SOAP MAKING AND BUSINESS QUESTIONS - Q&A / Jerika Zimmerman

SOAP MAKING AND BUSINESS QUESTIONS - Q&A / Jerika Zimmerman

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Time Stamps:

0:00 - Intro
2:15 - How much money did it cost for you to start your business and what did you first sell when starting off?
5:02 - How many varieties of soap scents should a soaper provide when launching their new business?
6:11 - How long you wait to pack and label your soaps?
6:48 - How do you avoid soda ash?
8:19 - What supplies/tools do you advise to invest in when first starting on a very little budget?
10:17 - How do you come up with how to price your items for sale?
11:02 - What ingredients do customers ask most about?
12:43 - What are your top five soaps that people love and want to buy?
14:93 - How did you nail down your target market? And is it very specific would you say?
15:13 - What are some pros and cons to selling chapsticks?
16:19 - What do you see yourself doing in 5 years?
17:20 -Why do you give out your own personal recipes?
18:31 - What made you want to get into the soap business? Would you say creating soaps is a lucrative business?
19:51 - How do you ensure that you have produced enough bar soaps for your stock?
20:39 - Do you warm your soap in the oven after you make it and if so how long or do you put it in the fridge or sit it out to do its thing? And why?
21:42 - How to buy ingredients in bulk and stay in budget?
23:07 - How did Cale get involved? Did he need convincing or was he into all this from the beginning?
24:52 - What ingredients make for a CREAMY soap? Favourite scents? Where to buy fragrances?
27:08 - How did you get into selling at markets and how much do they charge you for a booth?
29:37- Most favorite and least favorite thing about owning a business?
32:20 - How to get the confidence for selling your products and your brand?
33:03 - Does dried lavender buds go bad
33:48 - What are the most popular essential oil combinations 2or more oil mixture that you sale?
34:29- How to make bathbombs without a blending machine..do the oils get mixed by hand evenly?
34:57- How do you make your bath bomb embed powder in bulk to get it to last?
35:42- How did you get over your products not selling?

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Packaging 👉🏼

📍National Shrinkwrap System - https://www.nationalshrinkwrap.com/shrink-systems-supplies.html
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Soap and Bath Bomb Making👉🏼

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📍Latex Powder-Free Gloves: https://amzn.to/3mTtrCN
Vending and Markets👉🏼

📍Collapsable Risers: https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/PortableDisplays
📍Fitted Table Cover (6 ft, white): https://amzn.to/2VQIuSm
📍 6 ft Collapsable Table: https://amzn.to/3mVbnbE
📍Tin Buckets for displaying bath bombs: https://amzn.to/2VOxncp
📍Mini Chalkboard Easels for price display: https://amzn.to/39QXtE4
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📍Debit/Credit Card Reader (Square): https://squareup.com/i/QUENCHSOAP
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💙Suppliers Mentioned💙

📍New Directions Aromatics: https://www.newdirectionsaromatics.ca
📍Windy Point Soap Supplies: https://www.windypointsoap.com
📍OnlineLabels: https://www.onlinelabels.com
📍Hempola Farms: https://www.hempola.com
📍Fizz Fairy: https://www.fizzfairy.ca
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