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No be small thing oh


check out how i started my business https://www.nairaland.com/4442304/how-started-soap-making-business

hmmmm, what a pity...




Check out this link https://www.nairaland.com/4442304/how-started-soap-making-business

gift01:
how can I start with 5k?

If you have a shop where you sell essential commodities, you can start with #5000. Just get your raw materials, produce the soap using a wooden stick and a small plastic container in your house, when it sets you cut them into small sizes and display in your shop. Any thing outside that, you will definitely spend far above #5000. There is this local soap we call "ncha soda", those who do it don't spend anything less than #50 000 to start it. ...the raw materials, mixer and moulds, they spend above #50 000.

...and i bet you, you are not going to spend your time and #5000 to produce soap you will display in your shop when you can easily buy from other producers and still make relatively the same profit.

Thank you ak22

...before i go into details on how i went about getting my machines, i will like to discuss, first, what factors that informed my decision on the capacity of machines i needed to start with. That is to say, i had to plan first before taking off. Planning is very important in any thing you want to do. In the case of a business, you need a business plan. In planning for this business, I did a lot of market studies. I mapped out my market zone and my primary target market within the zone. My market studies took me even beyond my proposed market zone. So as we go down, we will discuss "my business plan" and make little references to it here and there.

Bluetooth2:
Science recognizes some energy that can't really explained; that is beyond science.

and it is not quantum physics

tintingz:
Lol. You also see that?

Martinez19:
don't mind him. Quantum Mechanics ke?

tintingz:
Lol. You also see that?

i tire oh. Hahahaha

princenomics:
Great, interesting. after such a long wait. congrats my brother

hahaha, even till now i am still not ready for it. I just figured out there will never be a better time, so i have to just start.

Bluetooth2:
When you go deep in Quantum Physics and Metaphysics, you will understand that some of these things do exist!

can you explain Quantum physics in relation to spirit husband?

gift01:
How expensive is this Biz to start up

it depends on the level you want to start. The method you want to use and machines/equipment you want to start with. While some claim to have started it with #5000, starting it on a small scale using cold process will cost you between #100, 000 to #200, 000 or even more. But to start on the level i started, it will cost you from #2 million to over #5 million. All these depends on what you want and how you want to go about it.

When I was convinced to start a soap business, every of my thoughts was how to go about this business. I decided on the level i wanted to start. I started making contacts and meeting people who where already in the business. From Aba to Onitsha, I visited soap firms including moribund ones. I also made contacts online. I just needed to know the basics of what it would take me to start. Now i know some basic machines i will need (soap boiler, amalgamator, plodder and cutting table), how do i get them was the next thing that bothered me. I reached out to some foriegn firms, their prices were too much for me. I contacted local fabricators, their own prices were less but still far more than what i had then. The cheapest i got was from a guy in Onitsha but the prices were still not affordable to me. I kept asking myself, How do i go about this with little fund and most importantly, no time, as my job was taking every time i had on earth. I even get calls from my boss at midnights to inquire about stocks and production schedules. The pay was small, the job was too much and there was no time. The options i had were to either do the fabrication myself, start a side business that could yield more money so i can plunge it into the business or resign from my present job and go figure out everything outside.

Picture 1: Amalgamator from a moribund firm in Onitsha
Picture 2: Inside a soap boiler from a moribond firm in Onitsha, Anambra State
Picture 3: Soap boilers in a soap firm in Awka, Anambra State (sorry for the poor picture quality)
Picture 4: Soap plodder from a fabricator i met in Osisioma, Aba, Abia State.

Good morning. It is a beautiful morning today. So the story begins...

I have never thought of starting a business. I have grown up to believe that life is about going to school, getting a certificate and getting a job. That mindset change when I landed my first job. It was a pharmaceutical company and I was made the manager/QCM. I learnt the basics of running a business from that firm. Shortly after, I started nursing the idea of setting up my own but there was no idea of what that could be.

So I was in Nairaland, business section searching for what i can do. I came across O2 Soap. That was how i feel in love with soap making. I started researching about soap making, got a lot of articles, books, and youtube videos from the internet.


"Soap making is one thing, soap making business is another."

you can also join us Facebook @ www.facebook.com/glitzsoaps

gbadexy:
I feel honored and privileged that you found me mention worthy.
You have a very nice setup there already and I pray God continue to uplift you and expand your coast.

I must appreciate you. Gbadexy taught me paint business even without meeting him. I used the paint business as a side hustle to start up my soap business. I felt very sad when I learnt what happened. I am happy his firm is growing stronger every day.

mine is also growing and we are getting jobs. you can check out my website: www.glitzalux.com clients feel free to contact us for your house painting.

Mobilia:
Thank you sir...
I stand corrected....and have made the adjustments.
I just assumed she was a "he"....
Wow....how did she know about the comments though with all due respect?
Were they read to her?
I'm not sure how Braille would work online....
Please enlighten me and excuse my ignorance on this...

I was surprise the same way you are the very first time I came across her and discovered she was blind. I followed her comments to discover that she uses an app that helps her navigate and read website in her computer and phone, some sort of a " screen read". According to her, she was blind from birth. It seems she can also code. I just picked interest in her and wanted to learn more about her but unfortunately she just left. I hope she will come back again.

Greetings.

I want to take out a small space here to tell the story of how I started a soap making business. The essence of this is to help those who may wish to venture into the soap business and also to inspire people to try out some entrepreneurial ventures (not necessarily soap making). I must say that many stories and individuals here have added to my inspiration. People like Cosmeticchemist, Gbadexy, O2 soap (O2 Nigeria), Blackkie (Britishknight or 1kingwriter), Jasper7, through their stories have inspired me so much into believing "I can do it if only I put my mind to it". So I wish to help and inspire more people.

In the course of this story we are going to see how I was able to get my machines, learn and start soap making business. I hope to find time to attend to every questions as much as I can. By the end of the day, depending on how it goes, we may have to conduct a live seminar for those who will want to go into small scale soap making business. If possible, we may consider creating a small group of partners and then crowd funding to help them setup and manage a tangible small scale soap making business. We will also discuss and interact with existing soap makers who are having difficulties in running there business due cost, and map out strategies to move forward effectively and efficiently.

We fabricate and install efficient soap making machines and equipment. We also manage soap making facilities on contract basis. We conduct test run for already installed machines. We train company staff on soap making. We are also open to partnership. Fill free to contact me for your enquiries on soap making business. Check my signature for my contact phone number.

Thank you.

FeelDeMusic is a "She", she is blind (physically blind) and is not a Nigerian in any capacity, thats the little i know about her. When i discovered all these, i followed her to under study her to see how she adapts to our own kind of social media life. Unfortunately she announced her exist shortly after i picked interest in her. I think Nairaland should have a way of identifying with and protecting the less privileged. As a matter of fact, Nairaland should stage a war against bullying here. Its getting out of hand.

This sounds interesting, but my concern is the zero risk. What if your oil does not meet the standard they want? What if there is accident and goods are lost? What of the price of oil shrink due to unstable govt policies? What security do you have for investor's money?

Consider this. Most companies in onitßha don't have marketing outlets outside Onitsha. Their only market is Onitsha, you can approach them for distributorship in areas outside Onitsha. Negotiate with them for price discount and transport. Some will accept so far as you are going to do business with them. For instance, I once negotiated with a company in awka to give me goods to distribute for them somewhere in Abia. I had my money but the only setback was that the price they offered me was close to what they were selling similar products in my area. And I was to transport it myself, so I left the deal and went into something esle. I am still going into that when I am set again. So consider that.

I regret booking space here. Now i don't know what to say. I for kukuma go my way.

...now everything is about Bible and Jesus, what is the fate of a Muslim in this?

beautiful soap.

I wish you good good market.

I couldn't find IVM, isn't that a car logo too?

have the exam be taken?

Richie0974:
The problem is with Seun. Has anyone ever felt as though he's not much of what he's portrayed as. I once saw his comment on a thread and I imagined him not being the type of person we all think he is. What if he doesn't have the capacity to make such needed changes. Only someone who doesn't have the capacity to evolve sticks to the basics. Just saying though.

i think I have seen that comment too. he may not be as techy as we think. My suggestion is that he should open up to partnership and build a team that will move this place forward...

...the thing tire me oh