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Starting a Soap Making Business — 3 Tips

Starting a soap making business is just about as easy and fast as starting a business can be.  But, is it a waste of time or can you really make money?  Well, it all depends.  My family started a little home-based soap business and made and sold over 35,000 bars of soap over about a four year period.  Mind you, this was just a little kitchen scale part-time venture.  Maybe you could do a lot better.  Here are three real tricks…

Practice first…

Let’s face it.  A soap business is both a manufacturing and marketing business.  You build a product and then market it.  So, first you need a manufacturing process and product design that are just right.  What’s that mean?  Make plenty of soap so you have the soap recipes and process just right before you start thinking about making lots of money.  OK?

Unique sells.

Lots of people make soap.  Why should anyone buy from you?  Well, maybe you’re the only one they know of that has any handcrafted soap.  Not likely.  In that case, is there something that you can do that makes your soap different from other handcrafted soap? I guarantee you there is.  You could have all natural scents, unique color marbling, all organic, milk soap, special shapes… and so forth.  Find a way to make it unique.  Tell your story.

Plan for repeat sales.

Getting a customer is the hard part.  Repeat sales are the key to real success.  Set up your business to get those easy repeat sales.  Most soap makers won’t do it.  How do you get repeat sales?  Easy…  Brochures, catalogs, websites, business cards, toll free numbers.  None of this is hard.  It just takes planning.

Starting a soap business is easy to do.  Making it profitable is too, but it takes some thought and planning.  Without the plan, you may waste both time and money too.

How do I make home-made organic soaps?

Me and my mom want to start making our own soap at home. I was wondering if any of you had any recipes for this, like tea soap or oatmeal soap, but only organic please! Thanks!

The idea of homemade organic soap is great. I am not really sure if this qualifies as a good answer, but it can help clean your skin and make it feel smooth. This is another organic homemade idea which is excellent for exfoliating old skin cells and leaves skin feeling refreshed and silky smooth. That is homemade body scrub.

Sweet Sugar Body Scrub Recipe:

Oatmeal is ideal for oily and skin. It’s also hypoallergenic, so this recipe is ideal if you prefer a gentler homemade body scrub for your sensitive skin. I got this recipe on http://www.savvyhomemade.com/homemade-body-scrub.html (This site is full of homemade organic health and beauty tips and articles.)

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 tablespoons ground oats
2 tablespoons aloe vera gel
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon olive oil

How to:
Grind the oats in a food processor until they have a sandy consistency. Mix oats with the rest of the ingredients until they resemble a paste. Apply your body scrub on moist skin after you’ve gently cleansed first. Rub gently into your skin using a circular motion and rinse off with warm water when you’re done.

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