We are an Open Startup
Mechanical Ink is an Open Startup™, which means it operates fully transparent and shares its metrics, including revenue, costs, users and traffic.
| Expense | Amount in ZAR | Amount in US Dollar |
|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | R741.00 | $43.02 |
| GitHub | R630.00 | $36.58 |
| Afrihost | R164.00 | $9.48 |
| RAIN 5G | R999.00 | $57.78 |
| Riverside | R327.26 | $19.00 |
| Headliner | R447.65 | $25.99 |
| Polypane | R200.00 | $11.61 |
| Freshbooks | R440.00 | $25.45 |
| Fastmail | R86.27 | $5.00 |
| 1Password | R100.00 | $5.78 |
| Medium.com | R63.00 | $3.64 |
| Discord | R85.00 | $4.93 |
| Google Storage | R159.00 | $9.20 |
| Sanlam Provident Fund | R563.50 | $32.72 |
| FNB Revolving Facility | R1,467.40 | $84.87 |
| FNB Bank Account Fees | R252.40 | $14.57 |
| Salaries | R77,000.00 | $4,453.27 |
| Monthly income tax | R9075.00 | $524.85 |
| NOTE: South African Rand and US Dollar amounts fluctuate with exchange rates. Some services are paid for in South African Rand and others in US Dollar. | ||
| Domain Name |
|---|
| vulnerability-alerts.com |
| 150daysofhtml.com |
| schalkneethling.com |
| ilovemdn.org |
| developer-toolchest.com |
| ourbackyard.co.za |
| mechanical.ink |
| mechanical-ink.co.za |
| thirdworldproblems.co.za |
| realworldproblems.co.za |
| webworkbook.dev |
| themyceliumnetwork.community |
| simpletimer24.com |
| intro-to-web-development.com |
| NOTE: Domains not linked above are future projects we have planned. |
| Project | Amount in ZAR | Amount in US Dollar |
|---|---|---|
| Babeljs | R86.12 | $5.00 |
| Evan You (Vuejs) | R86.12 | $5.00 |
| The Mycelium Network | R431.33 | $25.00 |
| web://workbook | R862.66 | $50.00 |
| NOTE: South African Rand amounts fluctuate with exchange rates. | ||
| Name | Title | Country | Engagement | Seniority | Salary in ZAR | Salary in US Dollar | Joined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schalk Neethling | Founder, Maker | South Africa | Full-Time | Founder | R60,000.00 | $3,483.50 | Jan 1, 2022 |
| Theresa Neethling | Admin, Maker | South Africa | Full-Time | Marketing | R26,000.00 | $1,509.51 | Jan 1, 2022 |
| NOTE: US Dollar amounts fluctuate with exchange rates. | |||||||
| Month | Sales in ZAR | Sales in US Dollar | Expenses in ZAR | Expenses in US Dollar | Profit in ZAR | Profit in US Dollar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, 2022 | R100,588.60 | $5,830.14 | R77,977.37 | $4,519.58 | R22,611.23 | $1,310.55 | |
| February, 2022 | R58,770.86 | $3,406.37 | R80,422.41 | $4,661.30 | -R21,615.55 | -$1,252.84 | |
| March, 2022 | R97,227.14 | $5,635.30 | R88,874.06 | $5,151.16 | R8,353.08 | $484.15 | |
| April, 2022 | R103,276.76 | $5,985.94 | R70,882.92 | $4,108.39 | R32,393.84 | $1,877.55 | |
| May, 2022 | R92,456.84 | $5,358.82 | R71,963.31 | $4,171.01 | R20,493.53 | $1,187.81 | |
| June, 2022 | R84,997.89 | $4,926.49 | R95,094.10 | $5,511.67 | -R10,096.21 | -$585.18 | |
| July, 2022 | R111,717.16 | $6,475.15 | R87,254.76 | $5,057.30 | R24,462.40 | $1,417.85 | |
| August, 2022 | R122,858.65 | $7,120.91 | R86,804.49 | $5,031.21 | R35,969.16 | $2,084.78 | |
| September, 2022 | R120,344.74 | $6,975.21 | R70,364.73 | $4,078.35 | R49,895.01 | $2,891.92 | |
| October, 2022 | R122,979.79 | $7,127.93 | R77,471.47 | $4,490.26 | R45,423.32 | $2,632.74 | |
| November, 2022 | R105,303.12 | $6,108.10 | R85,070.10 | $4,907.26 | R20,233.02 | $1,167.14 | |
| NOTE: US Dollar amounts fluctuate with exchange rates. | |||||||
