Small company gets big contract dut to the internet
December 11, 2005 (Press Release) --
Akron Grove Bath Products, a Lockport, New York based soap and bath products maker has been selected as the supplier for a resort in The British West Indies.
Donna Rug, a lifelong Lockport resident started her company in late 2002 providing soaps and bath products to local customers.
“A friend gave me a “Bath Bomb” she had received as a gift. I liked it so well we went online to find more and I was appalled at the price. I thought, that will be the day I spend $6.00 for a single bath.” This is the answer the owner of Akron Grove Bath Products gives when asked why 3 years ago, she started her own bath products company.
She decided to start a business making bath bombs, a few glycerin soaps, and bath salts. This was her entire product line. Her concept was to provide a quality product at a price everyone could afford.
“Initially, we were selling to friends and family and they liked the products. We began doing a few home parties and catalog sales." Donna said.
She only had a product line of about 10 different items then. Soon after, she started the “Craft Show” circuit and had reasonable sales from them. Her natural, home made products sold well.
Slowly, she started to add additional scents and other products. Eventually, her products were in several Western New York shops and she decided that she wanted to expand her reach. Unfortunately, it was becoming difficult for her and her husband to go out selling
every weekend.
“My husband suggested the internet and he spent many long hours building a website for us. He gave me the website one year as a Christmas present. At first, we were happy to get 1-2 visitors a week, but he kept improving the site while I was inventing and trying
new products." she said.
The website now gets 25-35 visitors a day. It also has links from over 3,600 other sites that funnel traffic to her site. Due to the internet they’ve managed to get her items in shops as far away as Texas and their products have been shipped internationally to Canada, England, Scotland and Australia.
She now carrys over 100 different items and can custom make them with any of her more than 80 scents. She can also make her products unscented and without
dye for those that need or want them this way.
She added. “After I make a new product, we give a sample to our friends and family members to try out. If they all like it, we then add it to our product line.”
Donna Rug, a lifelong Lockport resident started her company in late 2002 providing soaps and bath products to local customers.
“A friend gave me a “Bath Bomb” she had received as a gift. I liked it so well we went online to find more and I was appalled at the price. I thought, that will be the day I spend $6.00 for a single bath.” This is the answer the owner of Akron Grove Bath Products gives when asked why 3 years ago, she started her own bath products company.
She decided to start a business making bath bombs, a few glycerin soaps, and bath salts. This was her entire product line. Her concept was to provide a quality product at a price everyone could afford.
“Initially, we were selling to friends and family and they liked the products. We began doing a few home parties and catalog sales." Donna said.
She only had a product line of about 10 different items then. Soon after, she started the “Craft Show” circuit and had reasonable sales from them. Her natural, home made products sold well.
Slowly, she started to add additional scents and other products. Eventually, her products were in several Western New York shops and she decided that she wanted to expand her reach. Unfortunately, it was becoming difficult for her and her husband to go out selling
every weekend.
“My husband suggested the internet and he spent many long hours building a website for us. He gave me the website one year as a Christmas present. At first, we were happy to get 1-2 visitors a week, but he kept improving the site while I was inventing and trying
new products." she said.
The website now gets 25-35 visitors a day. It also has links from over 3,600 other sites that funnel traffic to her site. Due to the internet they’ve managed to get her items in shops as far away as Texas and their products have been shipped internationally to Canada, England, Scotland and Australia.
She now carrys over 100 different items and can custom make them with any of her more than 80 scents. She can also make her products unscented and without
dye for those that need or want them this way.
She added. “After I make a new product, we give a sample to our friends and family members to try out. If they all like it, we then add it to our product line.”
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