back to business...

so it has been a while since i blogged about the business - the nitty gritty stuff.

it is pretty interesting to me when people have such varied views of our products and what our philophsy is for selling our products.

- some think it is too plain, some love that it is plain
- some think that our price pointd are too high, some thing we are competitively priced
- some think that they don't like our tins, some love that our stuff comes in tins

and you know what, everyone is entitled to their opinion. that is cool. that is what makes free economy and freedom of speech great.

but, deb and i are going to keep doing what we think is best in terms of what we see for our business and what we think the market needs. we know that the end customers have a choice to purchase our items. and so far, based on our sales, i think most of you like what you see from us.

along those lines, we also do some market research on our price points and i have to say that our prices are very competitive. we work our asses off to get it done that way - and one reason we are able to do so is b/c we do all of our own design work, sourcing and take out a lot of the "middle man" costs.

as for those who choose to buy from someone who has copied our items. we aren't going to stop you. and if you feel that it is worth the cheaper price, then more power to you. so why do our products cost what they do? it is important to understand the economies of scale idea.

we have to charge what we do b/c we are not a big company. so if we could make something in 100,000 units, then yeah we would be able to charge less for the items we make (think like volume buying). and here is the truth - we aren't making 100,000 units of each of our items. we make less than that and i would venture to say for a company our size, you will be hard pressed to find price points as competitive as ours. just some food for thought.

and i just want to say thank you for all of the retailers and consumers that continue to help us grow. i know that a lot of you read this and don't post but i personally do want to thank you. we will continue to provide innovative products (and just wait til you see what CHA-S will bring) in the way we know how to do it best.