How do I find people who want a website

So I (19f) made a deal with a web developer . The deal is that I go out and find him work and I get a percentage of the pay. I have been messaging small business owners on instagram (about 26 in total).I have only gotten a few replies and they were all no. My faith isn’t gone, because a large portion of them still haven’t opened the messages and I sent them on a weekend. The main problem that I have run into is that a lot of these businesses use Ai or tools like wix, square space ect…

I know that this is a common problem, as web development is already an over saturated market. Any advice