How many $400 Sheitels do you think a Macher sells per week? Of course they dont make $20 per Sheitel, but they dont sell many of them either
You also dont compute the cost of customer acquisition, its costs money to acquire customers. Im sure someone like georgie makes good money, but she has the customer base to warrant it
If you are new to the business you need to acquire the customers and that takes time and money
How much do you think a quickbooks bookkeeper makes? $10 and Hour $12 an hour, thats what I see them advertised for. $10 an hour is $400 a week, $1600 a month before taxes. last I checked rents in Borough park were $2000 and up.
I actually have my own business and know the economomics and how difficult it is to make money. Between inventory advertising and competiton the margins just arent that great. There are lots of Sheitel machers in Brooklyn and lots of competition to drive the prices down