The average small business owner wastes 15 hours per week on tasks that could run automatically. That's 780 hours per year — almost 20 full work weeks — spent on repetitive work that doesn't grow your business.
Here are 5 tasks you can automate this month using AI agents on Oxian. Each one takes under 2 minutes to set up.
1. Pricing email replies
What it is: An AI agent that reads incoming supplier or client emails about pricing, pulls your current rates from a spreadsheet, and drafts a reply.
Time saved: 3 hours/week
Manual version: You open the email, look up the price, type a reply, hit send. Repeat 30 times per week.
Automated version: The agent reads the email, checks your rate sheet, drafts the reply, and waits for your one-click approval.
Cost on Oxian: $49/month
2. Invoice follow-ups
What it is: An agent that tracks unpaid invoices and sends polite follow-up emails on a schedule — 3 days, 7 days, 14 days after the due date.
Time saved: 2 hours/week
Manual version: You check your accounting software, find overdue invoices, write individual follow-up emails, track who responded.
Automated version: The agent monitors your invoices, sends personalized follow-ups automatically, and flags any that need your direct attention.
Cost on Oxian: $39/month
3. Lead scoring
What it is: An agent that reviews new leads from your website or CRM and scores them based on criteria you define — company size, industry, budget signals.
Time saved: 4 hours/week
Manual version: You read each lead submission, research the company, decide if they're worth pursuing, then prioritize your follow-up list.
Automated version: The agent scores every lead instantly, moves hot leads to the top of your queue, and sends a summary each morning.
Cost on Oxian: $59/month
4. Review requests
What it is: An agent that sends review request emails to customers 3 days after a purchase or service completion.
Time saved: 1 hour/week
Manual version: You maintain a spreadsheet of recent customers, write review request emails, send them one by one.
Automated version: The agent tracks completed orders, waits the right amount of time, and sends a personalized review request with a direct link to your Google Business profile.
Cost on Oxian: $19/month
5. Competitor monitoring
What it is: An agent that watches competitor websites and social media for pricing changes, new products, or marketing campaigns, then sends you a weekly summary.
Time saved: 3 hours/week
Manual version: You visit competitor websites, scroll through their social media, compare prices, take notes.
Automated version: The agent monitors everything automatically and delivers a clean summary to your inbox every Monday morning.
Cost on Oxian: $79/month
The 2-minute install — how it actually works
Every agent on the Oxian marketplace follows the same setup:
- Connect your tool (Gmail, Google Sheets, your CRM). One click, standard OAuth.
- Paste your data (rate sheet, invoice list, lead criteria). Copy-paste from a spreadsheet.
- Approve the first test run. The agent processes one real item so you can verify it works.
That's it. Average setup time across all agents: 1 minute 47 seconds.
The ROI is obvious
| Task | Hours saved/week | Agent cost/month | Hourly value (at $50/hr) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing emails | 3 | $49 | $600 saved |
| Invoice follow-ups | 2 | $39 | $400 saved |
| Lead scoring | 4 | $59 | $800 saved |
| Review requests | 1 | $19 | $200 saved |
| Competitor monitoring | 3 | $79 | $600 saved |
| Total | 13 | $245 | $2,600 saved |
You spend $245/month. You save $2,600/month in time value. That's a 10x return.