Teach Soap

I think Karri summed it up beautifully. If you WANT to call ahead and check if there will be other soap makers present (for whatever reason makes sense to you) you can of course do that. But that other lady definitely had no right to ask that of you.

I wouldn't worry about her. It's crazy to rationalize that only one soap seller is enough. That would be like going to an art fair and there's only one jewelry maker, one photographer and one painter allowed. That's crazy. Competition is a good thing. It pushes us to do better and to improve not only our soaps but our salesmanship as well as our marketing and advertising.

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Janus - Can soap be made from candles?

For whatever it's worth, I was just at the summer festival in Big Fork, MT, and I counted THREE handmade soap booths. They all seemed to have lots of people stopping by.

When I was a copywriter (I guess I still am a copywriter but not doing it for clients at the moment, lol) I actually made a POINT of getting to know my competition. I even made friends with a few of my competitors. We not only passed business back and forth (referrals) but we shared a special camaraderie that was very valuable. We learned so much from each other and validated each other in a way others could not.

Of course, some competitors make poor allies so you choose wisely

Karri

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