FINAL ANALYSIS:

I made $196,444.61 in 6 days purely generated from my shop and nothing else. Pro-rated to 1 week, I estimate that I make $229,185.38 per week from my shop. o_O Subtract 5K for the rental fee, and you have roughly 225k per week (if you want a nicer, round number).

I honestly was expecting 50k per week, so I am pretty excited about this.

Here is a link to the spreadsheet I used to audit myself each night:

http://tinyurl.com/mqyccjk



Original Post:

I decided to track everything in my spawnshop for 1 week, and see how much money I make. I also will track how much time I spend fiddling with my shop (restocking, making new signs, etc).

When calculating the value of my stock, I use the price that I could easily sell it for. In some cases this is the /sell hand price. In others, it is the price that I can sell it to another shop at the market or the price that I think it would sell quickly in Trade Chat. In any case, I will be using the same values for the beginning and ending audits, so it doesn't really matter.

Initial audit: 06/26/2013; 1:15 AM CST
My balance: 452,430.75
EcoDollars in trade signs: 206,634.70
Total value of items/blocks in stock: 420,986.35

TOTAL VALUE: 1,080,051.80

Day 1 audit: 06/27/2013; 1:15 AM CST
My balance: 469,379.15
EcoDollars in trade signs: 241,708.00
Total value of items/blocks in stock: 389,731.00
Non-shop earnings (deduct this): 1365.00

TOTAL VALUE: 1,099,453.15
Shop earnings: 19,401.35
Time spent maintaining shop: 12 minutes
EcoDollars/Hour rate: 97,006.75

Day 2 audit: 6/28/2013; 1:15 AM CST
My balance: 142,688.5
EcoDollars in trade signs: 504,498.5
Total value of items/blocks in stock: 500,044.85
Non-shop earnings (deduct this): 13,074.70

TOTAL VALUE: 1,134,157.15
Shop earnings: 34,704
**I stopped tracking time, but I spent about 30 minutes today**

Day 3 audit: 6/29/2013; 1:15 AM CST
My balance: 132448.20
EcoDollars in trade signs: 510084.00
Total value of items/blocks in stock: 546,272.85
Non-shop earnings (deduct this): 2727.00

TOTAL VALUE: 1,188,805.05
Shop earnings: 51,920.90
**I estimate I spent about 30 minutes running the shop**

Day 4 audit: 6/30/2013; 1:15 AM CST
My balance: 208224.20
EcoDollars in trade signs: 471394.00
Total value of items/blocks in stock: 541257.20
Non-shop earnings (deduct this): 2752

TOTAL VALUE: 1,218,123.41
Shop earnings: 32,045.36
**again, I estimate I spent 30 minutes running the shop**

Day 5 audit: 07/01/2013; 1:15 AM CST
My balance: 284195.81
EcoDollars in trade signs: 392,748.00
Total value of items/blocks in stock: 580141.50
Non-shop earnings (deduct this): 9530

TOTAL VALUE: 1,247,555.41
Shop earnings: 29,432.00
**30 minutes ish**

Day 6 audit: 07/02/2013; 12:45 AM CST
My balance: 366,931.81
EcoDollars in trade signs: 418748.50
Total value of items/blocks in stock: 516136.10
Non-shop earnings (deduct this): 25,320

TOTAL VALUE: 1,276,496.41
Shop earnings: 28,941.00

 

Day 1 audit complete. $19,401.35 made, from 12 minutes of work maintaining the shop.

If every day of the week were like this, the shop would make 135,809.45 per week.


***500th post!***

 

Day 2 audit complete. $34,704.00 made today alone.

 

Day 3 audit complete. $51,920.90 made today.

 

Day 4 audit complete. $32,045.36 made today.

 

Yes. If I buy something to restock my shop, I factor that into the numbers. My balance goes down and the value of my inventory goes up.

If I spend money on a non-shop expense like building a farm, I do not count that into the calculations. Similarly, if I gain money from mining or from voting for nether stars, I do not count that into the calculations.

 

so far, yes. for my shop, run as I run it.​

 

Day 5 audit complete. $29,432.00 made today.

 

Day 6 audit complete: $28,941.00 made.

 

I will post the spreadsheet at the end of the week (tonight?) for more details, if anyone wants them.

 

well, i did a 30,000 block digging job and lost track of how much i sold/made from that. so Day 7 will not be accurate and i'm not going to add it up. I'll post my final analysis tomorrow.

 

I posted my final analysis and a link in the OP. scroll up top to check it out.

 

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I changed my shop a lot and quit some markets, so I don't know if I still make this much.