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 want as little contact as possible; you prefer working at home, behind your screen; you have space to store items; you like numbers; you can lose the test money.
No. 1
Tie — decided by: fits better with what you like doing
Pick a product whose margin survives the cost of ads.
See the Dropshipping businessPack 1 from $34 CAD (about US$25) · 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
It fits better on: what you like doing (22-point gap) and timing (5-point gap).
Print on Demand does better on: contact (14-point gap), time (7-point gap) and budget (6-point gap).
On the other aspects, they are tied.
Same score, but Dropshipping fits better with what you like doing.
| Aspect | Dropshipping | Print on Demand |
|---|---|---|
| Starting budget | CA$350–600Partial6/12 | CA$0–50Good fit12/12 |
| Time per week | 7–14 hPartial7/14 | 5–10 hGood fit14/14 |
| First milestone (estimate) | 2–6 wkGood fit10/10 | 4–10 wkPartial5/10 |
| Contact with people | Answering customersWatch out0/14 | Almost noneGood fit14/14 |
| Online or in the field | 100% onlineGood fit10/10 | 100% onlineGood fit10/10 |
| Stock and shipping | No stock, some returnsGood fit8/8 | The printer shipsGood fit8/8 |
| What you do day to day | Reading numbers, testing productsGood fit22/22 | Creating designsWatch out0/22 |
| Demand and risk | High · ads to testGood fit10/10 | MediumGood fit10/10 |
| Score | 73/100 | 73/100 |
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.
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.