I started a homemade spa products business. Where is a good place to advertise online?

Question

Everything is homemade. My products include, but are not limited to: soaps, exfoliants, salt and sugar scrubs, facial wash, face masks, bath Salts, bath oils, milk baths, oatmeal baths, bubble baths, bath teas, bath bombs, salves, ointments & fizzies. I need a place to advertise.

Answer 1

If you have a website:
Build inbound links to your website.
Most of the directories online charge a one time fee to review your site and add it to their index. Here are three of my favorites:
http://www.avivadirectory.com/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=kahmer
http://www.kahmer.com
http://www.joeant.com
The more inbound links to your site, the better you will rank
with Yahoo / Google / MSN.

Answer 2

Homemade Spa Products

Answer 3

OK heres my issue not offense, Are you licensed? and had the education? What I mean is I have been licensed and doing skin care for 17 years. Do you have warnings on your products who can and cant use them and why? Do you have every bit of ingredients on your label? For example did you know if a clients has diabetes they cant exfoliate so you cant say its good for all skin types? If a person is on Retin A they have to be off it 4 months before they exfoliate? Did you know soap harbors bacteria when you keep picking it up and laying it down and sits in the wide open air? Are your packages bacteria free?How long do they stay stable for? I have had clients who have bought products that were homemade that have damaged there skin and had to see me to fix it. Its great you have a line and I'm not putting you down. In fact I would love to see your line.. Before you advertise just do your research and you will succeed. Go online check out other companies, see how there sites look prices etc. Hire someone to help you create your site.

Answer 4

Do you already sell your products offline as well? If you do this is a great source of feedback and testimonials that you can use in your promotions.

I agree that to start eBay would be a good place to introduce your products. Perhaps you could also offer wholesale lots for others to sell on eBay.

Do you have a website yet? You may want to consider creating a web presence if you are planning to sell a lot online.

Also you will need a way to accept credit cards online... Paypal is a good start and also you may want to checkout http://www.2checkout.com

To start, I would recommend using google adwords and other Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising (yahoo, microsoft). This is where you bid for keywords specific to your product/business and you only get charged if people click on your ad.
You've probably seen them "Ads sponsored by google" etc.

Now, be sure you direct your ads to a webpage that offers a free report and newsletter in exchange for their email address and name.

This way your PPC advertising expenses help you build a mailing list of interested people rather than just a website visitor.

Keep following up with your propects and offering them useful information and tips on how they can make best use of your product as well as a great introductory offer or free sample if you can afford it.

Building a prospect/customer list is one of the most important elements of building your business - online as well as offline.

Hope this helps
Wayne

Answer 5

Create Your Spa Products Easy!

Answer 6

First of all congratulations on taking an entrepreneurial leap. As far as where to advertise have you considered checking out free sites like - myspace.com. It may not be a traditional marketing channel but its free and you can promote your products without the pressure of having to break even. You can also get your friends to include links to your site hence creating greater exposure for your products.

If you choose to go the more traditional route then I would recommend creating a traditional retail website and then partnering with well known industry distributors to endorse the product line. Good Luck!!

Answer 7

There are several good answers given. Choose a course of action that can give you good results.

1. Definately list your products on eBay.
2. Find some niche bulletin board sites and plug your site (homeschool groups love natural homemade products).
3. Write a press release for your site and submit it to http://www.prweb.com

4. Place a free internet classified ad online with the many sites listed http://www.preferredpromoz.com/free-internet-classified-ads.html

Keep doing the little things and your traffic will grow & so will your sales.

Answer 8

The best place is always a exact site that cover news about SPA. Or if you don't want to spend a lot time, you can use ads network services such as google Adsense, Facebook or media.net, contact my site at http://erateknologi.com for more information.

Answer 9

I agree selling on ebay maybe small sample sizes can be a way to get customers and they can pay just for small sizes to test it out. You can also use classified sites like yahoo has, if you have a profile at myspace you can link it from there and also try writing a press release.

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Answer 10

There are several good places, but try these for free or low cost advertising that is for people who work from home--

http://www.my-mall-at-home.com

http://www.cybermomz.com

http://www.wahparentsmall.com/

also, you might look into creating a plug (88x31 pixel button) and going to

http://www.plug-board.com

they link to hundreds of sites for free.

Good luck. You are entering into a very competitive field. There is room for everyone who makes good products, but you really have to advertise alot!