I have bad news for my soap distributors!!

Apparently the hike in prices has also affected the raw supply and manufacturing prices in Malaysia. The Taharah Soap manufacturers will also be increasing the prices for distributors from 1st July onwards.

Unfortunately they never moved the retail price resulting in lesser margins for us distributors and stokists. They may have their reasons for it because the price of the soap in Malaysia is already at its premium rate which is almost $6 Rm. Pushing it up may cause the consumers not to buy it.

I guess this is the sad part of being distributors. I’m looking to raise the price of the soap but my main worry is that other competitors may not be willing to push it up due to customer demands and the ever so many comparisons that is happening. Haizz the complexities of running a business..

Anyway to raise or not to raise? In fact I’m considering of stopping this business for quite sometime now since my other businesses have already surpassed the SOAP income but I still believe in its potential…

If you want to know how much the price has risen. It has gone up to $1.50 RM higher than the previous  cost. If i were to raise the distributor price, it will mean that my distributors will only get half of what they are earning now in sales which is ridiculously low and personally its not worth doing business at that rate.

Haizzz let me ponder on this problem for a while and give me your opinions tpp.