Tools

Tools I actually use

Every tool here runs some part of this business today. A link marked affiliate link pays me a commission if you sign up, at no cost to you; the others are plain links.

• n8n (self-hosted)

  Every workflow in the store.

  Free (community edition on my own machine)

• n8n Cloud

  What I recommend if you are starting out: nothing to install. I self-host, so I do not use it myself.

  n8n's paid plans

• Ollama + qwen3 4B

  The free local model the workflows call.

  Free, Apache 2.0 licence

• Whop affiliate link

  The store, checkout and affiliates. What I recommend for selling a digital product.

  A fee per sale

• Sender

  The email list and welcome emails.

  Free plan

• GitHub

  Hosting the free download.

  Free

• Vercel + Astro

  This site.

  Free tier

• Etsy

  A second shop for the same templates.

  A listing fee per item

• Claude Code

  How I built the system, by describing what I wanted.

  A Claude subscription

The steps I follow with these are in the free AI side-income checklist.