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Maker School: AI Automation

Get your first client for an AI automation business in 90 days or your money back. Daily AI coaching, AI templates, +$30K saved in tools…

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How this community works

Pricing: $184 a monthWell above the ai & tech median of $9.
Size: 2,179 membersBigger than 47% of the ai & tech communities indexed here.
Revenue ceiling: $400,936 a monthIf every member paid the listed price. Free tiers, discounts and churn are not visible from outside.
Running since: September 2024, 2 years agoAbout 91 new members a month since launch, on average.
Format: Course-led: 12 courses, 727 modules
Activity: 41,752 posts19.2 posts per member, which is exceptionally active.
Grows from: YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and their own website
Platform: Skool
Category: AI & Tech
Last verified: 23 August 2026

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Courses are the hook and the discussion is the retention: 12 courses plus 19.2 posts per member.
The owner runs YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and their own website. That is the audience the community was launched to; the community is the back end of it.

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About Maker School: AI Automation

Get your first client for an AI automation business in 90 days or your money back. Daily AI coaching, AI templates, +$30K saved in tools. $184/mo.

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The one-liner

A paid AI automation classroom built around landing a first client within a clear deadline.

What they actually sell

MakerSchool has one main Skool membership with a very concrete outcome: landing AI automation client number one. The public offer includes a day-by-day roadmap, end-to-end courses covering Claude, n8n and more, templates, scripts, platform discounts, daily owner-led Q&A, weekly calls and member job leads. It also makes a strong promise that the first paying AI client will arrive within 90 days or the fee will be refunded. A rising-price message adds urgency. This is not positioned as another passive collection of automation lessons. It is a deadline, a curriculum and regular access to someone who can answer the practical question in front of the member. The offer earns its price by trying to carry the learner all the way to an invoice.

Who pays and why

People who have consumed plenty of AI automation content but still have no client pay for the deadline. They are tired of knowing more while earning nothing. The emotional problem is shame and stalled momentum, so daily answers and weekly calls feel more valuable than another polished course.

Where the members come from

The owner points people towards the community through YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and a personal website. The room is the paid back end of that audience. The public page does not give a full follower picture, but the channel mix is clear.

What's holding it back

Delivery depends heavily on the owner’s daily replies and weekly calls. If that cadence thins, members may feel they have bought templates plus a refund clause rather than active coaching.

Steal this

Attach a dated refund promise to an expensive, checkable outcome, then retain members with daily coaching rather than more content.

Would this work in another niche?

Yes where people already own too much information and need a first verifiable win. It is weaker where progress cannot be checked inside a fixed window.

Written 22 September 2026