Is there a market for homemade organic/health soaps, shampoos, makeup etc?
August 31, 2010 by Janet Goodman
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Is there an online market for this sort of business? Such as organic, homemade soaps, shampoos, make up, perfumes etc. with benefits to health of the person including skin care and aromatherapy.
Also would it be useful if the website supplied health information, benefits of certain chemicals and dangers of some mainstream. Along with some other info, linking to our products.
Lastly, would it be good to do an avon style approach, such as where people can hand out brochures and take orders for the products whereby they can earn a commision? Helpful for extra cash in an economic dowturn, and as i work too, it may reduce my marketing slightly. However i would still prefer it to be mainly an online business.
It seems a lot of people are searching for the planet friendly, organic, healthy options nowdays.
thank you, any opinions or ideas or information would be great as part of my market research.
No nasty comments if you disagree with the idea though :D
yes with the craze of natural and organic going on there is definitely a market. Theres already a couple websites I frequent with stuff like that. you should start out small and build it up as your business grows. start out with selling hair products or something and go from there.
you just have to be careful how you present health information, there are laws on what you can say/do when you don’t have a medical license. Doing something similar to the AVON concept would be cool.
good luck with your potential business
There is a huge market… just look at all the sellers on etsy who cater to organic and vegan soaps etc.
There is definitely a market for the homemade and organic hygienic product line. More and more people want to buy locally and buy products that are better for the environment.
However, I don’t know if I think the Avon business model would be the best, especially in this kind of economy. I would tackle farmer’s markets and local grocery stores.