Next week, October and November, from listings, traffic, conversion and price
Solid bars are actual sales. Striped bars are the forecast, one full week per bar: next week and each week after it into November, each starting from the listings above plus any net new listings a week.
Sales come in on the left. Each cost takes its share, and profit is what's left at the bottom right.
Type a new figure, then press Recalculate. Changed boxes turn orange.
| Week Oct 25 to Oct 31 | % of item sales | October equivalent | November forecast |
|---|
From QuickBooks, Aug and Sep. Grey: operating costs. Pale red: interest and finance charges.
Untick a line to leave it out, or type a new monthly amount, then press Recalculate. Weekly is monthly x 12 / 52.
| In | Cost | Monthly | Weekly |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting and bookkeeping 66600 · Sep charge: Aug $1,545.11 · Sep $1,545.11 · Oct to date $1,545.11 | |||
| Employee wages 64100 · Sep charge: Aug $4,340.00 · Sep $4,340.00 · Oct to date $0.00 Open question: if this is Blake's own pay it belongs in owner distributions, not cost | |||
| Software: scanning (Captainscan) 62000 · average of Aug and Sep: Aug $269.00 · Sep $519.00 · Oct to date $450.00 | |||
| Software: repricing (Goaura) 62000 · Sep charge: Aug $297.00 · Sep $297.00 · Oct to date $0.00 | |||
| Software: other subscriptions 62000 · each one's latest charge: Aug $220.33 · Sep $258.57 · Oct to date $238.92 Each subscription at its latest charge (Intuit in August is the same QuickBooks plan) | |||
| Phone and internet 66200 · each one's latest charge: Aug $288.15 · Sep $288.15 · Oct to date $220.40 | |||
| Electricity and water 63200 · average of Aug and Sep: Aug $350.80 · Sep $323.77 · Oct to date $290.27 | |||
| Legal retainer 66500 · Sep charge: Aug $150.00 · Sep $150.00 · Oct to date $150.00 | |||
| Business insurance 66400 · Sep charge: Aug $38.15 · Sep $38.15 · Oct to date $38.11 | |||
| Vehicle fuel and repairs 65100 · average of Aug and Sep: Aug $293.09 · Sep $219.85 · Oct to date $209.17 | |||
| Business meals 65300 · average of Aug and Sep: Aug $212.49 · Sep $259.08 · Oct to date $354.51 | |||
| Office supplies 66100 · average of Aug and Sep: Aug $442.40 · Sep $0.00 · Oct to date $393.40 Irregular; averaged | |||
| Bank charges 66300 · average of Aug and Sep: Aug $321.04 · Sep $0.00 · Oct to date $130.00 Irregular; averaged | |||
| Business taxes and licences 66700 · average of Aug and Sep: Aug $396.05 · Sep $437.05 · Oct to date $168.91 Annual and one-off filings; left out of the monthly run rate | |||
| Pest control 66800 · average of Aug and Sep: Aug $0.00 · Sep $95.00 · Oct to date $0.00 Seen once (September); left out until it recurs | |||
| Total |
Seen in Aug and Sep but not recurring, so not on the list:
| In | Cost | Monthly | Weekly |
|---|---|---|---|
| Credit card interest 68200 · average of Aug and Sep: Aug $2,286.51 · Sep $2,378.34 · Oct to date $2,276.80 | |||
| Private lender notes interest 68400 · average of Aug and Sep: Aug $887.50 · Sep $887.50 · Oct to date $0.00 | |||
| Bank and term loan interest 68100 · average of Aug and Sep: Aug $163.46 · Sep $855.55 · Oct to date $185.17 | |||
| Merchant advance finance charges 68300 · average of Aug and Sep: Aug $2,040.85 · Sep $408.33 · Oct to date $0.00 Kapitus charges fell from $2,040.85 (Aug) to $408.33 (Sep) and none in October to date | |||
| Lender late fees 81000 · average of Aug and Sep: Aug $105.00 · Sep $129.00 · Oct to date $138.00 | |||
| Total |
Loan principal repayments aren't costs and aren't here. The debt schedule has them.
The 4 weeks to Oct 24, 2026 set the traffic, conversion, price and channel defaults. Aug and Sep set the cost rates. In each chart the dashed line is the default the forecast uses.
Sessions in the week / Amazon's average offer count that week.
Default used: 53.35
Units ordered / sessions.
Default used: 0.179%
Ordered product sales / units ordered.
Default used: $13.71
Sessions in the week (shown for context; the forecast uses sessions per listing).
Default used: 997,258
eBay order sales / Amazon ordered sales, same week.
Default used: 6.6%
AbeBooks order sales / Amazon ordered sales, same week.
Default used: 14.1%
Each month's cost as a share of that month's item sales. The dashed line is the rate used: both months together.
| Week | Offers | Sessions | Sess./listing | Units | Conversion | Price | Amazon | eBay | eBay share | AbeBooks | Abe share | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 to Oct 3 | 18,608 | 821,977 | 44.17 | 1,417 | 0.172% | $13.75 | $19,483 | $537 | 2.8% | $1,983 | 10.2% | $22,002 |
| Oct 4 to Oct 10 | 17,952 | 1,021,031 | 56.88 | 1,559 | 0.153% | $14.05 | $21,904 | $1,715 | 7.8% | $3,780 | 17.3% | $27,399 |
| Oct 11 to Oct 17 | 18,438 | 907,420 | 49.21 | 2,130 | 0.235% | $13.49 | $28,739 | $2,392 | 8.3% | $3,683 | 12.8% | $34,815 |
| Oct 18 to Oct 24 | 19,614 | 1,238,603 | 63.15 | 1,943 | 0.157% | $13.54 | $26,311 | $2,005 | 7.6% | $4,213 | 16.0% | $32,530 |
| Default (4-week mean) | 53.35 | 0.179% | $13.71 | 6.6% | 14.1% |
| Rate | QuickBooks accounts | Aug $ | Sep $ | Aug % | Sep % | Used |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross item sales (the base) | 41010, 42010, 43010, 49010 + consignor payout added back | $110,985.47 | $126,912.36 | |||
| Cost of books sold | 51100, 51200, 51300, 51400, 55900 | $16,059.34 | $26,584.70 | 14.47% | 20.95% | 17.93% |
| Marketplace fees | 53100, 53200, 53300, 53400, 53450, 53500, 53600 | $27,107.80 | $32,060.96 | 24.42% | 25.26% | 24.87% |
| Postage, labels and packaging | 54100, 54200, 54300, 54600, 54700 | $21,630.03 | $25,285.68 | 19.49% | 19.92% | 19.72% |
| Refunds and allowances | 41031, 41032, 41039, 42031, 42032, 42039, 43031, 43032, 43033, 49020 | $4,198.75 | $6,376.75 | 3.78% | 5.02% | 4.45% |
| Consignor share | consignor payout entries (CSG-...) against 41010 | $3,494.84 | $1,605.94 | 3.15% | 1.27% | 2.14% |
| Shipping charged to buyers | 41020, 42020, 43020 | $1,732.63 | $1,684.72 | 1.56% | 1.33% | 1.44% |
The two places everything else lives.
Statements, reports and working files, shared between us. New exports land here.
Where the month-end close is tracked and any open questions are answered.
| Export | Covers | File |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Business Report by week | Weeks to Oct 24 | DSK Amazon Business Report by Week (pulled Oct 26 2026).csv |
| Amazon all-listings report | 20,337 active on Oct 26 | 2026-10_Amazon_all-listings_pulled-2026-10-26.txt |
| eBay active listings | 6,743 on Oct 26 (for reference) | 2026-10_eBay_active-listings_pulled-2026-10-26.csv |
| eBay order exports | 5 files to Oct 24 | DSK Ebay All Transactions Sep 21-27 2026.csv; DSK Ebay All Transactions Sep 28-Oct 4 2026.csv; DSK Ebay All Transactions Oct 5-11 2026.csv; DSK Ebay All Transactions Oct 12-Oct 21 2026.csv; DSK Ebay All Transactions Oct 22-Oct 24 2026.csv |
| AbeBooks order exports | 5 files to Oct 24 | DSK AbeBooks Downloadable Report Sep 21-27 2026.csv; DSK AbeBooks Downloadable Report Sep 28-Oct 4 2026.csv; DSK AbeBooks Downloadable Report Oct 5-11 2026.csv; DSK AbeBooks Downloadable Report Oct 12-Oct 22 2026.csv; DSK AbeBooks Downloadable Report Oct 23-Oct 24 2026.csv |
| QuickBooks General Ledger | Exported 2026-10-27 16:31; Aug and Sep used | 2026-10_QBO_timothy-blake-wilkey_general-ledger_2026-08-to-2026-10.csv |
Listings x sessions per listing = sessions. Sessions x conversion = units. Units x price per unit = sales.
eBay, AbeBooks and the smaller marketplaces are each a share of Amazon's sales, at their recent level. If one grows on its own, raise its share.
Item sales, plus shipping charged, less refunds and the consignor's share, less cost of books, marketplace fees and postage. Every rate is a share of item sales.
Next week's rate over each month's exact days (31 and 30): each day is 1/7 of the week it falls in. October is an equivalent, a run rate rather than actuals, so it reads the same whichever day the page is refreshed. With net new listings a week, each week starts that many listings higher. Recurring costs are their full monthly amount in each month.
The listings, at this week's traffic, conversion, price and rates, whose gross profit over the month covers the recurring costs.
Sessions per listing is measured on Amazon's average offer count for each week. The starting count is the all-listings report's active rows, which run a little higher (books listed during the week).
Estimates. Every figure is an estimate built from the exports listed on the Reference tab, under Sources and method, as at the dates shown there. It isn't a result from the books.
Rounding. Figures are shown to the nearest dollar, so a column can add up a little away from its total.