Break-Even Power Hour
One hour, five boxes, one number. Plug in your real bills and prices, and this sheet tells you what you have to bring in every month, week and day to keep the lights on. Everything above that pays YOU.
Example numbers loaded. Swap in yours.01
List every fixed cost
Monthly bills that show up whether you sell or not. Put your own pay in here too.
Total fixed costs: $0/mo
02
Find 10% to cut
Go line by line. Cancel it, renegotiate it or pause it for now.
03
Know your gross margin
Use a typical sale. Variable cost is what that one sale costs you: product, materials, shipping, card fees, commission.
04
Pull your two levers
Here’s what happens to your number when you cut costs, raise your margin, or both.
| What you change | Fixed costs | Margin | Break-even |
|---|
05
Test a price change first
Before you run a sale or raise prices, see how many sales it costs or saves you.
06
Set your monthly sales targets
Four numbers drive gross profit: leads, conversion, revenue per customer and gross margin (from step 3).
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