Bigg Boss 19’s Tanya Mittal says she sold Re 1 matchbox at Rs 65, business gained 20,000 customers in 6 months: ‘Young couples made me a millionaire’

Sharing the reason behind starting her business, Tanya shared: “When I started Handmadelove (her gifting company), I thought there is a problem with people that they cannot make each other smile. There is so much sadness. When I entered with my business, I made them smile. I targeted youths who were in relationships. They were all couples, who bought my products for gifting. These young couples made me one of the millionaires in the country in just 2 years.”

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In the video, Tanya also shared her profit margin. “In Handmadelove, I sell matchboxes. It is my star product because it gives me my biggest profit margin. A match box is worth Rs 1. But I sell it for Rs 65 because I have mastered crafts, I draw something on it and I get Rs 64 for my idea and talent. This is 99% profit. I didn’t have any workers in my company. I did everything single handedly. I made the product, packed the product and even couriered them. In 6 months, I had about 20,000 customers across India.”

However, things went downhill when she started to receive complaints from her customers. “This one time, about 30 parcels that I delivered were broken. All the customers called me up and yelled at me for poor packaging. My company was in loss, I had to return money to all these customers. I cried a lot, doubted myself. Next day, went to the courier office, asked them to teach me, paid them double and started again.”

Tanya also shared her episode of entering beauty pageants. She said: “When I went to the beauty institute, they turned me down. They said I was fat. I told them, ‘I was a millionaire’, they said, ‘So? You are still fat. You cannot participate in pageants or do modelling.’ I said, ‘Okay, I will come back to you in a week.’ I lost 4 kgs because she said I can’t do it.” She claimed, “Today, I teach 300 children from slums and my parents are yet to believe that they have someone like me in their family.”

Previously, talking about the reason behind joining beauty pageants, Tanya shared: “I was in a relationship when my boyfriend broke up with me saying I was not pretty. I went into depression, then groomed myself and learnt how to put makeup.”

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