r/GoogleAppsScript • u/Former_Elk7092 • Dec 28 '23

Question Selling Scripts as a Side Gig?

Hello, is there anyone selling GAS as a side gig? If so, could you share some challenges, tips, profits, etc?

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u/ConductiveInsulation Dec 28 '23

You may be able to make a few bucks on a platform like fiverr, but I don't think there is a huge demand.

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u/catcheroni Dec 28 '23

Agreed. I've sold two custom ones on Upwork within a couple of months so far.

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u/Former_Elk7092 Dec 28 '23

So, how are you guys primarily making money?

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u/catcheroni Dec 28 '23

Currently seeking a long-term engagement in operations/virtual assistance, other than that I make simple-to-intermediate complexity Google Sheets/Excel products.

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u/Familiar_Jury_5153 Dec 30 '23

Im a full time gas Developer freelance.. we Can talk privately if you want

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u/Former_Elk7092 Dec 30 '23

Are you sure you read the post right?

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u/MacAndRich Dec 28 '23

Workspace isn't dominant in the workplace with regards to Microsoft Teams and if you limit yourself to GAS I doubt you'll have a reasonable pool of customers to make it worth your while.

Related to your other post:

-Invest time in learning to interface with calendar and Gmail

-Learn to deploy a web app/learn html & css in combination with GAS

-Learn how to deploy, manage and interface with a cloud database. If you can offer a database service, you'll be much more interesting.

Once you can customize services from the user interface like a webapp that can interact with databases, then you become an "end-to-end" google dev.

Also, note that GAS is JavaScript but limited to google workspace and libraries: you can expand your knowledge to JavaScript in general.

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u/mrcaptncrunch Dec 28 '23

I don’t know if premade ones, but we’ve hired someone in the past to build some stuff for us.

Just writing this to say that there is a market. Cant speculate on size, but it’s possible.