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Title: Sharing : Diaper business

Post by: Commodities_MSY on October 16, 2009, 10:02:52 am

Good day ! I will share to you on how to start and run a diaper business. This will be a
series for you to follow and hope can guide you along the way. Feel free to ask
questions related specifically to this thread. Non related questions or comments, PM's
are most welcome. Thanks

Why diaper business ?

1. Basic commodity

A baby will have an average of 3 years in using diapers. 5 pcs each day (or more) for
7 days a week/ 30 days a month /12 months a year. That’s roughly 40,000 pcs of
diapers a single baby will consume in 3 years.

2. Wide range of market

a. All classes of consumer from Class A to D uses diapers. The difference only comes
from the consumers personal preference
b. Both gender of babies uses it ( boy or girl )
c. A general family has 2 – 6 children. Every child from age 1 to 3 uses diapers.

3. Simplicity of the business

a. Basic trading item. Buyers normally pays in cash and go.
b. A good quality diaper needs not much advertising since diaper now is considered
a commodity item.
c. Easy inventory. 3 - 4 sizes at most per brand or kind to take care of.
d. Single brand of diaper can already establish a business.

4. Volume
- Volume for diaper requirement are directly proportional to the population, Higher
the population , bigger the volume

5. Expansion potential
a. From the biggest distributor to the homebased moms.
b. Form the urban to the rural areas.
c. Wet markets, groceries sari- sari stores

6. Ease of handling
Diapers are light weight that makes it one of the reason it’s a easy business. Male
and female can handle it, older and younger ones as well.

7. Very good product mix – can sell with dry goods, baby products, laundry products
and even with the garment industry.

Kinds of diaper – next session

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Post by: Commodities_MSY on October 18, 2009, 09:48:35 am

Types of Diapers

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Kinds and quality –

- For attachments Magic tape, Velcro, pull ups are use. Both magic tapes and Velcro
are quick to use. Velcro is a little bit expensive though.

-For textures of fabric , plastic and cloth like are the popular ones.

Some prefer plastic over cloth-like because it is cheaper and cooler to use

Those who use cloth-like feels like their babies are wearing a fabric and they say it
looks nicer.

Depending on the sensitivity of the skin of the baby allergies are avoided by using
which fabric fits the baby..

Next topic
Marketing

Title: Re: Sharing : Diaper business

Post by: Commodities_MSY on October 20, 2009, 03:02:00 pm

Topic 3

Marketing:

Super Distributors –

- They buy diapers in big big volumes

- They normally focus on distribution rather than operating stores
- Their radius of market goes nationwide
- Their normal customers are distributors and sometimes dealers

Distributors

- Normally they have both distribution and walk in stores such as groceries , dry
market and home base.
- Their radius applies within 1 -2 nearby neighborhood or provinces
- They cater to dealers and end users
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Dealers

- Most of the time no distribution only walk in stores

- Examples are small groceries, sari sari stores, talipapas and home base
- They direcly cater to end users

End user

They are the direct consumer

Next topic - Capital and profitabilty

Title: Re: Sharing : Diaper business

Post by: Commodities_MSY on October 23, 2009, 07:17:17 am

Topic 4

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4. Capital and profitability –

- Capital ranges depending on what level you want :

Normal capital are as follows , this cover stocks and basic set up
A ) Super Distributor - 5 million up
B ) Distributor - P50,000 up
C) Dealers - 10,000 up
D) Retailers – 1,000 up

Mark - ups – 3% to 25 % - You could see that profitability difference are big and this
varies base on levels and volume. Super distributors gets the least mark up but has
the biggest volume. Retailers has the biggest mark up but smaller volume.

A homebase business can get as much as P20,000 net profit a month.

Next topic - packaging

Title: Re: Sharing : Diaper business

Post by: Commodities_MSY on October 25, 2009, 04:21:27 pm

Topic 5

Packaging -

Boxes –

-are normally sold at groceries and supermarkets.

- Inside the box are printed branded plastic normally in 12 pieces.
- They are more expensive than bundles because of the printed plastic packing.

Bundles -

- Are packed in opaque or translucent plastics. 180 pieces are contained in packs of
30 pieces.

- They are commonly sold in wet and dry market, sari sari store, drugstores and
home based business.

- They are cheaper than boxes because of its packing. The contents inside are the
same as in the boxes.

- This means that bundles of this kind with its equivalent boxes are not generic
diapers.

- They are sold in bundles, packs and pieces.

Next topic - What to look for in a diaper supplier

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Post by: Commodities_MSY on October 28, 2009, 06:28:21 am

Topic 6

What to look for in a diaper supplier

1. Honesty - are the items guaranteed without insertions of class b products.

2. Customer care - answers question of their clients.

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3. Loyalty - does not divulge information of their customers to other customers, ( such
as price and volume consume ).

4. Partnership - The supplier should treat their customers as business partners.

Example, helps forecast and give adequate stock availability., refers smaller customers
to them within a specific area).

5. Reliability - very important in terms of stock availability and prompt delivery

6. Pricing - Should give competitive price for customers to have a good profitability
and competitiveness.

Next topic - What to consider in having multiple brands

Title: Re: Sharing : Diaper business

Post by: HomeBizMan on October 28, 2009, 08:46:33 pm

could you send wholesale price list to [email protected]. plan to distribute in my

city.

thanks

Title: Re: Sharing : Diaper business

Post by: corachuchay on October 29, 2009, 03:26:33 pm

could you send whole px list to [email protected]

thanks!

Title: Re: Sharing : Diaper business

Post by: Commodities_MSY on October 30, 2009, 08:40:55 am

Topic 7
Things to consider in having multiple brands:

1. Each brand has 4 sizes. more brands more sizes

2. A dealer normally gets more discount on volume purchases, multiple brands make
volume more difficult.

3. More brands, Larger warehouse needed

4. Cash flow is a big consideration.

5. There are two kinds on how to be more stable, be known for multiple brands or be
known carrying a few fixed brands.

Title: Re: Sharing : Diaper business

Post by: Commodities_MSY on October 30, 2009, 08:46:54 am

Thank you for all your inquiries. For your Pm's and questions everything about diapers
including prices kindly visit our website at www.commodities08.multiply.com . We also
have our friendly customer care personnel via chat every now and then to answer
your questions.

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Title: Re: Sharing : Diaper business

Post by: Commodities_MSY on November 04, 2009, 08:53:59 am

Topic 8

Product mix with diapers – While diapers can me sold mix with almost all items ,
these are what works already in the market

- all baby items such as baby wipes, feeding bottles, cottons, baby oils

- Detergents such as dishwashing liquids, fabric softeners, powder detergents, toilet

cleaners,

- Clothes such as generic shirts

- Hygenic products like toilet papers, feminine napkins, alcohol

- Great combination with farm eggs and canned goods

- Drugstores

Title: Re: Sharing : Diaper business

Post by: Commodities_MSY on November 13, 2009, 06:37:14 am

Data :

A dealers normally expands quickly once they get the business going since the
operation is very simple. they branch out to different areas. Some dealers even have
3 -4 stores.

Title: Re: Sharing : Diaper business

Post by: Commodities_MSY on November 15, 2009, 12:30:39 pm

Data :

Expiration - on a normal condition 1 year is safe for diapers to still be effective. Some
factors that lessens its effectivity includes :

1. The velcro or tape weakens its adhesion

2. The gel use lessens its effectivity
3. Wear and tear of the material use
Generally with good stocking condition, napakatagal ng effectivity ng diapers.

:)

Title: Re: Sharing : Diaper business

Post by: Commodities_MSY on November 19, 2009, 07:04:34 pm

Data : Bundled diapers are the same as branded diapers. They are cheaper because :

1. They are packed in big bundles that minimizes the packaging cost.

2. They are sold mostly in wet/dry markets,homebased, retail stores which has
cheaper rental

3. They do not venture in media advertising which greatly affects cost.

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Thank you

Title: Re: Sharing : Diaper business

Post by: Commodities_MSY on November 22, 2009, 10:40:30 am

Data : Did you know that by starting a dealership program that grows to a number in
different location, the dealer can be its own distributor and eventually distributes to
other dealers.

Title: Re: Sharing : Diaper business

Post by: Commodities_MSY on November 30, 2009, 07:33:36 am

Data : Business via online

Selling diapers as distributors via internet is very good. Either you have a store or
homebase, what you need are available stocks to sell and creative ideas for internet
selling. The entrepreneurs as far as 100 km radius will come to you as long as you
have the products to sell and good service. The major advantage of internet selling is
its low operating cost.

Title: Re: Sharing : Diaper business

Post by: Commodities_MSY on December 06, 2009, 11:13:17 am

How to sell villages, subdivisions and even in condominiums :

1. Make sure your gate , door entrance has a nice graphics ads that your selling
diapers. A 4 x 2 ft tarpaulin either horizontal or vertical is a good start. Be sure to
place the contact number and person.
2. Make leaftlets of products offered with pricelist and contact address,number and
person.
3. Distribute to your village, better also get survey if there are babies ( for retail
selling )
4. Distribute to other villages offering them to supply them for their own retail selling.
5. Make follow ups

Title: Re: Sharing : Diaper business

Post by: jhaniz on January 25, 2010, 09:20:48 pm

if it will be okay with you, I want to be a distributor too. could you consider lowering
your prize so I could distribute them to dealers too... [email protected]

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