@tia_juib wrote:
To give you more information about my business. I have website presence but I'm still refining it. As for our product(s), it's FDA approved in Thailand and we have registered with the Department of Health (NICNAS) here in Australia. I have done some trials here already and its been successful. So I'm confident we'll be able to sell here. We just need to build that layer for distribution.
If trade shows and / or independent distribution are out, you need to find the online equivalent.
For some of my products, I source them directly from the manufacturer, for many others, they are sourced via wholesale agents - basically a middleman who both holds stock and sources stock on my behalf, or even approaches manufatcurers with custom products that I want so that I can get them made and shipped out in bulk with orders from various other manufacturers. If you can get a business like that on board, the distribution to local sellers both on and offline would likely be a lot easier, then it would be more of a matter of building brand awareness and trust.
I sell in completely different categories, though, so couldn't tell you what's around for hair care, (Hairhouse Warehouse seem to still be around, I know they used to be wholesale distributors years ago, but I'm not sure if they still are).
If you want to approach people at more of a grass roots level, the only way to do that is look for places where people are looking to source products on that level - there are websites where you can add your info to a directory, there's probably even Facebook groups connected to such things (I know of a couple of eBay seller groups, but you need to find ones that are open to direct marketing, many of them are seller support groups and advertising is a no-no).
But I really do want to stress the importance of having information to be able to give people. I understand it's not really appropriate in this thread, so I'm not trying to get you to post product info here, but if you want or need to distribute online, you need to be able to be found independently online, and have all of the information related to your products available for interested parties. If you think of it as a tradeshow situation, you have your booth, and you can spruik it, but the reality is people will approach the booth not the other way around, and intererested parties can ask their questions, but they also have the opportunity to go away and conduct independent research, and being able to do that can make or break a sale, IMHO.
@As for viability on eBay, that's really going to depend on the product, and price point. I know there are specialist hair care products out there that cost $30+ for a small bottle - two of those in a 500g satchel at @$8.00 won't seem so bad - cheaper than a trip to town for a lot of people. Even if the price point is lower, if there's something else about the products that make them unique, they can still find a market (people do buy handmade beauty products, specialist soaps and the like, product prices are under $10 with postage nearly as much, so in cases like this the product itself is going to determine whether it's a viable product for a seller, so again emphasis on interested parties being able to find out as much about the products and how they would need to market it up front).
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OK You,ve finally clocked me. Every word is true......I am a 55 YO man sitting in my lounge in my undies ( but I do have shorts over top LOL ) So I guess that counts me out......
