@Admin1 See that you’ve been a Notary Public for a number of years, but only recently (January of this year) received training, certification, etc. & launched your business as a Professional Signing Agent [PSA].
There are myriad factors to consider when determining a business to launch. Those factors vary from region-to-region as well as from State-to-State. Many are contingent upon the laws, rules, regulations, etc. of a specific locality.
One must perform their own due diligence in determining IF THERE IS a good market to support a business.
It’s also truly contingent upon the saturation of professional signing agents [PSAs] in your Service Area.
As I often express, launching a business within this business sector isn’t a sprint ===>>> it’s a MARATHON!
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Sorry to read about your difficulties receiving Signing Orders [SOs] from business entities.
Truly, launching a business within this business sector of the industry (like many entrepreneurial businesses) is a slog to get things going regarding SOs.
The YouTube videos hawking “it’s EASY PEASY to make $100K/year” has been debunked repeatedly . . .
Unfortunately, folks do still decide to “invest” in the used car salesman tactics of bait & switch! They tell you if you’re not receiving SOs to just launch a Signing Service & you’ll be living in a McMansion next week . . .
UGH!!
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A few of us sages on the Notary Cafe forum have been expressing that a declining status within this business sector has been present for multiple years . . .
We have hope that those new to this business sector would heed the clarion call. Some have heeded it - others haven’t and decry the waste of their funds launching their business.
This is why we state it’s particularly egregious that those who lack scruples & morals are engaging in misleading and delusional marketing tactics ; i.e., falsely espousing 6-figure incomes, etc.
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Anyone who is knowledgeable of this business sector has been cognizant for multiple years that the blatantly false 6-figure claim hasn’t been valid for a very long time.
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I regularly express the insight that as a business owner one is to perform their own due diligence PRIOR to launching entrepreneurial pursuits within this business sector . . . in essence, to safeguard their financial assets.
It’s currently a very difficult ‘row to hoe.’ Plus, when coupled with the advent of the forces exerted on moving forward with Remote Online Notarizations [RONs] & “centralizing” the Signing Orders [SOs] into warehoused organizations - there’s a further decrease in signing opportunities.
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Certainly not being a ‘negative Nellie’ - simply categorically identifying the milestones witnessed via direct experience over the most recent decade.
Performing a Search via the TREASURE TROVE (Notary Cafe database) also reveals the vast number of those new to this business sector attesting to the lack of available SOs.
Here’s an additional Notary Cafe direct url links to provide further elucidation of this topic:
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