Lynnie, if you want to buy a relatively large amount of soap (like over a dozen bars), I'd recommend going someplace like etsy and contacting some of the soap sellers and see if they'll give you a bulk discount. My individual soaps sold for a lot more than if someone was willing to buy a whole batch, especially if they didn't want me to package them (I had fancy boxes, I trimmed each bar, etc.). That saved me time and materials and I'd give steep discounts (nearly half off) if they'd buy an entire batch at a time and all they wanted was for me to slice it into bars for them. My batches were 16 or 32 bars each, depending on which mold I was using. Plus it's so much less hassle to box up a dozen or so bars for one person, rather than a dozen individual sales. I loved my (few) bulk-buy customers!
Can't hurt to ask!