We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Sneha and Meet Shah a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Sneha and Meet, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. How did you come up with the idea for your business?
Meet Shah and Sneha Shah, the founders of EcoKatch, are proud to announce the launch of their innovative product, EcoKatch, the world’s first contactless bathtub hair catcher. The EcoKatch is designed to prevent hair clogs in bathtubs and drains without requiring users to touch collected hair, providing a hassle-free and hygienic solution.
Unlike traditional hair catchers that require manual removal of trapped hair, the EcoKatch’s unique design allows users to effortlessly dispose of hair without coming into contact with it. By simply opening the top, the collected hair easily drops into the trash can, eliminating the need for direct contact or messy clean-ups.
EcoKatch’s mission is to provide effective and user-friendly solutions for preventing hair clogs in bathtubs and drains. The company conducts extensive research and development to identify the best materials, designs, and technologies that optimize hair trapping capabilities while maintaining efficient water flow. EcoKatch is the result of their dedication to creating an innovative product that enhances the bathing experience.
“We are thrilled to introduce EcoKatch, the world’s first contactless bathtub hair catcher,” said Meet Shah, the owner of EcoKatch. “Our product revolutionizes the way users deal with hair clogs by providing a hygienic and effortless solution. With EcoKatch, users can enjoy a worry-free bathing experience without the inconvenience of clogged drains.”
At its very core, EcoKatch is a patented product that sets itself apart from others in the market with its contactless functionality. It eliminates the need for manual hair removal and offers a hassle-free solution to keep bathtubs and drains free from clogs. With its easy-to-use design, the EcoKatch ensures that users never have to touch weeks’ worth of hair or worry about bathtub blockages again.
EcoKatch comes in four delightful colors to choose from to suit any home décor and is available for an ultra-low price of just $9.99.
To learn more about EcoKatch and their innovative contactless bathtub hair catcher, visit www.TheEcoKatch.com. The website also provides detailed information about the product’s features, benefits, and installation instructions.
About the Company
EcoKatch is a minority-owned company dedicated to providing innovative solutions for preventing hair clogs in bathtubs and drains. It’s flagship product, the EcoKatch, is the world’s first contactless bathtub hair catcher that offers a hygienic and hassle-free solution, and the company was born out of the shared passion for invention of its founders, Meet Shah and Sneha Shah.
After experiencing frequent bathtub drain clogs, the dynamic duo decided to develop a contactless bathtub hair catcher. The journey began two years ago with extensive design formulation, 3D printing, and testing in their own bathtub. After receiving feedback from friends and family, they successfully launched a crowdfunding campaign in October 2022. With the funds raised, they finalized the design, manufactured high-quality silicone prototypes in China and, in May 2023, the official e-commerce EcoKatch website was born.
Meet Shah and Sneha
EcoKatch
+1 240-360-0290
[email protected]
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.
Meet Shah and Sneha Shah, the founders of EcoKatch, are proud to announce the launch of their innovative product, EcoKatch, the world’s first contactless bathtub hair catcher. The EcoKatch is designed to prevent hair clogs in bathtubs and drains without requiring users to touch collected hair, providing a hassle-free and hygienic solution.
Unlike traditional hair catchers that require manual removal of trapped hair, the EcoKatch’s unique design allows users to effortlessly dispose of hair without coming into contact with it. By simply opening the top, the collected hair easily drops into the trash can, eliminating the need for direct contact or messy clean-ups.
EcoKatch’s mission is to provide effective and user-friendly solutions for preventing hair clogs in bathtubs and drains. The company conducts extensive research and development to identify the best materials, designs, and technologies that optimize hair trapping capabilities while maintaining efficient water flow. EcoKatch is the result of their dedication to creating an innovative product that enhances the bathing experience.
“We are thrilled to introduce EcoKatch, the world’s first contactless bathtub hair catcher,” said Meet Shah, the owner of EcoKatch. “Our product revolutionizes the way users deal with hair clogs by providing a hygienic and effortless solution. With EcoKatch, users can enjoy a worry-free bathing experience without the inconvenience of clogged drains.”
At its very core, EcoKatch is a patented product that sets itself apart from others in the market with its contactless functionality. It eliminates the need for manual hair removal and offers a hassle-free solution to keep bathtubs and drains free from clogs. With its easy-to-use design, the EcoKatch ensures that users never have to touch weeks’ worth of hair or worry about bathtub blockages again.
EcoKatch comes in four delightful colors to choose from to suit any home décor and is available for an ultra-low price of just $9.99.
To learn more about EcoKatch and their innovative contactless bathtub hair catcher, visit www.TheEcoKatch.com. The website also provides detailed information about the product’s features, benefits, and installation instructions.
About the Company
EcoKatch is a minority-owned company dedicated to providing innovative solutions for preventing hair clogs in bathtubs and drains. It’s flagship product, the EcoKatch, is the world’s first contactless bathtub hair catcher that offers a hygienic and hassle-free solution, and the company was born out of the shared passion for invention of its founders, Meet Shah and Sneha Shah.
After experiencing frequent bathtub drain clogs, the dynamic duo decided to develop a contactless bathtub hair catcher. The journey began two years ago with extensive design formulation, 3D printing, and testing in their own bathtub. After receiving feedback from friends and family, they successfully launched a crowdfunding campaign in October 2022. With the funds raised, they finalized the design, manufactured high-quality silicone prototypes in China and, in May 2023, the official e-commerce EcoKatch website was born.
Meet Shah and Sneha
EcoKatch
+1 240-360-0290
[email protected]
We’d really appreciate if you could talk to us about how you figured out the manufacturing process.
Our product started its journey on a piece of paper. As a background in mechanical engineering and an inventive mindset, it progressed into CAD and later 3d print. 3d print was definitely challenging as I had to learn about new resin printing because normal filament printing wouldn’t have good resolution for form-fitting etc… after like 30-40 prints and tests, we tested out in our own bathtub. once we were confident that it could work, we reached out to one of the manufacturing companies in china from Alibaba.com. we got it prototyped since 3d printed part couldn’t be made out of silicone and couldn’t be tested 100% as it should be. We had to do few changes so that it fits 1.5″ to 1.75″ diameter bathtub drain. After one more revision change, we got few more prototypes made so we can give it out with friends and family.
We learned a lot in this process specially manufacturing:
1) You have to communicate very clearly and often what you really want
2) Most of the time they’ll ask you to manufacture minimum quantity of like 3000 which really cost me a lot of manufacturing money and storage cost. I wish I could’ve made 1000 first run. get customer feedback and update the design and make more of per design update.
Do you sell on your site, or do you use a platform like Amazon, Etsy, Cratejoy, etc?
My Shopify website and social media were a failed effort. Might be because I didn’t have good photo and video content since I was trying to save money on start-up.
Also, Google ads are not that effective. Mostly due to almost no one trusts random Shopify websites with one item to sell.
Currently, we’re only having success with Amazon. Luckily we were able to put together a video from 3-4 videos we had made over last 2 years, and it’s generating decent revenue. we’re slowly getting help from experts from Fiverr to improve organic traffic and sales.
Once Amazon platform get’s to the level of success, we’ll utilize Walmart and other platforms to generate sales.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.theecokatch.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ecokatch/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EcoKatch
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1FZF4P1mQfr2Jnsl0bFssw