Divya I am doing my best with want I have at this time. I have a micro phone coming and I use my smart phone and I movie. I will get lighting and better editing software in time. But I have only been doing this for a few months now. I am learning as I go. Please remember I am also running my soap business and I am only am doing these videos to help my peers grow there businesses.
I hope everyone that is watching really understand what you are doing. You have done all the work and are giving us the benefits of that. Thank you Joanna for your gift of knowledge to all of us that have NONE!!!
You make an exceptionally salient point between 8:00 and 8:24. You're spending your time and effort to make a product and by signing up a retail location you expect your customers to go there to purchase your product. They have the choice of buying from you online, which maybe doesn't have your full line of products because you as a wholesaler also want to drive people to the brick and mortar stores. They buy from those stores, it supports those businesses which in turn helps them grow. They keep stocking your product and everyone wins. When your prospective customer goes to that retail outlet and for whatever reason that location does not have your product, what are they going to do? They've gotten out of the house, driven to a that store, and are in the mood to buy. They are looking for something that they cannot live without, something new and exciting to try. There's also a very good chance they've never seen your competitors that are also on display, or indirect competitors for tangential products. The probability they go home empty handed if you're not on the shelves? I'd say pretty low. They're going to take home something else and there goes either a one time sale or the chance to grab that person as a long term customer much like your forager contact for Whole Foods. Long story long, if you're not there on the shelf, someone else is. If your retail location isn't stocking your product, you're directly advertising their business and your competitor's product for free.
Thank you for your help and for being so transparent. Your desire to want to help others get to the point you are at, which is not the "norm" in the soaping community.
SOAP GAL you are so inspirational, so thoughtful, beautiful and kind. I am a single momma, I kept asking the universe how do I sell my soap to better support us and at the same time providing customers with a healthy natural product i made myself. You have helped me so so very much. I'm so proud of you for being so brave to come on you tube and share your knowledge and your heart with all of us. THANK YOU
I know you did this video a while ago, but I wanted to let you know this is still very helpful to soapers who are just getting started. Thank you for being transparent and really explaining the inner works. You are amazing!
Hi Lisa! Oh my gosh what a sweet comment and I am thrilled to hear that! So glad to be an encouragement in your soap making journey and I'll be back soon. Appreciate your sweet words!!
Joanna, thank you for such a great breakdown. I kind of understood it before, but the whiteboard was super helpful. I hate math, but it needs to be done and this equation made sense to me. Your videos are just fine btw. Everything in its place and well planned. Thanks so much for just being you and being willing to share. : )
Thank you for sharing. This video is definitely a reality check. Never as simple as it seems. So informative and helpful. I appreciate you! Love the shirt too.
I am so appreciative of all that you have been doing for this industry, your wealth of knowledge is invaluable! Thank you so much! I was at a craft fair this weekend and had a couple of folks ask if I did wholesale and I told them I was considering it. One gal wanted my soaps in her store, it was such a huge compliment. I understand the money part but I have to get my head wrapped around creating a line sheet, etc. Thank you so, so much for your contribution, it is beyond helpful. Looking forward to YOUR continued success too! :-)
I just started watching your videos working from the oldest to the newest and I just want to say I am learning a lot from you so thank YOU! Also I love how happy and excited you get talking about this and teaching us. You bring a smile to my face. Thank you!
They are at the powder coat shop now! Because of our girly colors they had to order them and the sparkle too! It will be worth the wait!! I AM SO Excited to see them!!!! Thank you for all the love and support!
Thank you so much for being so informative! You're just as sweet as can be! I've watched all your videos and have learned so much! I'm always looking forward to the next one! Keep up the great work!
Ok, I just fell in love with you! I have most of this and you just blew me away with the extra add ons! Then you're just so cute and cheerful at the end! Thank you for taking the time to help others out🤗
You are just so lovely! I love your enthusiasm and appreciate all of your knowledge that you're sharing with the community. Have a wonderful week, Joanna.
Joanna thank you so much for taking the time to help other soapers to be successful! I appreciate your transparency! You covered wholesale in less than 10 minutes and made it very easy to comprehend.... God Bless You!
Hi Joanna! I love watching your video. Do you include shipping fees when calculating the soap price or do you charge your wholesale costumers shipping separately when they order ?
Thank you so much Joanna for your knowledge this is one of the major learning curves for me to come. Just desperate to see how you go about form filling good practice manfacturing how to fill a form in to get your soap certificated (I am in Europe) I just get so excited wednesdays and Sundays now. P.s I love your beautifull top. Xx
Love, love, love your videos!!! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. If you don’t mind me asking, would you share some details on the form that you give the stores when they decide to carry your brand? It will help so much. Thank you!!!
Thank you for all the information. Questions if the retailers are going to be selling your bars at $7 and your wholesale price is $3.50 where is your profit?? You would be selling your bars almost at cost??
So have you discussed the line sheet yet? I hope I didn’t miss this. And will you also be discussing websites for our own businesses (like who does your’s?) one last question which card reader/chip reader do you use, when you did craft fairs. Sorry for all the questions. Thank you for all that you do.
Ty for info. I’m just learning this as a hobby but in my group they say I can’t claim soap does anything but clean skin. So how do you market a “detoxifying soap” ? Are we allowed in soap business(not cosmetic business) say it detoxifies skin? Ty in advance. And happy 4 you that your company is doing so well 😃
Great question! As long as you're not claiming that the soap will detoxify you you can say that it's a "detoxifying soap" due to the natural charcoal in it. You can make soft claims like it helps detoxify or is naturally detoxifying but would avoid hard claims like "it detoxifies the skin"
Hi; I saw you on another video cutting the edges of a soap bar I can't find that peace any were can you let me where to buy it. thank you, you are wonderful.
Joanna, thank you so much for these business videos...they are really helpful. My question to you: do you currently only wholesale that one bar, or several bars? Did you start wholesaling with just one bar or several? I know that you need to keep it a manageable number and I was thinking about starting with four or five bars. What are your thoughts? Jan
I have 19 sku in 5 collections 4 year round and 1 seasonal and 5 soap flights (samples of my collections) , but each collection has three bars and a soap flight. You can see my line sheet on the Soap Gal Facebook page and under menu in the sidebar is more wholesale bliss! Hope this answered your question. Start with one collections have it be consistent and you will be golden!
Thank you for all of your super informative videos! You are so bubbly, cute and happy that you lift my soul and I feel so good and happy. It's contagious right? I love watching and learning from you!
You're so enthusiastic... I absolutely love your jovial spirit. Thanks for the tips in this video. I have to check out more. As a small company looking to Branch out into wholesale this was very helpful 🤗
Divya I am doing my best with want I have at this time. I have a micro phone coming and I use my smart phone and I movie. I will get lighting and better editing software in time. But I have only been doing this for a few months now. I am learning as I go. Please remember I am also running my soap business and I am only am doing these videos to help my peers grow there businesses.
The Soap Gal how do I order your bar soap to resale?
@@kuvyogntxhaishmoob4472
You can reach The Soap Gal here. :-)
vintagesudssoapery.com/
I learned more from you in 10 minutes than listening to others for hours.... Thank you for sharing!!!
I never realized why specialty items were so expensive until I started my own ice cream truck. I have a whole different view on things these days.
I hope everyone that is watching really understand what you are doing. You have done all the work and are giving us the benefits of that. Thank you Joanna for your gift of knowledge to all of us that have NONE!!!
You make an exceptionally salient point between 8:00 and 8:24. You're spending your time and effort to make a product and by signing up a retail location you expect your customers to go there to purchase your product. They have the choice of buying from you online, which maybe doesn't have your full line of products because you as a wholesaler also want to drive people to the brick and mortar stores. They buy from those stores, it supports those businesses which in turn helps them grow. They keep stocking your product and everyone wins.
When your prospective customer goes to that retail outlet and for whatever reason that location does not have your product, what are they going to do? They've gotten out of the house, driven to a that store, and are in the mood to buy. They are looking for something that they cannot live without, something new and exciting to try.
There's also a very good chance they've never seen your competitors that are also on display, or indirect competitors for tangential products. The probability they go home empty handed if you're not on the shelves? I'd say pretty low. They're going to take home something else and there goes either a one time sale or the chance to grab that person as a long term customer much like your forager contact for Whole Foods.
Long story long, if you're not there on the shelf, someone else is. If your retail location isn't stocking your product, you're directly advertising their business and your competitor's product for free.
Thank you for your help and for being so transparent. Your desire to want to help others get to the point you are at, which is not the "norm" in the soaping community.
SOAP GAL you are so inspirational, so thoughtful, beautiful and kind. I am a single momma, I kept asking the universe how do I sell my soap to better support us and at the same time providing customers with a healthy natural product i made myself.
You have helped me so so very much. I'm so proud of you for being so brave to come on you tube and share your knowledge and your heart with all of us.
THANK YOU
I can't believe how accessible this video is. You did marvelous job.
I know you did this video a while ago, but I wanted to let you know this is still very helpful to soapers who are just getting started. Thank you for being transparent and really explaining the inner works. You are amazing!
Hi Lisa! Oh my gosh what a sweet comment and I am thrilled to hear that! So glad to be an encouragement in your soap making journey and I'll be back soon. Appreciate your sweet words!!
I saw the video and i went aww!! She tells everything so fluently amd passionately
You're help is invaluable, thank you!
Joanna, thank you for such a great breakdown. I kind of understood it before, but the whiteboard was super helpful. I hate math, but it needs to be done and this equation made sense to me. Your videos are just fine btw. Everything in its place and well planned. Thanks so much for just being you and being willing to share. : )
You are the BEST!!! This information has been so helpful for me and makes me feel better about not selling myself short! Thanks so much, Joanna!
Omg!!!!! YESSS!!!!! You are Left Handed!!!!!!💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽
Thank you for sharing. This video is definitely a reality check. Never as simple as it seems. So informative and helpful. I appreciate you! Love the shirt too.
I am so appreciative of all that you have been doing for this industry, your wealth of knowledge is invaluable! Thank you so much! I was at a craft fair this weekend and had a couple of folks ask if I did wholesale and I told them I was considering it. One gal wanted my soaps in her store, it was such a huge compliment. I understand the money part but I have to get my head wrapped around creating a line sheet, etc. Thank you so, so much for your contribution, it is beyond helpful. Looking forward to YOUR continued success too! :-)
Your videos are invaluable to me, I can’t express how much I appreciate you!
I just started watching your videos working from the oldest to the newest and I just want to say I am learning a lot from you so thank YOU! Also I love how happy and excited you get talking about this and teaching us. You bring a smile to my face. Thank you!
Thank you so much for wanting to help all of us! You are such an inspiration! Can't hardly wait for my soap cutter.
They are at the powder coat shop now! Because of our girly colors they had to order them and the sparkle too! It will be worth the wait!! I AM SO Excited to see them!!!! Thank you for all the love and support!
Thank you. you are giving me the courage to increase my business.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video! Thank you for your enthusiasm. It is truly inspiring!
So glad to offer inspiration!! Thank you for being a part of this community!
Thank you Joanna for your passion to teach! I've learned so much from you about scaling up your business! You're such a beautiful soul 😁
Thank you so much for the great info
Thank you so much for being so informative! You're just as sweet as can be! I've watched all your videos and have learned so much! I'm always looking forward to the next one! Keep up the great work!
Ok, I just fell in love with you! I have most of this and you just blew me away with the extra add ons! Then you're just so cute and cheerful at the end! Thank you for taking the time to help others out🤗
You are so gracious to share so much information with your subscribers. Thank you so very much!
Such an AWESOME inspiration!!!!!! I just keep learning from you!!!!
I learn a lot from you, these are the things soap-makers never tell you. Thanks so much for sharing.
Love you for this video!! You broke down the cost per bar better than any video or current soap store owner I've met!!
You are just so lovely! I love your enthusiasm and appreciate all of your knowledge that you're sharing with the community. Have a wonderful week, Joanna.
Joanna thank you so much for taking the time to help other soapers to be successful! I appreciate your transparency! You covered wholesale in less than 10 minutes and made it very easy to comprehend.... God Bless You!
Ahh... God bless you Lady Couch! This was sooooo stinking helpful! You are truly appreciated.
I love your enthusiasm. What a great lesson!
You are so wonderful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! You’re so bubbly and cute! Love, love, love your personality 😊😍💝. God Bless!
Oh my gosh! I need this information so much!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
This was really helpful ! ✨
So inspired by you!!!!
You are just too cute! You make learning so much fun. Thanks for sharing with us!❤️
So much awesome information once again Joanna! Thanks so much again for sharing how to grow.
I love your enthusiasm ❤
You really help me get my inspiration together! Thank you so much for the informational pep talk!
Thanks for sharing this information - you’re the greatest!⭐️
You’re super dope and informative thank you for the gems
Aw thank you so much and glad you find it informative!!
Hi Joanna! I love watching your video. Do you include shipping fees when calculating the soap price or do you charge your wholesale costumers shipping separately when they order ?
Thank you so much Joanna for your knowledge this is one of the major learning curves for me to come. Just desperate to see how you go about form filling good practice manfacturing how to fill a form in to get your soap certificated (I am in Europe) I just get so excited wednesdays and Sundays now. P.s I love your beautifull top. Xx
Love, love, love your videos!!! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. If you don’t mind me asking, would you share some details on the form that you give the stores when they decide to carry your brand? It will help so much. Thank you!!!
You are so vivacious! Thank you!
Great information! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
You are amazing! ❤
Thank you for your kind words and support Nora!
That is a simply lovely shirt you have on!
Thanks so much, Joanna, you are wonderful! that is all I can say :)
Thank you !
Your welcome, thank you for watching
Thank you for all the information. Questions if the retailers are going to be selling your bars at $7 and your wholesale price is $3.50 where is your profit?? You would be selling your bars almost at cost??
Oh Alex where do yo buy your materials!! You have for sure $2.00 profit.
So have you discussed the line sheet yet? I hope I didn’t miss this. And will you also be discussing websites for our own businesses (like who does your’s?) one last question which card reader/chip reader do you use, when you did craft fairs. Sorry for all the questions. Thank you for all that you do.
Thank you
Ty for info. I’m just learning this as a hobby but in my group they say I can’t claim soap does anything but clean skin. So how do you market a “detoxifying soap” ? Are we allowed in soap business(not cosmetic business) say it detoxifies skin? Ty in advance. And happy 4 you that your company is doing so well 😃
Great question! As long as you're not claiming that the soap will detoxify you you can say that it's a "detoxifying soap" due to the natural charcoal in it. You can make soft claims like it helps detoxify or is naturally detoxifying but would avoid hard claims like "it detoxifies the skin"
Love your channel!! Do you know of stores in Los Angeles that sell your soap?! Dying to get my hands on some!!
Hi; I saw you on another video cutting the edges of a soap bar I can't find that peace any were can you let me where to buy it. thank you, you are wonderful.
hello@thesoapgal.com Send an email to this address is the best way I think :-)
can you show us how you make candles?
Yes we can
Thank you.. you are just so amazing I have been learning so much from you..you make everything so fun to watch, I can watch you all day!!!
Joanna can you please let me know how much of TD to pour on my oils, I can never get it white enough.. help please..
Joanna, thank you so much for these business videos...they are really helpful. My question to you: do you currently only wholesale that one bar, or several bars? Did you start wholesaling with just one bar or several? I know that you need to keep it a manageable number and I was thinking about starting with four or five bars. What are your thoughts? Jan
I have 19 sku in 5 collections 4 year round and 1 seasonal and 5 soap flights (samples of my collections) , but each collection has three bars and a soap flight. You can see my line sheet on the Soap Gal Facebook page and under menu in the sidebar is more wholesale bliss! Hope this answered your question. Start with one collections have it be consistent and you will be golden!
My Nemesis....math....
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are you still in business?
Yes! :) Thanks for asking. It's been a wild few years and so grateful to be where we are today!
Thank you for all of your super informative videos! You are so bubbly, cute and happy that you lift my soul and I feel so good and happy. It's contagious right? I love watching and learning from you!
You're so enthusiastic... I absolutely love your jovial spirit. Thanks for the tips in this video. I have to check out more. As a small company looking to Branch out into wholesale this was very helpful 🤗