Black coupe at a night car meet with its door open, Boost Labs interior and underglow lighting the ground and the brand projected from the door
Boost Labs
Lighting kits for cars, motorcycles and garages.
Help Boost Labs grow on its own earnings
$20,000
requested for one 12-month term
The full $20,000 goes into products ready to sell.
12 months at 12% simple interest.
One $22,400 repayment at the end of the year.
Red classic car in a driveway with Boost Labs underglow lighting the ground
The first $10,000 built the range we can sell today
Buy stock
Sell
Reinvest
Repeated over roughly six months, on a 12-month term at 12%.
  • Expanded into garage lighting, pod lights and motorcycle variants.
  • Developed Tron/neon-style lighting and different LED formats.
  • Developed interior and Starliner kits, with suppliers now selected.
  • Built a Boost Labs app, now close to release.
Hex garage lighting array mounted on a wall, lit deep blue
Stock lets us turn existing demand into sales
Boost Labs interior kit installed in a Mustang, fibre running across the dash and door trim in full colour
Five sales a week when stocked and actively marketing.
Eight kits sold in bundles at one restock event.
Ten Impala orders already have deposits.
Social media and paid ads lead; events follow.
Hex lighting adds garage customers to the range.
Product
Retail
Landed
After $15 CAC
Contribution margin
Underglow
$199
$72
$112
56.3%
Underglow Pro (Impala)
$250
$121
$114
45.6%
Interior
$290
$60
$215
74.1%
Motorcycle
$190
$58
$117
61.6%
Starliner base
$299
$107
$177
59.2%
Starliner Pro
$599
$230
$354
59.1%
Premium hex set
$899
$350
$534
59.4%
Generic hex set
$599
$220
$364
60.8%
Gross profit is retail less landed cost. Contribution also deducts the $15 acquisition allowance, before fees, other selling costs, interest and income tax.
Funds investment strategy
  • Keep 74% in interior and underglow, with more Pro kits.
  • Interior and Starliner also appeal to family and everyday cars.
  • Use both hex sets for demos and photos, then sell them.
  • Fund advertising and at least four major events as products sell.
Starliner Pro kit laid out with the Boost Labs box: fibre looms, lit pods, controller, wiring and fitting tools
Underglow 41.9% · interior 32.1% · the rest 26.0%
Product
Units
Cost each
Total cost
Underglow
61
$72
$4,392
Underglow Pro (Impala)
33
$121
$3,993
Interior
107
$60
$6,420
Motorcycle
28
$58
$1,624
Starliner base
13
$107
$1,391
Starliner Pro
7
$230
$1,610
Premium hex demo set
1
$350
$350
Generic hex demo set
1
$220
$220
Total
251
$20,000
Both hex sets are demonstration stock, sold at listed prices after demonstrations and photos. RGB badges receive no units in this order: at $180 landed, only $25 remains after the $15 allowance.
How sales repay the loan and fund new stock
Same 12-month term in every case: about four weeks for delivery, then 48 selling weeks.
Running costs
15% for advertising, events and fees
Restocking
Keep enough to replace each product
Loan repayment
Save the balance toward $22,400
Over the full 12 months
3 sales each week
5 sales each week
8 sales each week
Products sold
144
240
384
Retail sales
$38,432
$63,531
$101,054
Extra stock bought, deducted below
$0
$0
$10,441
Loan repaid at month 12
$22,400
$22,400
$22,400
Stock cash after loan repayment
$10,267
$31,601
$53,055
Short of a new $20,000 order
$9,733
$0
$0
At two sales a week, repayment uses all restocking and repayment cash, plus $252 from running costs, leaving just $378 and no money for a new order.
Forecast only. Before income tax and before the next order. Running-cost cash and unsold stock counted separately.
At five sales a week, this is where we finish the year
A repaid loan and $20,000 ready for the next order
$22,400
Principal and interest repaid
$20,000
Ready to place the next stock order
$11,601
still for stock once that order is placed
$3,154
for running costs after ads, fees and four events
Forecast milestones: repayment fully reserved by month 9, a further $20,000 available by month 10.
Once the loan is repaid, future sales can put more money back into the business.
Base case: 5 sales a week over 48 selling weeks. Forecast before income tax and before the next order is placed.