@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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