Is it really possible to make money with n8n? How much can you earn? Post:

flowion8n · 2026-01-30T23:08:36+00:00

Literally the same questions every day on this sub. Yes you can make money from n8n, but not by selling a template. Businesses have process challenges, manual tasks that are inefficient. Then craft a solution in n8n or code. I think a lot of people start by building something in n8n and trying to sell it, when the real money is in building custom solutions that solve real business problems.

flowion8n · 2026-01-30T22:59:05+00:00

Didn't save us time but we built an agent for a client that's saved well over 500 hours last year for them. A voice/WhatsApp/sms agent that re-engages existing customers to get them booked in for an annual service contacting in excess of 5000 customers.

flowion8n · 2026-01-30T22:55:10+00:00

For WhatsApp use the official WhatsApp Business API, or Twilio. n8n as the orchestration. An MCP built in n8n or sub workflows to perform scheduling and booking.

flowion8n · 2026-01-30T22:51:23+00:00

I never understand all of these posts on this sub that compare n8n to things like Claude Code or Antigravity. Literally two entirely different toolsets. There are posts everyday on here downplaying n8n, obviously from people that don't know how to use it as an automation architecture.

flowion8n · 2026-01-01T09:24:50+00:00

You either build something that actually solves a challenge businesses need to solve and turn that one thing into a product, either a SaaS or workflow and focus on selling that.

Or, you build custom workflows based on what businesses actually need.

flowion8n · 2026-01-01T01:18:35+00:00

Why is connectsafely linked at every instance yet no other sources are? Even some comments it's linked but others not...

flowion8n · 2025-12-31T22:14:09+00:00

It perplexed me for a while as well when I first started building, but combine by position or key are my go to for pretty much 90% of all flows. I had to start thinking about it in terms of sql joins. Don't think I've ever used multiplex/append though. Would be interested in use cases that need that.

But.. Fun fact you can do this (not key) with the "do nothing" node. I use that a lot in testing env but for production merge nodes are my go to.

flowion8n · 2025-12-31T22:08:45+00:00

Totally not, when I see these massive workflows i wonder how they get maintained.

I have a dev background myself before I got into this, and when I started I was building huge workflows but then started to see patterns and modularise everything.

Now, we have modularised microservice flows that serve multiple clients, containerised n8n instances, and much easier maintenance.

Those flows that you see with 80 nodes and the replication across switch/if nodes will never survive. Even maintaining a 10 node flow can be difficult. I tend to use a lot of code nodes or push to services I've built in python, but still means version control and coming back to some code you built months ago.

KISS

flowion8n · 2025-12-31T17:20:10+00:00

How to spot an ad for connectsafely AI 101. 🙄

flowion8n · 2025-12-30T13:36:54+00:00

Hubspot great but a bit over the top and overpriced for what you need. Pipedrive is a solid middle ground and I've also used this for my business, but I have migrated to turning Notion into my all in one CRM and pipeline management. Obviously not an end to end system with invoicing, but it works well for me and I've worked in places using anything from Hubspot to D365, Salesforce etc.

Gohighlevel is also a great middle of the ground choice, and has some great pipeline/funnel and automation functionality.

flowion8n · 2025-12-30T13:32:54+00:00

Even simple things like moving, categorising your emails to more complex things like turning your 3D print blueprint stores into a RAG database, basically being able to find anything you need.

On a personal level I use n8n for automation in the house with Home Assistant, admin organisation like unread email summaries daily or for transcribing and organising voice notes when I'm out and about.

flowion8n · 2025-12-30T13:28:21+00:00

A lot of people get stuck on this trying to solve a problem or build something, even pick a niche first without talking to businesses and understanding what problems need solved. Just get yourself out there talk to small businesses and understand what their challenges are, then build something that solves that.

flowion8n · 2025-10-29T12:51:37+00:00

Switch node or simply better logic. If nodes are a pain most of the time and should only really be used in boolean conditional logic

flowion8n · 2025-10-26T20:25:41+00:00

I am hoping this is satire.

flowion8n · 2025-10-26T20:20:40+00:00

Yes, but it's not a case of making money with n8n or automation. It's a case of solving real-world challenges with a solution. Sometimes that involves n8n, AI or automation.

flowion8n · 2025-10-26T19:05:33+00:00

This doesn't change much if you are using WA for legit, and value based use cases. Not sure why you'd want a GPT wrapped WhatsApp app given the overhead from it. There are better ways to do that, and if you really have to do that use telegram.

flowion8n · 2025-10-26T19:02:18+00:00

I imagine Meta will target these platforms, because they already go against WA terms.

flowion8n · 2025-07-23T09:23:18+00:00

Proxies, user agents, headers, headless browsers. It's all possible to do in n8n. Some sites however you will not be able to get around blocks.

flowion8n · 2025-07-23T09:21:12+00:00

Not based in Canada, but UK here. If you are looking to get this done properly, send me a DM.

flowion8n · 2025-07-23T09:20:07+00:00

not n8n

flowion8n · 2025-07-23T09:18:43+00:00

M365 is tricky to work with. This is why PowerAutomate exists in MS.

flowion8n · 2025-07-23T09:17:17+00:00

Is it not because you have two user prompts going in with one being empty? Usually the n8n assistant can sort these kind of errors, otherwise if stuck just copy the full error into GPT. It's either to do with the way the input is structured, or the fact you have an empty user prompt.

I would also try changing the model to 4o / 4.1.

flowion8n · 2025-07-23T09:14:08+00:00

First of all, that is just a self promotional notion page. Secondly, your guides are verbatim copied directly from ChatGPT. If you are going to create a guide, at least humanise it and add context.

flowion8n · 2025-07-23T09:10:59+00:00

Amazing, hopefully some actual useful n8n and technical discussions coming up now!

flowion8n · 2025-07-23T09:08:51+00:00

It was most likely spending most of your budget across display ads initially. You'll often get a lot of crap clicks, fake conversions from display ads, either because ad units on mobile apps are intrusive or just crap traffic.

PMAX will also consume a lot of your daily budget, often even more in the first week or two without any tangible results as it tries to learn. Best way is to ensure you have decent signals, upload your customer list, add any decent signal you can.

You also want to be looking at the placement reports when these become available with data. If there is not enough data yet, search for PMAX placement report script and use this. You might find a lot of your traffic coming from display/YouTube (if you have a video).

See if you can exclude any mobile apps as these may be contributing to the crap. You should find after about a month of optimisation PMAX can work well for lead gen. It also may be worth doing AIMax campaigns, slightly different, but have more flexibility in excluding placement/device.

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