Ok, these are my specialty...I sold close to 2,000 of these last year (2007), mainly just doing my 8 shows and the little bit of time I have been my store. They are one of my hottest items and they get hotter by the day. I have been selling them for 5 years. Mine are in tins, they are 1 oz. and I have over 30 fragrances. The #1 challenge with the lotion bars is educating the consumer on how to use them, that is why I have not done a lot of wholesaling with these because if they get into the hands of a shop owner that just sticks them on the shelf and never talks about them they will not sell, and, unfornately most shops are like this because the owner may not be there and has not trained staff to promote the product. I have one account that sells them like hot cakes and she gives every person that enters her store one to sample... The other thing about them is that in most circumstances they do not sell in the deodorant tubes or push up tubes...I don't know why but any soapers that have them in the tubes at shows I do usually don't sell any Another thing that sells them is to offer them in fragrances not just EO and promote them as the long lasting product they are and charge more for them because they last as long as several bottles of lotion. I sell mine for $7.50 and no one blinks an eye Every person that comes to my booth is handed the lotion bar and given the famous "lotion bar speel" sp? I have developed over the last several years, I most definitely know that I sell them better than anyone who works for me because of my confindence in promoting them but I have several people who work the shows now who are getting pretty good:) I offer a "3 for" deal and a majority of people buy the 3 packs to give as gifts, heck at Christmas time peoeple buy 6, 9 or more. I just opened a store in August and I have people now coming from over 45 miles to get them, they may see someone at work with one etc. They are definitely a conversation piece. Besides my soap, they are my best-seller, I will never stop making them. Some areas do sell better than others, and usually the first time they are introduced, say to a new show, they may not sell that great but usually by the next year they start really catching on Funny thing, I was a CB rep for about 3 months a long time ago (b4 I started my own gig) and I hate their lotion bars, the texture that is, they are way to sticky. On the other hand, their are several fragrances that I really love of theirs. Unfortunately direct sales are not my cup of tea so I quickly got out of that. They are definitely something to consider and are great sellers if marketed well