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Assumptions: Startup Year Terminal Year

This document outlines the assumptions and projections for a startup company from 2019 to 2025, including projections for site traffic, orders, customers, expenses, revenues, and key financial metrics. Site traffic is projected to grow significantly from 60,000 monthly visits in 2019 to over 200,000 by 2023, driven largely by growth in organic search and email channels. Detailed projections are provided for revenue, costs, margins, cash flows, and valuation over the startup period.

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Assumptions: Startup Year Terminal Year

This document outlines the assumptions and projections for a startup company from 2019 to 2025, including projections for site traffic, orders, customers, expenses, revenues, and key financial metrics. Site traffic is projected to grow significantly from 60,000 monthly visits in 2019 to over 200,000 by 2023, driven largely by growth in organic search and email channels. Detailed projections are provided for revenue, costs, margins, cash flows, and valuation over the startup period.

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Startup year Terminal year

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025


Balance Sheet Check OK OK OK OK OK OK OK

Assumptions

Site Traffic (Avg monthly visits)


Email 0 5,000 10,000 20,000 30,000 50,000 60,000
Organic Search 10,000 50,000 100,000 130,000 155,000 170,000 180,000
Paid Search 30,000 20,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Affiliates 20,000 10,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000
Total Monthly Visits 60,000 85,000 125,000 165,000 200,000 235,000 255,000
Growth Rate 41.7% 47.1% 32.0% 21.2% 17.5% 8.5%

Site Traffic (Annual) 12 0


Email 0
Organic Search 30,000
Paid Search 20,000
Affiliates 60,000
Total Annual Visits 110,000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Conversion Rates
Email 6.0% 6.0% 6.0% 6.0% 6.0% 6.0% 6.0%
Organic Search 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0%
Paid Search 2.2% 2.2% 2.2% 2.2% 2.2% 2.2% 2.2%
Affiliates 4.0% 4.0% 4.0% 4.0% 4.0% 4.0% 4.0%
Total Monthly Visits 0.0% #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

Orders Placed
Email
Organic Search
Paid Search
Affiliates
Total Orders Placed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Order Details
Average item value (gross) 250 250 250 250 250 250 250
# of items per order 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7
Average markdown 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10%
Average promotion/discount 20% 18% 15% 12% 10% 8% 8%
Cost of Goods Sold (Gross Product Marin) 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50%

Average Gross order value


Average Net order value

Customers
Churn Rate 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% 25%
Opening active customer base 0
Plus new customers
Subtotal
Less churned customers
Closing customer base

Marketing Expenses
Variable
Email (cost per click) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Organic Search (cost per click) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Paid Search (cost per click) 3.00 3.25 3.25 3.50 3.50 3.75 4.00
Affiliates (cost per click) 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00
Average 3.27 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

Order Fulfilment
Variable
Freight/shipping per order 12.00 10.00 9.00 9.00 8.00 8.00 7.00
Labor/handling per order 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00
Total 17.00 15.00 14.00 14.00 13.00 13.00 12.00

Fixed
Warehouse rent 150,000 150,000 150,000 250,000 250,000 500,000 500,000

General & Administrative


Fixed
Office rent 100,000 100,000 100,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000
Salaries, wages & Benefits 500,000 700,000 1,000,000 1,200,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 3,000,000
Professional fees 100,000 100,000 100,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000
Other 100,000 100,000 200,000 200,000 400,000 400,000 400,000
Total 800,000 1,000,000 1,400,000 1,800,000 2,300,000 2,800,000 3,800,000

Balance Sheet Items


Current Assets
Accounts Receivable Days 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Inventory Days 120 100 90 90 90 90 90
Inventory Turns 365

Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable Days 60 50 40 30 30 30 30

Capital Expenditures
Technology Development 300,000 50,000 50,000 500,000 50,000 1,000,000 100,000
Office Equipment 200,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 200,000 100,000 500,000
Acquisitions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Depreciation
Technology - Straight-line Years 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Office Equipment - Straight-line Years 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Financing
Interest Rate 3.00% 3.00% 3.00% 3.00% 3.00% 3.00% 3.00%
Debt Issued (Repaid) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Equity Raised (Repurchased) 5,000,000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dividends Paid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Valuation
Tax Rate 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% 25%
Cost of Capital / Discount Rate 20%
Terminal Value Exit Multiple 8.0x

Income Statement

Balance Sheet

Cash Flow Statement

Supporting Schedules

Customer Metrics
R e v e n u e ( $ m illio n s )

Valuation
M a r g in M a r g in

Charts & Graphs


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