ChrissyB
Well-Known Member
Hi Everyone
Talking to a friend of mine, I was made aware of the need to register with a government body to be able to sell soaps here in Australia, seeing as though soap is seen as a cosmetic (through the eyes of the govt, I see it as necessity, but I digress).
As best I can work out, even if you sell one bar of soap, you need to be registered with NICNAS at the tier 1 level, at a cost of $380 per year (August through to Sept, or something like that). You only qualify to register as tier one if you sell less than $500,000 for that registered year.
Over that and you go to tier 2, don't think I would have to worry about that! LOL
So, my question is this: How many Aussie Soapers that sell their wares have gone through this process, and was it difficult to register, there seems to be an awful lot of processes to go through to get "approved".
Declaring all ingredients, etc....
The friend that I was speaking with is a very renowned soapmaker, and for her the NICNAS registration is making selling soap not really worth it at all.So where do the rest of us stand? And apparently it's illegal to sell soap if not registered and approved.
Talking to a friend of mine, I was made aware of the need to register with a government body to be able to sell soaps here in Australia, seeing as though soap is seen as a cosmetic (through the eyes of the govt, I see it as necessity, but I digress).
As best I can work out, even if you sell one bar of soap, you need to be registered with NICNAS at the tier 1 level, at a cost of $380 per year (August through to Sept, or something like that). You only qualify to register as tier one if you sell less than $500,000 for that registered year.
Over that and you go to tier 2, don't think I would have to worry about that! LOL
So, my question is this: How many Aussie Soapers that sell their wares have gone through this process, and was it difficult to register, there seems to be an awful lot of processes to go through to get "approved".
Declaring all ingredients, etc....
The friend that I was speaking with is a very renowned soapmaker, and for her the NICNAS registration is making selling soap not really worth it at all.So where do the rest of us stand? And apparently it's illegal to sell soap if not registered and approved.