October is locked.
Through the 22nd the public number was 40 sales and about $505 profit after cost. The full month closed at 52 units, $1,232.77 gross, and $688.08 profit after fees and pickup.
One row is still incomplete. Everything else has a cost.
October at a glance
| Metric | Result |
|---|---|
| Units sold | 52 |
| Gross | $1,232.77 |
| Net after fees | $1,018.87 |
| COGS on sold items | $330.79 |
| Profit after cost | $688.08 |
| Average net per known unit | $19.59 |
| Units per day | 1.68 |
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Net and profit are understated. SKU 1403 (Alpha Cycle Gear moto jacket, Depop, 10/30, $30.52 gross) has no logged payout yet. When that lands, both numbers move up a little.
Average sale by gross is about $23.71. That continues the slide from ~$28 in August and September.
Platform split
| Platform | Units | Gross | Net | Avg net/unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depop | 18 | $469.68 | $415.35 | $24.43 |
| Poshmark | 18 | $476.00 | $380.65 | $21.15 |
| eBay | 10 | $215.09 | $161.45 | $16.15 |
| Whatnot | 6 | $72.00 | $61.42 | $10.24 |
Depop and Poshmark tied on units. Poshmark edged gross by $6.32. Depop won on net and net per unit.
eBay led both locked months before this. It finished third in October.
Whatnot’s six sales were all from the 10/17–10/18 show at $12 each. Small dollars, real units, first time that platform appears in a locked month here.
Best days
| Date | Units | Gross | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 10/12 | 4 | $118.00 | Highest gross day |
| Sat 10/17 | 7 | $101.00 | Most units (4 from the Whatnot show) |
| Thu 10/8 | 3 | $95.00 | UGG boots at $60 |
| Sat 10/31 | 3 | $75.65 | End-of-month Depop |
Saturday led the month on units. A chunk of that was the Whatnot show. Without those four, Saturday is still the busiest day.
Across every dated sale on the ledger (67 total: 4 in August, 11 in September, 52 in October), Saturday has 17 units. Mondays are the steadiest non-show day — sales in all three months. The sample outside October is still thin, so I’m not calling any weekday a system yet.
Compared to the locked months
| Month | Units | Gross | Profit after cost | Avg sale (gross) | Top platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August | 34 | $952 | $608 | ~$28 | eBay |
| September | 46 | $1,296 | $740 | ~$28 | eBay |
| October | 52 | $1,233 | $688 | ~$24 | Depop / Poshmark |
More units than August or September. Gross and profit sit between the two earlier months. Average sale is lower. The volume moved from eBay to Depop and Poshmark.
Three locked months together: 132 sales, about $3,481 gross, and roughly $2,036 profit after fees and pickup (October understated by one missing net).
What the ledger flagged
- 1403 net missing — profit is short by that payout.
- One Depop order (1397 + 1398) has a combined net of $52.27, not split per item.
- A few eBay nets look low relative to gross (possible shipping labels taken from payout). Not re-verified.
- Shipping treated as buyer-paid; no shipping cost subtracted from these numbers.
- Some brand fields were blank in the raw ledger and filled from descriptions where possible.
Same rules as always. Pending is not sold. Estimates get labeled. Live inventory is a different column from sold profit.
Verdict
Would I run October again? Yes — more units, three platforms with real volume, and a cost on every sold item except the one missing payout.
Would I treat the weekday pattern as a rule yet? No. Saturday looks busy. The non-October sample is still small.
November gets the same treatment: gross, fees, COGS on every sold SKU, profit last. Or a public note that the cost column would not close.
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