Help Me Come Up With A Plan Please

So I was thinking about potential business ideas this morning and I considered what skills I had that were different than the norm. I realized that I’m pretty good with songwriting. I’ve written songs for fun that go over well within the niche community I’m apart of. I decided that I could take this skill over to Fiverr and start running gigs as a songwriter, something I’ve actually purchased before just to see results, because songwriting is something that comes pretty natural to me and doesn’t require much effort if I’m motivated.

Then I did a little more research on Fiverr and came across a drop-servicing journey on here. Drop-serving, or Fiverr arbitrage, was something I heavily considered doing in the past but I never really got into. Buying online gigs low as a middleman and selling them to customers that I would find. I saw some comments saying that it would be more profitable to go to other freelance sites and things of the nature.

So I have two paths that I’m considering. Running a songwriting gig on Fiverr or another site where I’m utilizing my own skills as a writer, or drop servicing other gigs and acting as a middle man between sellers and buyers.

What I’m looking for is some guidance or direction on which option would be more beneficial in terms of competition, scalability, etc. and some advice on how I should carry out the plan to beginning one of these routes.

Whichever it is, I’m planning to go on 100% with the time, effort and money I have to establish the business.

if you can make your skill a source of income, it will be more beneficial in the long run, you will have much more control than reselling other persons gigs

i_am_that_i_am said:

if you can make your skill a source of income, it will be more beneficial in the long run, you will have much more control than reselling other persons gigs

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Ok so I should probably go with that option.

Cbjbkd said:

Whichever it is, I’m planning to go on 100% with the time, effort and money I have to establish the business.

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Go with an option that interests you the most and keeps you focussed on it. Once you start with it, stay with it for the long term and don't keep jumping from one thing to another.

Eiffel said:

Go with an option that interests you the most and keeps you focussed on it. Once you start with it, stay with it for the long term and don't keep jumping from one thing to another.

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Thanks for the advice. I’ll do that

Take all your options, figure out exactly how you are going to drive paying customers to your offer.

Whichever one you have a solid plan for is your business. The others your hobby.

Why not both of these?
I guess you can't write songs all day long, every day as this requires some sort of inspiration so I can find clients for drop servicing thing in the meantime.

Why not go with both the plans at the same time, side-by-side ? Anyways, both have to do with songwriting, so it will be quite easy to pursue both the plans mentioned by you, simultaneously (both at the same time).

Raj Kesu said:

Why not go with both the plans at the same time, side-by-side ? Anyways, both have to do with songwriting, so it will be quite easy to pursue both the plans mentioned by you, simultaneously (both at the same time).

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Are you suggesting that I do the songwriting gig where I write myself, but also outsource some of the songwriting? Just looking for clarification here

GringoMonkey said:

Take all your options, figure out exactly how you are going to drive paying customers to your offer.

Whichever one you have a solid plan for is your business. The others your hobby.

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Thank you. So figuring out how I can drive traffic before I start

N1ckG2 said:

Why not both of these?
I guess you can't write songs all day long, every day as this requires some sort of inspiration so I can find clients for drop servicing thing in the meantime.

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Thank you, but are you suggesting that I do drop servicing in the same niche? Or does it matter if I’m outsourcing a different type of gig at the same time as doing my own songwriting gig?

Cbjbkd said:

Thank you, but are you suggesting that I do drop servicing in the same niche? Or does it matter if I’m outsourcing a different type of gig at the same time as doing my own songwriting gig?

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I am not in your shoes, this is something you know better than anyone.

N1ckG2 said:

I am not in your shoes, this is something you know better than anyone.

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Understandable. Got it

N1ckG2 said:

Why not both of these?
I guess you can't write songs all day long, every day as this requires some sort of inspiration so I can find clients for drop servicing thing in the meantime.

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yes,inspiration is from life, i thought that you would like to write a good song, not write more songs