PRICING TRANSPARENCY
As a small business, I owe so much of my success to my loyal customers and community. Something I love about working at such a small scale is that every order feels more personal and as if i'm packing a gift for my customer. Because of this, raising prices makes me feel like a greedy scheming large corporation rather than something I need to do for the sustainability of my business. So I made this page, a page dedicated to full transparency of when and why I make certain price changes!
Reasons for Price Changes
Listed below are some of the main reasons for necessary price changes.
Materials
Any sort of price increase in materials whether it's from inflation, tariffs, or just upgrades to higher quality require a price increase among my products. This one's pretty self explanatory, the more the materials cost, the more the product costs.
Labor
As my shop expands and reaches more audiences, more orders come flowing in. And as the only employee of my business, it can get to be a lot of work and time for just one person. I love what I do and want everybody to have the opportunity to try my slimes but that does require me to raise prices when necessary for the well being of me and the sustainability of my business.
Shipping
Sometimes, it's just as simple as the shipping providers raising their prices. Whether it's for the peak holiday season or weather complications, UPS will start adding additional fees to their rates. In these circumstances, I always make the customers aware of the new shipping price increase.