Let’s talk about the pet baking you are making
Pet baking, as the name suggests, is small snacks, snacks, and cakes made for pets, including common pet snacks, freeze-dried, and There are "desserts" in the shape of cakes, breads, and even egg yolk puff pastry, donuts, cupcakes, etc., all of which are specially formulated for pets.
I went to Anhui to study in August and September 2020. At that time, there was an epidemic in Nanjing. I was engaged in parent-child interaction planning. This industry was still very affected by the epidemic. During that time, I could only work from home. At that time, I wanted to learn a side job that would not be affected by the epidemic. In fact, when I was in college, I knew that there were people selling homemade pet cakes and snacks. I also often bought handmade chicken jerky for my dogs to eat and dried it by hand. The jerky is indeed very fragrant, with a strong aroma of chicken jerky, but almost none of the jerky on Taobao has this kind of aroma. I have always wanted to buy a cake for my dog ??to try, but I haven’t waited yet. I went to learn how to bake pets for my dog’s birthday.
I started working as a side job, but I didn’t expect to go back to work right after I finished my studies. Because I was busy with my main job and I was lazy, I didn’t develop it for a long time. The products are basically purchased by some friends. Later, in November 2021, I changed to a relatively easy front desk job. I had nothing to do every day, so I started to make pet baking seriously. It took about a month in the early stage to make products, take pictures, edit pictures, and put them on the shelves. products, opened Taobao stores and WeChat stores, and then slowly started to operate. It took about 2 months to start making more than 10,000 monthly income. Until now, it has been too busy, because after the order volume increased, the use of I really didn’t have time to do it after get off work, so I resigned from my job in February 2022 to do pet baking full time.
Now we not only take orders but also teach students, because the initial investment in pet baking is small, and the majority is tuition (the current tuition here is several thousand, and the market price ranges from more than 5,000 to more than 10,000). Excluding tuition fees, you only need about 2k to buy all the materials and equipment in the early stage. All electrical equipment is bought from Xianyu. The oven costs about 400, the drying box costs about 200, microwaves and refrigerators are generally found in every home, and the others Just the egg beater and meat grinder, which cost about 60 yuan, and then some small molds, baking paper, ingredients, etc. (all very cheap). It is very suitable for people who have a relatively easy job, or who take care of children at home, who like the pet industry and want to develop in this industry without investing too much, as a side job. In the early days, I did not recommend students to open a studio or store, because there is really no need for it. Now There are also very few people shopping. Customers basically place orders online and have them delivered by errands, and rarely pick them up by themselves. This does not involve door display, so it is enough to do it at home. Moreover, there is no need to stock up on pet snacks. They are all made upon ordering, so there will be no phenomenon of having a lot of goods in stock and no one buying them.
Is pet baking really easy?
In fact, pet baking is now at a very good stage of development. Nowadays, there are many people keeping pets. Basically, 6 out of 10 families have pets. Nowadays, people regard pets as part of the family and pay great attention to the sense of ritual. Coupled with the increase in consumption power, pets will always think about giving them to their furry children on their birthdays. Order a cake, and a 4-inch pet cake only costs over 100 yuan (small dogs can eat three or four meals). The cake base is made of pure meat, and the price is really not expensive, and it is a price that everyone can accept.
There are also handmade snacks for pets. In fact, few pet-raising families can insist on cooking for their pets every day. Most of them eat dog food and cat food, including snacks, and few parents make their own. First, it takes time; second, if homemade snacks are not made well, they will become moldy in two or three days. In fact, everyone is very tired when they come back from work every day. It is really busy enough to cook, wash and clean up when they come back. However, some parents pay more attention to the dietary health of their furry children. At this time, the advantages of handmade pet snacks are reflected. Nutritional and healthy products are purely handmade with zero additives, and the price is affordable, usually only a dozen or twenty-one bags, and the appearance is also very good.
Some well-off pet families will not only buy a pet cake for their dog’s birthday, but also some other snacks, such as donuts, egg yolk cakes, croissants, purple sweet potato buns, etc. The entire dessert table only costs one or two hundred when put together. It's really awesome to pose with the pet cake.
There are also some seasonal foods, such as pet glutinous rice balls, pet rice dumplings, pet dumplings, and pet New Year’s Eve dinner. When you and your family sit together to have a reunion dinner on New Year’s Eve, you can miss out on the little ones. There are also many people making reservations for New Year's Eve dinner every year for cats and dogs.
I am not worried about the source of customers at all now, because there are quite a few channels, such as:
(1)? Cooperate with the pet store, give the pet store a purchase price, and then We supply, because pet shops have precise customer sources. You can make an acrylic display sign for the pet shop and put it in the store. Many people will consult when they see it;
(2)? Market , there is a Yiwu Small Commodity City near my home, and there is a lot of traffic. I go back at night and set up a table to sell snacks, and then I hang the words "Pet Baking" in front of my table. Many people are curious when they see it and take the initiative. Come for consultation and add WeChat, you don’t need to shout yourself, because this is a very novel industry, everyone is very curious
I have also participated in pet exhibitions offline, organized pet parties by myself, and opened a small business online Accounts such as Hongshu, Meituan, and Douyin post some baked works from time to time. The traffic brought by these online platforms is very good.
That’s it for today’s sharing. If you have anything, you can send me a private message. I will show you my work below~
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