>>how long have you been selling it?
>
>"Unofficially" for almost 3 years, but I went live/official
>with it a little over a year ago

cool. despite your initial trepidation, how has the reality of jumping in stacked up with your preconceptions? what's the biggest thing that surprised you after going in for real?

>
>>where do you sell it besides online?
>
>Currently just a few barber shops in DC. That's been a lot of
>trial and error tho so I'm looking to focus on online sales
>and smaller shops where there's a dedicated merchandising
>associate. These barbers just wanna cut hair, lol
>

excellent. i was thinking barber shops would be a natural (pun intended) spot for you. get that strong word of mouth going, and especially if you can convince a couple barbers to use your products on their clients. ie, you get the deluxe cut, they throw that Monarch on top.

we *tried* to do a thing w/ a barbershop earlier. was all good for a minute, but then it ain't work out. we're still looking for different sales outlets / models. what works best for us is direct to customers, like at craft / artisan shows, and when we had a kiosk downtown in the food hall. we do great in those settings. only thing, that's time intensive. we need to figure out how to get passive sales popping. internet. wholesale, etc.

still working on it.


peace & blessings,

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