Your result
Your answers: you have under $100 to start; you have 8 to 12 h a week; you can wait for a first milestone; you answer buyers without reaching out; you prefer working at home, behind your screen; you have space to store items; you like numbers; you accept failed tries.
No. 1
Tie — decided by: the less demanding one
Turn what you already know how to do into a file that sells on repeat.
See the Digital products businessPack 1 from $24 CAD (about US$18) · One-time payment · 14-day guarantee
Educational content, no guaranteed income.
No. 2
Create designs that sell with no inventory and no cash up front.
See the Print on Demand businessPack 1 from $24 CAD (about US$18) · One-time payment · 14-day guarantee
They get the same points on every aspect.
Tied: we put the less demanding one first.
| Aspect | Digital products | Print on Demand |
|---|---|---|
| Starting budget | CA$0–30Good fit12/12 | CA$0–50Good fit12/12 |
| Time per week | 5–10 hGood fit14/14 | 5–10 hGood fit14/14 |
| First milestone (estimate) | 3–8 wkGood fit10/10 | 4–10 wkGood fit10/10 |
| Contact with people | Publishing contentGood fit14/14 | Almost noneGood fit14/14 |
| Online or in the field | 100% onlineGood fit10/10 | 100% onlineGood fit10/10 |
| Stock and shipping | No itemsGood fit8/8 | The printer shipsGood fit8/8 |
| What you do day to day | Teaching a skill you haveWatch out0/22 | Creating designsWatch out0/22 |
| Demand and risk | MediumGood fit10/10 | MediumGood fit10/10 |
| Score | 78/100 | 78/100 |
You must already know something others want to learn, otherwise there is nothing to sell.
Budget: CA$0–30.
Competition is enormous: a generic design does not sell, however well presented.
Budget: CA$0–50 (Printify free plan, US$0.20 per Etsy listing).
Each aspect is worth points: what you like doing 22, time 14, contact 14, budget 12, timing 10, location 10, risk 10, stock 8. “Good fit” earns all of the aspect’s points, “Partial” half, “Watch out” 0.
The score measures how well your answers match what the business demands: it is not a chance of success nor an income forecast.