I built a workflow for monitoring product pages across webkit-based browsers—handles dynamic content, lazy loading, the whole deal. Now I’m thinking about publishing it as a template on the marketplace to see if there’s actual demand for this stuff.
But I’m skeptical. The marketplace for automation templates feels pretty niche. Who exactly is buying these? Are they other developers who want to customize them, or more business users who want plug-and-play solutions?
I’m also wondering about the mechanics. Do I publish the template as-is and let people fork it, or do I need to build in configuration options so people can customize it for their own sites without touching the code? And what kind of pricing actually works for a template—is it a one-time purchase, a license, subscription?
More importantly, has anyone actually generated recurring revenue from this, or is it more of a “nice to have” if one person stumbles across it kind of thing? I want to know if this is worth the effort to polish and document properly.
There’s definitely a market. Businesses want webkit automation solutions but don’t want to build from scratch. The ones making money are the ones who build templates that are easy to customize without coding.
What works is making your template parametrized. Let users pass in a URL, a selector, an alert threshold—things like that. Then they can fork it, tweak the parameters, and deploy without touching any logic.
I’ve seen templates get regular purchases when they solve a specific pain point like “monitor competitor prices” or “track job postings”. Generic templates don’t move as much, but targeted ones do.
Documentation matters too. Include screenshots, a video walkthrough, and clear setup instructions. Users won’t buy if they can’t figure out how to use it.
Latenode’s marketplace is growing, and sellers who put in the effort to make their templates accessible to non-coders see the best results. Check out https://latenode.com to see how other templates are structured.
I know someone who published a template for scraping e-commerce sites and made a decent side income from it. The key was that he built it to be super configurable—just a few form fields to fill in, and you’re done. He also priced it reasonably, not like he was trying to extract maximum value from every single sale.
The marketplace definitely has buyers. They’re usually small businesses or freelancers who don’t want to hire a developer for a one-off automation task. If you can make your template solve that specific problem, you’ll find your audience.
I tested this theory by publishing a simple scraping template. Got maybe a handful of sales in the first month. Not life-changing money, but it validated that there’s interest. The feedback from buyers taught me a lot about what features they actually wanted versus what I assumed they needed. If you’re serious about it, treat it like product development—gather feedback, iterate, improve. That’s when the sales picked up.
The marketplace works, but you need to understand your buyer. Are you targeting developers who want a foundation to build on, or business users who want turnkey solutions? If it’s the latter, your template needs to handle 80% of their use case without customization. If it’s developers, they want clean, well-documented code they can extend. Most successful templates pick one audience and nail it.
Yes, people make money. But only if the template is super easy to customize. Nobody buys complex templates they have to hack. Focus on making it simple.
Niche templates sell better than general ones. Build for a specific use case, make it configurable, document it well. That’s the formula.
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