FAQs

Stock private label products and white label are the products you see on our website, and they are sold AS IS, withno formula changes. Goodvara Laboratories offers the most extensive stock private label product options in North America, with 100s of stock packaging options. Please read the FAQ page to understand our small quantities stock private label offering. (any quantity less than 5000 units per product is considered small).

Packaged = 50-100 units PER PRODUCT as packaged in jar or bottle as shown on our website (on each product page). For a good number of our stock private label products (not products, as some may have 100 or 600 units as a minimum), you will be able to see whether we offer 50 units as a minimum on the product page itself.
Minimum order in bulk = 1 gallon PER PRODUCT
We offer packaged quantities that start from 50, then go up to 250, 1000, 5000, and 10,000; we may not offer 100 units or 500 units, so if you are looking to order 100 units, please order two of the 50 units or if you are looking to order 500 units, please order two of the 250 units, you will not get any price break at 100 units, you need to follow with the 50 units prices for 100 units, same thing for 500 units, follow the 250 prices. This again applies for 2000 units or 3000 units; if we do not offer this quantity on our website, please check the prices for the amount that is less than 2000, like 1000 units, or increase your order from 2000 units to 5000 units to get the prices for the 5000 units.

Packaged products are ONLY offered in the 100s of different types of bottles and jars; each product may display various types of packaging, whether the product is a cream, serum, oil, or gel, you can NOT change the packaging at any quantity less than 5,000 units PER PRODUCT, PER SCENT, PER COLOR. You can send your packaging when you order 5000 units PER PRODUCT, SCENT, and COLOR.

The same goes for the sizes of packaging offered on the website. You can NOT change the sizes for anything less than 5000 units PER PRODUCT, PER SCENT, PER COLOR. 

You can buy it in bulk and either fill it at your facility or send it to a contract filler. You can use any jar/bottle shape, color, or size.

There are some great cosmetic packaging companies that sell high-end cosmetic jars and bottles at low minimums. They will ship directly door-to-door from overseas to your address in the US. Check here for all your packaging needs. Just search for cosmetic jars or cosmetic bottles. Many of our clients buy their own packaging and fill, too. 

Samples sizes for any stock packaging: We DO NOT offer any sizes that are different from the retail sizes as a stock private label; the minimum for pouches or small jars or small bottles (1 ml, 2ml, 5 ml, 10 ml, 15 ml ..), the minimum order for small/ sample size is 50,000 units PER PRODUCT, PER SCENT, PER COLOR. You can order one gallon and fill out some sample sizes for your customers for free.

It is easy to fill at your facility. Small single-head semiautomatic machines are very affordable. Many of our clients have been using such machines and have added more products to their brands.

You can buy one gallon and fill 120+ units of 1 oz size at a meager cost on our website and fill it yourself. Check the machines below; they are affordable and work very well. Just make sure to ask the supplier to send you 110v, not 220v, and make sure the electrical plug is a US plug. Check these affordable, excellent tabletop cosmetic filling machines, or click the banner below to find an affordable filling machine.

We can ONLY apply labels for orders of 5,000 PER PRODUCT, PER SCENT, PER COLOR; for any order less than 5,000 units, we will ship the jars/ bottles without labels; you need to order your labels and apply them yourself or send them to a contract filler to do this service for you. You can buy labels from https://www.onlinelabels.com or Avery https://www.avery.com/custom-printing/labels/usage/?category=health-and-beauty or https://www.stickeryou.com/en-ez/products/product-labels/614 or any label company of your choice, measure your jar or bottle and order yourself, or send them the jar/ bottle and have them customize the labels for you. For label designs, you can find affordable, great label designers here. 

Label costs can vary between $0.05-0.07 per label for 10,000 labels to $0.70-1+ per label for 50-250 labels, depending on your label design, colors used, and label size. Of course, label cost is high for orders of 50 units. This is acceptable for our small/ startup clients; once your business picks up, you can reduce the cost of labels by ordering larger quantities.

We don't offer boxes, but you can check some of the best box suppliers that have low minimums and offer great prices. We can only offer assembly services for boxes for 5,000 units PER PRODUCT, PER SCENT, PER COLOR.

The stock bottles or jars we offer do not have individual seals. All bottles that come with a disk cap or any cap come without a seal on the opening; if you would like to have your bottles with a seal, then please either order 5000+ units per product or buy in bulk and fill at your facility with your choice of bottles, caps with a seal. 

All prices are FOB from one of our facilities. If you are buying from the website, the final shipping cost you pay when you check out for any order of 50 units per product and more may not be the final shipping cost; the final price could be less or more and will be determined at the time of the shipping, we do our best to get the lowest shipping cost for all customers, we can't choose the EXACT shipping cost before your order is finished and ready to go.

Samples order for 1-3 units per product = 1-3 weeks lead time.
Actual order lead time (any order for 10+ units per product and all bulk orders by the gallon) is approximately 8-10 weeks, but it may extend to 10-12 weeks if there are issues with packaging availability.
Lead time starts from the day we receive payment on the invoice, as well as all materials, labels, boxes, and everything else related to your order. It also starts from the day we receive your signature on all formula approval forms and the invoice. 

In general, the standard payment term is 100% in advance by wire transfer. However, we may accept other payment terms, such as 50% in advance and the balance before delivery, for clients we have worked with for a certain period of time and at a specific sales volume. 

You can order samples on this website or email us the list of samples you are interested in and your address so our sales team can send you the total cost. Only 2 units PER PRODUCT of samples are allowed.
Online sample ordering is for US customers only. International customers must email us the samples they are interested in purchasing and their addresses. We will then email them back with the final cost.

When it comes to obtaining information about our 500+ stock private label items, prices, and whole ingredients lists, we have a clear process. We do not offer catalogs or PDF files, but you can easily find the prices for the products you're interested in on our website. If a product doesn't have a listed price, simply send us an email. As for the complete ingredient list for our 200+ products, we don't post them online due to proprietary reasons. However, you can request this information by emailing us. To release this info, we'll need your full company name, your full name, your address, your website, and your phone number.

As a private label, you buy the products from us and label them under your brand/ logo; you are required to do your marketing, your own product descriptions, and benefits based on the product ingredients. Everything on this website/ on all of our social media or online/ offline contents are COPYRIGHTED; you are not allowed to copy the product names or make similar names, or copy the product information/ descriptions, benefits, and everything else. We encourage you to create unique product names and descriptions that reflect your brand's identity and the product's benefits.

For any bulk order of 1 gallon or more and for packaged products orders of 50 units or more, you will receive an email at the time of shipping. This email will notify you of the final shipping cost, which may differ from the initial cost you paid at the checkout when you placed your order.

Once products are ready to ship, the customer has 5 business days to pay the balance and the final shipping cost and have the order shipped to their address, or the customer agrees to pay a $300/pallet/month storage fee. All final orders consist of 10% overage or underage from the original quantity ordered. All orders that have not been picked up within 6 months of the invoice date will be discarded at the customer's expense.

Fulfillment of the order follows the invoice; our production and shipping departments will only look at the invoice specifications, they will fill ship orders based on what is on the invoice; please do NOT pay for your order if there is something that does not meet your order, your discussions with our sales & customer service departments will not be considered when fulfilling or shipping the order. Please ensure the invoice you have received and paid for is what you are ordering; if you need to change anything, you can only change it within 24 hours of your order. Make sure to get a confirmation from our customer service regarding any changes.

If you are a wholesaler based in CA, NM, or KS, you must provide a resale permit per your state and fill out the form we send you once you place your order. We don't usually charge sales taxes on wholesale or/ private label orders that are not sample orders. However, it's important to note that if you fail to provide the resale certificate and fill out the form, our accounting will add sales taxes to your invoice based on the state retail tax law where your company is based. The resale number/ certificate MUST be under the same name, and address that match your order with us. If you can't provide the resale permit/ fill out the form before we ship your order, and within three days of your order completion, our accounting will add sales taxes to your invoice. 

Please check the shipment within five days of receiving it from the carrier and report any issue to the shipping company and our customer service by email. No claims are acceptable after 5 days from the date of receiving the shipment based on the carrier/ shipping company's date of delivery. Please take pictures of the shipping boxes from all sides, from the outside and from the inside, and keep the shipping boxes to be inspected by the shipping company and by our company if needed. No claims or damages will be accepted without proof of the shipping boxes. (You must keep the shipping boxes until we allow you to discard them and until your claim is closed.

We do everything we can to ensure that the prices on our websites are correct and try to keep them constant. Sometimes, however, we need to change the cost of a product, either up or down.

  • Prices may be changed at any time without further notice. We reserve the right to change the prices of our products at any time without further notice. 
  • Prices listed on other websites may not be accepted. We sell our products through several different online channels, and we cannot always control when they are updated. We reserve the right not to accept a price listed on a site other than ours.

It takes time and effort for each startup company to do their own brand design, or what is called BRANDING; it is the most exciting time for every new entrepreneur; you can visit our Pinterest board to get some inspiration or join us on Instagram @goodvara.privatelabel

The answer is NO; you can only do a custom formula to get what you are after; even if you would like to remove one ingredient, lower /increase the percentages of one ingredient, or change/ lower/raise the scent, any single change to any formula will be a custom formula and will need a new stability testing. This testing is crucial to ensure the quality and safety of your product. Please read below in BLUE color about custom formulas chemist fee and minimum as well as the time involved.

Yes, of course. Most of our products are sold in bulk/ in gallons. Some of them are Unscented and ready for your own creativity.

We can ONLY fill our own bulk, we do NOT accept bulk products from other companies, we are not a contract filler

We are a manufacturer, not a fulfillment company or a distributor specialized in drop shipping, and we do not offer drop-ship. What you need to do is order the minimum, which is 50-100 units PER PRODUCT, label the bottles/ jars yourself, and ship to your customers yourself or send these to a fulfillment company so they can handle the shipping for you.

The demand for skincare mud masks, glow masks, skin scrubs, and face serums is at an all-time high among our private-label and white-label buyers. This presents a significant opportunity for those looking to enter or expand in the skincare market.

What Items Sell Best On Amazon and What Works Best for Amazon Private Label?

As one of the best private label manufacturers in North America, we are not content with resting on our laurels. We are constantly pushing the boundaries of innovation, bringing new and exciting white-label product ideas to the market.

Two of the most frequent questions we get:

  1. What products are in high demand right now
  2. Best products to sell on Amazon

Top Amazon products are those products that are sold as Amazon private labels, not well-known brands.

Starting a private label cosmetics line may seem daunting, but our approach makes it easy. With our low minimum offers, you can begin your venture with less than $2,000.

Anyone can sell cosmetics and skincare. You don't need to have a specific license to sell other than your own business license, which you can easily get from the chamber of commerce in your city. We don't require you to send us a copy of this license unless the products are under the professional category (coming soon). You can order any product from our website and sell it in your store or on your website.

Many startups and small businesses struggle to understand how to price their new products under their own private label, white label, or logo; some even look at companies that sell at Sephora or high-end department stores or even Amazon or Walmart... and compare their product prices to these companies. The one thing that any new startup in cosmetics need to understand that if you are only able to order the very low minimum of for example packaged products we sell at 50 units and the price for the 50 units is $9.00 per unit (which does not include the label cost or box cost, if you will be doing a an outer fancy box), lets say that the final cost is $11.00 per unit and a similar product sells on Amazon for $19-21, you would be thinking that how can I compete? in this case, you need to remember that the seller on Amazon typically buys at volume, may be 10,000 unit or even 100,000 units at once which allows them to get a low price for their product, that could be around $3-4 and they market it up at $19-21, also we have noticed some Amazon sellers who actually sell volume, their profit margin maybe few cents or some may not even make profit at all, their technique is go for the whole picture, they may offer 30+ products and at the end they are retaining customers, they possibly opt to get even on a product or two or even 3, but at the same time they are building their customer base.
As a startup or a small company that buys 50 units, 250 units, or even 1000 units, you have the freedom to think about branding first. You don't have to copy others; you can brand your product differently and sell in various markets, whether it's high-end or through social media, salons, or spas. Instead of selling your product at $19-21, you can sell it at $40-200. This is why we have launched high-end packaging, so our smaller clients can sell their products at higher prices, giving you the power to set your own value.
Here is an example of how much profit you can make:
Cost of 50 units at $9.00/ per unit = $450
Additional costs (labels, boxes) = will vary; you don't have to make a box for such a small quantity, or if you are a startup = $1 x 50 = $50
Total cost of 50 units of product = $500
Retail Price = $38
50 units at $38 = $1,900
$1,900 - $500 = $1,400 profit for only 50 units of one product; if you have 5 products that you bought at 50 units x $9 per unit = $1,400x 5 = $7,000 for only 250 units (50 units per product, 5 products total)

Yes, of course. For custom formulas, we charge a $3000+ per product chemist fee. It will require two months to develop a sample for you, and only after you pay the cost before the work. Once you approve the sample, it needs another three months to pass stability testing. Upon passing stability, it requires six to eight weeks to receive your first order, depending on when we accept labels and packages. Minimum orders for custom formulas range from 5000-10000 per product.

Yes, we do. Our formula cost starts from $3,000, depending on how complex the formula is. You will get a sample for $250 to try it out. Once you approve the sample, we will send you the complete formula. The process is simple-you can then manufacture it at any cosmetic contract manufacturer. We do not, however, sell our stock of private label formulas on our website. You can soon order any formula and formula samples from our website. Feel free to email us for more information.

Documents we provide for free for customers who order products: (takes 1-4 weeks)

1- Certificate of Analysis  (CofA): We are sorry, but we can't provide a certificate of analysis for customers who have not ordered yet since the CofA must be produced per bulk per your order.

2- MSDS

3- Ingredients list (you can request an ingredients list before you order products, but we will need your full name, actual company name, company address, company phone #, and company website.

Other Documents we MAY provide for a FEE for customers who order products:

1- Certificate of Free Sale (CFS): this certificate costs $150 and is produced by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce; you MUST have the products done to be able to get these certifications; we understand that some countries will not allow you to import products without this certificate but to be legally in compliance, your products, your brands must be sold freely in the United States of America to be able to get the CFS, check this link here to learn  more, https://2016.export.gov/california/sanfrancisco/qa/cfs/index.asp

2- Other documents and certification needed per country, we may or may not be able to provide you, we will be happy to help you as much as we can; we have helped many customers to get EU and other countries registration, the process is not easy, but this is not something a manufacturer must do, it is the responsibility of the client to do their own research and educate themselves on what is needed to import products to their countries and the same thing applies for US companies to export to other countries and for this reason and to make help our customers we have partnered with several consultants that we can refer you to, they will be happy to help you get all the files required for your country, these consultants charge their fees and are not part of our company, feel free to email us. Read more about regulations for cosmetics

3- We now offer a Product Information File (PIF): PIF is mandatory for all cosmetic products placed in the European Union market. Suppose you want to sell cosmetic products in the EU. In that case, you must achieve specific compliance requirements, including the most extensive requirement, the PIF, and most contract manufacturers do not provide the PIF since each PIF is related to that particular product under your brand name.

In addition, the cost of creating the PIF is very high (it can be 100 pages in many cases); most consultants charge between $5000 and-10,000 per product to complete just one product PIF. Goodvara Laboratories is working with our top consultants to make it easier for our clients to expand their business in Europe and other countries at a much lower cost; we have been successful in helping our clients obtain the PIF at around $2,000-3,000 per product, the cost can be lower with more product under the same brand, for example, 5 products PIF cost is around $8,000-9,000 instead of $10,000-15,000.