how to start a soap making buisness?
well ive started making some soaps and i really like it but im confused on how i should sell them?
You can get a soap making business book (used) for under $10 at Amazon.com. The advantage to this is getting advice from soap making experts on how to package, price and where to sell your soap products for the best results.
To sell online, you may be better off starting to sell on an established website like Etsy.com, which already gets lots of traffic everyday from customers looking for craft products to buy.
To sell locally in your area, you may want to partner with a local salon or spa, whose customers may be interested in your soap products. Offer the business owner a cut of the profits and maybe some free soaps to try, so they can help market your soaps.
admin on January 4th 2010 in soap making
Lauren responded on 04 Jan 2010 at 6:52 am #
Well, you have a few options. You can either open up an online eCommerce store or a small brick and mortar store. Depending on the level of involvement you want to have with starting a business and how fast it takes off, ether of those options would work for you. Since you make the soaps yourself, I think a small shop where you can make and sell them would be great fun and unique. Customers can stop in and check out the selections of soap you have on hand, perhaps order specialty soaps, or maybe even watch as you make the soap right there in the shop. If you end up going in the direction of a brick and mortar location, you will need to keep in mind of any point of sale devices, such as a register, receipt printers and credit card or check readers – to make your life simpler and have a positive shopping experience for your customers. This site, L-TronDirect.com has all those type of equipment and other devices, you may want to check them out or bookmark the site as you move along with your business plans.
http://www.l-trondirect.com/
http://www.l-trondirect.com/point-of-sale-pos.html
Hope that helps and best of luck to you!
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Sue responded on 04 Jan 2010 at 7:15 am #
You can get a soap making business book (used) for under $10 at Amazon.com. The advantage to this is getting advice from soap making experts on how to package, price and where to sell your soap products for the best results.
To sell online, you may be better off starting to sell on an established website like Etsy.com, which already gets lots of traffic everyday from customers looking for craft products to buy.
To sell locally in your area, you may want to partner with a local salon or spa, whose customers may be interested in your soap products. Offer the business owner a cut of the profits and maybe some free soaps to try, so they can help market your soaps.
References :
http://www.amazon.com/Soapmaking-Fun-Profit-Money-Doing/dp/0761520422/
http://www.etsy.com
http://homebusinesscenter.com/crafts.html