Getting Small Business Products Into Retail Stores

In this video I explain the journey I took to get my small business products onto the shelves of local retail stores.
I run a small business selling pet accessories including bandanas, harnesses, leads and collars. If you have a small business and are interested in how to get your products into shops then hopefully this video will be insightful. I learnt a few things during this process and I hope that by sharing my journey of getting my small business products into retail shops that you can be better prepared when you go for it with your products!
As always, any small business questions let me know in the comments and I'll be happy to let you know my thoughts.
About MegaCrafty and The Pampered Pet Club: MegaCrafty is a small business focused channel where I share the journey of setting up my own small business and the lessons and tricks I've learnt along the way. The Pampered Pet Club is the small business I run. It started off as a pet bandana business and has grown into a pet accessory business. I'm always looking for ways to improve so if you have any thoughts about my business then please share them in the comment section!

[@disha779]

Excellent video. can you do a video about how to write emails to business owners so they can actually see my catalog email

[@Marinelle899]

Great video, would love to hear more about the emails you sent 😊

[@Haset.10]

Could you talk more about bar codes

[@Haset.10]

Love this ❤

[@allornothingang]

THIS AS VERY HELPFUL.THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@Megacrafty]

Thanks for watching and glad you found it useful 😀

[@OrchidScent]

Informative! Thank you dear.

[@Southamericanbri]

I’m so inspired & i can’t wait to get my products In stores too !

[@Megacrafty]

You’ve got this!! Good luck ✅

[@michelleyeboah6725]

Well done this was very informative! Keep up the good work girl ! You got this 💪🏾

[@Megacrafty]

Thank you 😀😀

[@DRcal_leLuxury]

Thankyou!!❤❤❤❤

[@thespencerfamily8486]

Awesome video. Thank you for sharing. My only question is how you came to a price that works best for you and the shop?

[@toris6925]

I'm so glad I came across your channel, I can't wait to hear more about your wholesale business. Interestingly enough, this weekend I visited two small shops in my area to scope and gauge brand compatibility. One store is a retail business that exists solely to give local product-based businesses a place to sell their items! I'm reaching out today to pitch my cards. Congrats and much success to you!

[@Megacrafty]

Thanks Tori! How did your pitch go?

[@allornothingang]

FACTS

[@NataliaMartinez-cz3sp]

Hi Meg!!! Thankyou so so much for the info it helps so much!! So I was wondering how did you figure out the pricing?? And also I would definitely love if you could give an example of the email you sent haha cause I have no idea what to put in there

[@vaidyaayurvedaLife]

Great insightful information. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and time! Very well done :) I have a quick question: Is there a standard product pitch template with what product info and company details a buyer wants to see about our product and company? I want to provide the proper information they want without overwhelming them with unnecessary information. Thank you so much. You've been very helpful :)

[@joyce8161]

Great video Meg, how long did the whole procedure from reaching out to the retailer to getting it in store take?

[@buddysmith7080]

Thanks for this video. How did you figure out your wholesale price? Did they agree right away or did you need to negotiate?

[@ronaldroach3281]

I could really help you, I been doing this for a long time and just passed across your video.

[@vaidyaayurvedaLife]

Great insightful information. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and time! Very well done :) I have a quick question: Is there a standard product pitch template with what product info and company details a buyer wants to see about our product and company? I want to provide the proper information they want without overwhelming them with unnecessary details. Thank you so much. You've been very helpful :)

[@Megacrafty]

I wouldn’t say there is a standard template but there are a few useful things and a few necessary pieces of info to share with a potential supplier to make sure they are getting all the info they need without overwhelming them - I’m covering this in my next video so stay tuned 😀

[@zintlenojoko8072]

so helpful,thankyouso much.can we see a tutorial of the email

[@Megacrafty]

Yes! Will get that filmed and uploaded soon 😀

[@samialsati8054]

Hi Meg I have a skincare company in UK, we based in London. I need to try list our products on shelfs in pharmacy's or bigger stores. Please let me know how to write these initial emails.many thanks

[@chrissumner5745]

Upload more please!

[@Megacrafty]

Will be uploading more soon, thanks for watching 😀

[@Wildafreyja]

That’s great news! At what price point do you sell your stock to the stores so you still make a profit and the shop to obviously make a profit.

[@Megacrafty]

To make it attractive to the shops, my research indicated they would want to make 50% profit on the items. This meant significantly reducing my profit which is why I set a minimum order number of each item for wholesale. The bulk orders mean I can get a lump cash injection into my business and use it develop more products. It’s tricky because I didn’t want to loose out on most of my profit but my setting a Minimum order quantity I was able to make sure I still made a profit on the wholesale sales. Hope that helps and makes sense!

[@kevinmaben2192]

@@Megacrafty hey i was wonderig if you could futhor explain this ,wouldn't it be better to buy out whole sale and give them 20-30% of each product sold. at most 40%

[@melissaevans-positivebegin1241]

Where can we see a example email 🙏

[@ShantesTravelThings]

hmmmmmmm

[@tvev2685]

Do you get a lot of money if your product is in a shop can you make a living out of it

[@mitchellsmith4283]

Hi, great realistic video. What was the email you sent please?

[@aestheticsbyroviha]

Thank you so much for this video.. I've one question that how you did pricing and like they bought from you your stuff or like it was some sort of paper work also?i hope you understood my question 🤍