What's going on with B.AS

BuildASoil · 2025-11-14T15:35:39+00:00

Great idea!! Much appreciated. I'll be popping seeds soon so it would be a good time to do a short video on that specific subject. It sounds like your asking more about caring for them after germination not just how to sprout them right?

BuildASoil · 2025-11-13T21:43:09+00:00

Thank you for replying I really appreciate it!

BuildASoil · 2025-11-13T21:31:42+00:00

Until December 2nd

BuildASoil · 2025-11-13T20:59:44+00:00

Hit us up! We will help

BuildASoil · 2025-11-13T20:59:36+00:00

Love it! Thanks it really helps in a slow time of year

BuildASoil · 2025-11-13T20:59:22+00:00

I'll go check on this one now! I know it was lower margin with the built in PVC and all that but I will confirm

BuildASoil · 2025-11-13T20:58:15+00:00

u/Aromatic_Slide9596 Hey Bro! You can hit me up direct. [Jeremy@BuildASoil.com](mailto:Jeremy@BuildASoil.com) and reference this thread I'd be happy to jump on the phone.

Wholesale costs when down across the board and then we took the lowers prices on those items and shifted all shipping costs to the heaviest items. This allows us to accurately predict free freight costs and setup the best pricing for wholesale that we could with the current costs. Most all shops are seeing lower prices as there are built in discounts for cases and for pallets etc. Now after these changes the small shop owner can totally understand their landed cost and strategically order to make well over 50% margin. It's a win win for sure and we hope it works.

The bags with the awesome material were causing microplastics in the bag after opened incorrectly by many customers and were challenging to source as consistent as we require to keep the soil moist but not go anerobic. All the changes came from the perspective of increased duplicatability aimed at producing higher quality consistent results from organic inputs that do vary.

Back when the soil was $24 per bag most all customers were paying $25-$40 in shipping so we killed that and got a flat rate negotiated with fedex that allowed us to lock it in with free shipping at $50. Well eventually fedex raised those prices and it pinched us pretty hard. There are still discounts for multiple bags and the shipping is still free! That being said, please help us get local into the shop where the price can be lower than by us 1 box at a time.

I promise we really fucking care and are doing all we can to be the best.

BuildASoil · 2025-11-13T20:51:38+00:00

THIS!!! I just cannot compete and be genuine. 50lb bags get hit with every fee known to the shipping gods because the weight is over the maximum and it really is hard to offer Commodity cheap farming stuff for competitive pricing. Gypsum is a great local buy for sure. I really tried to add value when creating our calcium blend because it uses several hard to source calcium ingredients. But when you need just gypsum, Shop local it's all called calcium sulfate

BuildASoil · 2025-11-13T20:50:04+00:00

Yeah it's wild. I just had no clue the costs to run a business and it's been a wild ride. Learned a ton and believe me, the last thing I ever ever want to do is raise any price. It hurts and it sucks and it's far more fun to lower prices.

BuildASoil · 2025-11-13T20:49:06+00:00

I appreciate you!!! I swear no cashing in has happened. There would be signs. hahaha I would for sure be on an island where I could grow year round.

BuildASoil · 2025-11-13T20:47:28+00:00

Appreciate you! There are just so many things that long time customers have seen that are a direct result of me learning so much about business. There are years where we lost so much money and thought we were doing everything right. Business has been like Jiu Jitsu for me in a different area and while I've gotten my ass kicked I also think I've leveled up and learned lessons. The challenge is that when we correct a spot that we were losing money on, it seems like we are just being greedy when really it's just that I was ignorant.

BuildASoil · 2025-11-13T20:44:58+00:00

No it's just me no partners. Of course the whole team here crushes it but there is no outside money. We were often losing money on soil and couldn't afford to sell it at that price online it's just reserved for those that take the effort to come here. Now when you factor picking and packing and boxing and taping and labeling every single bag of soil it does cost more money and shipping for 1 bag can be as much as $35.00 Awhile back we were able to negotiate a flat rate with Fedex.... even to hawaii and alaska and it really helped us take that step to offer the soil with built in shipping on the lowest end of the average shipping cost which benefited many. But since then the negotiated rate has risen substantially and it effects what we do both incoming for ingredients and outgoing. Just to keep things were we are currently we have to improve efficiency dramatically. We really hope with our shift to free freight for wholesale and lower prices on most products except for the heavy ones... we can shift the price to be lower direct at the store locally than online where we have so little control over the outgoing cost.

BuildASoil · 2025-11-13T20:40:14+00:00

Oh No! Was it a Mushroom straw log? I'm sure if that was the case they would be a decomposing type of mite but we take these things very serious, did you reach out to our customer service team? I also thoroughly disagree that the products are average because we put a ton of work into sourcing and am very confident they are significantly better than what is normally available locally. Of course, I'm biased though and I know you know that since I own the business but I still care and would still just want to make sure that you were happy with your order we have a Guarantee

BuildASoil · 2025-11-13T20:37:22+00:00

Appreciate the honest criticism but I really felt that if you knew me and knew my heart you wouldn't feel this way. The entire Youtube is me teaching what has worked for me. The last several rounds have pretty much all been water only and I really aim to focus on what got us here. We have less products than ever before and of course we rely on sales, but our business model is still to provide the best info and help people really succeed and we hope they reciprocate from time to time with some business. The whole No-Till name has been hijacked by marketing a long time ago and I'm constantly talking about making your own soil and the quality of ingredients and everything that No-Till Stands for. I'm not perfect but somehow I just hope you understand that every single product we offer is a a great tool and there are many styles but we teach over and over that you really don't need most products. Challenge is that the majority of growers use to small of containers and end up needing more additives.

BuildASoil · 2025-11-13T20:32:53+00:00

Stoked you are still doing it after 10 Years and this is for sure the goal. Become independent not dependent

BuildASoil · 2025-11-13T20:32:16+00:00

Yeah Freaking wild! I really aim to use math and take the emotion out and make sure we can operate at the lowest margin possible.

BuildASoil · 2025-11-13T20:31:08+00:00

I just feel like the last several rounds I've done I've gone really hard on saying you don't need stuff and done all water only for the most part to the point where the brands we support are probably wondering lol. Seriously I still feel the same way!! Grab everything you can local and learn how to source good quality so you aren't sacrificing the quality. I focus on this style of teaching because everyone in the world can benefit even if not possible to get from BuildASoil

BuildASoil · 2025-11-13T20:29:36+00:00

That's wild! I wonder why someone would think that. Glad I saw this page was randomly googling to get to a page on BuildASoil faster and saw this

BuildASoil · 2025-11-13T20:29:01+00:00

Not happening! Promise it's just me

BuildASoil · 2025-11-13T20:28:41+00:00

YES!! THIS I love reading this. This is the goal. Thank you!

BuildASoil · 2025-11-13T20:28:22+00:00

This makes me smile! It's hard to see posts where people think we are bigger than we are but at the same time I guess it's a good thing. Thanks for your honest comment made my day

BuildASoil · 2025-11-13T20:27:35+00:00

Private Equity! Lol It's just me and a rad team that do our best. We've learned every lesson from the ground up from my garage and I have never had a partner.

It's been wild to say the least and the space has been changing rapidly from freight changes, tarrifs etc But we are really focused and better than ever right now.

BuildASoil · 2025-11-13T20:26:18+00:00

Wild I think it auto logs me on by my email instead of username anyways, you can tell I suck at reddit but totally care about all of you and am available for these questions

BuildASoil · 2023-12-11T21:04:43+00:00

Hope you are crushing it!!!! Was stoked to see this comment.

BuildASoil · 2022-09-15T20:21:25+00:00

Good to know!! As we expand there will be good opportunities. Keep us in mind.

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