Slot 13 in a $3 bundle: Qwen Automation and the Vietnamese developer's "batch button" matrix

A Vietnamese developer built the one button of "queue prompts, auto-generate videos, auto-download" into 13 AI generation platforms, with 100k users each on Google Flow and Grok. The Qwen one has only 6,000 users, but it shows the approach most clearly: wherever a platform is free and only produces one item at a time, someone wants a batch button. Below: how it came about, who the users are, how the money comes in, and whether you should follow the single product or the approach.

a 972-view video

On 2026 Sep 5, a YouTube channel called Lassine AI posted a video titled "Higgsfield AI is DEAD 😱 Use This FREE Auto Qwen". The first line of the description reads: "Make AI long videos for free in one click. No more pasting 120 prompts one by one."

The video shows a "$0 end-to-end" pipeline: have Claude write the storyboard, Qwen3-TTS for voiceover, then a Chrome extension called Qwen Automation that queues the prompts for 120 shots of 5 seconds each into chat.qwen.ai in one go, submits them one by one, auto-downloads each result and files it into a folder by number, and finally joins them in CapCut. The description links the extension's store page and also the creator's own paid "full skill pack + storyboard script".

By early November this video had only 972 views (YouTube, 11-06). But it shows who the extension's users are: people making faceless long videos. One video needs over a hundred shots; pasting them one by one takes two evenings, and Qwen's web app generates video for free. All that's missing is a batch button.

What it is

Qwen Automation's full name in the Chrome Web Store is "Qwen Automation - Auto Qwen on Qwen.ai"; it was listed in 2026-06-10 and updated to 10-15 1.1.4. What it does:

• Queues dozens or hundreds of prompts, with direct import from .txt / .xlsx / .csv;
• Auto-submits, waits for generation, auto-downloads, sorted into folders by number;
• Text-to-video, image-to-video, text-to-image, plus "Concat" for continuous shots, first-frame-to-video, and "Ingredients to Video";
• Adds random delays between items to avoid platform rate limits.

The store numbers for 11-06: 6,000 users, 5.0 rating, 86 reviews. From Nov 1 to 6 daily users stayed at 6,000, and review count only rose from 85 to 86. It is not growing now.

Why Qwen, why June

The timing is neat. Grok Imagine put video behind the SuperGrok paywall starting in March 2026, then in June switched to a weekly usage pool, and r/grok on Reddit was full of "free users are gone". On Facebook someone wrote outright: "Grok is charging now, make videos with Qwen Chat instead." The Qwen Chat web app has offered free video generation since 2025 (the Wan series), and YouTube tutorials along the lines of "Qwen free unlimited video, no watermark" have kept getting views. Malva AI's September 4 video "Qwen 3.8: FREE & UNLIMITED AI Video Generator" has 104k views.

Qwen Automation was listed in June 10, right after Grok's free video tightened. What it does is simple: turn "free, but one at a time" into "free, and in batches".

The real product is the portfolio

Looking only at the Qwen product would give the wrong picture. The developer is Nguyễn Xuân Trường (Truong Nguyen, online as trgkyle), website kylenguyen.me. He has copied the same "queue + auto-submit + auto-download" code to these platforms in turn (Chrome Web Store, 11-06):

The 11 extensions whose details are visible add up to 393k users. The pattern is straightforward: whichever generation platform gets hot, within a month or two there is another "X Automation - Auto X on X.com". The titles stuff the platform name in twice, capturing searches for "auto + platform name"; search "Qwen Automation chrome extension" or "auto qwen batch prompts" and it ranks first.

The matrix also feeds itself traffic. Among the 12 "related extensions" on the Qwen Automation store page, 9 are his own (Seedance, Canva, Meta, Vibes, Dola, Vids, ChatGPT, Muse, Gemini, on the Chrome Web Store, 11-06). The 100k people who installed it for Grok are the first ones he reaches when they switch platforms.

For him, the Qwen version cost almost nothing: same features as his sibling extension, just swap the selectors and ship. 6,000 Users aren't exploding, but it added one more "we support Qwen too" to the whole subscription bundle.

Where the money comes from

Payment isn't in the store; it's on the website. kylenguyen.me/pricing (updated October) says: one subscription unlocks every extension, $3 for one month, $7 for three, $25 for a year, no auto-renewal, with Discord access and "priority bug fixes." The author writes on the page:

These extensions were 100% free. Charging for them means more features, fewer bugs, a better experience… If the experience isn't good, I'll refund you.

So this bundle is in the first stage of shifting from free to paid. $3 a month with no auto-renewal is about the lowest possible paywall. People who use Qwen usually also run Grok, Flow, and Meta, so one subscription is worth more the more it covers. Paid subscriber count and revenue aren't public, and I haven't verified whether the Qwen version already requires a subscription.

The reviews look a little too neat

86 ratings from 6,000 users, about 1.4% five-star; the three big extensions (Flow, Grok, Meta) all sit at 0.2%–0.26%. Reading the reviews: from Sep 16 to 25 a batch of one-liner English five-star reviews shows up, like "Everything just works" (9-16), "Everything has been smooth so far" (9-16), "Good tool for handling lots of Qwen generations" (9-24), mixed in with Vietnamese names such as Mộng Thủy Lưu, Hải Giáp, Hai nam. In the same period his Seedance, Dola and Canva also all got perfect 5.0 scores. It looks like new extensions get their ratings pumped by friends or alt accounts right after launch, to rank higher in the store (inferred). The trick works, but it risks store penalties.

Who it's competing with

Almost no one is in the Qwen slot:

The real competition isn't inside Qwen. It's the "AI video batch automation" category. Google Flow already has over a hundred similar automation extensions, and another multi-platform matrix, autoplaylabs, does Meta Vibes. The category is crowded; Qwen is just the small platform nobody has gotten to yet.

Discussion of it on X, TikTok, and in the media is 0. His own YouTube channel has 3,200 subscribers, and his Qwen tutorial (10-10) has only 370 views. Few people know about it. But it holds the Qwen slot without relying on fame. It got there early, with the right title, and with the matrix behind it.

The risk is in the platform's hands

The life of an extension like this is controlled by the platform. Three things could break it at any time:

1. Free quotas tighten. YouTube and Reddit posts already say Qwen's free tier moved to daily credits (one claim is 40 credits a day, with at least 25 per video), and an Upgrade button has appeared on the page. The timing and scope are unverified. If you can only generate one or two videos free a day, the batch button is useless.
2. A page change breaks it. The extension works by simulating clicks on the website. Whenever the platform changes a button, it has to be fixed. "Priority bug fixes" is listed as a paid benefit for a reason.
3. The platform doesn't welcome it. Batch-using free quota is exactly what platforms want to block.

6,000 users and no growth for a week also shows the ceiling for this slot is low.

If it were you

Grade C: don't copy this product. Study the playbook instead. The Qwen slot is already held by someone with a matrix of 390k users. Users aren't growing, the price is only $3/month, and Qwen could shut it down by tightening free quotas. Building another Qwen batch extension gets you the leftovers.

Who it suits: one or two people who can write Chrome extensions, move fast, and are willing to watch every AI generation platform's updates every day. Ideally they already make AI video content and know where creators get stuck.

Who it doesn't suit: anyone who wants a product that earns steady money long term. These extensions live or die on someone else's free quota and page structure. Also anyone unwilling to work in the gray zone of "batch-using platform free quotas."

How to build it: don't copy the Qwen version. Copy his workflow. Turn "queue + import spreadsheet + auto-submit + auto-download + name by sequence number" into a reusable template. Target generation platforms that just launched, offer free web generation, allow only one video at a time, and that he doesn't cover yet: new video platforms in China, Japan, and Korea, or newly opened web entry points from big vendors. Ship in the first one to two weeks after the platform takes off. Name it along the lines of "X Automation - Auto X on X.com" to capture the platform name in search. Or pick another audience, like creators who make Chinese short dramas or children's animation, and chain storyboarding, voiceover, and batch image generation into one pipeline instead of a single button.

How to get users: searching the Chrome Web Store is the main channel, and your title and first description line are your ad. Then partner with small and mid-size YouTubers who teach "free long AI videos," like Lassine AI does. They already need a tool to link in their descriptions. The more extensions you own, the more of the store's related slots you'll fill yourself.

When to move: the window follows the platform, not the calendar. If a new platform launches free video and no one has built a batch extension for it within two weeks, that's an open slot. Once he gets there, the slot is gone.

What would show you're wrong: ① the Qwen version starts growing again without a major update and passes 20k users, which would mean Qwen free-video demand is bigger than it looks and the single product is worth building; ② conversely, his Grok and Flow extensions, both at 100k users, drop in rank or get delisted within three months, which would mean platforms are starting to block this kind of tool and the playbook is closing; ③ the website switches to per-extension sales or raises prices sharply, which would mean the $3 bundle can't sustain itself and the matrix pays less than it appears.