Teach Soap

I think she labels them approximately 4 oz but uses the median weight to figure out her price. You guys are so helpful!

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Linda

I learn so much when I can't leave well enough alone!

When I was selling, if the bars were all approximately the same size, they were the same price. If the bars were around an ounce different, the larger one was more $. I weighed each bar independently and labeled as such. I didn't find that many people cared about a .25 ounce difference.

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Haven

From what I understand, a soap can weigh more than the amount listed on the label, but it cannot weigh less. If it weighs less then you are misrepresenting your product to the customer because they aren't getting as much as they think they're getting.

The way I price it is I take the cost of the batch and divide it by the number of bars it produces. If each bar is slightly different and some people pay more per ounce and others pay less, oh well. As long as the weight on the label says less than the actual weight you're not misrepresenting your product and people can make their own decisions about which bar they want to buy.

For example, if in a certain batch the bars range between 4 oz and 4.5 oz I'll put 4 oz. on the label. Those who end up with a larger bar are just lucky. I price them all the same. I take the materials cost + overhead + profit to get my wholesale price, and then multiply that by 2 to get my retail price.

There's a great article on Teach Soap about pricing melt and pour: http://teachsoap.com/pricing-your-melt-and-pour-soaps/

I also found this Etsy lab extremely helpful: http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2012/etsy-s ... -workshop/

This blog article about common soap labeling mistakes is really good too: http://blog.mariegale.com/five-most-com ... ng-errors/

OK this is what I did, and someone else said this above: price for a 4 oz bar just cannot go under 4 oz but it can go up to almost 4.5. I figured out a price to cover the cost. So basically I just priced for 4oz to just under 4.5 and have it one price and so on for all the weights. Makes sense? I'm bad at explaining things. So a 4 oz bar will always be at least 4 oz and possibly over. Thoughts? Suggestions?