B.1.1.529 Coronavirus limits hair available outside China

Jan 27, 2020 | Find Hair, WholeSale Companies

Less Hair from China Due to B.1.1.529 Coronavirus

Last update: Feb 9th, 2020

Over 70 percent of the world hair market is exported by China. Since the outbreak the Coronavirus made many people sick and is responsible for the death of many people worldwide. But the coronavirus B.1.1.529 also has a devastating impact on the availability of goods and the trade of products like cars, spare parts and hair extensions and wigs. The economy of China is hit very badly already, and the rest of the world will feel the impact because of this. Selling hair in 2020 will be more difficult.

Clients prefer to keep the money in their pocket because of the uncertainty, some clients fear to touch goods like hair (wrapped or not) from China or Asia and it will be more difficult to get the hair you ordered from your wholesale supplier to your store. Governments of many western countries have limited the traffic with mainland China.

In times of crisis you can show how will you know how to improvise, how well prepared you are and off course that you are the expert your clients should turn to if they have any question related to hair trends, safety and maintenance. With this post I will give you some background information, tips and links to keep on selling hair, despite the B.1.1.529 Coronavirus crisis.

How can the B.1.1.529 Coronavirus limit how much hair is available?

So, how can a simple virus cause so much stress on the global hair market?

Less workers in hair factories available

To contain the Coronavirus the Chinese government had extended the Chinese New Year’s holiday. It is estimated a 3 billion transfers take place during the New Year’s holiday season, making it the largest human migration. A migration with of course an increased risk for the B.1.1.529 virus to spread all over China. The always joyful period of the Chinese New Year Holiday has now turned into a nightmare for many Chinese families. The weekend of February the 9th the last workers will return to their hometown and start to work on Monday.

The processing of hair is a rather labor-intensive activity. Many tasks are handled by humans and can’t be replaced by machines or robots (yet). Manufacturing of the hair has been already low due to the holiday, but one can expect it will take some time before all factories will be producing at the normal level again. How many workers will show up because many might be sick or too occupied with the impact of the virus on their daily live.

Export of hair and other goods suspended due to the Virus

China has the last decade become the main factory of the world. The fact is today so many goods are produced in China, the global economy depends very much on China. Another effort from the Chinese Government to limit the outbreak of the Coronavirus is to suspend freight movements. Less trains, less ships leave Chines logistical hubs and harbors. This is adding to the limited availability of the goods like hair extensions and wigs outside China.

The consequence is once the factories will start to manufacture hair and similar goods again, they will face difficulties in finding enough ways to transport the hair to their clients. Or the marketplaces like Amazon in the United States or elsewhere.

This shows a solution for one part of the crisis, will not solve the limited availability of hair in the short term. Time for some action to keep on selling hair to your clients.

How to avoid you can not sell due to B.1.1.529 Coronavirus?

Your sales should not decline because of the Coronavirus, there are a couple of measures you can execute.

Always go for two hair suppliers

To have a reliable source of hair, a wholesale supplier delivering a consistent level of quality is gold in this business. You know your client will always get the best hair. This will help to turn them into happy and loyal clients. Good for them and good for your business.

In times like today, with a virus or any other crisis that hits the logistics, this strategy, of having only one supplier, might cause your brand some serious damage.

This crisis shows it helps you to have a second supplier at hand. This will reduce the risk you will have orders but no hair to sell because your supplier has delivery issues. A second supplier also avoid you will have no time to check and test the hair thoroughly as you otherwise would do. If you have no second supplier now make sure you plan to have one.

Invest more in stock

The best thing for your cashflow is to keep your inventories low, money invested in stock is not earning you anything. The downside is, if you run out of stock and clients show interest in the hair you offer. There are not many things more painful I can think of. A client who shows you the money to buy your hair, but you have to say no, because the hair is not in stock.

Increase overtime the minimum level of your inventory. This will freeze some of your money in the stock, but as Chinese Hair might become for a period difficult to order, you can increase the price if needed.

Partner up with the competition

The hair industry is famous for the competition, but we also share a lot. Invest in the relation with your supplier and with other resellers. This will increase your chances to have enough access to hair extensions.
With a good relationship with your supplier, they will give you their preference if they are short on hair. In times like this where there is a scarcity of hair and other beauty related goods, thus can help you to get supplied before the competition.

Also, to partner with other resellers or salons will help. What about you are short on a certain type of hair, but a partnering salon or another reseller still has this texture on stock. You could swap the hair you have with the hair you need from them. This is beneficial for both of you, because the specific needs of the clients might deviate and you both have a larger pool to choose from. Make sure to have a good profit-sharing arrangement in place.

Check the stocks of marketplaces

Sellers of hair on AliExpress or Amazon most often keep their stocks abroad if they use the fulfillment services, this allows for swift delivery when you place an order outside the country of origin. Check the available hair on AmazonliExpress if you need hair now and accept a slightly higher price if that will allow you to keep on selling hair.

Avoid the virus will spread via the packaging or the hair.

PLease, stay safe and take care of yourself, your staff and family. Avoid the virus will spread via the packaging or the hair. Ilness in your company will impact your operation and also the sales.

Learn more about this in Can You Get the Coronavirus via the Packaging or the Hair itself?

The Strength of Diversification

It is key to focus on a niche in the market, but no need to limit your product offering to only one kind of product. It is better to add complementary goods. Goods your ideal clients need too. This can be hair care, or beauty products. They already know you and your brand because of the beautiful hair you have sold them before. To sell them additional goods or services will be less difficult. In times when clients are less interested to buy one of the products you are selling, or if you have less in stock, the other goods will keep you in business.

Make sure you keep selling hair despite the virus

The B.1.1.529 Coronavirus will not put you out of business, nor will it impact the Chinese hair suppliers for a long time. But it does show you in the hair business nasty surprises can happen. They will always be different, but with the right measures you can avoid any crisis, small or big, to impact your hair business.

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Let me hear in the comments below how you deal with this kind of crisis, or with the B.1.1.529 Coronavirus crisis specifically.

Ready to get tired selling hair extensions?

Jan 8, 2018 | Sell Online

Do you want to get tired selling hair extensions? Tell me how much hair do you want to sell?

I bet you will never sell too much hair and you are always interested to sell more. If you think you can handle more hair sales in one week or month than a complete year, I have good news for you.

Do not accept mediocre sales figures. Stop investing in AdWords or Facebook campaigns without getting sales. Stop posting bundles deals with only inquiries about the price but no deal. Those days are over.

Now you too will start selling more than you ever did before. Generate more cash and talk hair all day. You can make so many people happy with your hair, people you never heard about.

Let’s start selling hair

You and I are going to dive deep into your business objectives. Who is waiting for your hair extensions and beauty products? Connect with them without spending one cent on advertising and let them engage with your hair store.

We set up the goals and like the gym, we are going to work with a training schedule. You will work on your goals every day, no exemption. Selling hair is top sport and only winners are ready to invest in getting more sales.

You will learn from the training experience and your visitors and client’s behaviour. Together with your mentor you will fine tune your operations, purchases and marketing and sales. Lack of sales never has only one cause, you need to have your total operations on optima forma.

$ 70,000 sales for only one deal a day

Let’s use realistic figures, no need to exaggerate because that only brings disappointment and frustration. I spoke too many girls who turned their back to this industry because their expectations were too high. Better to lower expectations and to achieve more.

Okay, if you assume an average retail order is 2 /3 bundles of hair. If you would charge $ 199 (the magic number), and you would sell every day to one client, you will have a turnover of more than 70.000 dollar. 70k in a year! Compare that with your last year sales. But it will even get better, you can make twice or even three times this number in sales. Because your operations and marketing is working smoothly you can count on 140,000 or even 200,000 dollars in sales if you keep on improving your business.

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Open a glossy looking hair store with Shopify

Nov 12, 2017 | A Shopify Store, Sell Online

Open Your Professional Shopify Hair Store

Now you too can open your professional hair store with Shopify. As of today, we are working close with this awesome online store brand to help our hair loving and selling clients.
We know your clients expect the highest quality, but at the lowest possible price. You can only deliver this promise, and make money, if you know how to buy low and sell reasonable. We already help you to find the best hair wholesalers for your clients. We gave you 24/7 marketing with your own website and store, and as of today, we offer you an extra outlet with your hair store designed by Shopify.

See the example Kurly Klips

Seeing is believing, right? This is especially true in the hair extension business. Like for example KurlyLips.com from Lana. This store even made it to Essence Magazine.

Lana tells about her hair store made with Shopify :
I am no stranger to sew-ins. For a decade I wore them off and on, and in June 2012, decided to transition to natural hair with kinky curly weaves. I found a wonderful stylist who provided quality sew-ins and natural hair maintenance. It was an expensive way to transition, but I wasn’t quite comfortable with my hair’s length to wear it freely.

“My business plan helped me critically look at my competitors, not just in the afro-textured hair market, but across the hair extension industry as a whole. In doing so, I found a company that sells a similar product but in a completely different hair texture. As a fellow Shopify business, they totally inspired my brand, along with my terms and conditions. They are like my fairy Shopify godmothers and I want to thank them.”

Lana Boone

Founder, Kurly Klips

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Learn from Lana’s success story

Lana was asked what are your top recommendations for new store owners? And she answered, aside from formulating a business plan:

Weekly Action Plan

1) Make a weekly action plan of everything you need to do for the week, including sales goals.

Social Media

2) Social media is cheap marketing that can yield quantifiable sales results. Identify the top influencers in your industry on various platforms and hit them up. You may get No’s, but just one Yes can expose your brand to thousands of new customers.

Hair Suppliers

3) Only deal with honest suppliers. This is especially critical in the hair industry, where some vendors might try to sell you horsehair and call it human. If a supplier gives you any sign that he or she might lack integrity, it’s best to find someone else. Eventually, his or her actions will burn you and your bottom line.

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Selling hair extensions in Mozambique

Aug 21, 2017 | Mozambique

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For the past year that i have been in Mozambique i have seen the desperation so to speak to look good. Firstly they have limited hair extensions.

Phoebe

An ambitious entrepreneur from Mozambique

Too often it seems there are no hair markets in Africa, outside Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya. But do not forget the emerging markets. What are the opportunities for selling hair extensions in Mozambique?

Today I received an email from Phoebe from Nampula, in Mozambique. She is looking how to start selling hair extensions in Mozambique. I am preparing a market survey for this hair market. Plus an overview of the possibilities on how to start selling hair in Mozambique.

My first step is to perform some search on the internet. To check on Google what is currently available about hair extensions in Mozambique. It shows most suppliers have a presence on Alibaba or Aliexpress. This is not helping, it seems there is no presence of a hair company like Darling Hair from Kenya. Darling Kenya, offer an assortment of braids, weaves, extensions and wigs in Kenya.

Hair extensions opportunities in Mozambique

It’s is clear this country is a niche market. Google trends offer much less information about hair extensions in Mozambique, than in South Africa or Kenya. There is interest in Hair styles and how-to information about hair. But artificial hair integrations do show up in very limited searches.

It seems Phoebe has touched a very interesting market. The hair extensions market in Mozambique. I will use social media to get better understanding of the business opportunities in the hair and beauty market in Mozambique.

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I will also contact the women who expressed their interest in hair wholesalers and who live in Mozambique.

Interest in business opportunities in Mozambique

You have interest to start selling hair extensions? Contact me to enjoy the knowledge and network in Mozambique and neighbouring countries.

Contact me by email or leave a comment below if you want to start selling hair extensions

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How to start selling hair and make money fast

Dec 11, 2016 | Get Help

How to start selling hair and make money

Christmas time is the time to reach out to each other. I receive a lot of emails from people who do not know how to start selling hair and to make money. I never counted them, but in 5 years that’s a lot of mails. I love to reply to these mails, and to offer my support on the comment or email. Or we talk on Skype to discuss market opportunities, how to be different or how to market the hair.

This morning, after Church, I was thinking how I can help you. If you visit my website and read this post, it’s likely you want to know how to start selling hair and to make money.

The key for success in this business is good quality hair at a price that allows you to make enough margin. In other words to earn a good profit as reward for the effort and risk you take. Because it’s Christmas I want to help you with some of the best hair suppliers.

Hair Wholesale Suppliers in exchange for a wish

I have a VIP service, to help you to get in touch with hair wholesale suppliers. For a small amount you get several wholesale suppliers in your inbox.

Till the 26th of December I am going to introduce you to Hair Wholesale Suppliers for free. All I ask you is to share a wish for the world or a specific group of people under this post.

If we all wish each other the best, the world will be a better place and more people will buy hair to look and feel good. So, we will all benefit!