Caution - Falling Prices!!!

So over the past few weeks, I've been trying to decide what is the best way to drive business to my website.  I know that the best way to get people to my site is to offer low prices.  Let's face it, handmade bath and body is a luxury and can be quite costly.  In today's economy when families are making choices between paying for school supplies, gas and groceries rather than going out to a restaurant, taking a vacation or even going to the movies, my product is not on the top of the priority list.  I completely understand this because I am living it and so are many of my friends and family members. 

So after sitting down and thinking really hard about what I want my business to do in the future, I've decided that it is important to me to not only offer luxurious bath and body products but to make they affordable so that people like me who don't have a lot of extra cash laying around, can pamper themselves without breaking the bank. 

So I have lowered all the prices on my website.  I will also be lowering all the prices in my Etsy shop but they will still be slightly higher than on the website due to listing and selling fees which cut into my profits each time I list and sell an item.  That is a discussion for a later date as I get a little wordy when explaining my formulas!

And until the end of August only, you can take an additional 20% off everything on the website!  Just visit

http://shoprachelrene.com/

for details and the coupon code!  So, if you are interested in in getting some amazing bath and body products at reasonable prices - please stop by and check us out!  We would surely appreciate your business!

Just for a little peek - here's the new price list for the website:

Cold Process Soap and Shaving Soap Bars $4.50 - $4.75

Body Mousse $7.00 4oz jar

Bath Bombs single $2.00 - 4 pack $7.50 - 6 pack $11.00 (Coming Soon)

Lip Butters Tubes $2.75 Pots $3.00

Body Mists $5.50 2oz spray bottle

As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at info@shoprachelrene.com

Your's Truly -

Christine

I will be changing the Etsy shop prices shortly as this process takes much more time but it will be complete by the end of the week!

Want to save 20%??? Then keep reading....

ShopRachelRene.com is now OPEN!

And you can save 20% off your first order by entering coupon code "NOWOPEN" in the voucher code during checkout!

HURRY SALE ENDS SOON!

I've working really hard on getting the site up and running for the past 6 weeks!  Finally it is all ready!  If you have any questions or problems with the site, please contact me at info@shoprachelrene.com

**Discount not valid on shipping charges or non-retail orders and ONLY valid at http://shoprachelrene.com/

Starting from scratch - kind of.....

It's been a long few weeks looking over reports and crunching numbers, but when you run a business, these things must be done in order to determine the things that are working for your business and the things that are not. 

Originally I was going to shrink my fragrance list down, but after some serious calculator work, I've decided to shrink my product line down!  Now I know some of you will be heart-broken to see some products go but I just can't afford to keep them in stock when they are not selling.  The flip-side to this, if you want to call it that, is that I don't enjoy making these products as much as I do the others in my line.  This will give me more time to focus my attention and creativity on the other products in my line and make them even better.



So now that I've had some time to reflect and get some perspective, I'll be discontinueing the following products:

Whipped Soap in a Jar
Foaming Body Polish
Vegan Deodorant Sticks
Silky Smooth Body Lotion

These items will be listed in the Etsy shop tomorrow afternoon at 40% Off - and the word "Discontinued" will be in the title.  So, you can search my shop using that word and all the listing will appear.  Or you can view the items in their respective sections and if any of them are not marked down, just let me know and I will fix them. 

Feel free to contact me if you would like a different scent then what I have listed or if you would like to order more then 1 of anything.  I will offer the 40% discount to ALL retail orders, including reserved listing and custom orders. 

The Foaming Body Polish will soon be replaced with an emulsified sugar scrub that I have yet to name and is the final stages of formulation and testing.  Once it's ready, I'll  let you all know and we'll have an introduction offer!