Pricing

[GuyNir]

1st year selling honey for me too. I was pleasantly surprised to see local people willing to spend good money buying my locally produced honey. People do appreciate local, small scale, ‘not messed with’ honey - from my personal experience that is

 

[Hivemaker.]

‘not messed with’ honey

It also saves on extracting it by selling it complete in the frame.

 

[For want of a better word]

It also saves on extracting it by selling it complete in the frame.

£45 a frame .... think it was underpriced?... but offloaded a few kilo of "bakers" to the same buyers!

Mytten da

 

[Finman]

£45 a frame .... think it was underpriced?... but offloaded a few kilo of "bakers" to the same buyers!

Mytten da

10 frames. £ 450. Same as the whole hive with bees.

 

[madasafish]

Anyone have a view on a reasonable price to sell in 30lb containers?

I sold bulk at £8 per kg...

 

[For want of a better word]

10 frames. £ 450. Same as the whole hive with bees.

No bees....
They just wanted a nicely filled frame of local Native Cornish black bee honey with beautiful white cappings for a " very special" royal event ... something fit for a King!

Was pleased to oblige.... although I did have to deliver.

Mytten da

 

[Hivemaker.]

£45 a frame .... think it was underpriced?

Seen it for sale at anything from £60 to £120 retail.

 

[Eyeman]

I have sold all my 96 12oz jars at £4.50 a time to local folk and the people who work in the offices where my wife works. Could have got £5 probably and next year probably will as finding a load of fifty pence pieces all the time was a pain in the neck.

Being my first year selling honey (gave it all away last year as there wasn't much) I was careful not to overprice and be stuck (pun not intentional) with honey into next season plus my house is not big and nearly a hundred jars of honey takes up a lot of room. Next year I shall be more bullish in my honey-selling and pricing activities.

Sounds like a kiss-of-death to any surplus honey next year!

 

[Parsonage Bees]

And the cost of their hobby!

Nos da

I must have spent £800 over 2 years as I try to keep costs down. Never sold a jar of honey. Cheaper than golf as I always tell people.

Don't expect they make money for you.

 

[Finman]

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I sell with fair price with long distance. I want keep my good regular customers whick buy 5-50kg every year.

The rest I must then sell as bulk with half price.

Marketing and drive with car here and there is expencive.

 

[Finman]

Seen it for sale at anything from £60 to £120 retail.

You can fool your customer only once.
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[Cuckmere couple]

we only got circa 120 llbs this year and its selling fast at £5 12oz in local pub

some people came in to pub yesterday just to buy honey as they enjoyed first one so much

 

[Ian123]

You can fool your customer only once.
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Depends who there selling it to

 

[enrico]

we only got circa 120 llbs this year and its selling fast at £5 12oz in local pub

some people came in to pub yesterday just to buy honey as they enjoyed first one so much

Good packaging sells honey easily. Make it appeal to visitors who want a keep sake.
If the pub is going to be a good selling point then call the honey after the pub. E.g? king's Head honey etc

 

[Hivemaker.]

Depends who there selling it to

https://thelondonhoneycompany.co.uk/collections/honeycomb/products/pure-honey-london-honeycomb-frame

https://thelondonhoneycompany.co.uk...ts/pure-honey-shropshire-ling-honeycomb-frame

https://thelondonhoneycompany.co.uk...ts/pure-honey-isle-of-purbeck-honeycomb-frame

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/253813453234

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cartwright...F8&qid=1541420503&sr=8-13&keywords=comb+honey

https://localhoneyman.co.uk/product/whole-frame-of-honeycomb/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Quince-Hon...=1541420648&sr=8-2&keywords=quince+honey+farm

 

[Finman]

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I am not able to do that.

Or sell bee pollen and say that " this have all necessary nutritiens to a man".
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[Walrus]

Good packaging sells honey easily. Make it appeal to visitors who want a keep sake.

I have found that those hexagonal 12oz jars with gold coloured lids are the most popular with people who want my honey.

I am thinking of calling my soft set honey something like "Cream of the Walrus" - what do ya reckon? Too much?!

 

[Finman]

nearly a hundred jars of honey takes up a lot of room.

It is a big tower. The goal is to sell 10 jars/month.

 

[Murox]

I have found that those hexagonal 12oz jars with gold coloured lids are the most popular with people who want my honey.

I am thinking of calling my soft set honey something like "Cream of the Walrus" - what do ya reckon? Too much?!

Just "Walrus Brand".

 

[Parsonage Bees]

I am thinking of calling my soft set honey something like "Cream of the Walrus" - what do ya reckon? Too much?!

Liquid honey . .. . "Tears of the Walrus"
or wax . . . . .. . . "Nasal mucus of the Walrus" ?

Maybe not. I think you've got a good brand image already.

. .. Ben