Your result
Your answers: you have $300 to $500 to start; you have 5 to 7 h a week; you aim for a first milestone within 8 weeks; you answer buyers without reaching out; you prefer working at home, behind your screen; you don’t want to store anything; you like numbers; you accept failed tries.
No. 1
Tie — decided by: fewer “Watch out” aspects
Pick a product whose margin survives the cost of ads.
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Educational content, no guaranteed income.
No. 2
Turn what you already know how to do into a file that sells on repeat.
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It fits better on: what you like doing (22-point gap).
Digital products does better on: time (7-point gap), budget (6-point gap), risk (5-point gap) and stock (4-point gap).
On the other aspects, they are tied.
Same score, but Dropshipping has fewer “Watch out” aspects.
| Aspect | Dropshipping | Digital products |
|---|---|---|
| Starting budget | CA$350–600Partial6/12 | CA$0–30Good fit12/12 |
| Time per week | 7–14 hPartial7/14 | 5–10 hGood fit14/14 |
| First milestone (estimate) | 2–6 wkGood fit10/10 | 3–8 wkGood fit10/10 |
| Contact with people | Answering customersGood fit14/14 | Publishing contentGood fit14/14 |
| Online or in the field | 100% onlineGood fit10/10 | 100% onlineGood fit10/10 |
| Stock and shipping | No stock, some returnsPartial4/8 | No itemsGood fit8/8 |
| What you do day to day | Reading numbers, testing productsGood fit22/22 | Teaching a skill you haveWatch out0/22 |
| Demand and risk | High · ads to testPartial5/10 | MediumGood fit10/10 |
| Score | 78/100 | 78/100 |
Without an ad budget this model does not start: most tested products never become profitable.
Budget: CA$350–600, of which $300–500 goes to ads.
You must already know something others want to learn, otherwise there is nothing to sell.
Budget: CA$0–30.
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.