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Easy Product with High Profits
I found this big tub of bath salts online. I really liked the simplicity of the label. I like the jar and lid. Until it arrived, I had no idea that there was no fragrance and no color. Just 100% Dead Sea Salt.
At Bath and Body Works, it sells at $34 for 60 oz.
Our Crafter's Choice Dead Sea Salts are:
$16.25 for 10 lb. ($6.90 for 60 oz)
$79.65 for 55 lb. ($5.43 for 60 oz)
Home spa concepts are all the rage and are what many consumers are seeking. They want to pamper to their body and relax the mind. Products like this really hit the mark.
Think of adding products like this to your line. They are simple, easy and would add a great profit to your bottom line.
Wishing You Much Success!
Debbie May
http://www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com/
1-800-359-0944
4 comments:
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I do festivals as a vendor and I can't help but to find myself being a little judgemental when I see a soapmaker place their soap bars in a soap box or wrapping with a fancy label and charge $4.75 to $6 a bar, then I wonder back up to my table and ponder on it. I place my soaps in plain sight without a wrapper, just a kraft paper band with a label on it, I charge a $1 per ounce. I leave the festival feeling sick because my profits are not enough to justify the time and efforts it takes to vendor a show, especially when I learn later that that vendor made a killing. It just goes to show that appearance is everything to the consumer and it's the difference between making a profit or barely hanging on to a business youv'e put your heart and soul into. If anyone has any ideas on decorating soaps that has proven to be profitable, please pass them on to me.
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Elizabeth, I agree 100% on your comment. We too find the same thing at craft fairs. We try NOT to take advantage of customers but it seems to backfire. I believe a customer feels that a product is inferior if it isn't priced sky high. We have tried several different ways to display our soaps but it just doesn't seem to matter.We have cigar banded them, shrink wrapped them, put them in boxes and no matter what we do it is to no avail.We also charge $1.00 per oz. So, we have just accepted that altho we have a superior product it just isn't a money maker for us. I too am open to any suggestions that will help sell it. We have only done one craft fair so far this year and if this is an indication of how sales are going to go, we may just pull out of them until the economy turns itself around.
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Presentation is the key to successfully selling your product. It has to look good before it sells. There is a lot of competition in todays market & with the economy like it is the competition is even more fearce. What catches you interest more? A shabby burger place on the side of the road or a nice restaurant? I am not saying your product is inferior, i make home made products for my store & get all my ingredients from WSP, but i do use fancy designs (labels ) on my products. I think it instills more confidence with the customer when they see this & then they are more likely to it check it out. Now you have reached first base & the door is open. Price your products what you feel the market can bear & if your competition you feel is high then by all means, up your price but keep it low enough so that you can beat their price.
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Yeah, I really do like the price of your 55 lb. pound bag of dead sea salt. I use to buy it often. But now the shipping cost is off the meter - almost 1/2 the cost of the product for me. But, I guess you still might come out ahead if you compare it to something like the Ahava product. Not really sure, haven't done the math on that one.