Her Cultivation Diary-Chapter 1832 - 1665: The Arrangement of Worm Castings
9.9 yuan for two kilograms?
Hearing this pricing at Lao Song’s family, it seemed quite niche.
But for Yunyun, it was already a satisfying price.
They checked online, and even big brands were just around this price.
Plus, a hectare of worm castings can produce several tons. Once they get proficient or improve the environment a bit, they can produce even more.
It’s just that the courier fees are expensive; if it were a local person, coming with a sack to shovel, it’d be two to three yuan per kilogram.
Besides, two kilograms of worm castings isn’t much.
This stuff depends heavily on weight—currently, when merchants sell items, if it’s priced by volume, it’s usually light but bulky. If priced by weight, it’ll definitely be weighty.
In short, it’s a business without losses.
But after thinking it over, Song Tan felt this positioning was quite reasonable.
9.9 is a price that any gardener seeing it would easily place an order, the barrier is low, and the order volume would be high.
If it works well, there should be plenty of repeat customers.
Their worm castings are produced every few months, so they very much need this kind of repeat business.
But having learned from Secretary Xiaozu, she managed a large tract of mountain forest land herself, and now she said to Yun Duo:
"You’ve been working here for half a year, try to be more flexible in your work. With your sister’s situation, prepare the necessary materials, apply for a shop if needed, see if it qualifies as agricultural material, and if there are any subsidies?"
"Also, find out if it’s within the agricultural subsidy scope, or if there’s a green channel for courier transportation."
"Then, you need to first confirm the courier fees."
It doesn’t matter if the order volume isn’t confirmed, negotiate based on one thousand, three thousand, five thousand... like that.
You need to negotiate well to determine the general cost.
This stuff isn’t like fresh produce, just ask several companies, use whichever one’s cheapest.
Besides, township courier stations rarely have such large businesses.
Just like Brother Xiaozhang would focus on negotiating courier fees down for Lao Song’s family to secure benefits.
If the cooperation is good, you don’t easily change couriers. If such order volume can be sustained, naturally every courier company would want to fight for it.
She said simply, but as Yunyun and Yun Duo exchanged glances, their eyes lit up, clearly they knew what to do next.
As for whether the pricing is reasonable, whether there would be repeat customers...
Qi Lin pondered for a moment:
"Selling this worm casting doesn’t matter whether it’s a bit early or late. How about this, I’ll buy a few kilograms first and let my grandpa do some test planting."
His grandpa grows leafy greens, the effect of worm castings will show relatively quickly.
Buried in the soil as a fertilizer, it’ll take effect in two weeks.
If sprayed on the leaves, results can be seen in one week, especially if compared with other vegetable plots nearby, it’ll be even more obvious.
If the effect is good, it’ll be convenient for them to promote practically later.
Yun Duo immediately thought—
"I’ll record a video while using it! I’ll also capture the daily growth changes later."
Yun Duo tapped her: "You focus on your work. I used to livestream often, I’ll do the recording."
This silly girl, she’s still working, constantly worrying about her stuff, what does that mean?
As for who to promote this...
Song Tan laughed:
"Yunyun, don’t feel so burdened, as long as the product is good, our Qiaoqiao is always willing to give a shoutout."
"So, feel free to start live streaming, I’ll have Qiaoqiao also mention our village’s live stream room."
As social pressure rises, more people are getting into gardening.
9.9 yuan nowadays is an amount many people can pay casually, Yun Duo’s family’s first batch of worm castings sales aren’t really much to worry about.
Next, we need to see the quality.
Logically speaking, the feng shui of Yunqiao Village should allow a slightly better production than the market average, but not too exaggerated.
If they weren’t attentive when feeding the worms, if the conversion rate of worm castings isn’t enough, or if during low-temperature drying they’re too moist...
Customers will understand once they use it.
Hearing this, Yunyun and Yun Duo visibly relaxed!
Now, they’re not in a hurry anymore.
Yunyun even laughed: "There’s no rush, really, after bagging the worm castings, we can just store them in the room. This composting effect, it doesn’t matter if it takes one week, two weeks."
She was nervous before because her husband seemed uncertain about the sales, fearing it would hurt his confidence.
Now with Lao Song’s family’s input, what more is there to worry about?
But she felt a bit regretful: "I was embarrassed to ask before, if I knew sooner, I would’ve arranged it earlier."
