4. AI Chatbots for Businesses: Your Automated Sales Team

Have you ever chatted with a website’s support agent at midnight?

Chances are, you were talking to a bot.

And someone was making money while they slept.

That someone could be you.

I stumbled into this opportunity last year when a local restaurant owner complained about missing late-night reservation requests. Three days later, I had built him a custom chatbot using Bubble’s no-code platform. He now pays me $200 monthly for a service that requires about 30 minutes of maintenance.

That’s just one client.

Imagine having 10. Or 20.

Here’s how to build your chatbot empire:

Step 1: Identify business pain points The most successful chatbots solve specific problems:

• Answering FAQs outside business hours
• Qualifying leads before human follow-up
• Booking appointments and reservations
• Processing simple orders
• Providing instant customer support

Small businesses love chatbots because they’re cheaper than hiring staff but provide 24/7 coverage.

Step 2: Build your bot (no coding required) Bubble has transformed chatbot creation from a developer’s task to something anyone can do.

The platform uses a visual interface where you can:

• Design conversation flows with drag-and-drop simplicity
• Integrate with business tools (calendars, CRMs, payment processors)
• Customize the bot’s personality and responses
• Set up analytics to track performance

My first bot took a full weekend to build. My tenth took 3 hours.

Step 3: Package and price your service This is where many people go wrong. Don’t just sell a chatbot—sell a solution.

My pricing structure looks like this:

• $300-$500 setup fee (depending on complexity)
• $100-$400 monthly maintenance fee
• Optional add-ons (analytics reports, quarterly optimization)

Why the monthly fee? Because chatbots need occasional tweaking as business needs change. This creates recurring revenue—the holy grail of passive income.

Step 4: Scale through templates Here’s the brilliant part: most businesses in the same industry need similar chatbots.

Create one great restaurant reservation bot, and you can sell variations to dozens of restaurants. The same goes for dental offices, hair salons, or law firms.

One of my students built a chatbot for a dentist’s office. He now has that same bot (with customizations) running in 17 different practices. His monthly recurring revenue? $3,400.

For about 5 hours of work weekly.

The barrier to entry is low, but the opportunity is massive. Most small businesses know they need better online engagement but lack the technical skills to implement it.

You don’t need those technical skills either—you just need to know how to use the right AI tools.

What local businesses in your area could benefit from a 24/7 digital employee?