Here's a letter we received from one of our very good customers. I felt it was so important that I wanted to share it with the rest of our customers.
March 6, 2011
An Open Letter to All the Non-Union Businesses I Patronize:
I love you. I want you to know that. I’m not being sarcastic. I’m being sincere. I love shopping at your stores and buying your materials. I understand why you are not a union shop. In fact, I hate going to the only unionized grocery store but only because those workers at those stores are rude. I don’t think they are rude because they are unionized. I think they are rude because that’s who is hired.
Back to my love for you and what will happen if my union job is taken away. I will no longer be able to shop at your stores. I will be forced to shop at Goodwill. My students will be forced to use scraps of paper for their assignments instead of the paper I bought from your stores. I will not be able to buy your locally grown vegetables and meats. I will be forced into the food bank. I will be forced, shudder to think, to shop at Wal-Mart…the last place any union worker should be shopping.
If you are not aware of what is going on in Wisconsin or our close neighbor, Rhode Island, let me give you some information. They are union-busting. Now you may feel that this is of little importance to you, but it is. The only way I can afford to pay my mortgage AND my utility bills AND my grocery bills AND my insurance AND my first car loan in 5 years AND my pet food bills AND my credit card bills AND my phone bills AND my student loan bills AND my clothes bill AND my Dunkin’ Donuts bill AND my second mortgage bill AND my…well you get it…the only way I can afford these things is because of my UNION.
See, you pay my salary by paying taxes. And I pay your salary by patronizing your shops. I end every month at $0. I have no savings, except for my pension (I don’t even pay into nor collect Social Security. My pension is it, and in CT teachers’ pensions are funded solely by teachers—not taxpayers.). I give back every dollar you give me.
I’m not asking you to turn into a union shop…but I am asking that you are mindful that unions shop at your stores. If the government cuts my salary, they cut yours also. And I don’t want you to lose my business because I do love you.
Thank you.
Jennifer
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Facebook fan page updates
Hi all!
We updated our Facebook Fan Page so that, now, you can add reviews!
We'd love to hear from our customers about our products, so stop by and write something about us!
We have a couple of more announcements coming this week, so stay tuned!
We updated our Facebook Fan Page so that, now, you can add reviews!
We'd love to hear from our customers about our products, so stop by and write something about us!
We have a couple of more announcements coming this week, so stay tuned!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Canada
Well, it's official! Soapier now has a distributorship in Canada!
We were approached, shortly before the holidays, by a Redditor, who expressed an interest in opening up a Soapier store in Canada. We were excited, to say the least, as another intrepid Redditor got in touch with us about opening a UK store.
Branching out like this was really only a pipe dream two years ago. We cannot express how elated we are that this type of global reach has started to grow legs for Soapier.
For those Canadians who are now jumping for joy, enjoying a beer with your favorite bear, eating moose stew... we're right there with you.
For those Canadians that haven't used Soapier soap before, we're enormous hockey fans. The pucks, the bats, the field goals. We love it.
Oh, and if you visit Soapier.ca, you can receive 15% off your order (non-reddit items) with the following coupon: REDDITEH.
Thanks!
John @ Soapier
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Fragrances
So, we've gotten over 100 emails over the last day asking us, simply HOW do we come up with the fantastic fragrance combinations that we, you know, come up with.
Well, today, I'm going to share the story.
Take our Bacon soap, for example.
I ended up drawing the short straw, going to get the fragrances from a fragrance oil distributor in Brooklyn, who had some combinations of ham, maple ham, straight maple, smoke, etc, that we could try, to see if we could find a workable fragrance.
I get them home and, well, unfortunately, some of it got on my hands. It stayed with me for quite a while, and I had to sleep on the couch for a few nights.
I ship them off to my mom, who works her fragrance magic, gets some additional samples from other companies, and before long we have our very own bacon fragrance.
This is the part where my mom and sister had to decide who was going to work with the fragrance first.
My sister lost.
Now, normally we have a very precise guide to how much fragrance to add to how much soap, etc... but since it was a new fragrance, and we weren't sure how it was going to work with soap, my sister added more than she should. In doing so, the fragrance addressed the internal reflex found in all humans that involuntarily (or voluntarily, depending on your point of view) regurgitates foul, possibly harmful germs, particles, little tiny creatures... you get the picture.
It made her puke her guts out.
We weren't able to sell that batch of soap, you know. But, trooper that she is, she made a second batch, third, fourth, until we perfected the soap / fragrance ratio.
Normally, we look at fragrance lists and pick what we think we would like.
Recently, our great finds have been Let Them Eat Cake, My Peanut Butter Cup, and our latest monthly addition to our Soap of the Month Club, This is CMM (Chamomile, Melon, and Musk).
Part of the fun in this business is creating concoctions that people wouldn't normally think of, and this was one of them.
What you do is, you take q-tips, dip them in fragrances, put them in a plastic bag, seal the bag, shake it up a bit, and then open the bag.
It's what we did for our S'mores soap, which was actually three different fragrances... chocolate, marshmallow, and hazelnut (for the graham fragrance).
Creating new soaps is a lot of fun, and when we get the chance to do it, as we do with the Soap of the Month club... well, you'll find us excited, writing about it, and going out of our way to promote the soaps, because we're sure you're going to love them.
The other fun part that comes with creating soaps is naming them. Our latest soap, "This is CMM", was particularly fun. My mom told me what the fragrances were, and I was immediately reminded of Darth Vader, for some reason.
It could have been that I was watching The Empire Strikes Back, or it could have been that I had recently watched Kung Pow... or that I was reminded of the Simpsons Episode. Luke, I am your father. Simba, you will be king. This is CNN.
Could have been a couple of things...
Have a name for a cool soap? Drop us a line!
Well, today, I'm going to share the story.
Take our Bacon soap, for example.
I ended up drawing the short straw, going to get the fragrances from a fragrance oil distributor in Brooklyn, who had some combinations of ham, maple ham, straight maple, smoke, etc, that we could try, to see if we could find a workable fragrance.
I get them home and, well, unfortunately, some of it got on my hands. It stayed with me for quite a while, and I had to sleep on the couch for a few nights.
I ship them off to my mom, who works her fragrance magic, gets some additional samples from other companies, and before long we have our very own bacon fragrance.
This is the part where my mom and sister had to decide who was going to work with the fragrance first.
My sister lost.
Now, normally we have a very precise guide to how much fragrance to add to how much soap, etc... but since it was a new fragrance, and we weren't sure how it was going to work with soap, my sister added more than she should. In doing so, the fragrance addressed the internal reflex found in all humans that involuntarily (or voluntarily, depending on your point of view) regurgitates foul, possibly harmful germs, particles, little tiny creatures... you get the picture.
It made her puke her guts out.
We weren't able to sell that batch of soap, you know. But, trooper that she is, she made a second batch, third, fourth, until we perfected the soap / fragrance ratio.
Normally, we look at fragrance lists and pick what we think we would like.
Recently, our great finds have been Let Them Eat Cake, My Peanut Butter Cup, and our latest monthly addition to our Soap of the Month Club, This is CMM (Chamomile, Melon, and Musk).
Part of the fun in this business is creating concoctions that people wouldn't normally think of, and this was one of them.
What you do is, you take q-tips, dip them in fragrances, put them in a plastic bag, seal the bag, shake it up a bit, and then open the bag.
It's what we did for our S'mores soap, which was actually three different fragrances... chocolate, marshmallow, and hazelnut (for the graham fragrance).
Creating new soaps is a lot of fun, and when we get the chance to do it, as we do with the Soap of the Month club... well, you'll find us excited, writing about it, and going out of our way to promote the soaps, because we're sure you're going to love them.
The other fun part that comes with creating soaps is naming them. Our latest soap, "This is CMM", was particularly fun. My mom told me what the fragrances were, and I was immediately reminded of Darth Vader, for some reason.
It could have been that I was watching The Empire Strikes Back, or it could have been that I had recently watched Kung Pow... or that I was reminded of the Simpsons Episode. Luke, I am your father. Simba, you will be king. This is CNN.
Could have been a couple of things...
Have a name for a cool soap? Drop us a line!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
The Colbert taping
Ok, so, for those of you who don't know, last night Soapier was able to give away soaps to the Colbert Report audience. This bar:
Not the pie. That soap, called Soapert, is now available for sale, and $2 from every bar sold goes to Donors Choose!
Myself, S.I. and Erik (both NYers from Reddit) went to the screening. Got ushered in by two great people there, Amy and Stewart, got seated, and found all of the Soapier soaps under all of the chairs in the studio. It was awesome. You could smell the apple pie fragrance.
The warm-up guy, Julian (I believe his name was), was hysterical, and mentioned the soap to the audience, who cheered. Really cool.
There was a great moment when Stephen did a quick Q & A, and someone asked for a picture. He said no. When he finally got his make-up ready, he ran into the audience to get the picture, only to have the camera out of batteries.
He then started the show, after the fanfare, with "That was so nice... if only I could have taken a picture to commemorate it." Oh man, it was brutal, but so funny!
The show went very well, the people were great, and we all had a great time.
Thanks to the people of the Colbert Report for hosting us. We really appreciate it!
Now we move on to product placement. We're currently negotiating to have our soaps placed in a feature film. We'll see how it goes!
It's Thursday. I hope everyone's having a good week. It's almost over!
John @ Soapier
Not the pie. That soap, called Soapert, is now available for sale, and $2 from every bar sold goes to Donors Choose!
Myself, S.I. and Erik (both NYers from Reddit) went to the screening. Got ushered in by two great people there, Amy and Stewart, got seated, and found all of the Soapier soaps under all of the chairs in the studio. It was awesome. You could smell the apple pie fragrance.
The warm-up guy, Julian (I believe his name was), was hysterical, and mentioned the soap to the audience, who cheered. Really cool.
There was a great moment when Stephen did a quick Q & A, and someone asked for a picture. He said no. When he finally got his make-up ready, he ran into the audience to get the picture, only to have the camera out of batteries.
He then started the show, after the fanfare, with "That was so nice... if only I could have taken a picture to commemorate it." Oh man, it was brutal, but so funny!
The show went very well, the people were great, and we all had a great time.
Thanks to the people of the Colbert Report for hosting us. We really appreciate it!
Now we move on to product placement. We're currently negotiating to have our soaps placed in a feature film. We'll see how it goes!
It's Thursday. I hope everyone's having a good week. It's almost over!
John @ Soapier
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Soapier and The Colbert Report
So, after the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, I got in touch with someone who was in touch with the people at the Colbert Report.
I cannot tell you the impact that the Colbert letter
Things were pretty gray around here, in regards to what we were going to do about our business. I decided, after seeing that letter, that I was going to take charge of the business.
This person got me in touch with Stephen Colbert's assistant, and after some back and forth, I got an address and sent them a mess of Reddit soaps, as a thank you for mentioning us.
I also was able to get us permission to give out bars of Soapier soap to their audience members on January 19th.
Here's what we'll be giving out.
This is huge for us. I think it will be huge for DonorsChoose.org .
I think it's important that I explain why we're doing this, this year.
After the unprecedented display of generosity from Redditors for DonorsChoose, the last thing we wanted to do is seem like we were jumping on a bandwagon, riding the wave, and taking advantage of the spirit of not only the rally, but also the spirit of the holidays. It was just something I didn't want to do.
What I did want to do was make sure that even though we reached our goal, even though we got the Rally we wanted, and the Reddit After-Party, and all of the good feelings, and we were inspired and all... schools all over the country are still in need of help.
I didn't want people to just forget about DonorsChoose. Not that they would just forget, but you understand. I wanted their organization to continue to benefit, since they're doing an immense amount of good.
Starting today, we're taking orders for Soapert soaps. They will start to ship on February 1. $2 from every bar sold will go directly to DonorsChoose. At the end of February, I'll take suggestions on where the money should go, from the Reddit community.
If you buy a Soapert bar, and you purchase another bar, we'll add another $1 to the cause.
Thanks for being such great customers, great friends, and great supporters, not only of us, but of organizations trying hard to make this a better world.
None of this could have happened without you. We really appreciate it.
John @ S
PS - if you show up to the taping on January 19th, I'll be there, along with some Redditors. Should be a fun night!
I cannot tell you the impact that the Colbert letter
Things were pretty gray around here, in regards to what we were going to do about our business. I decided, after seeing that letter, that I was going to take charge of the business.
This person got me in touch with Stephen Colbert's assistant, and after some back and forth, I got an address and sent them a mess of Reddit soaps, as a thank you for mentioning us.
I also was able to get us permission to give out bars of Soapier soap to their audience members on January 19th.
Here's what we'll be giving out.
This is huge for us. I think it will be huge for DonorsChoose.org
I think it's important that I explain why we're doing this, this year.
After the unprecedented display of generosity from Redditors for DonorsChoose, the last thing we wanted to do is seem like we were jumping on a bandwagon, riding the wave, and taking advantage of the spirit of not only the rally, but also the spirit of the holidays. It was just something I didn't want to do.
What I did want to do was make sure that even though we reached our goal, even though we got the Rally we wanted, and the Reddit After-Party, and all of the good feelings, and we were inspired and all... schools all over the country are still in need of help.
I didn't want people to just forget about DonorsChoose. Not that they would just forget, but you understand. I wanted their organization to continue to benefit, since they're doing an immense amount of good.
Starting today, we're taking orders for Soapert soaps. They will start to ship on February 1. $2 from every bar sold will go directly to DonorsChoose. At the end of February, I'll take suggestions on where the money should go, from the Reddit community.
If you buy a Soapert bar, and you purchase another bar, we'll add another $1 to the cause.
Thanks for being such great customers, great friends, and great supporters, not only of us, but of organizations trying hard to make this a better world.
None of this could have happened without you. We really appreciate it.
John @ S
PS - if you show up to the taping on January 19th, I'll be there, along with some Redditors. Should be a fun night!
Soapier's first commercial!
So, for a little bit longer than a month, I've been thinking about doing a short commercial with one of the talented people from Reddit. A couple of weeks ago I stumbled across a very funny animation, after there was a bit of a flame war on Reddit about drawing comments and animating them. It was very funny to watch it unfold, and I got in touch with one of the animators, gave him a bit of a script, and we went to work.
After a couple of back and forths with some direction, we came up with this!
It's cute, it's a little sick, and in the end it realistically shows what Soapier has known all along about our competitors soaps.
After a couple of back and forths with some direction, we came up with this!
It's cute, it's a little sick, and in the end it realistically shows what Soapier has known all along about our competitors soaps.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Soapier's new pricing and shipping info, and news for our Canadian customers.
Hi Everyone,
Well, another year has come and gone, and we're so happy we're still in one piece!
To ensure that we're able to keep up with orders, make enough money to have a worthwhile business, and keep our customers happy, we've had to make some tough decisions in the last month.
In November, we found out that the soap base we use was going up in price, which directly affected our bottom line. Projections for next year were not looking too positive, so we had to do the one thing we've been fighting for the past year. We had to raise prices.
Starting today, soap slices are now $6.95. This goes for pretty much everything, across the board, including the shaving soaps, trollface, and soap slices.
We also had to get rid of quite a few of our soaps that were just not selling enough to justify spending money on large containers of fragrances and colors just for these specific soaps.
We realize some of your favorites might have been cut, and we're sorry if we upset some of you. The good news is, over the next six months, we'll be having closeout sales on the soaps we've discontinued, using up the colors and fragrances we have, and giving you all great deals on bars that you love so you can stock up. Every month we'll feature two discontinued soaps.
The good news out of all of this is, after doing some research, and working out a deal with Fedex, we are now offering one flat shipping rate on all domestic orders.
Each U.S. order will ship for $5.95. From 1 bar all the way up to however many you can carry, we now offer a fantastic shipping deal to everyone in the US. This will help our customers with the new pricing structure.
We are also opening up a Canadian distributorship, for our Canadian customers, in the very near future.
Thanks for reading and for being such great customers.
J @ S
Well, another year has come and gone, and we're so happy we're still in one piece!
To ensure that we're able to keep up with orders, make enough money to have a worthwhile business, and keep our customers happy, we've had to make some tough decisions in the last month.
In November, we found out that the soap base we use was going up in price, which directly affected our bottom line. Projections for next year were not looking too positive, so we had to do the one thing we've been fighting for the past year. We had to raise prices.
Starting today, soap slices are now $6.95. This goes for pretty much everything, across the board, including the shaving soaps, trollface, and soap slices.
We also had to get rid of quite a few of our soaps that were just not selling enough to justify spending money on large containers of fragrances and colors just for these specific soaps.
We realize some of your favorites might have been cut, and we're sorry if we upset some of you. The good news is, over the next six months, we'll be having closeout sales on the soaps we've discontinued, using up the colors and fragrances we have, and giving you all great deals on bars that you love so you can stock up. Every month we'll feature two discontinued soaps.
The good news out of all of this is, after doing some research, and working out a deal with Fedex, we are now offering one flat shipping rate on all domestic orders.
Each U.S. order will ship for $5.95. From 1 bar all the way up to however many you can carry, we now offer a fantastic shipping deal to everyone in the US. This will help our customers with the new pricing structure.
We are also opening up a Canadian distributorship, for our Canadian customers, in the very near future.
Thanks for reading and for being such great customers.
J @ S
Sunday, December 26, 2010
The holidays
Hi all,
First off, I hope everyone had a good holiday season, regardless of their faith.
My mom ended up coming to NYC this year, but left early because of the impending snow storm. Wow, I just walked out in it to come to my favorite place to get away and write, and it's pretty spectacular. Depending on who you read or listen to, we could get 10 feet of snow, or 10 inches. Or less.
I read somewhere that it costs the city upwards of $1,000,000 per inch, to clear it from the streets. Since I've lived here, which is pretty much since forever, I can say that the sanitation department does an excellent job of snow removal.
Soapier did quite well this holiday season, thanks to all of you.
We are working on a re-structuring for next year, so we can stay open. We'll have more news on that next week.
On Christmas Eve, my girlfriend and I splurged on dinner out at Harry's Steak House, on Stone Street in NYC. Very good food. The service was good, too. If you find yourself down there, try their sweet potato mash. Oh my god.
Normally, my gf and I cook dinner. We go grocery shopping in New Jersey to save money, and have a rotating set of dinners we cook. We'd been saving up for this dinner for a long time, and it was sooooo worth it.
We'd also been saving all of our change, you know, that we accumulated, and made a special dinner on Christmas day. That was scallops.
Now, I have never ever ever never been a fish eater. But over the past year I have branched out to both salmon and scallops. Maybe next year I'll try some others.
It was a good holiday, though I was sorry I didn't get a chance to see my mom. We were supposed to go to a Swedish restaurant tonight, but alas, that didn't work out.
I'll see her some time in January.
My sister goes to the doctor on Tuesday, to determine when she'll need surgery. They found an aneurysm in her arm, so it might have to be two surgeries. We'll see on Tuesday.
Other than that, we're very happy the way the holiday season went. My mom got a flight back, after changing her flight via jetblue, and they didn't charge her extra because of the snow storm, so that was good. She said she got in at 2:30 in the morning, got home and has been spending her day relaxing with Petey, her dog.
I've been semi-stuck in the house, watching football, relaxing, eating leftovers, and generally just being an online nuisance.
I hope all of you had a great holiday. I hope you got to spend it with your loved ones. I wish you all the best.
John
First off, I hope everyone had a good holiday season, regardless of their faith.
My mom ended up coming to NYC this year, but left early because of the impending snow storm. Wow, I just walked out in it to come to my favorite place to get away and write, and it's pretty spectacular. Depending on who you read or listen to, we could get 10 feet of snow, or 10 inches. Or less.
I read somewhere that it costs the city upwards of $1,000,000 per inch, to clear it from the streets. Since I've lived here, which is pretty much since forever, I can say that the sanitation department does an excellent job of snow removal.
Soapier did quite well this holiday season, thanks to all of you.
We are working on a re-structuring for next year, so we can stay open. We'll have more news on that next week.
On Christmas Eve, my girlfriend and I splurged on dinner out at Harry's Steak House, on Stone Street in NYC. Very good food. The service was good, too. If you find yourself down there, try their sweet potato mash. Oh my god.
Normally, my gf and I cook dinner. We go grocery shopping in New Jersey to save money, and have a rotating set of dinners we cook. We'd been saving up for this dinner for a long time, and it was sooooo worth it.
We'd also been saving all of our change, you know, that we accumulated, and made a special dinner on Christmas day. That was scallops.
Now, I have never ever ever never been a fish eater. But over the past year I have branched out to both salmon and scallops. Maybe next year I'll try some others.
It was a good holiday, though I was sorry I didn't get a chance to see my mom. We were supposed to go to a Swedish restaurant tonight, but alas, that didn't work out.
I'll see her some time in January.
My sister goes to the doctor on Tuesday, to determine when she'll need surgery. They found an aneurysm in her arm, so it might have to be two surgeries. We'll see on Tuesday.
Other than that, we're very happy the way the holiday season went. My mom got a flight back, after changing her flight via jetblue, and they didn't charge her extra because of the snow storm, so that was good. She said she got in at 2:30 in the morning, got home and has been spending her day relaxing with Petey, her dog.
I've been semi-stuck in the house, watching football, relaxing, eating leftovers, and generally just being an online nuisance.
I hope all of you had a great holiday. I hope you got to spend it with your loved ones. I wish you all the best.
John
Thursday, December 16, 2010
This does not happen with our soaps...
I don't know what is in Ivory soap that it would do that... but our soaps don't look like The Blob coming at you when it's in the microwave.
Ours is kind of boring. It just melts... and then reforms into something resembling a puddle... which is kind of cool... I guess.
Soapier's 2-day sale
All gift baskets are now $15. We only have a limited supply of them, so get them while you can!
Also, all of the Christmas soaps (except for Santa's Nog) are discounted:
Under the Tree and New Ornaments are now $3 a slice. Once they're gone, that's it.
The Christmas Works of Art soaps are now only $5 each. Once they're gone, that's it.
This sale goes on until Friday at Midnight. We'll get all of these orders out by Monday.
We're offering this sale as last minute gift ideas. This sale is not meant to be taken retroactively.
Thanks!
J @ S
Soapier.com
Also, I've updated the site so that it reflects soaps that we have in stock, and I'll be doing my best to keep up with orders, to make sure things that are out of stock from here on out will be reflected on the site!
Also, all of the Christmas soaps (except for Santa's Nog) are discounted:
Under the Tree and New Ornaments are now $3 a slice. Once they're gone, that's it.
The Christmas Works of Art soaps are now only $5 each. Once they're gone, that's it.
This sale goes on until Friday at Midnight. We'll get all of these orders out by Monday.
We're offering this sale as last minute gift ideas. This sale is not meant to be taken retroactively.
Thanks!
J @ S
Soapier.com
Also, I've updated the site so that it reflects soaps that we have in stock, and I'll be doing my best to keep up with orders, to make sure things that are out of stock from here on out will be reflected on the site!
Friday, December 10, 2010
Sales, stock, Canada, internet cafes, and more
Well, it's Friday, December 10th. 15 days until my favorite holiday, besides my birthday, which should be a national holiday only because nothing too exciting happened on August 3rd.
Wow, what are the odds that Germany would declare war with France in WWI, AND Hitler would take command over all of Germany, both on the same day in history?
I need to change my birthday. Sheesh.
Ok, so, let's get back to a more cheerful subject.
Christmas is coming soon! Yay. I've always enjoyed Christmas. I don't remember it so much when I was a little kid, but when I hit 10, let me tell you, brother, my sister and I hit the jackpot!
So, my parents divorced when I was 9 or so. It was sad, sure, but these things happen.
Check this out.
Christmas Eve, we would go to my grandparents house, on my mom's side. Always a crazy Christmas. Huge amount of food, huge amounts of presents. It was awesome.
We'd go home, sleep, and the next day, Christmas, was a marathon of gift giving and receiving. First, we had home gifts from mom. Awesome. Then my dad would pick my sister and I up and drive us to our other grandparents, where we got gifts from all of our aunts and uncles. Insane. THEN we'd get my dad's gifts.
We made out like bandits, truly.
I think I get two gifts these days... feels like I'm in the k-hole of gift karma, but so be it. I enjoy giving more than anything else.
Yeah, right.
No, really! Go away.
My dad passed away a long time ago, almost fifteen years ago. I haven't had much communication with his side of the family since, and it's a shame, but we kind of drifted apart. I always got along well with his brother and sisters. I'll have to give them a call this year.
Christmas now-a-days is all depending on how much money has come in, and how creative I'm feeling. I love giving gifts. I have an idea of what to get my gf, we'll see if I can make that happen.
Even though it's a bit early to say, sales have been pretty good this year. We were hoping more people would have purchased the Soap of the Month club, but it's something we'll keep all year round.
We sold out of Alien soaps and Envelope soaps, bacon, trollface, and some Christmas soaps, which is great.
In other news, we'll be, hopefully, opening up a Canada annex of Soapier, starting in January. We'll see what happens.
Other than that, folks... things are things. We're so very thankful for the customers we have, the holiday orders we received, and that my sister is out of the hospital, taking it easy, and doing much better.
Thanks for reading, and thanks for supporting us. I wish you all a fantastic holiday season.
John @ Soapier
Oh, I was writing this at an internet cafe, with no coffee. So there.
Wow, what are the odds that Germany would declare war with France in WWI, AND Hitler would take command over all of Germany, both on the same day in history?
I need to change my birthday. Sheesh.
Ok, so, let's get back to a more cheerful subject.
Christmas is coming soon! Yay. I've always enjoyed Christmas. I don't remember it so much when I was a little kid, but when I hit 10, let me tell you, brother, my sister and I hit the jackpot!
So, my parents divorced when I was 9 or so. It was sad, sure, but these things happen.
Check this out.
Christmas Eve, we would go to my grandparents house, on my mom's side. Always a crazy Christmas. Huge amount of food, huge amounts of presents. It was awesome.
We'd go home, sleep, and the next day, Christmas, was a marathon of gift giving and receiving. First, we had home gifts from mom. Awesome. Then my dad would pick my sister and I up and drive us to our other grandparents, where we got gifts from all of our aunts and uncles. Insane. THEN we'd get my dad's gifts.
We made out like bandits, truly.
I think I get two gifts these days... feels like I'm in the k-hole of gift karma, but so be it. I enjoy giving more than anything else.
Yeah, right.
No, really! Go away.
My dad passed away a long time ago, almost fifteen years ago. I haven't had much communication with his side of the family since, and it's a shame, but we kind of drifted apart. I always got along well with his brother and sisters. I'll have to give them a call this year.
Christmas now-a-days is all depending on how much money has come in, and how creative I'm feeling. I love giving gifts. I have an idea of what to get my gf, we'll see if I can make that happen.
Even though it's a bit early to say, sales have been pretty good this year. We were hoping more people would have purchased the Soap of the Month club, but it's something we'll keep all year round.
We sold out of Alien soaps and Envelope soaps, bacon, trollface, and some Christmas soaps, which is great.
In other news, we'll be, hopefully, opening up a Canada annex of Soapier, starting in January. We'll see what happens.
Other than that, folks... things are things. We're so very thankful for the customers we have, the holiday orders we received, and that my sister is out of the hospital, taking it easy, and doing much better.
Thanks for reading, and thanks for supporting us. I wish you all a fantastic holiday season.
John @ Soapier
Oh, I was writing this at an internet cafe, with no coffee. So there.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Soapier and Wikileaks
Hi all,
In light of the recent development between Amazon and Wikileaks, we've decided to take down our products from Amazon.
Now, I know what you're thinking. "You had products on Amazon?"
Yes. Yes we did.
Amazon was, by far, the biggest headache of our company. Or, I should say, for me, personally. Setting up the products was a big problem. We don't have UPC codes, so we had to hack our way in, with the help of the Amazon team. It only took six emails to them, and then finally said 'oh, yeah, you're quoting our policy, we'll take care of it. No need for UPC codes on beauty products'. Sigh.
Then, I went through the arduous task of putting up our products. It took no less than five minutes per product, to list them on their site. The first round, I did it over the course of four hours, only to find out I'd made a mistake. Had to go into each of our 50 products, fix the mistake.
Then, we waited. And waited. And waited.
And when we got our first order, well, it was exciting. For all of two minutes.
The first order was for four bars of soap. Pretty cool.
The thing is, Amazon charges a flat shipping rate, per product, for products they do not fulfill. That means, our customers were being charged $4.99 for each product they purchased, of ours. So that 4 bar order turned into a $44 order, instead of a $29.95 order.
We refunded the shipping difference, but we found that we weren't getting any orders, and now we could understand why. The shipping charges were turning people off.
We tried to get Amazon to fix it, but that's another policy.
So, over the course of 1 year, we received 21 sales, and with each one, had to refund shipping charges.
We don't want to take advantage of some policy, just to make a couple of extra dollars. Shipping already costs an arm and a leg.
Don't get us started on the commission amount that Amazon was making per order. It was high. Almost 45%. This made us raise our prices to $6.95 on Amazon.
We kept it going because it was just another outlet for us, and we didn't have to do much self promotions on their site.
So, after the recent news about Amazon and Wikileaks, we've decided to sever our ties with Amazon. No great loss to us, surely no great loss to Amazon, but we felt it was important, especially since we donated money to Wikileaks earlier this year.
You know what was awesome? Julian Assange actually replied to some emails I sent him. His replies were campy and fun. Here's my first email to them:
Hi Daniel,
Well, February came and went and I wanted to let you know that we sold 102 bars of soap for Wikileaks, for a grand total of $250, to be donated to this great website.
Truth be told, I was kind of hoping for more... Blah! But, I hope the money helps, and I think this will become an annual thing for Soapier and Wikileaks. February will be Wikileaks month at Soapier!
Julian's reply:
It's great. I suspect soapy types are not too aggressive but WL is inherently combative... "All your files belong to us is" fantastic, but perhaps "Scrubbing corruption away one file at a time" and similar might work better for women, who I assume buy these products...
I followed it up about four months later, after the Collateral Murder video was posted:
I just wanted to let you know that the video you posted was simply unreal, and I'm so glad that Wikileaks is around to continue the fight for more transparency within the world's governments.
It's quite unreal, the lengths the Pentagon went through, saying that Wikileaks was a threat to national security, and all of the harassment that followed. I'm so sorry you all had to go through that. I hope you're coming out the other side, and in good condition.
I wish you all the best of luck, and continued support throughout the world.
His reply:
thanks. we'll scrub our troubles away for sure.
We'll see what we can do with some of these other companies that are going out of their way to put on a good face, but the fact is that using our wallets to express our distaste seems to be the only way to get things done, any more.
I downloaded the Insurance file that Wikileaks uploaded. We'll see what happens when Assange gets out of jail.
In light of the recent development between Amazon and Wikileaks, we've decided to take down our products from Amazon.
Now, I know what you're thinking. "You had products on Amazon?"
Yes. Yes we did.
Amazon was, by far, the biggest headache of our company. Or, I should say, for me, personally. Setting up the products was a big problem. We don't have UPC codes, so we had to hack our way in, with the help of the Amazon team. It only took six emails to them, and then finally said 'oh, yeah, you're quoting our policy, we'll take care of it. No need for UPC codes on beauty products'. Sigh.
Then, I went through the arduous task of putting up our products. It took no less than five minutes per product, to list them on their site. The first round, I did it over the course of four hours, only to find out I'd made a mistake. Had to go into each of our 50 products, fix the mistake.
Then, we waited. And waited. And waited.
And when we got our first order, well, it was exciting. For all of two minutes.
The first order was for four bars of soap. Pretty cool.
The thing is, Amazon charges a flat shipping rate, per product, for products they do not fulfill. That means, our customers were being charged $4.99 for each product they purchased, of ours. So that 4 bar order turned into a $44 order, instead of a $29.95 order.
We refunded the shipping difference, but we found that we weren't getting any orders, and now we could understand why. The shipping charges were turning people off.
We tried to get Amazon to fix it, but that's another policy.
So, over the course of 1 year, we received 21 sales, and with each one, had to refund shipping charges.
We don't want to take advantage of some policy, just to make a couple of extra dollars. Shipping already costs an arm and a leg.
Don't get us started on the commission amount that Amazon was making per order. It was high. Almost 45%. This made us raise our prices to $6.95 on Amazon.
We kept it going because it was just another outlet for us, and we didn't have to do much self promotions on their site.
So, after the recent news about Amazon and Wikileaks, we've decided to sever our ties with Amazon. No great loss to us, surely no great loss to Amazon, but we felt it was important, especially since we donated money to Wikileaks earlier this year.
You know what was awesome? Julian Assange actually replied to some emails I sent him. His replies were campy and fun. Here's my first email to them:
Hi Daniel,
Well, February came and went and I wanted to let you know that we sold 102 bars of soap for Wikileaks, for a grand total of $250, to be donated to this great website.
Truth be told, I was kind of hoping for more... Blah! But, I hope the money helps, and I think this will become an annual thing for Soapier and Wikileaks. February will be Wikileaks month at Soapier!
Julian's reply:
It's great. I suspect soapy types are not too aggressive but WL is inherently combative... "All your files belong to us is" fantastic, but perhaps "Scrubbing corruption away one file at a time" and similar might work better for women, who I assume buy these products...
I followed it up about four months later, after the Collateral Murder video was posted:
I just wanted to let you know that the video you posted was simply unreal, and I'm so glad that Wikileaks is around to continue the fight for more transparency within the world's governments.
It's quite unreal, the lengths the Pentagon went through, saying that Wikileaks was a threat to national security, and all of the harassment that followed. I'm so sorry you all had to go through that. I hope you're coming out the other side, and in good condition.
I wish you all the best of luck, and continued support throughout the world.
His reply:
thanks. we'll scrub our troubles away for sure.
We'll see what we can do with some of these other companies that are going out of their way to put on a good face, but the fact is that using our wallets to express our distaste seems to be the only way to get things done, any more.
I downloaded the Insurance file that Wikileaks uploaded. We'll see what happens when Assange gets out of jail.
Monday, December 6, 2010
We're running out of stock!
Just like the headline says, we're running out of stock on stuff, people.
We're officially out of the Reddit Alien in:
Chocolate (Big Heart)
Bacon
Winter Awesome
We're also out of the Pillow Talk gift basket.
Get your orders in quickly!
We're officially out of the Reddit Alien in:
Chocolate (Big Heart)
Bacon
Winter Awesome
We're also out of the Pillow Talk gift basket.
Get your orders in quickly!
Friday, December 3, 2010
Holiday orders at Soapier
So, we got slammmmmmed by Secret Santa, and we're getting the orders out, but to make sure that we get all of our orders out for the holiday rush, we're capping holiday orders after December 12th. This way, we can guarantee US orders get to their people on time.
International orders, you're going to want to place your order by the 6th. After that, we can't guarantee that they're going to get to you on time, since international shipping takes so long.
So, get those orders in ASAP!
Thanks,
John
International orders, you're going to want to place your order by the 6th. After that, we can't guarantee that they're going to get to you on time, since international shipping takes so long.
So, get those orders in ASAP!
Thanks,
John
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Donating
Hi folks,
So, over the course of the last five days or so we've received quite a few orders, both for the holidays and for Reddit's Secret Santa.
Reddit Gifts is the brain child of one of Soapier's staunchest supporters, Dan McComas. He's promoted our site, our product, our message for over a year. Not only is there a Reddit Secret Santa, but the community decided to make another gift giving holiday for Redditors called Arbitrary Gift Day. Dan promoted the hell out of us then, too.
So, this year, I would really like to give back.
Dan is trying to get some money for schools in Alameda, which have been closing left and right, not to mention budget cuts are cutting out school activities that you and I were lucky enough to enjoy when we were young.
Donating even $5 would be an enormous help to this cause. Soapier is already planning on donating a portion of sales we get this year to help out, but we thought we would shed some light on this particular opportunity.
We've done some good over the past year with various organizations. Dan's been so good to us, we can't stand by and not help him and his community in their time of need.
You can visit the donation page here. Dan and his wife don't make any money on the Reddit Gifts site. They do it out of the kindness of their hearts. It would really make a great Christmas for them if they made a significant amount of money this year for the Alameda school system. Reddit donated over $500,000 for DonorsChoose.org. I think Reddit can get $5,000 together to help out Alameda.
Thanks for reading.
John @ Soapier
So, over the course of the last five days or so we've received quite a few orders, both for the holidays and for Reddit's Secret Santa.
Reddit Gifts is the brain child of one of Soapier's staunchest supporters, Dan McComas. He's promoted our site, our product, our message for over a year. Not only is there a Reddit Secret Santa, but the community decided to make another gift giving holiday for Redditors called Arbitrary Gift Day. Dan promoted the hell out of us then, too.
So, this year, I would really like to give back.
Dan is trying to get some money for schools in Alameda, which have been closing left and right, not to mention budget cuts are cutting out school activities that you and I were lucky enough to enjoy when we were young.
Donating even $5 would be an enormous help to this cause. Soapier is already planning on donating a portion of sales we get this year to help out, but we thought we would shed some light on this particular opportunity.
We've done some good over the past year with various organizations. Dan's been so good to us, we can't stand by and not help him and his community in their time of need.
You can visit the donation page here. Dan and his wife don't make any money on the Reddit Gifts site. They do it out of the kindness of their hearts. It would really make a great Christmas for them if they made a significant amount of money this year for the Alameda school system. Reddit donated over $500,000 for DonorsChoose.org. I think Reddit can get $5,000 together to help out Alameda.
Thanks for reading.
John @ Soapier
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Soapier update
Hey all.
Not sure where to begin. We did the shaving soap... and then things kind of went a little haywire here.
I had gone off to Jamaica for a vacation that was a long time coming, with my girlfriend Karen. Went to an all inclusive. I had had a semi-bad experience at an all-inclusive in the Dominican Republic a couple of years earlier. Not the company I was with, but the place we stayed. The food was bad, the room was only so-so, the drinks were watered down and sugary, and the fishing trip I went on was something called trolling, instead of actually fishing.
We get on the boat, start heading out, the seas were choppy, and 5 out of the 6 people on the boat got sick. I found out about twenty minutes in that what they were going to do was drop hooks and just go around and see if something caught on. Not stopping the boat, lowering hooks, and every man for him/herself.
What a waste. So, we got back, I kissed the ground, and vowed never to go to an all-inclusive again.
Then my present girlfriend says to me "If I don't go on vacation soon, I'm going to kill you in your sleep."
So, of course I said "Do it, I just don't care any more."
She spared my life, booked a vacation, and we headed down just before the huge Christmas rush. The idea was, I'd get back to NY after the trip, relax a bit, then head back down to Tampa to help make soap. We had the Secret Santa coming, and with almost 13,000 people signed up, we were expecting a bit of a rush during those 10 or so days.
Get down to Jamaica, first day it rains. I end up watching episodes of House (1st season, I'd never watched it before), she watches episodes of Firefly (she'd never seen it), Arrested Development (she'd never seen it) and Dexter (she'd never seen it).
Second day, sunshine. I play beach volleyball and scratch the hell out of my knees and limp off like a 70 year old. She catches too much sun and burns her back. I end up putting some aloe stuff on her back four times a day, and then hear her groan and cry all night. It was an awesome vacation.
That night we went to rent a movie from the hotel. They had Indiana Jones. I was psyched, because I love the series. Most of them.
Got the movie and found out it was the last installment, and I started crying. Because it's a piece of shit movie. Karen said she wanted to die. I wanted to order everything on the room service menu and time them, because I was so bored.
Third day, things are going well, we're looking forward to going ATVing on some sandy beach on the fourth day, when I get an email from my mom.
Subject: Hey Very Important
Body: Hey
Erica has to have open heart surgery tomorrow they found that she has a bacteria in her heart and she needs a valve replaced.
If you can call me.
I tell my girlfriend.
"So... no ATVing?"
(eyeroll)
Using my girlfriend's business phone, I call my mom. She tells me that the doctors are switching her to a heart hospital in Clearwater, one of the best. The doctors who found the bacteria and did a little video into the heart thingy said "Yeah, you're lucky to be alive, we have to do this tomorrow morning or YOU'RE GOING TO DIE!"
Well, that pretty much raised the hackles of everyone. I don't have any replacement sisters. I had to weigh the option of going ATVing or going back to Tampa, and we were having a really good time.
In the end, I flipped a coin.
So, the next morning, I called my mom and she said "she might have surgery on Sunday. Come back to Tampa."
So, it was best to three, on the coin flip.
Canceled the ATV outing, switched it to river tubing, just in case I didn't have to leave early. Doctor came back that same day and said "Surgery maybe Monday."
Yay!
So we went tubing.
And it was awesome. I went under a waterfall and jumped into the river on a rope swing, we had a very nice dinner and relaxed and watched The Sum of All Fears, which is a very good movie.
I change my flight on Sunday, so instead of going back to NY, I head to Miami, then Tampa. Get to Tampa, I'm exhausted, head to the hospital after buying my sis a netbook, so she can watch movies and go online and all that. At this point, she was supposed to be in the hospital for weeks. Open heart surgery to fix a damaged valve isn't open and shut, unless you're working on a cadaver.
Get to the hospital, give her the netbook, find out that she's feeling better. The antibiotics are working. Awesome.
Next day, they do a culture to see if the bacteria is still there. Her white cell count is down. No bacteria. She's going home, surgery in six weeks.
"So... we can return the netbook?" I ask.
She goes home today. Has a stint being put in for intravenous injections of antibiotics and blood thinners. On disability, bed rest, nurses will be checking up on her.
While I was in Jamaica, with my mom freaking out, she says "Cancel the UK order."
Now... I almost drop the phone.
For those of you paying attention or not, we have a brand new UK distributor. She's very nice, she's very excited about selling Soapier products to the European Union, and we have been making soap, spreading the UK word, putting up ads... and then my sister gets pretty gravely ill. My mom's freaking out (understandably), and I'm trying to figure out how to keep the business afloat.
We lose the UK, we lose a significant amount of Secret Santa. There are more than 1,000 people in the EU signed up. Not to mention, all of the orders that the UK already received.
"We'll honor those and ship them out. J, I can't do this now, with your sister in the hospital."
Sigh. Of course not.
So, I get in touch with the UK and tell her what's going on, and say "I'll have more news on Monday."
She says "Take care of your family, first!"
Monday comes around, and Erica (sister) is doing well. We have a ton of soap made for the UK, and after careful consideration, we start making the rest of the soap order. Not to mention the order that Reddit (the company) placed, and the two wholesale orders we had to get out, and all of the stock we have to make for Secret Santa. We're a week behind.
So, I'm here, in Tampa, waiting to help chauffeur my sister home. Making soap. Sleeping on an air mattress, with dog hair all over it. Eating ok food, burning tv shows on my laptop, and generally not getting enough sleep.
Things went from batshit insane to manageable. My sister is feeling better, the soap is flowing out the door, and I head home Friday to have post Thanksgiving dinner with Karen.
Odds are I'll be back on the 6th of December, to help with the mad rush.
That's the update. We're back on track, ready for the holiday rush, and we'll have all of your orders out in a timely fashion!
UK Customers: Fear not! We're getting out a ton of soap for the UK, and she'll be able to get your orders out straight away.
Cheers!
Not sure where to begin. We did the shaving soap... and then things kind of went a little haywire here.
I had gone off to Jamaica for a vacation that was a long time coming, with my girlfriend Karen. Went to an all inclusive. I had had a semi-bad experience at an all-inclusive in the Dominican Republic a couple of years earlier. Not the company I was with, but the place we stayed. The food was bad, the room was only so-so, the drinks were watered down and sugary, and the fishing trip I went on was something called trolling, instead of actually fishing.
We get on the boat, start heading out, the seas were choppy, and 5 out of the 6 people on the boat got sick. I found out about twenty minutes in that what they were going to do was drop hooks and just go around and see if something caught on. Not stopping the boat, lowering hooks, and every man for him/herself.
What a waste. So, we got back, I kissed the ground, and vowed never to go to an all-inclusive again.
Then my present girlfriend says to me "If I don't go on vacation soon, I'm going to kill you in your sleep."
So, of course I said "Do it, I just don't care any more."
She spared my life, booked a vacation, and we headed down just before the huge Christmas rush. The idea was, I'd get back to NY after the trip, relax a bit, then head back down to Tampa to help make soap. We had the Secret Santa coming, and with almost 13,000 people signed up, we were expecting a bit of a rush during those 10 or so days.
Get down to Jamaica, first day it rains. I end up watching episodes of House (1st season, I'd never watched it before), she watches episodes of Firefly (she'd never seen it), Arrested Development (she'd never seen it) and Dexter (she'd never seen it).
Second day, sunshine. I play beach volleyball and scratch the hell out of my knees and limp off like a 70 year old. She catches too much sun and burns her back. I end up putting some aloe stuff on her back four times a day, and then hear her groan and cry all night. It was an awesome vacation.
That night we went to rent a movie from the hotel. They had Indiana Jones. I was psyched, because I love the series. Most of them.
Got the movie and found out it was the last installment, and I started crying. Because it's a piece of shit movie. Karen said she wanted to die. I wanted to order everything on the room service menu and time them, because I was so bored.
Third day, things are going well, we're looking forward to going ATVing on some sandy beach on the fourth day, when I get an email from my mom.
Subject: Hey Very Important
Body: Hey
Erica has to have open heart surgery tomorrow they found that she has a bacteria in her heart and she needs a valve replaced.
If you can call me.
I tell my girlfriend.
"So... no ATVing?"
(eyeroll)
Using my girlfriend's business phone, I call my mom. She tells me that the doctors are switching her to a heart hospital in Clearwater, one of the best. The doctors who found the bacteria and did a little video into the heart thingy said "Yeah, you're lucky to be alive, we have to do this tomorrow morning or YOU'RE GOING TO DIE!"
Well, that pretty much raised the hackles of everyone. I don't have any replacement sisters. I had to weigh the option of going ATVing or going back to Tampa, and we were having a really good time.
In the end, I flipped a coin.
So, the next morning, I called my mom and she said "she might have surgery on Sunday. Come back to Tampa."
So, it was best to three, on the coin flip.
Canceled the ATV outing, switched it to river tubing, just in case I didn't have to leave early. Doctor came back that same day and said "Surgery maybe Monday."
Yay!
So we went tubing.
And it was awesome. I went under a waterfall and jumped into the river on a rope swing, we had a very nice dinner and relaxed and watched The Sum of All Fears, which is a very good movie.
I change my flight on Sunday, so instead of going back to NY, I head to Miami, then Tampa. Get to Tampa, I'm exhausted, head to the hospital after buying my sis a netbook, so she can watch movies and go online and all that. At this point, she was supposed to be in the hospital for weeks. Open heart surgery to fix a damaged valve isn't open and shut, unless you're working on a cadaver.
Get to the hospital, give her the netbook, find out that she's feeling better. The antibiotics are working. Awesome.
Next day, they do a culture to see if the bacteria is still there. Her white cell count is down. No bacteria. She's going home, surgery in six weeks.
"So... we can return the netbook?" I ask.
She goes home today. Has a stint being put in for intravenous injections of antibiotics and blood thinners. On disability, bed rest, nurses will be checking up on her.
While I was in Jamaica, with my mom freaking out, she says "Cancel the UK order."
Now... I almost drop the phone.
For those of you paying attention or not, we have a brand new UK distributor. She's very nice, she's very excited about selling Soapier products to the European Union, and we have been making soap, spreading the UK word, putting up ads... and then my sister gets pretty gravely ill. My mom's freaking out (understandably), and I'm trying to figure out how to keep the business afloat.
We lose the UK, we lose a significant amount of Secret Santa. There are more than 1,000 people in the EU signed up. Not to mention, all of the orders that the UK already received.
"We'll honor those and ship them out. J, I can't do this now, with your sister in the hospital."
Sigh. Of course not.
So, I get in touch with the UK and tell her what's going on, and say "I'll have more news on Monday."
She says "Take care of your family, first!"
Monday comes around, and Erica (sister) is doing well. We have a ton of soap made for the UK, and after careful consideration, we start making the rest of the soap order. Not to mention the order that Reddit (the company) placed, and the two wholesale orders we had to get out, and all of the stock we have to make for Secret Santa. We're a week behind.
So, I'm here, in Tampa, waiting to help chauffeur my sister home. Making soap. Sleeping on an air mattress, with dog hair all over it. Eating ok food, burning tv shows on my laptop, and generally not getting enough sleep.
Things went from batshit insane to manageable. My sister is feeling better, the soap is flowing out the door, and I head home Friday to have post Thanksgiving dinner with Karen.
Odds are I'll be back on the 6th of December, to help with the mad rush.
That's the update. We're back on track, ready for the holiday rush, and we'll have all of your orders out in a timely fashion!
UK Customers: Fear not! We're getting out a ton of soap for the UK, and she'll be able to get your orders out straight away.
Cheers!
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Shaving soap and a new Reddit Alien!
Since the holidays of 2009, we've received quite a few requests for shaving soap.
It took us a little while, but we finally got around to it!
Introducing our awesome shaving soap:
We're selling it three different ways.
First, the bars are 2" round, at 1.5oz a bar. They are made with Shea butter and kaolin clay.
We're selling them 3 in a pack, in one of the following fragrances. Doublemint, Pink Sugar, or unscented.
So, you can get them 3 in a pack for $6, or you can get them with a fancy brush for $9.95 or... well, that's what we have right now. But by December 1 we will have a soap, mug, and brush set for the holidays!
Next!
We have a brand new Alien soap. It's called Reddit's Winter Wonderland, and it's pretty awesome. We have been experimenting with water soluble paper, and we found that we could make the Reddit Alien have some really cool backgrounds.
So, the first thing we're offering is a Reddit Winter Wonderland:
It's fragranced with Candy Cane, and will be a huge hit for the Redditor in your life this holiday season! These are $9.95.
We hope you like the new products!
It took us a little while, but we finally got around to it!
Introducing our awesome shaving soap:
We're selling it three different ways.
First, the bars are 2" round, at 1.5oz a bar. They are made with Shea butter and kaolin clay.
We're selling them 3 in a pack, in one of the following fragrances. Doublemint, Pink Sugar, or unscented.
So, you can get them 3 in a pack for $6, or you can get them with a fancy brush for $9.95 or... well, that's what we have right now. But by December 1 we will have a soap, mug, and brush set for the holidays!
Next!
We have a brand new Alien soap. It's called Reddit's Winter Wonderland, and it's pretty awesome. We have been experimenting with water soluble paper, and we found that we could make the Reddit Alien have some really cool backgrounds.
So, the first thing we're offering is a Reddit Winter Wonderland:
It's fragranced with Candy Cane, and will be a huge hit for the Redditor in your life this holiday season! These are $9.95.
We hope you like the new products!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Our gift baskets
So, the holidays are coming up and I figured I'd show you all what one of our gift baskets look like, when they're all completed.
Here is our Pillow Talk gift basket:
Nice, huh? One of our customers made a really good observation and, admittedly, it's not why we did it, but we're adopting it as a good reason...
He said (and I'm paraphrasing): Good for you for not using paper products to wrap your gift baskets!
It was a very nice comment, and we're taking it to heart with future baskets and product wrapping.
This looks pretty cool, right? The pink, the bow, the gift tag... we thought so, too.
I'll have more photos up as we take them! Keep in mind, we're only making 16 of each basket. Get them while you can!
Also, we have some more big news we'll be announcing in the next few days. Stay tuned!
Here is our Pillow Talk gift basket:
Nice, huh? One of our customers made a really good observation and, admittedly, it's not why we did it, but we're adopting it as a good reason...
He said (and I'm paraphrasing): Good for you for not using paper products to wrap your gift baskets!
It was a very nice comment, and we're taking it to heart with future baskets and product wrapping.
This looks pretty cool, right? The pink, the bow, the gift tag... we thought so, too.
I'll have more photos up as we take them! Keep in mind, we're only making 16 of each basket. Get them while you can!
Also, we have some more big news we'll be announcing in the next few days. Stay tuned!
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Soapier, discount coupons, and Reddit's Secret Santa
Hi everyone,
A couple of things.
First off, we have a 20% off coupon for your holiday shopping!
Use HOLIDAY20 at checkout to receive your discount*.
Second, if you're a member of Reddit, then surely you've heard of the Secret Santa program they have. If you don't know about it, check it out. It's awesome.
For Secret Santa participants, we're offering a 25% off coupon*: SECRETSANTA. This coupon will work on both the US and UK sites.
Both coupons expire December 6th.
I'd like to show you a quick video, if I can, that summarizes the first leg of my trip to DC, holding the 95lb bag of soap.
A couple of things.
First off, we have a 20% off coupon for your holiday shopping!
Use HOLIDAY20 at checkout to receive your discount*.
Second, if you're a member of Reddit, then surely you've heard of the Secret Santa program they have. If you don't know about it, check it out. It's awesome.
For Secret Santa participants, we're offering a 25% off coupon*: SECRETSANTA. This coupon will work on both the US and UK sites.
Both coupons expire December 6th.
I'd like to show you a quick video, if I can, that summarizes the first leg of my trip to DC, holding the 95lb bag of soap.
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