Transparency

I put my blog out on the official US and EU Diablo 3 forums a day ago, to great success. Thanks for the 15,000+ views on the first day! So, for you loyal readers, I composed an interesting breakdown of just how much money I'm making. Read more after the jump.

Let all be known

I got this idea when I was reading my EU forum thread (very nice people btw), and saw this comment:

his blog is netting him more income as the entire profit made from selling stuff @ the usa market the more peeps open his link !

he,s in it for the $$$ not to help u :P

My first reaction: This is a hilarious post. This guy is pretty funny. I lol'ed.

This monocle-holding European guy took the time out to point that I'm out to take all your money! It's as if I somehow make money when you click the link to my blog (which is not true). Now, I'm sure he was just being ironic in his post like any snarky, modern European hipster-type would be. But then it struck me.

He's actually right about one thing.

I've never really shared exactly how much money I've made on the RMAH, much less the amount that I've made from this blog (which has been up so far for 2 days and has a total of 11 clicks on ads). In the interest of learning, I'm going to break it down for you.

This list descends from greatest $ amount to smallest $ amount:

1.  How much I make in a week at my job (pretax).
2.  My mortgage payment for my house.
3.  The total amount I've made on the RMAH.
4.  John Edwards' haircut.
5.  A 15 inch Apple Macbook.
6.  Sarah Palin's haircut. 
  ... big price gap ...
7.  A Chipotle burrito. (6.85$ pretax)
8.  Half of a Chipotle burrito.
9.  The total amount I've made from this blog so far, which I've spent 30+ hours writing for.
10.  The GDP of Greece.