LilyJo
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone
I wonder if you can settle an argument for me!
We have been making and selling our soap for a couple of years. I love the science of soap making, I love the creativity, the unexpectedness of not always knowing what you are going to get. I love experimenting and coming up with new ideas and seeing what everyuone else does.
But, shhh, say it very quietly but I dont actually like bar soap. I never use it, neither does my son or daughter. If we have bars in the bathrooms I end up throwing them away as they just get forgotten about. The only people I know who actually like and will buy bar soap are my elderly parents.
Anyone else I know will buy a bar of soap for their mum or aunt at Christmas or birthday but they never buy it for themselves, they always use liquid soap (as do we).
On top of this I have seen in the past week a couple of things saying that liquid soaps outsell bar soaps by something like 8 - 1 worldwide and industry commentators seem to think that those numbers will just increase further. Plus, given the massive explosion in hobby soapers the market is so saturated its getting harder and harder to find a niche.
So, the argument that we have been having is whether we should carry on making/selling bar soaps that we dont use ourselves or should we explore other products including liquid or cream soaps.
Really interested in what others think and how you feel about your soap, what do you use yourself?
Lx
I wonder if you can settle an argument for me!
We have been making and selling our soap for a couple of years. I love the science of soap making, I love the creativity, the unexpectedness of not always knowing what you are going to get. I love experimenting and coming up with new ideas and seeing what everyuone else does.
But, shhh, say it very quietly but I dont actually like bar soap. I never use it, neither does my son or daughter. If we have bars in the bathrooms I end up throwing them away as they just get forgotten about. The only people I know who actually like and will buy bar soap are my elderly parents.
Anyone else I know will buy a bar of soap for their mum or aunt at Christmas or birthday but they never buy it for themselves, they always use liquid soap (as do we).
On top of this I have seen in the past week a couple of things saying that liquid soaps outsell bar soaps by something like 8 - 1 worldwide and industry commentators seem to think that those numbers will just increase further. Plus, given the massive explosion in hobby soapers the market is so saturated its getting harder and harder to find a niche.
So, the argument that we have been having is whether we should carry on making/selling bar soaps that we dont use ourselves or should we explore other products including liquid or cream soaps.
Really interested in what others think and how you feel about your soap, what do you use yourself?
Lx