After he quit his job as a sailorman, then he joining his uncle Wahab who have a factory of Craffting of Insect at Depok area West Java, to helping and learning making various crafting of insect. He work there helping his uncle for about 2 years from 2000-2002.
In his experience helping her uncle, he began to interested at this crafting of insect business. With the skill that he have, in the middle of 2002 he dare to open his own business of this crafting, he named UD. Beta Handicraft as his brand business label.
The first product that he made is a key hanger that contain beetle and butterfly. Zais said that in the first three years of his business is the bitter times. He realized that his product is quiet unique, so the market compartment isn’t so big. But his confidence that when there’s a will there a way, doesn’t make him give up.
In the early of his business, he tried to sold the product in recreation places such as Taman Mini Indonesia Indah-East Jakarta, Ragunan Zoo-South Jakarta and or Bogor Botanical Park-West Java.
He realized that he can’t just counting on sales in recreation place, then he tried to sell his product to hotels and airport. But the sales increasing not yet been felt. Newly in 2005, he have been help by Sufron as a marketing which is recognizing the product to the global market through internet by launcing the site in www.griya-insecta.com. Early 2006 is benediction year because the export request start to coming. The requester coming from Spain, New Zealand, Australia and US. Minimum 2000 pieces for online order, with down payment 50% and the rest paid after ten days via transfer bank. It’s true the crafting of insect is most enthused by overseas people, because the varian of beetle and butterly in Indonesia a lot doesn’t meet there.
Now Zais has produced a various crafting of insect with a variable prices such as variative key hanger, necklace of beetle, butterfly on frame, watch of insect etc.
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