Today I’m sharing my 5th income report! Check out my past income reports here. My goal is to make money from home while keeping my number one priority to be my family. This means I’m cooking, cleaning, going on field trips, arranging play dates, driving to/from sports, etc. and then working from home in my “spare” time. I hope you can gain some insight into what works (or doesn’t) and how you can make money from home too!
November turned out fairly decent. I did better than October, so that’s good, but I didn’t get as much accomplished as I was hoping I could. Isn’t that always the case? I was able to go out of state for Thanksgiving and spend time with both my family and my husband’s family for about a week. Other than fulfilling a few Etsy orders, I didn’t work at all the whole week of Thanksgiving, but most of my jobs were still making me money (stock photos, this blog, print on demand, etc.). I want to get as much passive income going as possible because it’s awesome to make money for work you’ve only had to do once! Now let’s see how the month went…
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Why I Publish Income Reports
If it weren’t for other bloggers posting their income reports, I would have never started this blog. I am so grateful for their willingness to be open, honest, transparent, and inspire me to get started blogging. I hope I can do the same for you! If you want to start a blog, learn how to get started by following my tutorial here.
Income Breakdown
Total Income: $1,218.91
Photography – $191.58
I didn’t spend any time on photos this month. None! I’m disappointed that I didn’t add any pictures to my accounts, but it’s awesome to make almost $200 passively! Find out how to start making money with stock photography here.
Shutterstock – $ 151.12 (314 images on file)
istock – $35.89 (169 images on file)
Bigstock – $4.32 (82 images on file)
Fotolia – $.25 (18 images)
Etsy – $394.57
Etsy was awesome this month! I’m sure it’s because of Christmas coming up, but since my shop is less than a year old I haven’t experienced November sales until now. In October I made $106, so making close to $400 was way better than I was anticipating!
November Sales: 58 (up from only 16 in Oct.)
Gross Profit: $421.91
Etsy Fee & Printing Costs: $27.34
Products Listed: 26
Piano Lessons – $350
Blogging – $185.42
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AdSense – $72.78
BlueHost Affiliate – $75.00
ShareASale – $30.01
ShopHer Media – $5.13
Amazon Affiliate – $2.50
FlexOffers – $0
Side Hustles – $97.34
ibotta – $38.00
Checkout51 – $3.00
MobiSave – $1.70
American Consumer Opinion – $4.20
Swagbucks – $14.70
Opinion Outpost – $0
Inbox Dollars – $1.11
Vindale Research – $5.00
Zazzle – $1.53
Redbubble – $0.50
TeePublic – $2.00
Ebates – $25.60
Conclusion
November was my best month financially so far on My Income Journey! I’m so grateful I’m able to stay home with my kids and still contribute financially to our family’s needs. I still have a long way to go to accomplish my financial goals, but every step forward is a step in the right direction!
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This is great! What a way to manage
You had a great month. I am still building my blog and trying to get the hang of things before I can start trying to make money off of it. I am still learning from others in the process!
What an awesome month indeed! I have to finish up filling out the paperwork for Shuttershock and I’m going to lookinto Viral Tag I am so bad when it comes to Pinterest. Thanks so much for sharing!
I love when people share their income reports! Thank you so much for doing this, it’s so helpful and encouraging for a new blogger like me!
Thank you for sharing this! I have a lot to learn!
This is so awesome to look at! I never even kept a tally like this when I was blogging as a “side hustle” but I should have! It would have been interesting to watch the growth in numbers.
Congrats – it’s truly inspirational!!! Time for me to side hustle 🙂 JanD
Wow, great news for you, congrats! I would love to earn from stock photos too, might need to learn more about that…
I’ve loved selling stock photos and you can probably guess that Shutterstock is my favorite. Definitely check them out!
I love this! I’m going to follow your blog. Love all the content.
I just experienced an awesome November on etsy as well! I hope that this month is just as good!
Congrats on your Etsy shop, Gabbi!
I’ve seen several other bloggers do income reports too. I’ve been thinking about doing one myself. Congratulations on your progress for November. I’m looking forward to seeing your report for this month too!
Thanks for sharing! This is helpful for someone like myself just starting off monetizing my blog.
Sounds like you had a good month! Thanks for being so transparent!
Wow! Your are a hustler! Congratulations, girl! Love the transparency!
You are super hardworking, and you definitely deserve each penny you earned! How are you able to keep with all of those activities? That’s amazing!
I always motivates me when I see other people’s income reports. I know that it’s possible to get there! Good for you!
Your post has truly been inspirational for me. I’m facing financial struggle, so learning from those who have successfully earned an income online through various means is a great encouragement that it is possible. Thanks for sharing the entire breakdown. It helps to give one ideas on how all this can be done.
Congratulations! That is a very impressive month you had! I still need to monetize my blog, been holding off too long.
Thanks for sharing. I’m totally checking out the stock photography side hustle. 🙂
As new blogger, I find your income report to be very encouraging!
I love reading your income reports, they are so inspiring! Keep up the good work, even in the slower months 🙂 xo
I love your overall breakdown of tour income. It’s really inspirational and I think I can definitely start making income like that for myself.
Yay! Great income report; thanks for sharing!
Wow! This is really great! (A) I am proud of you for doing so well! (B) I am learning so much from your experience. Thank you for sharing. Looks like I need to get on learning how to play piano tho!
This is a great post! Very inspiring! I’d love to add income from blogging!
Income reports are so interesting. I like to read over them to see what is and isn’t working for others. Thanks for sharing your info.
As a new blogger this is so motivating! You are doing so great in such a short period of time blogging! Thanks for the inspiration 🙂
Fantastic income this month! Found you on Pinterest, & I love reading on income reports. Thanks for the transparency. Great stuff
This is great! Congratulations on doing so well! It’s inspiring and educational – I had never heard of viral tag before… checking that out now!
Awesome post! I recently started blogging and love seeing how other people are doing. It helps me stay motivated! Also I need to check out how to make money with stock photos.
Wow,! It’s so interesting to see how well you are doing with passive income!
La Belle Sirene
Wow, that’s awesome that you have made working from home work for you! It sounds awesome!