Your result
Your answers: you have over $500 to start; you have under 5 h a week; you can wait for a first milestone; you can reach out in person; you want to be out in the field; you have space to store items; you like numbers; you can lose the test money.
No. 1
Tie — decided by: the less demanding one
Ship a small paid app without knowing how to code, with AI as your developer.
See the Micro-SaaS businessPack 1 from $39 CAD (about US$28) · One-time payment · 14-day guarantee
Educational content, no guaranteed income.
No. 2
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
They get the same points on every aspect.
Tied: we put the less demanding one first.
| Aspect | Micro-SaaS | Dropshipping |
|---|---|---|
| Starting budget | CA$20–80Good fit12/12 | CA$350–600Good fit12/12 |
| Time per week | 8–12 hWatch out0/14 | 7–14 hWatch out0/14 |
| First milestone (estimate) | 4–12 wkGood fit10/10 | 2–6 wkGood fit10/10 |
| Contact with people | Messaging strangersGood fit14/14 | Answering customersGood fit14/14 |
| Online or in the field | 100% onlinePartial5/10 | 100% onlinePartial5/10 |
| Stock and shipping | No itemsGood fit8/8 | No stock, some returnsGood fit8/8 |
| What you do day to day | Solving a problem, talking to usersGood fit22/22 | Reading numbers, testing productsGood fit22/22 |
| Demand and risk | HighGood fit10/10 | High · ads to testGood fit10/10 |
| Score | 81/100 | 81/100 |
The most demanding model: finding a problem someone pays for takes longer than building the tool.
Budget: CA$20–80 a month in tools while you build.
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.
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.