Thanks, Glenda, for your efforts to help get this forum going. For me, local was my biggest income producer. Even with Internet, I had a lot of people, who were not local, who ordered through my website for local delivery. So I would say, local is easier and faster to be profitable.
But all that changed for me when my husband died two years ago and I had catarct surgery that left me blind in one eye for two months. I had to stop local delivery as I did not want to hire someone to do it for me. I now depend on online sales for shipping only. And, let me tell you that is harder to profit from particularly since AI has changed the way Google handles organic search. I still am profitable but not nearly as much but I’m working on it. Why? At my age I should have just retired. But tha isn’t who I am nor what I need. I enjoy the challenge and it gives me the opportunity to communicate with others online and continue to learn as I deal with AI and Google’s new algorhythm.
If you are just starting out, start with local. It is so much easier and quicker to reach profitabily.