
- Input: Paper title or DOI
- Output: Perfect citations
- Formats: APA/MLA/Chicago
- Rate: 100 citations in 30 seconds
**#10: DOCUMENT CLASSIFIER**
Revenue: $400/month (1 client)
Sorts chaos:
- Mixed folder → Organized folders
- Detection: Content-based, not filename
- Categories: Auto-detected
- Speed: 1,000 docs in 5 minutes
THE 40 FAILURES (Learn From My Pain)
What didn't work:
❌ "AI mood detector from invoices"
❌ "Blockchain PDF verifier"
❌ "47-step approval workflow"
❌ "Sentiment analysis for contracts"
❌ "PDF to podcast converter"
Why they failed:
- Too complex
- No real pain point
- Cool but useless
- Nobody wanted to pay
THE SUCCESS PATTERN
Winners have:
✅ One clear pain point
✅ Under 10 nodes
✅ Setup under 1 hour
✅ Obvious ROI
✅ Boring but essential
GRAB ALL TEMPLATES
Each includes:
- Complete node setup
- Test documents
- Common customizations
- Pricing guidance
- Sales talking points
Tools needed:
- n8n (self-hosted or cloud)
- PDF Parser (free tier for testing)
- Basic integrations (Gmail, Sheets, Slack)
THE MATH
Average template revenue: $1,800/month
Your time to implement: 1 hour
Maintenance: Near zero
Potential with 5 clients: $9,000/month
Which template would solve your biggest headache TODAY? 🚀
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Built 50 n8n/zapier/make templates over 12 months. Only 10 actually make money. Here's all of them
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