Quick question: when’s the last time you actually paid yourself from your ecommerce business? If you’re like most sellers we talk to, you’re watching sales climb month after month — but somehow there’s never quite enough left over to write yourself a real paycheck.

That’s Parkinson’s Law at work. When revenue hits your account, expenses find a way to consume it. The only way to break that cycle is to take your owner pay first — before expenses, before inventory, before anything else. Set the percentage. Transfer it automatically. Your business will adapt to what’s left. That’s how you go from more sales, no paycheck to more sales, consistent paycheck.