Operational Costs

Platform Expenses

Monitor server costs, API usage fees, and personnel overhead.

Profitability is not just about Revenue, but also about Cost Management. The Platform Expenses module allows tracking of fixed (Server, Staff) and variable (Bandwidth, API Calls) costs.

Expense Categories

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Infrastructure

Costs associated with hosting the SaaS application.

  • DigitalOcean: Droplets, Managed Databases, Redis.
  • AWS S3: User media storage (Album art, Tracks).
  • Cloudflare: CDN and DDoS protection.
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3rd Party APIs

Variable costs based on platform usage.

  • SendGrid: Email API counts.
  • Twilio: SMS verification codes.
  • Algolia: Search indexing limits.

Profit Margin Analysis

CALCULATION FORMULA

(Total Revenue - (Infra + APIs + Staff)) = Net Profit
Revenue $154,230.00
Total Expenses -$12,450.00
Net Profit $141,780.00

LabelStack - Music Distribution Platform

Expenses Module v1.0.0