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March Is Turning Out Great
March 13th, 2008 by Jon Waraas


Not sure why, but it always seems like the summer time is always a better month for my income than the winter months. I have no clue why it is and I don’t want to sound stupid and start making theory’s like… maybe people like buy more stuff online when its warmer outside?? Lol, I have no idea, but it has always been like that for me.

I mentioned last month that I will start posting how much Developer Hut, Inc. brings in every month. I will show you guys how much money I make with the adverting part and my e-commerce sites. I wont be able to break it down too much because I don’t want you guys trying to find all my niches haha. But, I am still thinking of showing you guys my abri/aff marketing income, which is more than my SEO part. I’m still thinking about it, but it doesn’t have much to do with SEO, so I havent decided to show you guys those reports.

Buy anyways, this month has been really great so far. Usually I pay off my bills at the first of the month, which is about $1600 (truck, house, harley, stupid insurance, hosting, server admin, etc) and so far I paid all my bills and am still depositing like $250 in my bank like every 2 days. Thats not even my abri stuff. I sure hope this keeps up and I sure hope next month will be better. This summer I want to pay off my harley and purchase a wakeboarding boat. Nothing too fancy, just something that will get the job done. We will see how that goes :)

So, do you guys notice any difference in income between winter and summer?

Also, I know I don’t talk about my income too much at all. I hope telling you some digits gets you guys pumped up to make some cash. Need more inspiration? Read this article!

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10 Comments

Comment by Doug
2008-03-13 13:46:55

Geez dude, I would have thought your expenses would be more. I think you mentioned this before but do you have a roommate that chips in for your mortgage? My mortgage + utilities is ridiculous right now. Do you run all your sites off one server? I need to downsize quick. But yeah, will be looking forward to the numbers!

 
Comment by Jon Waraas
2008-03-13 14:01:35

I dont think you realize how big of a tight ass i am haha. I have 2 roommates that pitch in. I do have all my sites on one server. I used to have 2, i downsized and it saved me a bunch of money, my bills are something like:

house = $700 ( – roommates)
truck = $385
insurance = $100 (i hate fucking insurance)
harley = $190 (this is with insurance)
server = $450 (150 for the server and 300 for admin)
utilitys = 100 ish (cable/heat/water)

thats $1928 a month give or take some. After this month I’m refinancing to a lower interest rate and paying off my harley, so that should save me $500 a month.

What kills me is the amount of money I spend on beer, I probably spend 300$ a month on beer… going to the club and always buying beer :-s oh well lol

 
Comment by joe
2008-03-14 04:47:57

$300/m on beer? it’s a good thing you got shit moving before you turned 21 :P

 
Comment by khalid
2008-03-14 07:49:00

Count yourself lucky, for insurance on a truck like that in the UK at your (my) age you’d be talking $4,000 per year, $100 per month is a bargain!

Suggestion – more tookle.com style posts showing how to make money, we’d all like to bank $250 a day!!!

 
Comment by ImagesAndWords
2008-03-15 07:23:30

I need to move back to the states. Lol, your expenses there are ridicilously low, no offense. You’re just fortunate. :)

My mortgage here in Norway alone is $1900/mo. Food is $1300/mo (granted, I have a family with 2 kids). $700/mo in utilities. Gasoline is currently $8.90 for a gallon. My total monthly expenses are $6900. :(

 
Comment by Jon Waraas
2008-03-15 16:21:18

khalid – my old toyota was 30$ a month haha

ImagesAndWords – Damn, 7000$ a month is pretty crazy. My ancestors are from Norway, I have relatives in Norway, hence my last name “waraas”. So I would like to visit there someday :)

 
Comment by ImagesAndWords
2008-03-16 00:53:59

Jon – Yeah I figured you were of scandinavian descent the first time I saw your name. You should come here this summer – you’re gonna love it here if you’re single, lol! ;) . If you’re visiting the Oslo area I can meet up with you. :)

Our plan is actually to move back to the states sometimes within the next year or two. As an internet marketer, I look forward to have much more profit with the lower expenses. Also, the dollar is so damn low right now that I’m getting a shitty exchange rate when the networks pay me – and it’s converted to Norwegian kroner. It’s 5.11 now compared to almost 9.2 a few years ago. That’s a 45% drop in profit in exchange rate alone. :(

 
Comment by Wes Mahler
2008-03-16 12:42:57

WHAT!!! Your BIlls are CHEAP!

MY RENT is 1.5K A MONTH BY ITSELF! AIEE

 
Comment by Wes Mahler
2008-03-16 12:43:17

Servers 1k+ a month!! WHAT! CHEAP BILLS, I’m jealous!

 
Comment by DollarCrash
2008-03-21 08:03:02

Hi Jhon, why not adding “save money” to your balance?

Considering USA economy is going toward recession and specially, the Usa Dollar is going to crash, why not saving some money in Euros, Yen or (better) Reinmembi ?

Doing so, your 100$ today will worth 300$ tomorrow.

Good luck ;)

 

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