When the government announced that Cebu would be placed under community quarantine, one of our many concerns was what to do with our farm's produce. Our store in Barili gets lots of visitors and with the quarantine, we would most certainly have less visitors. We did have to temporarily close the store but the farm still produced things like milk, cheese and vegetables.
Now, since we don't produce a lot every week, our first thought went to keeping it for ourselves and consuming it ourselves. In other words, we would be set in the food department. One week in, however and we realized we were producing more than we were consuming.
I then chanced upon this facebook group called Banilad Homemade Marketplace. People were selling anything homemade or edible on there. So I gave it a go. My first post got some people to inquire our products but not enough to make a dent on our inventory. Then I thought that people gravitate toward things that look amazing and different. So I proceeded to make a video of how our family eats our cheese.
Within a few hours after the thing was posted on the group, I had to update the post saying that some products were out of stock! I also had a bunch of orders lined up for our next deliveries! I had brought home around 500 pieces of cheese and in 3 days, I had sold out!
The feeling was amazing and I still had to push the milk. Our milk did sell much slower but in a few days, they sold out as well. For the next 3 weeks, people would randomly message me on facebook asking if new cheese or milk had arrived and I was still fulfilling orders from my first week!
Things have died down a little bit now and I've started posting on different facebook groups as well. But nothing will still compare to that first video I made. Last time I checked, it had the most number of likes on Banilad Homemade Marketplace. That's not a lot, mind you (~300+) but I'm glad to know I still know how to make and edit videos.
Orders are still coming in and I'm at the point where I'm selling at about as much as we're producing. Nikki ad I have talked about possibly continuing this business when we get married. I'm excited about that prospect. Already, we know of someone who produces eggs, another one who sells shrimps. As much as I want to go into more detail, I think that's better left to another post.
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