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The high demand for salt and low production costs make it easy to start a salt business in Pakistan and other countries. Pakistan is home to the second-largest salt reserve in the world, the Khewra Salt Flats (also known as the Mayo Salt Flats). If you want to start a business in this, you must know that Pakistan is the top Supplier and exporter of Himalayan Salt. In Pakistan, different companies are working on Himalayan Salt. The top one is Standard Salt this company is the largest Himalayan Salt exporter and Supplier due to their best quality production of this Himalayan Salt.
According to the Small Business Administration (SBA), more than 50 percent of small business start-ups fail within the first five years, and another 50 percent of successful businesses fail in the following years.
So starting a business is risky, but some businesses in Pakistan are successful, and the salt industry is a good example.
All you need to do is convince your target audience through various advertising channels such as fresh packaging, posters, flyers, radio, and television. It means that your salt is not only of good quality but also relatively cheaper than other products in the market, allowing you to profit from this untapped resource. You can convince them that your salt is not only of high quality but also relatively cheaper than other products in the market.
This article tells you more.
How to start a Himalayan salt business in Pakistan, investment such as machinery required, machinery cost, return on investment. You should also learn about packaging and marketing costs and you will also learn about running a business, from subcontracting to production, packaging, and marketing.
You will also learn about human resources, vehicles, and other requirements to run a successful business.
Three steps to start a Himalayan salt business
The Himalayan salt business is very simple, and you only need a few machines to start. Still, as I always advise my readers, if you want to start a company or a particular business, you need to spend at least 2-6 days in the same sector to learn everything from A to Z. You need to learn about the salt business.
Not only will you get a general knowledge of how to run a business effectively, but you will also learn the important aspects needed to succeed. In other words, you must learn the technical skills and the business itself, especially if you have never run a business before. Working with the same company means spending time with people and professionals who have successfully run the company for at least a decade. So let’s go back to the A to Z stages of starting a salt business.
Stage 1
Phase 1 requires the following Pioneers in the salt industry in Pakistan.
- First, you need to find a salt truck. Start with a salt truck first.
- It would help if you also had a clean production area where the machines are. A space in an industrial area for minimal rent will do, or if you have enough space, you can start at home.
- You will also need office furniture, computers, phone lines and internet for your sales office.
- If you work in a factory, you will also need carts, gloves, and other equipment to transport the salt to the machines.
- Finally, you need to agree with the bottle manufacturer which bottles you will pack, for example, whether you will sell 200-gram bags and bottles or whether you will sell bags and bottles of different weights, for example, 100-gram bags and bottles, 250-gram bags and bottles, etc.
- You also need to employ at least two people to work in the factory, for example, in the mechanical department.
- It would help if you also had cardboard to pack the bottles and bags.
- It would help if you also listed prices, e.g., wholesale, wholesale, and retail prices. Start with low prices and high quality to attract the market, then increase prices to achieve higher revenues.
- You will also need workers to grind the salt stones into pebbles, which can easily be done with an inexpensive salt crusher.
Step 2
- The price of these machines (low-tech machines) is between 80,000 and 10,000 crores.
- You can buy them from local sellers in Pakistan, online at alibaba.com, or even go to China and check out the Great Wall.
- Packaging the bottles needs to be marked with a regular machine or a heat gun before going into the packaging machine. A good quality gun costs about 2,500 Pakistani rupees.
Once the salt is in the bags and jars, it is time for the final step.
Step 3
- You have to give the computer the daily production data to know how much you produced that day. A good accounting and record-keeping program can help you do this.
- If you cannot afford to buy logistics bikes for the market, have a representative take orders and prepare a route plan that you can use to ask the vendor to schedule the next day’s delivery of bikes based on the route plan and sell the market-produced bikes. If you need more than an experienced salesperson, read this article on how to do so.
- You need to set up a system to keep track of daily, weekly, and monthly sales, product returns, credits, etc., for each vendor.
- You should also store data on key customers, such as wholesalers and retailers, to build different relationships with them and use them for current and future products.
- You also need to do marketing, and I recommend starting with brochures. Advertising in brochures is the most effective option for start-ups with a low budget. A good quality brochure for 5,000 people and a regular brochure for 3,000 people cost about 35-40 lac. The price is expressed in Pakistani rupees. You can advertise in leaflets and brochures through your estate agent.
