Soap Costing for Cold Process and Melt and Pour Soaps
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
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Hi,
I have made this video for those people looking at the shop industry as a new business. To know if they can make a living from making and selling soaps either at markets, retail or online.
It covers my Cold Process & Melt and Pour base soaps.
Please note that these are basic figures and they don't include;
My time to create, shipping costs from supplies, dyes, clays, wrapping or anything other then what is listed. These are basic numbers and don't reflect the entire costs - however they cover the main costs.
Any questions, please comment below.
-Dean Wilson
P.S. Also stay until the end of the video and get a quick peak at SoapInventory.com ( My new service to the soap industry )
All prices in this video are in AUD (Australian Dollars) and all products were purchased in Australia. Other countries may have the same products at different prices. 
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Your openness is greatly appreciated!
This is my issue ive lost my job that gave me continual income to support my soap craft i just got started and i dont have alot of the good basic equipment i need but i continue to try to do this i live out in the country is there a way i can deliver from my door to my customers i need pointers on this so much!! This video is so useful im downloading this as a reference..i think i need to scale down my high top fance embedded designs for a more beautiful simple bar of soap for sure! Thanks Dean your a true Gem Sir💎🤗
Fantastic, Fantastic, Fantastic Video Dean!!!! Thank you so much for the break down on the soaping business. Besides making some of the most beautiful soaps on RUclips you reach out to help others. You Sir, are a international treasure!!! 😊
Glad I could help :)
That's right, I couldn't have said it any better. An international treasure!!! God bless you Dean Wilson.
Dean, you're wonderful! Thank you.
If I could give you a thousand "Likes" I would! Excellent Video it was what I needed and the final part ... It blow my mind 💣Thanks for sharing!
very generous of you.... i think you are the first one who have made video on soap costing.... thankyou...
Quite a few other soap makers have made videos and gone into more details, like marketing, markets and labor costs. I just wanted to make this video about the cost of items to make the soap. There are lot of others costs that you need to factor in, like packaging, labels, dye's, clays etc. Online shop also cuts into the cost along with payment gateways like Paypal. But everyone is different as some dont sell online and just go to markets but even those (most of the time) you need to pay to sell.
Dean Wilson ..... thankyou... one year ago , after watching your first video i started making soaps ....so your creative soaps are inspiration for me.
Very excited to see that soap inventory program! Great video. I was just going through that process yesterday, anticipating adjusting my prices as they haven't changed in several years. Good for people to see that to make just a basic living they'd have to make, cut, package, market, sell and ship, almost four loaves of soap (your size) per day, 7 days a week. Not including all the other costs and administrative work involved.
Dean I’m literally 2 weeks into this and have watched 100’s of videos! Yours is to the point and easy to understand. Thank you for this! This helped me so. Cant wait to try your system.
Way cheaper than hot process with organic ingredients like clays plant coloring etc . Nice
Thank you very much man for being open and honest, and every information is well detailed
Wow! Love the soap inventory form!! Thanks for doing this for everyone!
Thank you for the info, Dean. I look forward to your software/online database. Very generous of you on the free usage! Your videos are always a joy to watch.
I watch all your videos and have learned a lot, I can't wait for the soap inventory to come out!!!
That's awesome!!!!! Can't wait to see everything!!!!!
Thank you for the lesson, much appreciated, can't wait to see and try the program when its up.
I am actually REALLY excited about the SoapInventory release. Great idea. Thank you :)
Excellent video! Thank you for the breakdown! Your SoapInventory sounds sweet!
Brilliant! I can't wait to see your website.
Thank you for being so open and sharing this information 💕
Excellent Video!! I have struggled with my pricing trying to stay competitive. I realize I have to cover my costs accurately and not be concerned with others who's criteria is to always lowball pricing. If they stopped to figure out the cost they would realize they are not making much or nothing at all and also lowering the standard in the industry. Thank you Dean :)
Dean ,you are the best! Already been inspired by you, and you keep surprising us with your selflessness again. 💗💗💗💗
thank you for all the information you give! it helps so much! I appreciate you Dean
this is so helpful
and so kind of you dean
thankyou
Dean, you are avery good person! Thank God for your life. Blessings from Brazil!
That's so cool Dean. The cost inventory calculator would be so helpful too.
Thanks for the breakdown. Very helpful!
Great video Dean very generous of you. Look forward to the vid on inventory excellent mate.
Thank you very much! I really appreciate you sharing this wonderful information with us.
Thank you so much for this! Gave me all i searched for 🌸🙏
I am so excited about the soap inventory!!! I hate programs that are desktop bound as I bounce back and forth between stock at the house and down at the shop. I do everything on my phone or tablet so this would be something I would for sure use and could toss out the 2 program system I have now.
Awesome video! Thank You.
thank you for the video! Great, looking forward to hearing more from you!
Wow Dean. Great great video. This helps a lot. And can't' wait to see your new program. You ROCK!
Yeah Dean you totally ROCK!
Thank you for this video!
Loved this video. It'll be good if word got out about properly pricing soaps. I saw soaps for $3 AUD on Etsy and got sad people don't value their time or supplies.
Well done on the Soap inventory. Database based forms yesss. Here I was utilising my old year 10 Excel spreadsheet knowledge like a chump.
Extremely helpful. Awesome
Great Video!
I just love your videos Dean. I don’t think selling my homemade soaps will ever be anything other than a dream but I still enjoyed your video.
Thanks Lisa. I hope to have move videos once I move this year. Infact more videos and give aways too. :)
Dean Wilson that’s great Dean. Something to look forward to!
Thank you so much for this!!!!
Great explanation! Thank you
Great stuff.
Great video. We all need this kind of info. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks so much for the information Dean
Thank you for this informative video through two years old it will help me and I will check it out👍🏽
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you very much! I study a lot from you!
Very informative as always. I definitely look forward to seeing your new system in action!
Thank you. Just keep an eye out on my facebook page or www.soapinventory.com
Thanks for share it, so important who begins in this industry. Greetings from Ecuador
Great video! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for share this information with us .
That system looks great.
For the breakdown, more things to consider include cost of insurance, cost of renting your workspace (if applicable), utilities, equipment maintenance or replacement, and packaging. All of these should be considered when figuring out the price point at which you can sell your product to sustain and grow your business.
Yes very true. Infact there is so many factors to consider when pricing your product. What I wanted to do in this video was just work out a basic price for the ingredients of the soap made. Everyone is different, some have a workspace, others use a kitchen, some have a few bits of equipment - some have too many to count.
Wonderful information. Looking forward to the new website.
Not counting time and effort to Dean..The inventory system sounds awesome mate
Thank you very much for the information.
Very Informative. Thank you for making this video and I look forward to the launch of your website.
Thanks for the info - very interesting. Can't wait to see your soap app!
It will be at www.soapinventory.com :) It's about 1-2 weeks away.
Ty needed that info
Great video!
WHEW thank you for this video. I was worried that I was figuring out my costs wrong but I am doing it exactly in the same way you have shown here. Sadly though I am not able to purchase in bulk so my bars are rather costly, at least for now anyway.
thank you thank you, this helps
The info was great. I use a downloaded software so a web based one would be awesome. Thanks so much for sharing 😘
Thank you for this!!!
You're so welcome!
Thank you Dean, this was extremely helpful. Sarah 😊
Awesome :)
Thank you for sharing.
Dean, you are such a nice person to share this knowledge and to create that website!! I know what it takes to do that as I'm in the industry. You are an inspiration to us all!!
Thanks Teri, I just hope people like it :)
Dean, thank you so much for breaking this down! I am an amateur soaper in the US, and I love the idea of soapinventory.com. This pricing breakdown is REALLY helpful too. Thanks for all you're doing for us soapers, mate!
Just keep in mind this was for the soap itself. Not equipment or time spent making the soap.
Nice..thank u
Great video thank you for sharing this
thank you for sharing this.
Great video. I'm personally not looking to sell soaps. I only plan on making them for my household but this is still very interesting and informative.
Glad it was helpful!
I love your labels
Thanks very much, they have changed now as the old labels fell off was the soap cured more.
Thanks for your support everyone :)
Here is a screenshot of the recipes page.
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Also if you would like to see the other screenshots of the www.soapinventory.com so far, please visit my facebook page.
facebook.com/SentinelSoap/
Dean Wilson Hi Dean may I ask next water you 0 do make your own distilled? Sorry just I been taught to use distilled water?
I buy it from the shops. But if you boil water you get the same result. Just let it cool down.
Dean Wilson thank you 😊
Boiled water is not distilled, unless the water vapor has been condensed and collected.
Oh, I was told you can boil water kettle and it will do the same thing. But good thing I buy my water.
Thanks
This is a great informative video Dean. Thankyou. To make any kind off profit, I might have to commandeer the kitchen, not easy with a hubby that brews Ale there. LOL. Take care & have a Great Weekend. ❤🙂🐶
ok, thanks for that, I will look up that video,
ruclips.net/video/OvmYQ5ZnSjg/видео.html
Thank You...
Really nice video
Brilliant. So extremely helpful. Thankyou for sharing your knowledge and expertise. We are very grateful. we are just on the learning curve. Nio.
Just keep it mind this only covers MY experience and there are things missing from the final cost. Like wrapping, shipping from suppliers, your time etc.
Omg thank you!!!
Your welcome :)
Wow, This video is great. You are so helpful. Im new to making soap and im really enjoying it. I'm hoping maybe I would sell it one day so your video was great. All your videos are. Thanks for sharing!
Also keep in mind this only covers what "I" pay for my ingredients. It doesn't take into account shipping and labor costs, rent, electricity etc.
Dean Wilson so i add those as well to the price?
Nice website and beautiful video
Soap is beautiful
Dean, you amaze me. Although math was not my best subject in school, I am a bit of a numbers geek so I eat this stuff up. I was not aware of the wholesale vs. retail "formula", meaning I have seen many different numbers. So you breaking it down like this with that formula it is an excellent base to use. As always, love your videos and am a huge fan, lol! Thanks so much and when it is ready, would love to see your new site and happily support your efforts! 😉👍
Can you explain the last calculation bars per year
You are so helpful, I am not going into business, but I do make soap for a lot of people. I also make and donate to the church. I have enjoyed so much watching your videos. Thanks Dean for sharing everything With the newbies and the experience soaper. This new program you have come up with, will be a god send to a lot of people.
Not in for the win, but just want to say they are awesome.
Thanks Dean for the clear information on costing. Will be waiting to learn from the soap inventory.com. Thanks a lot.
i broke down all the prices in excel so I know what a bar would cost if i did it right ;-) cos i;m not sure seems more expensive than anticipated, esp with some fragances being much stronger than others and colors too. I thought I would always use the same amounts, but nope...the soap inventory looks fabulous, must be a lot of work, but i;m sure it will be super handy
Maaike Uijthoven thank you. You you can checkout Sentinel Soap on Facebook for more details ;)
But you haven't included your time, packaging, things like gloves and any other disposable thing you use per loaf.
if you did how would that impact your margins?
Not sure, when I make soap I make a lot of soap at one time so I would not count gloves. However my packaging box is $0.30 extra. But in this video I was only working out what the cost to make the soap, not advertising, equipment or packaging costs. Just the soap itself.
Catriona Aldridge Why would anybody work for free? 😉
Its is very simple- if you run a business that can’t pay you a salary - min. $13,- pr. Hour. Then it’s not a healthy business.
Generating a profit in your first year as a company, after significantly more outlay than following years should require, can't be expected.
But business should already after year 3 be able too provide you with a MINIMUM salary that says 40 x $13 * 4,33 = $2251,60,- monthly
2251,50 * 12 = $27.019,20,- annual. (Before tax ect).
@@JannieMette You are actully right .I started a business course 9 weeks ago to help with all that side of it .And it seems as though the advice I got was't right .Not sure what my friends thinking was behind that .But looking bk from what I know now .It was't good advice . 😊
@@catrionaaldridge654 It doesn't matter what you make to sell, If you do not charge for your time you are working for free.
I have a business that require me to drive. My way of calculating is: I am only willing to drive up to 30 min. without charging. IF it takes me longer than that to get to a client I charge additional to cover for my time and gas. They don't know that because I added into my per hour time.
I also have a P.T. business making soap and do something similar.
Follow the formula on video+shipping and handling + packaging + my time (depending how much your time is worth). My soaps sell for $8 all the way up $12, they weight 3-4oz. I sell enough orders from repeat customers that my profit pays me at $30 per hour. My take home sometimes is over 30k+ year, this includes if I work full days on weekends. My full work day is 6 hrs. Sometimes my children help and get paid handsomely, I pay them per piece and I can reach way over 50k yr profit.
This coming year I expect to exceed 74k profit.
Would definetly use soap inventory.com! How exciting...can't wait!
I would gladly spend $5+ on your soap. I think your soaps are amazing
Dean you are awesome and this is an awesome video I have been working on M&P soaps and just inquiring that why 1 kg loaf is around 13 to 14 dollar that is very expensive I am getting the loaf both clear and white goat milk at 2.2 to 3.5 US $ per kg depending upon the quantity
Thank You. It's just the prices in Australia.
DEAN!!!! THAT SOAP INVENTORY!!! I am SO excited to learn more about this, you have no idea!! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Does it track pricing as well??
Love Lather if you check out my Facebook page for Sentinel soap I have some screenshots where it shows more detail. I will have a demo video soon.
Unrelated, but what would you say is your favorite soap creation to date?? I mean the style, the scent all rolled into perfection?
For CP? I would have to say Fruity Berry is really nice. Love those colors and the poppy seeds worked great. Recipe was really good too.
I don't have a use for any of this information but it is very interesting! Thanks for sharing!
Really???
Where did the 520 come in with fragrance? I’m stuck on that part of my calculation since its not a bulk size
520 ml is the bottle size.
Thank you for sharing this information. I have been trying to figure out how to price. Not sure if you have the inventory form yet, it is a brilliant idea and would love to see it.
My Inventory software is online. Visit - www.soapinventory.com
Dean, I look forward to your web program. Do you have a list we can join so we know when the pre-launch and launch is scheduled? Are you looking for beta testers? Great stuff! Love your videos. Tina
Thank you so much for the video!!!! When will the program be available?
I'm currently beta testing with about 100 people. Im hoping within 1-2 weeks it can be online for everyone.
You can join my facebook group. Search for "soap inventory" group :)
Thank you so much Dean, I needed this info, also, I notice you never say anything about using lye, which I dont want to use, is that correct?.
Caustic soda + water = lye. I don't need to use it on the M&P videos, but I did a video on just lye water.
Hi,in fragance oil of MP you write 35.46/520 what is 520? Thank you.
520 = 520 ml of fragrance. This is how my supplier sells them.
@@DeanWilson thank you so much