2018 Income & Expenses
Balance carried over from 2017 $2,190.98
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Month:
January February March April May June July August September October November December |
Income:
$889.57 $688.41 $1,581.57 $752.78 $715.86 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ |
Expenses:
($252.60) ($464.24) ($1,603.47) ($825.74) ($430.17) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) |
Profit/(Loss)
$636.97 $224.17 $21.90 $72.96 $285.69 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ |
Balance:
$2,827.95 $3,052.12 $3,030.22 $2,957.26 $3,242.95 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ |
Breif monthly summary statements for income and expenses
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May Income: $715.86 Water germination of milkweed seeds has changed everything. Imagine if you bought a packet of 100 showy milkweed seeds for $8 and you grew 60 plants? The return on investment is huge! The reality is that water germination generates these results. You only plant growing seeds and more seeds grow then ever before.
May Expenses: $430.17 Shipping, planting material, shipping supplies and seeds creates some costs. Milkweed plant production is in high gear and there will be more planting material expenses going forward. All expenses continue to be focused on growing milkweed and getting visitors like you growing milkweed plants.
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April Income: $752.78 April flew by. During April Milkweed Madness free seed giveaway closed and prizes were mailed out. It doesn't generate income for me but the giveaway makes people happy and educates participants about milkweed. Some seeds must have sold because income was solid.
April Expenses: 825.74 A net loss occurred during April but it's expected when I am giving away over $800 in prizes during the month. Sign up now for Milkweed Madness free seed giveaway for a chance to win next year.
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March Income: $1,036.79 in direct sales of milkweed seeds. Amazon Affiliate income remains small. Payments processed thru Stripe are nearly double the PayPal express checkout. Site traffic was up which may have been due to the March Madness free seed giveaway event. It's to early to see a return on the plants that got potted up last fall. Awesome milkweed plants will be available for sale in May.
March Expenses: The highest single expense was an upgrade to the website at a cost of $368.74 which allows for inventory tracking of products. The service is paid up for the next two years. March Madness prizes caused expenses of $489.25. Giving away free things feels good so this expense was one of the easiest to make.
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February Income: $675.40 in direct sales of milkweed seeds. Amazon Affiliate income of $13.01 Overall February was a good month. The last full month of winter is still a great time to plant milkweed and customers seem do be doing just that!
February Expenses: Three expenses in February. First was a order for milkweed seeds from a seed supplier at a cost of $246.75 Second was postage for shipping at $126.15 The third expense was renewing the website domain name. At a cost of $75.85 growmilkweedplants.com is paid for thru May 2023! Payment processing fees were $15.50
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January Income: $889.57 was the second highest single month income ever. Sales were bolstered by the scarcity of Purple milkweed seeds. Sales are represented in the image to the right. Amazon Affiliate income was $22.67.
January Expenses: 101 units were sold this month. That must be a record but comes with a cost. Shipping costs were $190.76 A technology product was purchased for $19.95 Payment processing fees were $21.89. $20 was withdrawn to my bank account for an expense in the previous month. |
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