Starting & Growing Your Business

After weeks or months of testing and experimenting, you already have your handmade product. It's perfect and it's ready to be sold. You have chosen your e-commerce platform. But you don't know how much you should sell it. It's a very common problem for DIYers that have just started to turn their hobby into a business. If you haven't decided whether you should start selling your handmade products, check out our blog on why you should do so here. The biggest mistake you could ever make is to undervalue your handmade product. Why bother doing it as a business if...

If you were born into a more traditional filipino family like mine, you probably grew up hearing: go to school, get good grades, and get a good-paying, stable job.  This is from our well-meaning parents and relatives. Of course, back then, everyone thought that that is the ONLY path to success. There was also a general 'fear' of failure - or maybe that's just me. ;P When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, everyone and everything was affected - health, family, everyone's 'stable' jobs. Everything. Looking back, I realized that ultimately, only the things you are passionate about will matter and can...

UPDATE 2022: We have a NEW version of the cost calculator. View this blog to download the files!   Calculating cost is every DIYer's nightmare - or is it just us?  We have made a sheet calculator for all our fellow DIYers. You may refer to the video below for a step by step guide!  DOWNLOAD EXCEL FORMAT (Microsoft OS): Click here. DOWNLOAD NUMBERS FORMAT (Mac OS): Click here. DISCLAIMER: All values entered here are SAMPLES ONLY. Sheet 1: Ingredient list This includes a detailed list of all raw materials/ingredients you will be using in all your products including the following:...

Many businesses have closed down. People are dying. There are people still fighting for their human rights and against injustice in this century. The whole world has lost its mind. Therefore, if your business managed to make it this far, you have already succeeded. In our experience, the growth was abrupt. We felt like a foal walking on a wobbly bridge, using inexperienced, wobbly legs. Make no mistake. Growing the business was always our intention. However, it’s not without struggles. Here’s a little snapshot of our experience in numbers: 110% is how much more orders we’ve approximately been getting daily...