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Business plan

The optimistic card care shop: clear restoration, cheap deals, and a fast-growing kitty.

Max Revive should launch as a trusted card care and deal-making shop: buy dirty or under-loved cards cheap, clean grime properly, record treatment clearly, resell better, and use store credit, consignment, YouTube, shows, coffee, and transparent $99 packs to turn heavy interest into repeatable cashflow.

Month-one card care target

1 card/day

Target average care job

$100 AUD

Tier 1 monthly GP target

$30k-$40k

Launch rent

$560/week

Mystery pack price

$99

Lean startup budget

Spend where trust and buying power show

The cheap launch is not meant to look cheap. It should look safe, active, and honest, while leaving the biggest pile of cash possible for stock and good deals.

ItemBudgetPriorityOperator note
Opening stock kitty$10,000Must haveFast-turn singles, messy collections, bulk bins, and opportunistic buying power.
One month rent offer$2,427Must have$560/week converted to a monthly launch allowance before outgoings or bond pressure.
Repaint contribution$1,500Must haveKeep it clean, bright, and trustworthy; avoid custom fitout unless it pays back immediately.
Glass cabinets$2,000Must haveUsed cabinets are fine if they lock, light well, and make consignment feel safe.
Signage$1,000Must haveOne clear fascia/window sign and QR decals; no expensive brand fitout until demand proves it.
Safe and lockable storage$1,200Must haveA quality safe, lockable drawers, numbered bags, and a storage log protect trust.
EFTPOS terminal$0-$150 setupMust haveUse a simple terminal with transparent fees; cash preference should never mean no receipt.
Insurance launch allowance$700Must havePublic liability, contents/stock, theft, and custody exposure need broker confirmation.
Care tools and photo bench$800Must haveLighting, macro setup, sleeves, gloves, controlled humidity gear, cleaning supplies, and QA logs.
Packaging and storage$700Must haveToploaders, sleeves, graded bags, team bags, mailers, labels, bins, and intake tubs.
Coffee starter setup$500Nice leverageSimple machine and consumables; sell coffee, but comp the customers worth keeping close.
Contingency$1,500Do not skipThe cheap plan still needs breathing room for bond, minor repairs, extra locks, and opening week surprises.
Lean cash target before bond/outgoing varianceAbout $22k-$24k, with $10k of that held as stock-buying power.

Do not overfit the shop

The shop needs clean paint, cabinets, a safe, signage, lighting, storage, and a strong counter. It does not need expensive joinery or dead sealed-product shelves.

Use consignment to look bigger

Cabinets should feel full quickly, but the cash should stay in stock buying power and card care throughput. Consignment creates depth without inventory risk.

Buy only with a clear exit

Every owned-card buy should have a target channel before money leaves the kitty: cabinet, Marketplace, show, bulk bin, YouTube deal breakdown, or mystery-pack allocation.

Keep the first hire away from treatment

Admin, photos, listings, packing, coffee, and intake can be delegated first. The owner remains the trusted card-care operator until the SOPs are boringly reliable.

Revenue tiers

Tier 1 is already high

The plan assumes strong demand from day one. The goal is not to stay small; it is to keep capital outlay low until the business proves which streams are pulling hardest.

StreamTier 1: HighTier 2: Very highTier 3: BreakoutWhy it works
Card care/restoration$9k-$12k$20k-$25k$40k+Highest-trust, highest-margin engine; starts with one $100 job/day and grows through waitlist pressure.
Owned card flips$25k sales / $10k GP$50k / $22k GP$90k / $40k GPBuy under-loved cards cheaply, clean properly, photograph properly, record treatment, then sell into trust.
Bulk $1 into $5 cards$5k / $3k GP$12k / $7k GP$25k / $15k GPBinder bins, theme bundles, trade-night boxes, and low-ticket repeat sales that keep people browsing.
Consignment commission$3k-$5k GP$8k-$12k GP$18k+ GPFill cabinets without buying stock; use boosted store-credit payouts to keep sellers inside the ecosystem.
$99 mystery packs40 packs / $1.6k-$2.4k GP120 packs / $5k-$7k GP300 packs / $12k-$18k GPTransparent collector packs with a published floor, average, ceiling, chase list, and build evidence.
Card shows$2k-$4k GP$6k-$10k GP$15k+ GPBest used for buying, intake, content, and consignment leads, not just table sales.
Coffee$300-$700 GP$1k-$2k GP$3k+ GPRetention and dwell-time tool first; free coffee for good customers is relationship marketing.
YouTube ad revenue$0-$500$500-$2k$3k-$10k+Treat ad revenue as upside; the real value is proof, reach, search traffic, and deal flow.

Card Care Code

Public promise: clean grime, reduce curl, improve presentation, and disclose what was done. Never trim, recolour, rebuild corners, add gloss, hide damage, or sell altered cards.

Cash and credit engine

Offer fair cash, better store credit, and boosted consignment credit. Cash gets recorded properly; store credit keeps the kitty alive and turns sellers into buyers.

Cheap shop, big signal

The 40m2 shop is an intake desk, care studio, content set, buy desk, and trade hub. It does not need to carry expensive dead stock to feel busy.

Card care pricing ladder

Month one proof target is one $100 card-care job per day. The ladder makes free advice easy, but moves serious customers into paid work quickly.

Free counter condition check

Free

Fast trust builder that turns visitors into card-care, trade, buylist, or consignment leads.

Basic grime/surface care

$49

Dust, fingerprints, sleeve residue, grime, and safer handling presentation.

Humidity/curl care

$99

Controlled humidity/rest period for curling and warping where the card is suitable.

Premium prep session

$149

Assessment, approved surface care, humidity if suitable, final photos, and disclosure notes.

Dealer batch care

$35-$75/card

Volume pricing for repeat sellers, resellers, and show dealers with clear intake caps.

Express 48-hour queue jump

+30%-50%

Limited paid priority lane that never displaces high-risk custody obligations.

Clear resale economics

The best stock is under-loved, badly presented, locally sourced, and bought at a margin that leaves room for honest treatment, fees, and reinvestment.

DealCostSellGP
Dirty card bought cheap$40$100$60
Bulk card$1$5$4
$99 mystery pack$55-$65$99$34-$44
Consigned card$0 stock cost20%-30% cutPure commission

Store-credit offers

Cash buy

50%-65% of realistic sold comp

Fast, clean, and honest, but protects the cash kitty.

Store credit

70%-85% of realistic sold comp

The default growth weapon: customers feel rewarded while cash stays in the business.

Trade-up credit

+5% bonus when spent same day

Turns one collection sale into a showcase sale, pack sale, or card-care booking.

Card care by trade

Accept cards at credit rate

Converts people who are cash-light into paying card-care customers.

Consignment payout as credit

+5%-10% over cash payout

Keeps sellers returning and builds a closed-loop collector economy.

Clean cash strategy

Cash is preferred, records are non-negotiable

Every cash sale still goes through POS, gets reconciled daily, and is banked regularly. The brand cannot ask collectors to trust card notes while being loose on cash.

Cash saves leakage

At a 1.6% card fee, every $10,000 paid by card costs about $160. At high volume, a 50% cash mix can save hundreds to more than a thousand dollars per month.

Use positive incentives

Use store-credit bonuses, trade-night perks, and free coffee for good customers rather than dodgy cash-only behaviour.

$99 mystery packs without the stink

Mystery packs can drive content and repeat visits, but only if the offer feels curated and transparent rather than gambling-adjacent.

Every $99 pack has a guaranteed minimum stated marked value.

Publish the pack floor, average, ceiling, number of packs, and chase cards before sale.

Film or photograph the build process and keep a private build sheet.

Avoid fake comps, inflated values, or wording that implies everyone can win.

Sell in-store, at shows, through owned channels, and only on marketplaces where policy allows it.

Consignment tiers

Consignment turns interest into cabinet depth without draining stock cash. Boosted store-credit payout keeps sellers inside the Max Revive economy.

In-store only

20%

Seller provides the clean card; Max Revive displays, sells, records, and pays out.

Online/listed/posted

25%

Max Revive photographs, lists, handles messages, packs, posts, and manages buyer risk.

Care + photos + listing

30%

Full-service consignment with intake record, card care disclosure, photos, listing, and sale handling.

Positioning

Max Revive is positioned as the clear-notes card care and deal-making shop, not a hidden-alteration operation.

The strongest wedge is visible trust: treatment tags, intake photos, condition notes, and public refusal to trim, recolour, rebuild, gloss, or hide defects.

The store should be loud about demand and ambition while keeping capital outlay lean until the highest-pull streams prove themselves.

Offer Architecture

Use free condition checks to generate walk-ins, then convert serious cards into $49, $99, $149, express, or dealer-batch services.

Keep card care separate from grade promises: presentation, safer handling, grime removal, and controlled humidity are the offer.

Use treated-card disclosure tags on any card the shop later sells: untreated, surface cleaned, humidity treated, or damaged/binder copy.

Cash And Credit

Cash is preferred because it reduces payment leakage, but every sale still goes through POS and daily reconciliation.

Store credit is the default growth weapon: it keeps cash inside the business and nudges sellers into trading up.

Offer better rates for store credit, trade-up credit, card-care-by-trade, and consignment payout as credit.

Operating Model

One owner works the shop at all times; the first hire should be admin, intake, photos, listing, coffee, and packing help, not treatment ownership.

Every high-value card gets front/back photos, condition notes, treatment scope, storage location, and payout or pickup record.

The store layout should prioritise intake, locked display, visible trust, content capture, safe storage, bulk bins, and a compact care bench.

Revenue Model

Hero margin comes from card care, dirty-card flips, bulk $1-to-$5 bins, consignment commission, and transparent $99 mystery packs.

Coffee is retention first and profit second: sell it normally, but comp good customers to increase dwell time and loyalty.

YouTube ad revenue is upside; the real YouTube value is proof, trust, search traffic, deal flow, and content-driven authority.

Trust Controls

Mystery packs need a published floor, average, ceiling, chase list, pack count, and build evidence.

Consignment needs signed intake, agreed reserve, photos, payout timing, and treatment disclosure if care is performed.

Avoid official logos, character artwork, proprietary card art in advertising, and wording that implies brand or grader endorsement.

Competitive read

The market already understands grading, buying, and card restoration. Max Revive should win by making the custody record, disclosure posture, and customer portal feel more serious than the typical hobby-service flow.

Card Revive

Direct restoration competitor

Max Revive needs sharper custody, disclosure, and portal trust proof, not just similar before/after claims.

Alpha Card Grading

Premium Sydney grading trust brand

Borrow the seriousness of grading-company UX while staying clearly independent from grading outcomes.

Urban Empire Collectables

Large Newcastle store and PSA-authorised dealer positioning

Newcastle is active but competitive; Max Revive should use partner drop-off and show presence before signing a major lease.

Local hobby stores and Facebook sellers

Buying and bulk-card flow already happen offline

The cheap-card acquisition desk must be transparent, fast, and receipt-driven to avoid trust erosion.

Disclosure operating doctrine

The business can sell conservation, but the system should behave as if every treated card might later be resold, graded, disputed, or inspected under strong light.

No grade promises

All customer copy should say aesthetic conservation, surface refresh, cleaning, polishing, pressing, or structural correction only where accurate. Never imply a PSA/BGS/CGC grade result.

Disclosure by default

Receipts, portal records, and final reports should tell customers that resale disclosure may be required where treatment affects a buyer's view of condition, originality, grade potential, or value.

Photo evidence before touch

Every card gets front, back, corner, edge, and defect photos before treatment. This protects customers and the operator if a defect already existed.

Risk language must match the work

Secret Sauce and Elixir can be positioned as 2-3 day surface services, but holo restoration, polishing, cleaning, or surface refresh language should stay visible in the quote and receipt.

Sydney storefront strategy

Rent stays cheap when the shop is an intake studio

The storefront should be a trust surface, drop-off point, and buy desk. Avoid trying to out-inventory established TCG shops in CBD, Parramatta, Chatswood, Liverpool, Ashfield, or Newcastle.

Primary Sydney search zone

Canterbury, Campsie, Lakemba

18-35 sqm, street access, under $550/week ex GST before outgoings

Why it fits

Train-linked, dense, and accessible from the inner west, south west, and CBD.

Early research shows stronger visible TCG nodes around Ashfield, Liverpool, Parramatta, Chatswood, Concord West, and Greenacre than this corridor.

A service counter model suits a compact tenancy better than a full hobby-store footprint.

Watchouts

Verify nearby competitors on Google Maps before signing.

Avoid leases with heavy make-good, long terms, or high undisclosed outgoings.

South/east gap candidate

Rockdale, Arncliffe, Kogarah

20-40 sqm near station or main road, under $650/week ex GST

Why it fits

Good cross-city access without paying inner-city rent.

Useful for customers who want local drop-off but do not want to post valuable cards.

Close to airport/logistics routes for Australia-wide parcels.

Watchouts

May need stronger paid search because collector foot traffic is less obvious.

Choose visibility and parking over high-street prestige.

Cheap-buy desk test zone

Bankstown, Punchbowl, Chullora fringe

Sub-$500/week service retail or kiosk-style frontage

Why it fits

Likely better rent leverage and strong Facebook Marketplace/local pickup behaviour.

Works for a cash-for-cards desk that buys bulk and lower-end collections cheaply.

Can operate as a drop-off hub first and expand retail later.

Watchouts

Greenacre already has visible card-shop activity, so position as conservation and buying, not another sealed-product shop.

Security and custody controls must be obvious from day one.

Only if the lease is unusually cheap

Newtown, Marrickville, Sydenham

Tiny sub-25 sqm shopfront, close to $500/week ex GST

Why it fits

High awareness and walk-by traffic can help launch quickly.

The micro-shop model is plausible if the shop is an intake studio, not a stock-heavy retailer.

Good for premium brand perception and content capture.

Watchouts

Usually too expensive for the cheap-rent thesis.

Do not let rent force a broad retail inventory strategy.

Storefront operating model

Premises

Treat the storefront as an intake studio: counter, lockable display, photo station, humidity-controlled treatment room out of view, and secure storage.

Opening hours

Start with three public days plus appointment-only windows. The aim is reliable drop-off and buying, not seven-day retail payroll.

Inventory

Avoid broad sealed stock. Use cheap bulk bins, discounted damaged/playable singles, and a small showcase of restored before/after examples.

Buying policy

Make low cash offers transparent. Separate bulk floors from individually priced hits and document seller acceptance with photos.

Custody

Visible CCTV, sealed intake bags, order numbers, photo logs, locked drawers, and a customer portal are the trust product.

Legal posture

Use conservation language, avoid grade promises, display the waiver workflow, and keep independent-service disclaimers visible.

Marketing channels

Cash-for-cards buy desk

Acquire cheap raw cards and collections while turning sellers into service leads.

Publish transparent floor ranges for bulk, holos, modern hits, damaged cards, and slabs. Pay by PayID, issue photo receipts, and require ID checks for high-value purchases.

Drop-off appointment hub

Convert local trust into paid restoration submissions.

Require the online manifest before handover, offer 15-minute intake windows, photograph cards immediately, and give customers a QR portal link before they leave.

Google Maps and local SEO

Win intent-heavy searches before paid ads scale.

Build pages and posts around 'sell Pokemon cards Sydney', 'Pokemon card restoration Sydney', 'card cleaning Sydney', 'bulk Pokemon cards Sydney', and suburb-specific drop-off terms.

Facebook Marketplace and collector groups

Meet bulk sellers where cheap local collection supply already moves.

Run a weekly buyer price list, use suburb-targeted posts, and keep the tone helpful: fast cash, honest condition calls, no grading hype.

Card shows and pop-up intake days

Build credibility with collectors who already trade in person.

Table at Newcastle/Sydney card events, offer on-the-spot condition triage, QR quote forms, and post-event drop-off windows.

Partner desks

Expand drop-off coverage without signing multiple leases.

Partner with non-competing hobby stores, repair shops, and collectible resellers for referral fees or scheduled collection days.

Launch scorecard

These are the first numbers worth watching because they prove trust, capacity, and rent discipline before the brand spends heavily.

Card care jobs

1/day in month one

Proves the pure-margin trust wedge before scaling retail risk.

Same-day intake photos

95%+

Trust moat and dispute prevention.

Store-credit acceptance

45%+

Keeps cash in the kitty while customers feel better rewarded.

Cash share

50%+

Reduces payment leakage while still recording every sale properly.

Consignment sell-through

25%+/month

Validates cabinet depth without tying up stock cash.

Rent to gross profit

< 10%

Keeps the 40m2 shop cheap enough to stay aggressive.

Operating cadence

The work rhythm should keep the 2-3 day Secret Sauce and Elixir promise from colliding with high-value Max Revive treatments.

Daily

Photograph new intake before any treatment.

Clear payment exceptions before QC release.

Update portal events for every order touched that day.

Twice weekly

Batch Secret Sauce and Elixir work into 2-3 day lanes.

Review overdue tasks and declared-value custody exposure.

Reconcile drop-off manifests against physical storage locations.

Weekly

Publish buy desk floor ranges and suburb-specific posts.

Review conversion from quote to paid submission.

Audit one completed order end-to-end for photo, waiver, and shipping evidence.

Build workstreams

What must be true before launch

Trust and disclosure

Publish the Card Care Code and refusal list on the counter, website, invoices, and listings.

Add treatment tags for untreated, surface cleaned, humidity treated, and damaged/binder copy cards.

Use final report language that says presentation improvement, never grade improvement.

Deal flow

Post weekly cash and store-credit ranges for bulk, hits, slabs, damaged cards, and messy collections.

Launch the trade-up bonus and card-care-by-trade offer from day one.

Use shows and Marketplace for buying and consignment leads, not only sales.

Cash and stock

Run all cash through POS, reconcile daily, and bank regularly.

Reinvest 70%-90% of surplus until the kitty reaches $30k-$50k.

Buy only stock with obvious margin or fast-turn demand; use consignment for cabinet depth.

Content and community

Post daily Shorts: grime removal, curl care, clear-boundary education, bulk finds, and deal breakdowns.

Launch transparent $99 pack drops only with floor, average, ceiling, chase list, and build evidence.

Use coffee as a retention tool: sell it, but comp good customers and serious traders.

Scale triggers

When to add structure without bloating the launch

The business should stay lean until demand proves it. These triggers tell the owner when to add waitlists, admin help, credit controls, and proper growth lanes.

3+ care jobs/day for 3 straight weeks

Create intake cut-off times and a visible waitlist before quality starts slipping.

5+ care jobs/day plus active buy desk

Batch low-risk services and reserve owner focus for premium care, disputes, and high-value cards.

8+ care jobs/day or 100+ monthly listings

Add casual help for photos, listings, packing, coffee, and cabinet/admin work.

$20k+ store-credit liability

Track redemption weekly and cap boosted credit offers if too much future margin is already promised.

$30k-$50k kitty reached

Separate emergency reserve, stock-buying float, tax/GST set-aside, and owner draw policy.

Tier 2 run-rate for 2+ months

Open mail-in care, dealer accounts, pack drops, and show circuit as structured lanes, not random extra work.

Unit economics hypothesis

A balanced launch mix could target 20% Max Revive, 25% Secret Sauce, 25% Mini Max Revive, and 30% Elixir by card count. At the current rate card, that mix supports a premium average order without requiring a high-risk grading promise.

Labour capacity should be governed by high-value singles first. Elixir creates trust, data, and recurring volume, but the brand should avoid becoming a low-margin bulk cleaning shop.

Technical architecture

Next.js App Router UI
React client wizard state
Tailwind dark design system
Zod boundary validation
Supabase RLS schema
Prisma/Postgres schema
Stripe Checkout draft point
Australia Post shipment draft

12 and 24 month plan

Start cheap, then scale the heat

Months 1-3

Prove the heat

Hit 1-3 card-care jobs per trading day and make every job visible with photos and care notes.

Launch store credit, buy messy collections, trial 25 transparent $99 packs, and post YouTube Shorts daily.

Build $1-$5 bulk bins and use free coffee for good repeat customers.

Months 4-6

Turn interest into a machine

Reach 5-8 card-care jobs per day and open dealer batch pricing.

Attend shows for buying, intake, content, consignment, and mystery-pack drops.

Reinvest most profit into fast-turn stock, secure storage, content, and cash buying power.

Months 7-12

Own the clear card-care niche

Build a waitlist, launch mail-in card care, run monthly trade nights, and target Tier 1+ numbers.

Keep treated-card tags visible: untreated, surface cleaned, humidity treated, damaged/binder copy.

Track stock turn, store-credit liability, cash/card mix, and consignment sell-through weekly.

Months 13-24

Scale without losing trust

Add dealer accounts, regular pack drops, long-form YouTube, and a show circuit.

Hire admin help for intake, photos, listings, coffee, and packing only after the owner is overloaded.

Keep the owner as the trusted treatment operator until SOPs and quality control are bulletproof.

First 90 days

Validate supply and throughput

Days 1-15

Validate the suburb before signing

Map every card shop within 25 minutes of each candidate suburb.

Post suburb-specific buy ads and track seller replies by postcode.

Inspect only tiny tenancies with low outgoings and short assignment risk.

Days 16-30

Launch without looking unfinished

Open Google Business Profile, Apple Business Connect, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook pages.

Publish buyer floor ranges and restoration service pages before the first flyer drops.

Photograph the intake desk, photo rig, packaging station, and secure storage.

Days 31-60

Drive sellers and submissions

Run suburb-radius ads for 'sell Pokemon cards near me' and 'Pokemon card cleaning Sydney'.

Host one Saturday bulk-buy day and one appointment-only restoration intake night per week.

Collect testimonials around communication, photos, and safe handling rather than grade outcomes.

Days 61-90

Turn trust into repeatable acquisition

Launch referral credit for customers who bring in collections or paid submissions.

Add monthly content: before/after conservation notes, bulk-bin finds, and packing education.

Review rent-to-gross-profit and close any channel that only brings low-margin bulk.

Risk controls

Hidden-alteration perception

High

Publish the Card Care Code, treatment tags, before/after evidence, and refusal list: no trimming, recolouring, filler, gloss, glue, or hidden alteration.

Grading outcome claims

High

Use presentation and handling language only. No PSA 10 prep, no grade guarantees, and no implied grader approval.

Mystery-pack trust

High

Publish floor, average, ceiling, chase list, number of packs, and build evidence. Avoid eBay repacks unless policy permits.

Cash handling

High

Record every cash sale through POS, reconcile daily, bank regularly, and use clean cash preference rather than cashie behaviour.

Operational backlog

Medium

Use waitlists, express fees, daily WIP caps, and hire admin/photo/listing help before treatment quality slips.

Research sources

Card Revive, Padstow NSWDirect NSW competitor using conservation/restoration language and explicitly serving Sydney and worldwide collectors.Alpha Card Grading, SydneyPremium Sydney grading company positioning around technology, trust, transparency, and local Australian access.SPELLROO Gaming, Concord WestSydney TCG competitor with singles, sealed, events, and a visible 'We Buy Your Cards' proposition.Swap Itt, Sydney and WollongongMulti-location card marketplace advertising raw and graded card buying across Sydney and Wollongong.Urban Empire Collectables, NewcastleNewcastle competitor with a large store, events, singles, slabs, sealed product, free parking, and in-store collection buying.Newy Card ShowNewcastle card show scheduled for 27 September 2026, useful for pop-up intake, partnerships, and trust building.Sydney bulk-card demand threadRecent collector discussion shows active demand for physical bulk/singles browsing and uneven local availability.Sydney bulk pricing threadCommunity comments suggest bulk buyers often use Facebook Marketplace and local pickup because postage erodes value.Newtown micro-retail lease exampleA 20 sqm street-access retail example at $500 per week ex GST shows the size/rent target for a tiny intake studio.NSW Small Business retail leasing guidanceRetail tenants should understand lease risk, insurance responsibility, access disruption, and rent/outgoings terms.ACCC consumer guarantees for servicesService providers must use due care and skill and avoid misleading claims.ACCC false or misleading claimsFine print cannot contradict the overall marketing message.OAIC small business privacy guidanceSmall business Privacy Act coverage depends on turnover and business activities.Australia Post Shipping and Tracking APIsShipping and Tracking v2 uses OAuth 2.0 and supports shipments, labels, manifests, suburb validation, pricing estimates, and tracking.Stripe Australia payment processing guideAUD card payments, checkout, and webhook-ready payment flows.PSA grading standardsPSA states altered stock, restoration, or evidence of cleaning can affect grading acceptance.Pokémon legal informationAvoid official logos, character art, and any claim of affiliation.IP Australia business names and trade marksRegistering a business name is different from owning a trade mark.

Calculator

Month-by-month estimator

Use this as the working HTML calculator for each month. It separates card care, flips, bulk, consignment, mystery packs, coffee, YouTube, cash/card mix, reinvestment, owner draw, and ending kitty.

Monthly calculator

Optimistic card care, trading, cash and kitty model

Change the assumptions for each month. The model treats card care as near-pure gross profit, owned stock as margin, consignment as commission, and cash as a cleanly recorded payment mix that reduces card-fee leakage.

Processed GMV

$61,860

Monthly gross profit

$34,295

$11,000 card care revenue

Net before owner wage

$29,473.45

$4,326.67 fixed cost load

Ending kitty

$15,368.36

$22,105.09 reinvested into stock

Card care demand

Trading and bulk

Consignment and packs

Community upside

Cash and kitty

12-month ramp builder

Edit each month and watch the kitty build

Pick a month, change its assumptions, and the year-one table rolls the ending kitty forward automatically. Month one uses the opening kitty; later months inherit the prior month's closing cash after owner draw and reinvestment.

Year 1 GP

$731,582.50

Year-end kitty

$144,953.29

M1: Card care demand

M1: Trading and bulk

M1: Consignment and packs

M1: Community upside

M1: Cash and kitty

MonthCare/dayOwned salesPacksConsign GMVGross profitNet before drawReinvestOwner drawEnd kitty
M11.0$8,0000$2,000$6,520$2,074.18$1,763.05$0$8,311.13
M21.5$12,00025$4,000$11,377.50$6,837.79$5,812.12$0$9,336.80
M32.5$18,00040$8,000$20,380$15,703.67$13,348.12$0$11,692.34
M44.0$25,00060$14,000$32,015$27,209.29$22,277.90$1,000$15,623.74
M55.0$32,00075$18,000$40,620$35,682.33$29,479.98$1,000$20,826.09
M66.0$38,00090$24,000$50,365$45,287.37$37,644.27$1,000$27,469.19
M77.0$45,000110$30,000$61,715$56,469.13$45,873.76$2,500$35,564.56
M88.0$52,000125$36,000$72,090$66,690.41$54,561.85$2,500$45,193.13
M99.0$60,000150$42,000$86,640$81,187.11$59,015.33$2,500$64,864.90
M1010.0$70,000175$50,000$101,190$95,547.71$68,660.79$4,000$87,751.83
M1111.0$80,000200$58,000$115,930$110,098.32$79,573.74$4,000$114,276.41
M1212.0$90,000240$65,000$132,740$126,707.51$92,030.63$4,000$144,953.29
Year 1 total$731,582.50$669,494.83$510,041.54$22,500$144,953.29