Advice from soapers....

[cjhays]

What size of body wash and lotion are you selling and what is your going average price for them? THANKS just want to make sure I am doing the average such as 4-8 oz bottles for lotion and soap. Any good prices out there would be great because I don't want to be too pricey. THANKS for all your advice.

 

[Woodi]

Sorry, no help here...I only sell soap bars. Hope someone who makes those products comes in soon to tell you.

 

[IanT]

Okay...I havent started selling yet, but as an LMT, lotions are intertwined with my career so I can help ya a bit...

I do make my own lotions for my practice, excluding labor it usually costs me about 50-60 cents or so to fill each bottle (now remember since Im not selling youd need to add packaging on top of that since I reuse containers by cleaning and sterilizing with bleach solution.)

Now as far as sizes, I make a minimum of 24 oz at a time, this gives me the liberty to split it up how Id like, I tend to use between 4-8 oz containers, 16 oz is just bulky imo....

Now if you are at the store, comparable lotions... BioTone etc.... they pretty much charge you .80c-$1.10 per ounce of lotions in small sizes, so an 8oz container may run you like $6.95-8.95 typically....

16oz would be like $12 or so

... This is just from what Ive seen...

I think usually the ballpark you want to hit is around $1 per ounce depending on how much it costs you to make...

hope that helps... I know its not exactly what you asked but close enough?

 

[honor435]

I sell my 4 oz lotion for 4$, but thinking about my cute containers I should be asking 5$. dont do body wash.

 

[agriffin]

I have a 4 ounce and a 2.5 ounce. I sell the 4 ounce for $5.00 (much nicer packaging) and the 2.5 ounce for 3.00 (plain round bottle). I offer a free 2.5 ounce to anyones who purchases 3 bars of soap.

 

[carebear]

How long have you been making and dealing with B&B stuff?

Anyway, I suggest you do some research in your local market if that's where you plan to sell. See what's out there, what seems to move, what the package size, look, and costs are, etc. If you are going to sell on line, then again, take a look and see what the competing sites are offering and at what price points (oh yea, decide what the competing sites are).

BIG THING that some forget - figure out YOUR COSTS. REAL costs. How much are your ingredients, with shipping, and your packaging, and your overhead (electricity, cleaning supplies, etc.), and your insurance, and your equipment, labels, printer costs, you name it. Because if you don't, I can guarantee you will lose money. And don't forget to pay yourself and add in profit.