Month 4 - May Report - First Profitable Month !

May Numbers :

Sales: $7,596.50
Orders: 157
Units: 160
Gross profit: $940.24
Indirect expenses (prep + software subscriptions): $390.25
Net profit: $549
Net margin: 7.24%
Refunds: 11 (6.88% refund rate)
Cash spent on inventory: $3,941.78

Last month I set a simple goal: have my first profitable month in May. Hitting that milestone feels really good, especially because it’s my first month fully on my own after finishing the mentorship cohort with

@Anthony Mancini

. The anxiety was definitely there, but the work I put in during those three months paid off. The buying decisions I made in April have started to show up this month in May.

From a performance standpoint, I actually slowed my spending a bit this month. Life has been life-ing. Between my carpentry job and my commercial cleaning business, I’ve been working 60–70 hours a week, and that has definitely affected how much I can source. Even with that, I still managed to put in around 10–15 hours a week into sourcing. Some days just 1–2 hours, some days 4–5, and some days nothing because I was burnt out to be honest.

One thing that’s becoming clear: if I want this to keep growing, I’ll need help. The goal is to get the business consistently profitable enough that it can pay for a VA to source while I’m at my day job or working my cleaning contracts. Realistically, a VA won’t be fully paying for themselves for the first month or two while they train and learn the software and techniques. If I can bring someone on in July or August, that should put me in a strong position heading into Q4.

For June, my focus is to ramp up sourcing again and increase my spend, but be much more selective with what I buy. I want to push my net margins to at least 10% after all expenses. The last four months have shown me that this business really is learnable if you’re willing to put in the hours, make mistakes early, and keep refining your process. The first profitable month is a milestone, not the finish line but it’s a big one.

I added a few pictures of my best days in May. This isn’t to flex, it’s more to keep myself accountable and give anyone earlier in the journey a realistic picture of what things can look like a few months in.

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