As a small business we are very conscious of our budget. Every penny counts. Every minute counts.
I love soap, however, I am a business owner who makes soap and skin care products when production time is blocked off on the Google Calendar (far from daily). My day is systematic. Automatic. 8 hours a day.
From time to time we stop and look at our base soaps. Our base soaps are those that sell well, favorites, speciality soaps from Annie’s Goat Hill. We evaluate how well they sell, how many people purchase the soaps, and then we decide which soaps will remain on the base list, and we decide which soaps will be bumped off.
Hypothetically, instead of purchasing 15 gallons of fragrance or essential oils in a given period of time, if the soap line is not kept in-check, the business-owner stretches themselves out with 100’s of smaller bottles (that are much more expensive per ounce) that they may only use once, or never again. Tracking all of the soap-making supplies becomes a nightmare. I need not say more.
There’s the inside scoop to our decision-making process.
By the way, if you do want a particular type of soap that we no longer carry, just drop me an email. I’ll quote you a price for a custom loaf of soap.
Email: anniesgoathill@gmail.com
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I understand! We used to make goat milk soap here then we had to quit making it though when lye was getting hard to find but now we couldn’t make it anyways since we’re not milking goats anymore.
Amy
Hi there….just discovered your site. i was wondering where you buy your fragrances at in 15 lb sizes….the largest i can find is 1 lb or giant buckets…. Your soap is beautiful.
Hello Jen – You can purchase fragrance oils in larger than 15 lbs sizes from some of the suppliers. Wholesale Supplies Plus, for example, sells 192 and 400 ounce containers, and I believe some of the other supplies will sell the larger quantities as well – email them.