A Chatbot Agency Texts Owners a Working Demo of Their Own Bot and Closed 29 Clients
A chatbot seller builds a demo bot from each local business's website and texts the owner a link to try it. He says 4,000 texts led to 118 replies, 41 calls and 29 clients at $397 a month. These are his stated numbers.
Who this is about: AI chatbot agency (Oliver GS)
- Income claim
- Unverified claim29 clients at $397 a month, about $11,500 in monthly recurring revenue, from 4,000 texts, by his own numbers in an Instagram reel
- Money comes from
- Monthly fees for website chatbots, plus an AI voice receptionist add-on.
What it takes
- Cost
- Cost not statedHe doesn't name his tools.
- Setup time
- A few daysOur estimate from the source, for one business.
- Skill needed
- Some tech skillsComfortable installing an app, pasting an API key or running a command.
Explain it simply
A chatbot is a small program on a website that answers visitors' questions. This seller builds a free sample chatbot from a local business's own website and texts the owner a link to try it, before any sales pitch. Owners who like it book a call, and he charges a monthly fee, though the numbers are his own and texting strangers has legal rules to check.
How it works
- Find local businesses and scrape each one's website.
- Train a demo chatbot on that content, so it already knows the business.
- Text the owner a link to try the bot before any sales talk. Check consent and opt-out rules, such as the TCPA in the US, first.
- Book calls with interested owners and close on a live demo. Offer add-ons such as an AI voice receptionist.
How it went
By his numbers, 4,000 texts led to 118 replies, 41 calls and 29 clients at $397 a month, about $11,500 in monthly recurring revenue.
- The figures aren't verified, and he doesn't say how long it took.
- Mass texting has legal rules (consent and opt-out rules, such as the TCPA in the US) that you need to check before copying this.
Prompt
Bot instructions:
"You are the assistant for [business]. Answer only from the website content
provided: services, prices, hours, location, booking link. If the answer
isn't there, say so and offer to take a name and phone number for a
callback. Keep answers under 60 words."
Outreach (check local texting and email laws first):
"Hi [name], I built a free demo assistant for [business] from your website.
Try asking it anything: [link]. Happy to walk you through it."Our version; his tools and scripts aren't shared. Check texting and email laws before any outreach.
Business fit
Who this suits, and how:
Side hustlers selling to local businesses: lead with a working demo built from the prospect's own site instead of a pitch.
Solo foundersWeb designers: add a chatbot built from the client's site to each website package.
AgenciesSmall agencies: pick one niche (dentists, gyms) and reuse one tested bot template.
AgenciesBusiness owners: see what a website-trained bot answers before you pay for one.
Local & service
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Similar tools
Other tools for this job, and how they differ. Chosen by our editors, never paid for.
- Chatbase
Trains a chatbot on a business's website content, quick for building demo bots.
- Voiceflow
A builder for chat and voice agents with more control over conversation design.
- Botpress
An AI chatbot platform for building and deploying custom bots.
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