New Office Project – Post #2: Planning

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Just a fair warning, this post will be a lot of rambling as I talk through my options. The first thing I need to do when planning out my home office is deciding what I want in my home office. I’ll definitely want a lot of working space. I’ll want space for a computer with a keyboard and a printer as well as space to write letters, fill out forms, get packages ready to send and more. I’m thinking an L-shaped desk would provide plenty of working space. Another thing I’ll need is storage. I want some drawers to store …

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Amazon KDP 2026 – 6 Month Review

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My Amazon KDP business is doing amazing! I feel like I can get to my ultimate goal of $3,000 a month within the next year. All I need to do is keep publishing books. Pretty much every type of book I have listed is selling well. Last 6 Months Sales & Royalty January – 86 sales – $267.86 February – 144 sales – $431.13 March – 151 sales – $448.82 April – 146 sales – $429.62 May – 238 sales – $705.70 June – 126 Sales – $371.90 (as of 6/19) Last 6 Months Marketing Budget January – 39 sales …

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New Office Project – Post #1: Pre-Planning

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Most people who successfully work from home have a place where they can go to get work done. It might be the garage or a spare bedroom or a basement. I have neither of these things. I work on my laptop on the couch in the living room or in my bed. If I’m going to be make a living with my online businesses, I need a dedicated workspace. While this isn’t a home improvement blog, I’ve decided to document my new office build here because having a dedicated home office is important when it comes to working online. In …

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Amazon Merch On Demand 2026 – 6 Month Review

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Despite not working on my Amazon MOD business in over a year, it’s doing quite well. I’ve been averaging just over 11 sales a month and a royalty of $47 a month. Not bad for a completely passive income. But I want more. I still think I can reach my ultimate goal of $1500 a month. Last 6 Months Sales & Royalty January – 8 sales – $36.13 February – 12 sales – $66.06 March – 16 sales – $87.31 April – 13 sales – $66.55 May – 7 sales – $28.84 June – 6 Sales – $31.32 (as of …

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6 Month Check-In and Making Goals

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I haven’t posted in a long time and I apologize for that. I never posted the yearly reports for KDP nor Etsy and I’m also sorry for that. My mind has been elsewhere these past 6 months. Where is my mind? I have no idea but it’s not focusing on my online businesses. I feel like for the past 6 months I’ve been focusing on non-online stuff like getting my master bedroom remodeled or planning/preparing for the trip to Paris that I won (which was in May and was amazing!!). I haven’t done much work at all online. I plan …

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Amazon Merch On Demand – 2025 Year In Review & A Look Ahead to 2026

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I have mixed feelings about Amazon Merch On Demand for 2025. It was a year of a lot of changes. Amazon changed the way creators can get tiered up. Now creators have to sell at least 80% of their designs before they will get tiered up. At least that’s the rumor and it appears to be true. I am nowhere near 80% of my designs sold. Amazon also started deleting designs that aren’t selling. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. In fact, I’ve had 18 of my designs deleted. I’ll discuss all of this later in …

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December 2025 – Etsy Store Income Report

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I’m a little behind on my reports. I was hoping to get the yearly reports published this week but I’ve been really busy. This is the last of the monthly income reports for 2025. It’s a very disappointing report and, hopefully, I can figure out why in the yearly report. For now, here is my December 2025 Etsy Store Income Report. December 2025 Etsy Income Report December was one of the worst month I’ve ever had on Etsy. In December, I had 273 views, 1 orders, a horribly meager conversion rate of just 0.4% and $5.20 in revenue. I do …

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December 2025 – Amazon KDP Income Report

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Welcome to 2026! I hope everyone had a great holiday season and I hope you made bank in Q4. I did very well but not quite as good as I was expecting. I won’t bore you with details of my personal life as I did in my December Amazon Merch report. Here is my December 2025 Amazon KDP Income Report: December 2025 Amazon KDP Income Report In December, I sold 202 books for a total of $637.61 in royalties. I published 0 books in December. I started the month with 62 books in my bookshelf and ended the month with …

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December 2025 – Amazon Merch On Demand Income Report

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Happy New Year dear readers! I hope you all had a good holiday season. It’s now January and time to get back to work. I didn’t do any work on any of my businesses in December. It was a very hectic month. I was on vacation until mid-December and then I rushed to decorate the house, bake cookies, buy and wrap presents and watch all the must-see Christmas movies (I still ended up missing a bunch I would normally watch). I spent the weekend before Christmas with my brother, SIL and nephew, Christmas eve with my parents and Christmas day …

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November 2025 – Etsy Store Income Report

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November 2025 Income Report Welp. Sales tanked in November and December and I’m not sure why. I think I’ll do a shop audit next month and try to figure out why I’m not making very many sales. I have double the amount of listings as I did last year but less than half the number of sales. It’s depressing. In November, I had 300 views, 3 orders, a horribly meager conversion rate of just 1% and $17.23 in revenue. I do not spend money on advertising, however, Etsy does their own advertising and they take out listing fees. My listing …

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