7 Tips to Grow Your Fashion Socks Business

Sock fashion started to develop, demanding various lengths from mid-calf to knee to mid-thigh. Cotton became a popular fabric for numerous clothing, including socks, in the late 17th century. Due to low pricing, synthetic fibers are in increased demand in developing countries. The socks market is estimated to increase steadily in 2021, with global sales rising by 5.3 percent yearly.

 

The growing number of e-commerce businesses has helped in the industry’s growth. Customers prefer to look at things on many e-commerce portals before making a buying decision. The increasing need for multiple footwear by consumers is a good aspect for the socks business. Furthermore, the expanding trend of athletic shoes, combined with athletic celebrity endorsement by prominent companies, is propelling market expansion. Consumers even have classification on socks, there are ordinary socks, premium socks, etc.  It has been observed that people are selecting high-quality socks to use during gym workouts and outdoor sports activities.

Early steps for a successful fashion socks business

Being in the sales industry, you’ll face a ton of hardships and competitors. Big companies dominate the huge clothing market. If you stumbled upon the idea of establishing your brand of sock line, then you have a lot of thinking to do. The first thing to do is come up with an appealing business name. Your name will be engraved on your product; that’s why it is crucial to have such a memorable name. It gives your business identity and helps attract more customers.

 

With the business’s name settled down, you now need to register your business and write a business plan. Starting a small business still requires you to pay taxes, financing,  and you don’t want the government chasing after you over some tax evasion cases. Fulfill all the requirements and duly comply with the tax laws present in your country. Writing down a business plan is vital for starting a business, especially a sock business.

7 Tips to Grow Your Fashion Socks Business 

Selling socks is no easy feat. People have different tastes even with what socks to wear, so you must constantly adapt to what is on-demand in the market. To help you grow your fashion socks business, here are the top 7 tips for you:

 

  1. Focus on your craft: Since your product is socks, you should only focus on that. Don’t think of any other product you want to sell if people love your sock designs. Start your business by manufacturing, promoting, and selling such designs. Avoid promoting and selling socks that you have not designed.
  2. Recognize your target market: Do not attempt to market your products to all potential customers at the same time. Do enough research about your customer’s social, economic, educational, and further backgrounds, it will help you design and craft products that can satisfy their demands.
  3. Determine every cost of your business: Be realistic about how much money you’ll need to get started and operate your business. Make a list of your necessary expenses, such as staff wages, office furniture, and equipment. Lack of capital is one of the reasons why many startups fail to reach their full potential.
  4. Charge appropriately: At first, you’ll think that you should price your products at a high price to make a profit. But that is not true, and it will only make things worse for you as higher prices tend to dismay customers. Ensure that your pricing is at a level where you and your buyers are satisfied.
  5. Go online:  More businesses are going online because people prefer to shop online primarily with covid-19 ravaging the world. Create a website where people can visit to buy your products. That website provides all the necessary information about your product, such as price, product photos of the product among other things.
  6. Construct a marketing plan: You can’t hope to establish a sock company without a solid marketing plan. Explore all of the channels and other noteworthy events in your area when developing a marketing strategy.
  7. Take mistakes as a learning opportunity: You’ll fail, and it is inevitable, but don’t let it hold you back. Gather yourself, stand up, and do not repeat the same mistake. If things are not going your way, change your pace and develop new plans. Always make sure to be ahead of your competitors. Learn from mistakes!

Final Thoughts

Socks have almost been part of our everyday clothing, and because of this, socks can be a good start business for you. However, it doesn’t mean that selling socks is an easy task. Take note of that, in this industry, just like others; you can also have a rough start. But you must not let it stop you from achieving your goal of success.  It is essential for you to first know the industry you will want to be in and gather every knowledge you can. It can help make an easier start. Plan your moves, every action you will do in business should be planned appropriately, and you should always have a backup plan; this shows that you are prepared.  The sock industry doesn’t have promising success. However, the tips discussed above can help you grow your sock business or even achieve success.

This Guy Found Out His Girlfriend Was Using His Gym Socks To Wipe Herself And Um, What?

Relationships are full of surprises. The more time you spend with the same person the more you learn about them, especially once you’ve moved in together.

Living with your significant other teaches you a lot about who they really are—what their weird habits are, what annoys them, and sometimes you find out they have some very odd vices. So odd, in fact, that you seek advice from the internet.

At least, that’s what one boyfriend did after he discovered his girlfriend was wiping herself with his gym socks…

Redditor u/whattodobedroom recently shared a story with the online community about something very odd that happened with his girlfriend.

He titled the post: ‘I (28) think my girlfriend (26) has been using my gym socks to wipe after going to the bathroom.’

Feeling disgusted but curious, we continued reading and um, brace yourselves…

The post reads:

I don’t even know where to start with this. I’m dumbfounded. She just stormed out the house and I’m sitting on the bed asking myself A LOT of questions.

I live a pretty normal life, and I thought so did my girlfriend. We’ve been together for a few months and after things got serious, we moved in together. We started sharing a lot of the household responsibilities, but the one thing she was adamant on doing was the laundry. She would come home and find me in the bedroom getting the laundry together and would quickly ask me to go do something else. I’d come back to finish the laundry and she would have already started it. I always thought it was sweet and never her job to do it alone, but hey, if it makes her happy to do it all the time, I wouldn’t stop her.

This is where it takes a turn for the weird.

I keep all my socks and underwear in the bottom drawer of my dresser. I also go to the gym frequently, so I always keep a good supply of clean gym socks ready to go. I never kept count, but I know by just a visual glance I several pairs. This morning when I went to grab a fresh pair to pack for the gym, I noticed there were several dress socks, but no gym socks. Again, not weird, they must have been in the laundry. I went to check the laundry basket and it was empty, so I checked the washing machine and dryer. Both were empty. I couldn’t figure out where all of my gym socks had gone. So, I did the very natural thing of asking my girlfriend what had happened to them. After all, she is the one who does the laundry all the time. She went silent, turned red and ran out of the room. When I went after her to see if she was okay she wouldn’t talk to me. I told her I wasn’t mad, I was just looking for my socks. She kinda mumbled “I’ll don’t know.” I still wasn’t mad, of course, but I was super confused. Socks just don’t disappear. So I asked her again, even laughed about it and she just looked at me and got mad and said “I’ll buy you new ones!”

The first thought that went through my head was she had somehow managed to destroy my socks while washing them. I thought the sight of that was actually pretty funny, so I joked with her about ruining my socks. Wrong. Thing. To. Say. She started immediately crying. Like, full on sobbing. At this point I don’t care about the socks anymore, I want to know what’s wrong with my girlfriend. I sat down next to her on the bed and put my arm around her and asked her of she was okay. She just kept saying she was sorry and that she would buy me new socks. I tried assuring her again it was okay. Even went so far as to say I would buy new socks and she didn’t have to. I sat with her for a few minutes trying to calm her down and eventually had to get ready for work. I told her loved her and got my things together to leave for the day.

On my way out I grabbed the garbage to take outside. When I got outside I lifted the lid off the garbage can and I noticed a small plastic bag sitting on top of the garbage already in there. I could see through the bag (kind of the semi see through ones) there were socks in the bag. Since I was sure she had somehow managed to ruin the socks washing them, I wanted to see for myself. I opened the bag and immediately regretted my choice. There, inside the bag, were several pairs of my gym socks covered in what looked like poop. As soon as the smell hit me I knew it WAS POOP.

    1. We don’t own any pets.
    2. We don’t have any kids.
    3. WHOSE POOP WAS ON MY SOCKS?

Work could wait. I couldn’t go the rest of the day wondering why my gym socks were covered in poop and inside a plastic bag in the garbage can. I grabbed the bag and walked back inside. As soon as my girlfriend saw the bag she flipped out and started yelling at me. She said I shouldn’t be going through the garbage and that I was disgusting for bringing it back into the house.

I asked her to calm down and that I just wanted an answer as to why there was poop on my socks. I wasn’t blaming her of anything, but she started accusing me of blaming her. That’s when it clicked. I don’t know what it was that lead me to ask this, but everything leading up to this moment had just been so crazy. I asked her “Is this your poop?” She started sobbing again and ran out of the house. I didn’t go after her this time.

So, now I am sitting on my bed with a bag of poopy socks on the floor and a lot of questions in my head. The only conclusion is that she used them after going to the bathroom. Which that alone has its own set of questions above everything else. I sent her text asking her to come back. She hasn’t responded yet. I don’t even know what I’m going to say when (IF) she gets back.

We can imagine the author felt something like this:

Fortunately, it wasn’t long before he posted an update:

I had to leave for work and am now at work. Yes, I threw away the bag of poopy socks. She texted me back and she’s clearly embarrassed but felt she owed me an explanation. She said she didn’t want to talk about it in person and that we could discuss it over texting and to NOT bring it up in person. I’m condensing the conversation and filling in some gaps as best as I can. Her responses are super short, but I’m getting the idea.

I flat out asked her if it was a fetish. It is not a fetish. She confessed to using the socks after going to the bathroom. I found the reason she always does the laundry is because she was hiding the fact that she uses socks to wipe with, primarily her own. I had no reason to question the amount of socks she ever has because who pays attention to that kind of thing? She thought I would notice and think it was weird since she doesn’t own many socks. She admitted she has done this for a long time. Her reasoning, as best as I can understand, is that because she is a germaphobe (her word) and she is afraid toilet paper will tear and is afraid of getting her hands messy in ANY WAY. She uses socks because it covers her entire hand. After she’s done with them, she throws them away. She used mine because she didn’t have other socks.

So, my girlfriend has a fear of getting poop on her hands so she wipes with socks, and has done so for a lone time. It could be worse, I guess. I hope we can laugh about this later. I’m trying to find the humor in it now, but I’m still weirded out.

And people have a lot to say about his situation.  

Now, if you’ll excuse us, we need a minute to erase this from our brains.

h/t Reddit

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