Your answers: you have $300 to $500 to start; you have 8 to 12 h a week; you aim for a first milestone within 8 weeks; you answer buyers without reaching out; you want to be out in the field; you have space to store items; you like talking to people; you can lose the test money.
No. 1
Reselling · Trading cards & retro games
Match 78/100
Buy below market price and resell, six niches to choose from.
Why Reselling · Trading cards & retro games comes first
It fits better on: location (5-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✓Good fit12/12
CA$0–30✓Good fit12/12
Time per week
4–8 h✓Good fit14/14
5–10 h✓Good fit14/14
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◐Partial5/10
Stock and shipping
Stock at home, shipping✓Good fit8/8
No items✓Good fit8/8
What you do day to day
Hunting for deals⚠︎Watch out0/22
Teaching a skill you have⚠︎Watch out0/22
Demand and risk
Medium · cash in stock✓Good fit10/10
Medium✓Good fit10/10
Score
78/100
73/100
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).