here's a simple breakeven example, hypothetically:
if each fish can be sold to your LFS at $5 each, and it costs you $4 to produce each fish (feed, salt, your time, electricity), then your margin per fish is $1.
sales quantity required to breakeven = total fixed costs / margin per unit
Thus, if margin earned per fish is $1, and if your set up (start up equipment, grow out tanks, algae/rotifer culturing tanks, lighting, heaters, filters, tools) costs are... say $400.
Then, sales quantity required to breakeven = $400 / $1 per fish = 400 fish sold before project is broken even.
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