Selling Cupcakes (Aol Article)
Business By MalibuBakinBarbie Updated 18 Dec 2009 , 12:45am by cakesweetiecake
Hi all! Here is an interesting article from AOL I thought some of you might like to read:
http://smallbusiness.aol.com/startup/article/cupcakes-are-popular-but-selling-them/813865?icid=main|htmlws-sb-w|dl2|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fsmallbusiness.aol.com%2Fstartup%2Farticle%2Fcupcakes-are-popular-but-selling-them%2F813865
Have a wonderful day!
Interesting article, even though I'm a cupcake hater! 
I especially liked the parts about the cupcake dying out 
I thought the article was interesting, too, and I hope others have enjoyed it as well! I liked the paragraph about about profits, where the owner of Lovely Confections Bakery in Denver details each cost associated with each individual cupcake. I think that will help a lot of people who come here thinking they might want to start a baking business. Many don't realize how important it is to know these things. But then, I like working with numbers. 
I thought the article was interesting, too, and I hope others have enjoyed it as well! I liked the paragraph about about profits, where the owner of Lovely Confections Bakery in Denver details each cost associated with each individual cupcake. I think that will help a lot of people who come here thinking they might want to start a baking business. Many don't realize how important it is to know these things. But then, I like working with numbers.
I agree. Just for fun, I ran some numbers (you know how I love numbers!), using their per-cupcake-figures and doing the "....If I used these numbers to meet my expenses, how many cupcakes would I need to sell?" scenario.
If my marketing expense was $500 a month, at 24 cents per CC, I'd need to sell 2084 cupcakes a month (70 a day) to cover this cost.
If I had a loan pymt of $700/month, at 16 cents each, I'd need 4375 CC's a month (146 perday) to meet this pymt.
If I had rent/utilities of $2200/month, at 57 cents each, I'd need 3860 CC's a month (129/day) to pay the rent.
If my insurance was $300/month, at 4 cents each, I'd need to sell 7500 CC's a month (250/day) to cover this cost.
Super fun exercise and breaking it down per cupcake like they did in the article is very helpful to anyone starting out. It shows new entreprenuers the thought process we need to go thru when determining if we can make it or not. 
Thanks, indydebi, for sharing even MORE insight with us! Enjoy your day! 
Im starting the shop or not debate in my head and everything gets very nteresting and clear when you break it all down by the numbers. Thanks for sharing the article. I love this place
That was a cool article; I like the fact that it covered so many angles and was unbiased, for the most part. Half way thru it though, I had to stop and take a phone call from someone inquiring about what cupcakes are in our bakery case today.
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