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How To Start A Monthly Subscription Box Business

today we are going to be talking about a
business using a subscription box and
this is honestly one of the coolest ways
that you can shop now and it's really
growing in popularity quite fast before
I get into the video though I just
wanted to mention I know some of you
have been wondering as far as my upload
frequency typically I upload every
single day on YouTube however I've been
working very hard building some premium
content and I don't want to get into too
many details just yet I'm gonna let you
guys know as I'm going forward I'll give
you guys some more details about what it
is that I'm doing but just know I'm
building something behind the scenes
that I think a lot of you are gonna be
very interested in and a lot of people
have been requesting this and it's
something I've wanted to do for a while
and so that's taking many hours of my
time each day so as a result if you're
noticing maybe some of my videos are a
little bit shorter or I'm uploading a
little less frequently that is the
reason I didn't at all lose interest in
YouTube I'm just building something on
the side that's really going to be
something I think you guys are gonna
like so subscription boxes are really
growing in popularity and we're kind of
seeing them pop up everywhere I'm even
starting to see stores do them and they
I got the idea for this video from I was
at GNC and they wanted me to sign up for
this gold membership and I was like god
I really don't want to then they pulled
out the box they're like you're gonna
get this box once a quarter and I was
like wow you know what that's that's
kind of cool and they're like it comes
with coupons and free samples and so
that's what sold me on it I was like wow
I'm gonna get a free gift four times a
year so what it is guys it's it's
something that offers customers a unique
and fun shopping experience because we
love getting mail I mean that's one of
the reasons I like ordering stuff on
Amazon is because it's exciting when
that package comes in the mail even
though it's something you would buy from
the store I mean I just had to order a
printer on Amazon and some paper and it
came in the mail and I was like oh wow I
got a package you know obviously it's
nothing exciting but there's just
something fun about getting a package in
the mail especially when you don't
expect it so that is why people love
subscription boxes and business owners
and people who have an entrepreneurial
mindset people love this idea because
what you're doing is you're creating
recurring monthly customer because every
month you're billing them and then
shipping them a box of interesting
things and most people as long as your
price point is in line and you're
delivering on the products they're gonna
stay subscribed because they really like
the surprise and they like getting mail
and getting packages so there's a huge
potential for this you could pretty much
start a subscription box with any
shopping category I included a bunch of
examples in the description if you guys
want some ideas of existing businesses
but I want to just go through the basic
model of how you would start a
subscription box business the first
thing you would have to do is decide on
a category so just a few examples of
businesses that are already out there
there's a lot of them involved with food
pets beauty nutrition like I said GNC is
jumping on the bandwagon entertainment
and education is a new one too I see a
lot of people sending books and
educational material out you do need to
decide on a niche category because the
truth is with this the more specific you
are the better because you really want
to tailor something to one specific
customer base because that way when that
customer stumbles upon your product
they're gonna be like wow this was made
for me so you wouldn't necessarily want
to make just a generic entertainment box
that had a bunch of random things that
you could use because if it's not
tailored to one specific customer base
there's gonna be things in there they
don't want and they may decide okay this
really isn't for me but if you targeted
specifically to somebody who has a
specific interest they're gonna be like
wow you know this is something really
special and they're gonna use all the
items you send them so just a few
examples of some niche categories and a
lot of these I've already been created
but there's some doing healthy snacks
you could do a box specifically for
small dog breeds you could do all
natural beauty products you could do
Fitness supplements you could do comics
or you could do boxes curate it around
retro video gaming so once you've
decided on what your niche category is
and who you're gonna go after you're
going to have to identify who your
competition is out there so if there's
anyone else out there already doing a
subscription box business you want to
check them out maybe even subscribe to
them just to get an idea of what their
product looks like what's the quality of
the material they're using what are the
products are putting in there you want
to consider what their pricing is you
want to consider what their advertising
is and
want to also consider what the
demographic is and you also want to
think about this as well depending on
who you're going after they may have a
different price budget I mean if you're
looking to send people bowties and dress
ties and you're looking to target very
wealthy men then yes you could probably
justify a fifty dollar monthly
subscription but if you were looking to
send you know videogame material and
like doing something like loot crate
does where you're sending basically a
box curated for nerds and gamers that's
going after a much younger demographic
maybe thirteen to twenty four years old
somewhere around there they're probably
not going to have as much money as a
rich executive who's looking to order
bowties and you know different
accessories like that so you have to
consider what your pricing is going to
be so you probably couldn't do a fifty
dollar monthly box to a teenager they
wouldn't be able to afford it number
four you want to decide on what your
marketing approach is going to be so how
are you going to spread the word about
your business one of the ways that a lot
of people do this is through YouTube
unboxing so they will actually contact
youtubers out there and they'll say look
I'm going to send you this for free
we're gonna pay you and what we want you
to do is unbox it on your channel and
it's a really cool video people love
unboxing videos so one of the most
popular ways of marketing this business
is finding somebody who is making videos
that are targeted to your customer base
and reaching out to them and saying hey
can I send you this box and you know
I'll pay you to open it up on the air
and you can have all these products for
free and then maybe even offer some kind
of affiliate program or they're gonna
get a commission for referrals another
great way to do this is through targeted
Facebook Ads so if you have a really
good idea who your customer base is you
can create targeted Facebook ads and
make sure that your ads are only playing
in front of those specific people so if
you're looking to target you know men
from twenty four to thirty within a
certain area you could do that easily
with targeted Facebook ads or you might
want to look for an organic traffic
approach so maybe you're gonna build a
blog or build a YouTube channel or start
posting you know content that's going to
get people interested in your brand and
you know spread awareness that way that
probably would be a more difficult
approach but you could also do a blend
of all of these things as far as
marketing goes number five you're gonna
at that point you're gonna want to build
your box you're gonna want to build a
sample box because you're gonna have to
look at a number of factors first of all
you have to consider the box size
because you're gonna have to include
shipping costs and you also have to make
sure that because this is on a recurring
monthly basis make sure that the items
that you're shipping are going to be
relatively the same size because if you
sign people up and then all of a sudden
you're looking to ship a larger item and
it's gonna cost you more for shipping
they're probably not going to be very
happy with a price increase so you're
probably gonna have to pay for that
difference so make sure you understand
what your shipping constraints are gonna
be in what size box you're gonna use how
many items are you going to include in
each box
what is the packaging material going to
be and you also want to consider the
aesthetics of what it is that you're
sending them if we've learned anything
from Apple it's that quality packaging
makes a difference you know there's a
reason that when you open up the box for
an iPhone it's very snug and it comes
off very slowly that's something that
they do on purpose and at this point
you're going to use all these factors to
determine your pricing and what you're
going to charge for this subscription
service after this you're gonna collect
leads so the best way to do this is
through building an email list so what
you would probably do is maybe start off
with your Facebook targeted advertising
campaign and generate some interest and
try to build an email list have people
sign up and say we're gonna contact you
once we launch this and you could also
at that point work on building your
social media presence and then once
you've built up enough leads to the
point where you think you're going to
convert a good number over to
subscribers that's when you're actually
going to launch this business and at
that point you're gonna fund your
operations through the subscription
revenue so once you have more people
subscribing you'll be able to spend more
money on advertising and you'll be able
to order stuff to put in these boxes and
it kind of funds itself at that point
and the great thing about this is as far
as the number of items you order you're
going to know exactly how much you
should order as far as what you're
putting in these boxes because you
already know how many people are
subscribed to your service and then at
that point what you're gonna do is
you're just going to scale the business
over time and a couple ways you can do
this is taking your revenue from your
subscriptions and increasing your
advertising budget you could also
outsource your fulfillment if you don't
want to be the one putting everything in
boxes and mailing it out and also just
if you're doing a good job of what
you're doing and you're really targeting
a specific customer and giving them
great products
then word of mouth will happen on its
own and people are gonna spread the word
about your product honestly I think it's
a fantastic business idea probably one
that's a little more expensive to start
than some out there but I just see a
huge potential with it and when you're
seeing big companies like GNC and you
see a lot of big players getting
involved in these subscription boxes I
think that just tells you something that
this is a really big thing and while
there are a lot of people doing it
already there's a ton of categories
where I'm sure people aren't doing this
yet so if you guys have a cool idea
maybe consider starting a subscription
box service of some kind anyways guys
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