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RCM - Ronan · 24th June 2009

I absolutely love this story, but its worth noting that she GROSSED about $19,000, which is very different than making $19k. I sell T-shirts on one of my web sites and we "make" $15 per shirt. In reality with printing, shipping, packaging etc we actually put about $4 in our pocket and that pays for the shirts we give away.

So if she sold shirts for $25 and if she payed her assistant to ship them, and packaging etc that probably knocks about 5 or 6 grand off of her total. She probably paid up to $1000 in paypal fees alone. Still great, but not quite "making" 19K.

24th June 2009	#8
RCM - Ronan Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 4,414	I absolutely love this story, but its worth noting that she GROSSED about $19,000, which is very different than making $19k. I sell T-shirts on one of my web sites and we "make" $15 per shirt. In reality with printing, shipping, packaging etc we actually put about $4 in our pocket and that pays for the shirts we give away. So if she sold shirts for $25 and if she payed her assistant to ship them, and packaging etc that probably knocks about 5 or 6 grand off of her total. She probably paid up to $1000 in paypal fees alone. Still great, but not quite "making" 19K. __________________ Ronan Chris Murphy+ http://ronansrecordingshow.com Six Day Recording Boot Camps in Los Angeles July 16-21, 2012