Living the 4-Hour Work Week » bought http://www.fourhourworkweekdiary.com Living the optimized work week Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:49:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 More playing with numbers http://www.fourhourworkweekdiary.com/2007/12/21/more-playing-with-numbers/ http://www.fourhourworkweekdiary.com/2007/12/21/more-playing-with-numbers/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:56:31 +0000 rexreed http://www.fourhourworkweekdiary.com/2007/12/21/more-playing-with-numbers/ Following up on the last post where we identified the target market by identifying pricing and market size most appropriate for Bought Products, things get better when we observe the power of monthly revenue.

Ways to Make $5M a year - Take 1

# of Products Sold Price Per-Product Monthly Revenue Consumables (3x per year)
1 $5,000,000 $416,667 $1,666,667
5 $1,000,000 $83,333 $333,333
10 $500,000 $41,667 $166,667
50 $100,000 $8,333 $33,333
100 $50,000 $4,167 $16,667
500 $10,000 $833 $3,333
1000 $5,000 $417 $1,667
5000 $1,000 $83 $333
10000 $500 $42 $167
50000 $100 $8.33 $33
100000 $50 $4.17 $17
500000 $10 $1 $3.33
1000000 $5 $0.42 $1.67
5000000 $1 $0.08 N/A

But, let’s take another twist. Let’s keep the price constant and instead think of how the numbers of customers change when we move to monthly, or any repeated sale per year.

Ways to make $5M a Year - Take 2

$ per sale # of Customers Monthly Customers # of customers (3 sales/yr)
$1 5,000,000 416,667 1,666,667
$5 1,000,000 83,333 333,333
$10 500,000 41,667 166,667
$50 100,000 8,333 33,333
$100 50,000 4,167 16,667
$500 10,000 833 3,333
$1,000 5,000 417 1,667
$5,000 1,000 83 333
$10,000 500 42 167
$50,000 100 8 33
$100,000 50 4 17
$500,000 10 1 3
$1,000,000 5 N/A 2
$5,000,000 1 N/A N/A

What makes this interesting is that consumable products… that is, products that provide only a short term value that then need to be replenished have excellent prospects.

To make $5M in revenue, all one needs to do, for example:

  1. Find 10,000 customers and sell them something for $500 once,or…
  2. Find 100,000 customers and sell them something for $50 once, or …
  3. Find 100,000 customers and sell them something $17 three times in a year, or…
  4. Find 8,333 customers and sell them something for $50 a month, or…
  5. Find 20,000 customers and sell them something for $21 a month, or..

You can see how that goes. Play with the numbers and use them to help determine whether your bought product strategy makes sense. Next step: figure out what product to sell, whether it’s a consumable or a one-time sale, or a monthly recurring revenue source. Personally, I like the 10,000 customers $500 a pop or 20,000 customers $21 a month plan… Hmm.

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