what's a sample size?

[evergreen]

Hi,


What do you do for sample bars? What size and weight? My bars are 4-5oz each. My husband wants to give samples of my soaps to coworkers. What's the best way to deal with samples?

 

[krissy]

i make a few oz over what i need and then pour them into the little fun shaped ice cube trays. they are cute guest soaps and easy to take along in your purse for samples.

 

[evergreen]

That's a great idea for the future--thanks!

 

[Deda]

I give lots of samples out to potential customers. I keep a cutting board and taper/scraper thingy at my table and cut off slices about 1cm thick. It weighs about 14g, roughly .5 ounce. I let the customer select their favorite and slice the soap, slipping it in a little midget glassine bag 2 x 3.5, along with a business card. It's interactive, allows for dialogue with the customer and gives them something to hold, sniff and my card is right there.

Edited to add - each bag is less than 2 pennies, another penny or so for my card and my average bar of unwrapped soap weighing 4.3 oz cost me around .55 to .68 to make, I get 8 or 9 slices per bar, making the samples cost a whopping .09 cents.

 

[Lindy]

Deda that's a great way of doing it......

 

[Sunny]

You could get this mold:

http://wholesalesuppliesplus.com/Produc ... eview=True

and cut them whatever size you like, make it big enough for 2-3 washes.

 

[Bigmoose]

I made my own mold just for making samples. My bars come out at 1.5 T, 2.25 W, and about 3/8" thick and weigh about .5 oz. My mold makes about 50 bars at a time.

Bruce

 

[PrairieCraft]

I give lots of samples out to potential customers. I keep a cutting board and taper/scraper thingy at my table and cut off slices about 1cm thick. It weighs about 14g, roughly .5 ounce. I let the customer select their favorite and slice the soap, slipping it in a little midget glassine bag 2 x 3.5, along with a business card. It's interactive, allows for dialogue with the customer and gives them something to hold, sniff and my card is right there.

Edited to add - each bag is less than 2 pennies, another penny or so for my card and my average bar of unwrapped soap weighing 4.3 oz cost me around .55 to .68 to make, I get 8 or 9 slices per bar, making the samples cost a whopping .09 cents.

This is awesome. I would be in heaven at a soap shop were you could get a sample! Very, very good idea. So that even if you don't make a sale someone walks away with a good feeling about you, a kind of soap that maybe they've never tried and all of your info. (we need a thumbs up emoticon)

 

[epowers777]

We sell samples on and make custom orders for people. My wife takes a 8 by8 pan and rub ky in it then poor a thin layer. Once dried peel up and use a pizza rollers to cut small squares.
Therefore enough to wash hands but only work a couple times before they disappear. Be careful if there to big people will just use you samples.

 

[evergreen]

What great suggestions, everyone! Thanks so much. The samples are going into work on Monday.

 

[carebear]

My wife takes a 8 by8 pan and rub ky in it then poor a thin layer. Once dried peel up and use a pizza rollers to cut small squares.
Therefore

As in personal lubricant? Buying in bulk must raise some eyebrows.
Does it go on your ingredient list?

 

[epowers777]

I use Vaseline to coat the pan actually. No, I don't put that in the ingredient list, because all it does is keep it from sticking to the pan.

 

[donniej]

I cut a 4.5 ounce bar into 3 pieces. So a bar that is 3.5" wide X 2.5" tall and 1" thick becomes ~1" X 1" X 2.5". I wrap them with a piece of paper and use a stamp with my contact info. I think it works out pretty nice.

 

[carebear]

I use Vaseline to coat the pan actually. No, I don't put that in the ingredient list, because all it does is keep it from sticking to the pan.

I was kidding. "Processing aids" don't need to be listed as long as the presence in the finished product is at a low level. Don't know the details of the law, though.

 

[epowers777]

Whoops sorry not ky..... vasoline glad my wife caught that. It been a LONG day! 12Hr work day I work on locomotives.
Again I'm sorry.lol