The Homegrown Vendor Blog

What to charge for handmade sugar scrub by the jar and by the ounce, from ten small shops' prices, live supply costs, Tree Hut and the fees on a $14 sale.

Homemade lip balm is a cosmetic you can sell from home. Here is a basic recipe, the drug wording and SPF to keep off the tube, the lip-only color rules, and what Florida adds.

Seven places to sell bath bombs, from your market booth to gift shops and party orders, what a $7 bomb pays you in each, and how to keep humidity from killing the fizz.

Seven places butter sells, from Saturday pickup windows to $38 gift sets, which ones a licensed creamery or a Utah or Wyoming home kitchen can use, and what each costs on a half pound.

A $171.89 starter order makes about 60 clamshells in four scents. Here is the wax to use, how much fragrance, the 1 to 2 week cure, the label, and where to sell.

Wax melts are not food, so no cottage food permit applies. Here is the label you need, why dessert-shaped melts need a do not eat line, and the tax and market rules.

How long homemade cookies last at room temperature, in the fridge and frozen, why they taste best for about 3 days, and how to time your baking, packaging and labels when you sell them.

What to charge for homemade apple butter, with grocery, orchard and Homegrown prices per ounce, the real cost of a half-pint, and what selling fees take from each jar.

What to charge for homemade vinegar, with grocery and small-batch prices per ounce, the real cost of an 8-ounce bottle, and what selling fees take from each sale.