I’ve been thinking about building some useful Puppeteer automation templates and publishing them on a marketplace. The idea is that other people could use them, modify them, and I could get some revenue from it. But I’m genuinely unsure if there’s real demand or if the marketplace is already flooded with templates.
I’m not looking to get rich—just wondering if it’s worth the effort. Like, what kinds of templates actually sell? Are people buying niche automations for specific use cases, or mostly just generic stuff? And realistically, how much effort is needed to make a template saleable versus just functional?
Has anyone here sold templates on a marketplace? What was your experience?
There’s absolutely a market. What matters is specificity and real-world usefulness. Generic login templates are commoditized, but targeted automations for specific workflows? Those sell.
I know people selling templates on Latenode’s marketplace for things like specific CRM integrations, e-commerce scraping patterns, and industry-specific data extraction. They’re making real recurring income because they solved a specific pain point.
What makes them work is supporting the automation—documentation, updates when target sites change, and responsiveness to buyer questions. Templates aren’t passive income, they’re a service.
The effort required is actually less than you’d think. You build one solid automation, package it cleanly with clear documentation, and publish. Maintenance is the ongoing piece.
I sold a few templates on a marketplace for about a year. Made decent money, not fortune-level but meaningful side income. The templates that sold were specific solutions to actual problems—not generic demos. One was for scraping job listings from specific sites with normalized data output. Another handled form submission workflows for a particular industry platform.
The market isn’t oversaturated if you’re solving something concrete. Generic templates don’t move. What moves is something that saves someone six to twelve hours of work on a specific task.
The hard part isn’t building. It’s supporting what you sell. People want updates when sites change, documentation that actually works, and quick responses to questions. That’s the real commitment.
I’ve published templates for niche use cases and they generated consistent sales. The key insight is that people don’t buy generic—they buy solutions to specific problems. A template for extracting data from a particular platform’s interface outperformed generic scraping templates by a huge margin. You need to identify a specific workflow that takes people hours to set up manually, then automate that exact thing.
Marketplace viability depends on specificity and utility. Generic templates face saturation. Narrow focus on particular platforms, industries, or workflows demonstrates higher demand and conversion rates. I’ve documented successful sellers focusing on specific CRM integrations or e-commerce workflows. Market remains open for targeted solutions addressing concrete business needs.