Starter path · free 4-week plan

Set up FAQ bots for local businesses

A small business answers the same questions every day: opening hours, prices, delivery. You set up a bot that answers from notes the owner writes, and hands anything else to a person. You charge for the setup, and for looking after it.

It fits when you like talking to people, there are businesses near you, and a tutorial is enough to get you going.

Week 1: pick and learn

Score three local niches (repeated questions, cost of a missed message, can you walk in).
Install n8n and Ollama. Get one workflow to answer a test message.

Week 2: build one bot

Build a bot that answers only from a list of facts, and says it doesn't know otherwise.
Add the handoff: a message it shouldn't answer goes to a person.

Week 3: test it like a buyer would

Run ten real-looking questions, including three it should refuse. Keep every run.
Write what it does not do, in plain words.

Week 4: one honest conversation

Show it to one business you can walk into, on your phone, in two minutes.
Whatever they say, write it down. That is your market research.

The limits, before you start

It only works where customers already message the business. A bot that guesses is worse than no bot, so the refusals matter more than the answers.

No one can promise you income from this, and we won't. As of November 2026 the business behind this site has earned $0, and it says so in public.

Start with the free AI Side-Income Checklist. When you want every step as a video lesson, Bot Gigs is the full course. Not sure this is your path? Take the 2-minute quiz.

The other starter paths: Build and sell n8n templates · Set up document checkers for bookkeepers and trades · Run an AI content channel (like this one) · Write about what you learn (a blog or newsletter) · Learn first: two weeks of n8n basics