Mark Wills shows notaries how to officiate county weddings, which require notarization. Charge $100–$500 for a 15-minute ceremony, then earn commissions by referring couples to photographers and caterers. Some notaries make $2,000 in a single Saturday.
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You can make $100 to $500 for literally a 15-minute wedding. So what some of you guys don't know who didn't have gunshot weddings is most wedding certificates are required to be notarized. So a lot of people who have county weddings will hire a notary because they can hire a notary who also does weddings. So why would you hire an ordained minister off the internet and then also hire a notary when you can just hire a notary who does weddings? The reason it's great, because there's actually a lot of money in it. You can make a $100 to $500 for literally a 15-minute wedding, because all you do is just the officiating. We have a lot of community members who go, Mark, sometimes what I do is I refer them a photographer, I refer them a caterer, and then they make money off the referrals. So they'll be found to do a wedding, and then the wedding official notary be like, do you have a photographer? No, I don't. Boom, they have a photographer, they get a cut. Oh, you got the caterer? No, I don't. Boom, I got a caterer. There you go. You can get paid $100 to $500 just for the wedding officiating, but then also make money with the add-ons. We have some students making $2,000 on a Saturday doing wedding officiants, and there is really good money in doing wedding officials.