Mar. 8, 2008 - How to Sell Homemade Soap

Have you made your first batch of soap?  Did all of your friends and family oooh and aaah over it?  If your friends and family were like mine, they had never tried any homemade soap before.  And they instantly fell in love with it.  So now you are thinking about how to sell homemade soap.  Well, it couldn't be any easier than just what you have already done.  Give some free samples away and let people try it.  The good news about soap is that it is consumable.  So when they run out, they will be back for more. 

You can begin to sell soap by starting a customer list of people who already like your product.  Next, brainstorm who else you can give a sample to.  When you give out a sample ask them if you can follow up with them so see what they think of the soap.  You can prepare a few general questions about the soap and how their skin felt.  Be sure to ask them if they would purchase your soap as you are building a customer base.  Get their permission to add them to your customer base and email list.  I like email because it is cheap and efficient.  You can offer them a special introductory price as a new customer.

You can also sell your soap at craft shows.  Again, try to build your customer base.  When you are able to build a relationship with your customers, they will become repeat customers.  That will make you very happy.  Then you will have people calling you for more soap and you will build your sales each month.

You can ask your customers for referrals as well.  You can give a free sample to the referred person and again, ask if you can follow up with them to get their opinion about your soap.  You will be surprised how, with effort, you can build a good customer base in a short period of time.

If you are thinking about how to sell homemade soap, but haven't made your first batch yet, please check out my website at How to Make Soap