Your answers: you have $100 to $299 to start; you have under 5 h a week; you can wait for a first milestone; you answer buyers without reaching out; you work mostly online; you have space to store items; you like hunting for deals; you need a predictable path.
Trading cards & retro games needs at least $150 of stock, above the low end of your budget: for Reselling, budget is only “Partial” (6 points less).
No. 1
Reselling · Trading cards & retro games
Match 82/100
Buy below market price and resell, six niches to choose from.
Why Reselling · Trading cards & retro games comes first
It fits better on: what you like doing (22-point gap) and time (7-point gap).
Digital products does better on: budget (6-point gap).
On the other aspects, they are tied.
Aspect by aspect
How Reselling · Trading cards & retro games and Digital products match your answers, aspect by aspect, and the points earned
Aspect
Reselling · Trading cards & retro games
Digital products
Starting budget
CA$150–500◐Partial6/12
CA$0–30✓Good fit12/12
Time per week
4–8 h◐Partial7/14
5–10 h⚠︎Watch out0/14
First milestone (estimate)
1–3 wk✓Good fit10/10
3–8 wk✓Good fit10/10
Contact with people
Answering customers✓Good fit14/14
Publishing content✓Good fit14/14
Online or in the field
Outings + online✓Good fit10/10
100% online✓Good fit10/10
Stock and shipping
Stock at home, shipping✓Good fit8/8
No items✓Good fit8/8
What you do day to day
Hunting for deals✓Good fit22/22
Teaching a skill you have⚠︎Watch out0/22
Demand and risk
Medium · cash in stock◐Partial5/10
Medium◐Partial5/10
Score
82/100
59/100
The main risk with Reselling · Trading cards & retro games
You must tie up capital in stock, and a badly assessed item stays unsold.
Budget: CA$150–500.
The main risk with Digital products
You must already know something others want to learn, otherwise there is nothing to sell.
Budget: CA$0–30.
How we calculate
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.
What we ruled out, and why
Local marketing: in-person or phone outreach is the only path (you prefer answering buyers without reaching out).
AI video editing: you have to message strangers to find clients (you prefer answering buyers without reaching out).
Micro-SaaS: you have to message strangers to find clients (you prefer answering buyers without reaching out).
Dropshipping: it needs CA$350–600, of which $300–500 goes to ads.