These are my online business finances for September 2022.
I spent most of the month in Andorra, but also a week in Ireland and a few days in Valencia and Toulouse.
I’ve been tracking everything I earn and spend since January 2011, just a few weeks after quitting my day job. Every month since, I’ve published one of these finance reports.
Sharing this info publicly keeps me accountable and hopefully gives you some insight into how I earn a living online.
Patrons get to see each new report before anyone else.
💵 Summary
| Total Business Income | € 18,403 | $ 18,013 |
| Total Business Expenses | € 5,144 | $ 5,035 |
| Profit | € 13,259 | $ 12,978 |
🤑 INCOME
| Affiliate income (see below) | € 18,149 | $ 17,764 |
| Patreon 1 | € 244 | $ 239 |
| Tip Jar 2 | € 9 | $ 8 |
| Book sales (via Amazon) | € 1 | $ 1 |
| Total Income | € 18,403 |
$ 18,013 |
| Previous Month | € 18,527 | $ 18,651 |
I was expecting my income to be around $17k for the month. Did a bit better than that.
👍 Affiliate Income
Affiliate payments in September came from…
(Btw, I don’t necessarily recommend everything I earn affiliate income from. Sometimes I’ll write a negative review of something and people will still sign up to it via my link. Humans are weird like that.)
Here’s a progress chart for affiliate income since starting eBiz Facts…
💸 EXPENSES
🤝 Hired Help
| Hired Help 3 | € 3,600 | $ 3,523 |
| Previous Month | € 1,684 | $ 1,695 |
📆 Subscriptions
| Cloudflare Pro Plan (monthly) 4 | € 20 | $ 20 |
| Virtual Post Mail (monthly) 5 | € 15 | $ 15 |
| Adobe Photoshop (monthly) | € 13 | $ 13 |
| YouTube Premium (monthly) 6 | € 12 | $ 12 |
| Copycall (monthly) 7 | € 8 | $ 8 |
| AAWP (annual) 8 | € 0 | $ 0 |
| Ahrefs (annual) 9 | € 0 | $ 0 |
| BerryCast 10 | € 0 | $ 0 |
| Candidate Checker (lifetime) | € 0 | $ 0 |
| ClickUp (annual) 11 | € 0 | $ 0 |
| ConvertBox 12 | € 0 | $ 0 |
| Dynamite Circle (annual) 13 | € 0 | $ 0 |
| EasyCron (annual) | € 0 | $ 0 |
| ExpressVPN (annual) | € 0 | $ 0 |
| GeneratePress Premium (annual) 14 | € 0 | $ 0 |
| Google Drive storage (annual) 15 | € 0 | $ 0 |
| Income School’s Project 24 (annual) 16 | € 0 | $ 0 |
| JotForm (annual) 17 | € 0 | $ 0 |
| LastPass (annual) 18 | € 0 | $ 0 |
| Readwise (annual) 19 | € 0 | $ 0 |
| Sniply (lifetime deal) | € 0 | $ 0 |
| SocialBee 20 | € 0 | $ 0 |
| SOUNDRAW 21 | € 0 | $ 0 |
| Surfer (annual) 22 | € 0 | $ 0 |
| Teamwork (annual) 23 | € 0 | $ 0 |
| Trends (annual) 24 | € 0 | $ 0 |
| Zoom (annual) 25 | € 0 | $ 0 |
| Total | € 69 | $ 68 |
| Previous Month | € 1,106 | $ 1,113 |
🤓 Hosting & Domains
| Dreamhost 26 | € 37 | $ 36 |
| Kinsta (annual) 27 | € 0 | $ 0 |
| Total | € 37 | $ 36 |
| Previous Month | € 18 | $ 18 |
📚 Books
| Total | € 0 | $ 0 |
| Previous Month | € 0 | $ 0 |
- See my book ratings and everything I’m currently reading over at Goodreads
🏦 Transaction Fees
| Transaction fees 28 | € 672 | $ 658 |
| Previous Month | € 767 | $ 773 |
💻 Office Expenses
| Ikea Bekant desk | € 237 | $ 232 |
| Asus router | € 154 | $ 151 |
| Internet | € 91 | $ 89 |
| Skype credit | € 10 | $ 10 |
| Total | € 492 | $ 482 |
| Previous Month | € 10 | $ 10 |
📋 Admin Expenses
| Total | € 0 | $ 0 |
| Previous Month | € 0 | $ 0 |
🎁 Gifts & Donations
| Student reviews giveaway winner (donate to CAMFED) | € 102 | $ 100 |
| Total | € 102 | $ 100 |
| Previous Month | € 99 | $ 100 |
🤷♂️ Miscellaneous Expenses
| 31 Days To Build A Better Blog (review) | € 101 | $ 99 |
| Entre Institute Blueprint (review) | € 40 | $ 39 |
| Amazon Web Services (storage) 29 | € 22 | $ 22 |
| Lead Lightning | € 7 | $ 7 |
| Build Your Empire University (review) | € 1 | $ 1 |
| Total | € 171 | $ 168 |
| Previous Month | € 150 | $ 151 |
💸 Expense Summary
| Hired Help | € 3,600 | $ 3,523 |
| Transaction Fees | € 672 | $ 658 |
| Office Expenses | € 492 | $ 482 |
| Miscellaneous | € 171 | $ 168 |
| Gifts & Donations | € 102 | $ 100 |
| Subscriptions | € 69 | $ 68 |
| Hosting & Domains | € 37 | $ 36 |
| Admin Expenses | € 0 | $ 0 |
| Books | € 0 | $ 0 |
| Total Expenses | € 5,144 |
$ 5,035 |
| Previous Month | € 3,833 | $ 3,859 |
I was expecting to spend about $5,000 overall, so no surprises here.
😢 Biggest Regret?
Nothing significant.
🗓 2022 So Far
Here’s how I’m doing this year in terms of profit and loss:
| January | € 8,842 | $ 9,911 |
| February | € 5,246 | $ 5,888 |
| March | € 11,214 | $ 12,443 |
| April | € 7,174 | $ 7,564 |
| May | € 11,682 | $ 12,537 |
| June | € 11,742 | $ 12,273 |
| July | € 12,116 | $ 12,391 |
| August | € 14,694 | $ 14,792 |
| September | € 13,259 | $ 12,978 |
| Total | € 95,969 | $ 100,777 |
🔮 Outlook For October
I expect expenses to be around $6000, higher than usual as I’m setting up a new home office.
Income should be about $15,000.
📲 How I Track All This
Curious as to how I track everything I earn and spend? Check this video…
💬 Feedback Welcome
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🗂 Archived Finance Reports
I’ve been posting these monthly finance reports since January, 2011. You can view all my old reports via this page.
