I make tiny samples, put in a tiny organza bag with my card. I keep some with me all the time. I talk to everyone o turning to “what do you do” comes up. I hand them a sample. I’ve received soooo many orders from all over the country. Right now , over the past two weeks I’ve received right at $600 worth of orders! My cost profit margin is awesome, so I’m really happy!

My wife and I just started our own soap business from home and I am delighted to take your advice. You are very kind for sharing this information. If anyone out there is hesitant in starting a business remember that failing is part of the game and the more you pick yourself back up and learn from it the sooner the winning will begin.

I'm starting a small business I want to do about 100 bars a week. My daughters will runs it and sell at a farmer's market and online very small we dont intend to make a living off this. But my kids can make some money and not need to work for McDonalds. It been fun so far we have our first 6 bars and I think we have a good formula for our soap that suds and lathers really nice. Your videos have inspired me and my girls thank you.

Of every soap channel I watch you by far are the best!

Just wanted to let you know my wife and I have watched a ton of videos and appreciate it

Love your style Jon, such common sense x

Thanks Uncle Joe!! You really made me feel more confident with starting my own soap products (: !

Any publicity is good publicity right?!? Thank you for the great content!

I enjoy these videos where you give us an inside view on the thought process of soap making, etc. There are so many companies out there now I don't know how anyone can make money off of it.

I'm trying to start but people want discounts & free stuff before I even get off the ground smfh!!!

Thank you for taking the time to help all of us who are starting out. I have been running my little soap business for 6 weeks now and your advice is well timed.

Another very helpful and calming video. Excellent!

for me my soaps are for sensitive skin, no fragrance and no dyes, some people are allergic to scents and dyes, so my son and some of my friends are sensitive and they said that my 3 soaps I make are great, and I should start a business. So I am starting the soap business this Christmas I have made some soaps for xmas and I continue making them so I do not ran out of them. I love your advice and continue the good work, I am from Ottawa, Canada. I also come to see your videos when it is about soaps, and continue the good work. I love what your do.

Great words of wisdom. Thanks Uncle Jon!!! 😉

Hey John. I’m planning on stopping buy your store hopefully sometime soon. I’m only about 2 hours away. The Pipe smoke is so far my favorite scent. I haven’t had a chance to smell any other of your soaps yet. Great video and advice. Have a good week! All the best! Josh.

Great information and advice. I’m a newbie in soap making I’m in the reading and practicing only done 4 batches one Castile and 3 glycerin all different recipe and outcomes of those recipes. I was drawn in by the beautiful swirl in cold process and all the art. And your videos make sense thanks.

Excellent video! I just started my own soap business, and I definitely gained some insight from you. Thanks so much for sharing!

I think some of these tips work for any new small business. Good stuff👍

It's great shave soap. NEVER stop making the barbershop scent!

I’m a newbie soaper, this is great advice, thank you 😊

Your family should be proud of you. As a new comer into the sector, I am happy you here on KZfaq. Will always be waiting for your KZfaq notifications. Thanks

Thanks so much! Trying to move from hobby to business right now! Great advice.

Thank you Unclejon, I can tell you know what you're talking about. I value your soaping wisdom, keep making these priceless videos, don't even acknowledge some ot the unlearned negative remarks, sometimes you got to consider the source. Happy soaping☺️

Very good information here and then some. Thanks Jon. I'm not in the soap hobby and/or business but if I was going to start either one, Melt & Pour bath soap and laundry soap would be my core products hands down. Melt & Pour is what it says it is and I have no doubt it can be used to make laundry soap after it has cured. That would be where I would start either the hobby or a business.

Another great video! 💪🏾❤️

I’m glad I found you. Sound advice.

Thank you, God bless!

Yes! Loads of it! 24/7 - 50 cents an hour :P

Your videos are so simple to the point 😊Happy Holidays

Love u so much for those tips .... It so genuine and relatable and can incorporate in my business

Can you talk about beeswax?? Not sure if you are aware, but there are lots of comments on Amazon, Bulk Apothecary, Brambleberry, etc about the way it smells. In particular white beeswax. I have purchased from so many companies and I don’t know why but it always has a Smokey chemical smell to it. Sometimes like plastic. Doesn’t matter if it’s organic or not it almost always smells this way.

Thanks so much for this video. I'm just looking to get into soap making. This video helped me decide to give it a go!!! Thanks again!!!!

Great vid as always. You are so right, I too share with those me how to get started that it is a job and has to be treated as such.

I just love you. Thank you for keeping it real.

I've been in business now for almost 2 years. Yes, I believe I have a good business model as I make a decent profit. That being said, I'm always looking for more advice (hence why I sub to your channel) to improve my sales, improve my product, and improve my production line. Right now, I keep it simple. A handful of fragrances, a handful of colors (all solid), with 3 or 4 specialty scents at certain times of the year. The only reason I haven't expanded to online sales yet is I just don't have the capacity. I'm getting there, but I'm taking my time taking the plunge. I'm actually introducing a new product. I just launched it at my last market. Patriot soap in red white and blue for Independence Day here in the United States. Like you talked about, limited run, but I may be able to do it again next year.

Love your videos! Thanks!!

Uncle John soap, l enjoyed ur teaching lam in nigeria in africa pls kindly for to me More info on how to prepare quality laundry and any bathing soap

“Bring it on!” Bhahahaha love it

Such a good video. I totally agree as I was a hobby soaper myself. But 2019 is when I start getting serious about my soap making. :)

Thank you

Love the show and thanks for the advice

Thank you.

Thanks for this video. For someone starting off, this helps

Thank you for the videos !

I am just a beginner and I want to know from start to finish and the amount for example 3 pound mould? Please

Hi. Love your videos. As a fellow male in this field I like listening to your perspective. I have been watching soap making tutorials and videos for 2 months now and finally got into making soap myself. I’ve already developed a brand, website, marketing material, social media etc etc and have some staple recipes that work for me BUT I also live in a 1/1 apt and am trying to find the best way to store these soap bars while they cure, and then when they are done curing. It’s a space issue. Do you have any advice on what I could do or build or buy that is space efficient and still keeps the integrity of the soap curing process ? Thanks! Keep making videos!

I love this channel.

Congrats on the subscribers!

Great video sir.

New subscriber here. Awesome channel. I would love if you discussed Tallow and other animal fat. Tia

Lol. I hadn't even thought about the fact that you have a full beard but sell shave stuff. That's funny.

Let’s see how you season your cast iron pan with your product.

Good information , thanks!

Absolutely correct information

Ty!!!!!!

Great info. Thanks

You're awesome!

for vegan lip balm you can substitute bees wax for candelilla wax and it works great but youll need to use a little less of the candelilla. but you get a new audience to sell too that animal byproducts like beeswax are against there beliefs :P hope this helps someone thats not selling near me :D

Amazing advice.!

Very, very good advice.

Sound advice 👍

Thank you sir

Great info!!! Thank you!!!!

Great content mate...

Great video

Thanks for the tips

Great Video! Did you start off with an ecommerce or did you go straight to a store?

Ohhh... I was hopeful that I can make money making soap but it’s so hard, because there’s a lot of competition and life is very expensive.

Do you make your own scents or use a fragrance oil? I thought about making soap/bodywash but I do have concerns of being sued by the brand of the oils.

Love your videos 👌🏽👌🏽👍🏽👍🏽🙌🏽💪🏽💪🏽

Hi uncle Jon :) My name's Debora and I am from Brazil. I'm an English teacher here. But u know... need an extra money, so I'm starting making soap. But my bigger problem is with the essences! Here in Brazil the cold processs is not very popular😅. And I can't find a good product that doesn't make a big mess in my soap. Essential oils are expensive! Can you give me an idea about what to do to make my soap smell good? (Sorry for my bad English...😊)

Gee, uncle John, I just had my first craft fair selling my soap and I just about made back what it cost to rent the table. Very disappointing. I sold my soap at $5 per bar. I was the only one selling soap. Thoughts?

does your bear bother you? How often do you have to shampoo it?

hey Jon, I have recently made the decision to start making our own consumables and obviously soap is on the list haha. I have just watched a video about making glycerin soap (which i thought looked snazzy till i watched the amount of stuff they put in it), they made soap loofas and I was wondering could i do soap loofas with just a basic coconut,olive oil and lye mix? thanks =)

Can I ask where you get your beeswax? Do you use white or yellow?

Is there such a thing as food grade lye to make soap or is it the same?

Hello Uncle Jon's, I am thinking of starting my organic soap business, buying wholesale loaves and selling individual bars. am serious about this but do not know how to start, either concentrate only on organic produces or branch out.

Do you have beard oils/balms? Super cool channel!!

Question. Are you a metal head like me? Please tell me you know who Volbeat is?

good info tfs

Hey Uncle Jon- when you diversified from just "basic soaps" did the other items fall under Cosmetic regulation or were they still "soaps"? Can you suggest product types that don't require government colon mapping?

Just subscribed to your run on sentences😎😎

Hey John I was wondering how long have you been in business and how long it took to become profitable?

Hi uncle Jon, do i need a sellers permit of license to sell at a farmers market or craft show?

Uncle Jon how do I go about selling soap at a local farmers market. Do you need a license or permit to sell? How do you package your product to sell?

Do you know where I could get bulk fragrance oils in Canada? Or would anyone else here know?

GREAT ADVICE!! THANK U!!👌

Hii uncle john.. Im frm india, bangalore...started my business of soaps 12 months ago..i work frm home ...but here i am finding very difficult to sell my handmade soaps as ppl are finding it very expensive... Can u guide me to increse my soaps sale ...and if the soap is costing me INR 50/-..how much should i charge as Mrp. For 100gms bar???? Pls revert back..Tia..

How many scents do you advice to start with?

Yasss!!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💕

Do you know any good free programs to make business card, labels ect...

Where's your store located??

I just wanna start doing soap,, I am so artistic and done it before, but my husband keeps on breaking me down and discourage me

Can you ever have to many soap business?

How should I start my business?

I want start soap business in india

عمو جون 👍👍👍🧼🧼🧼👍

Ramblings 😁👍

Where do I get formulas and measurements?

Yassssss 🙌🙌💞