sakura1024
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Hi all!
I have been making soap for a while, but just the basics. I work with M&P for various reasons, but I love it and everyone who has ever tried my soap loves it (I do add some extras to the bases, though). I have been doing this for a while, but just recently started thinking of selling my soap. I'm ready to get out of the photography business, and I might be getting a different "joby job", and selling my own bath/body products has been a dream of mine for about 10 years. Yesterday I was invited to join the local farmer's market in my little town, so I've been researching what it would take to get enough product to set up at the market.
HOLY JEEZE, start up is INSANE!
So, my question is this... how did you get started? Did you slowly build up product over time, did you dive in head first or did it happen by accident?
I know there will be the inevitable "Are you sure you're ready for this?" post, because I've seen them on every other post that I've been looking at all day. I've ran my own photography business for 6 years, so I know about pricing and business practices (I'm thinking of getting out because of the massive changes within the photography industry and the fact that everybody thinks they are a photographer and people in general don't value photography like they once did). I know there are a lot of variables, so please, I'm looking for constructive posts . I'm just kind of wondering how everyone that does this for a business got started.
Thanks for looking!
Shannon
*Edit: I've decided that jumping into the Farmer's Market this late in the season without enough inventory built up just isn't wise, so I'm gonna sit this year out. But I would still like to know how those of you who sell more than just soap built up your product line. Did you work on one line at a time or a little of this, a little of that at the same time?
I have been making soap for a while, but just the basics. I work with M&P for various reasons, but I love it and everyone who has ever tried my soap loves it (I do add some extras to the bases, though). I have been doing this for a while, but just recently started thinking of selling my soap. I'm ready to get out of the photography business, and I might be getting a different "joby job", and selling my own bath/body products has been a dream of mine for about 10 years. Yesterday I was invited to join the local farmer's market in my little town, so I've been researching what it would take to get enough product to set up at the market.
HOLY JEEZE, start up is INSANE!
So, my question is this... how did you get started? Did you slowly build up product over time, did you dive in head first or did it happen by accident?
I know there will be the inevitable "Are you sure you're ready for this?" post, because I've seen them on every other post that I've been looking at all day. I've ran my own photography business for 6 years, so I know about pricing and business practices (I'm thinking of getting out because of the massive changes within the photography industry and the fact that everybody thinks they are a photographer and people in general don't value photography like they once did). I know there are a lot of variables, so please, I'm looking for constructive posts . I'm just kind of wondering how everyone that does this for a business got started.
Thanks for looking!
Shannon
*Edit: I've decided that jumping into the Farmer's Market this late in the season without enough inventory built up just isn't wise, so I'm gonna sit this year out. But I would still like to know how those of you who sell more than just soap built up your product line. Did you work on one line at a time or a little of this, a little of that at the same time?
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