https://www.malaymail.com/news/life/2022/08...obox=1659504748


Sambal Nyet's owner, Khairul Aming sold his millionth bottle of Sambal Nyet after operating for just over a year and is now in the midst of opening up his second factory in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. — Picture via Twitter/ Khairul Aming.
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By Arif Zikri
Wednesday, 03 Aug 2022 1:29 PM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, August 3 — After operating for just a year and a half, local entrepreneur Khairul Aming has sold his millionth bottle of Sambal Nyet, amassing a total of RM14 million in sales.

The 30-year-old also announced that he will be opening a 22,000-square feet factory in Kota Baru, Kelantan, making it his second factory to date.


The news came from Khairul himself via a Twitter thread yesterday where he shared a quick look of the new factory while also shedding some light on his Sambal Nyet’s journey which started in 2021.

According to the influencer and entrepreneur, he and his team first started their sambal business with 10,000 bottles in early January last year and it took them 10 days to finish packing all of it.


He added that at that time, they were renting a small shop lot beside a grocery store.


“Three months later, we hit our first RM1 million sale. We rolled the sales to open our first factory, which was 14,000 square feet. We were still learning at that time as it was our first factory.

“We bought the wrong machine, set up the flow wrongly, we made a lot of mistakes back then,” he said.


Khairul also unveiled that he had to cut down 75 per cent of their production last year for the safety of his employees due to the rising cases of Covid-19 at that time.

He added that even his suppliers were unavailable which prompted him to operate his factory at bare minimum for the next few months.

However, as Covid-19 cases started dropping, he decided to renovate his first factory while also adding more machines to ease their sambal making process.

“We started with 200 bottles per day, now we’re able to cook up to 5,000 bottles per day.

“We just celebrated the first year anniversary of Sambal Nyet earlier this year. Alhamdulillah, the renovation on our factory is 90 per cent complete and we are operating as per usual again,” he said.

Khairul is also grateful to be able to expand his team from just eight people to a total of 50 staff while adding that they would use up to three courier lorries to transport their Sambal nowadays.

He added that the second factory will be used to cover the additional production of Sambal Nyet and it will also be used as a production hub for his upcoming second product.

“This is definitely a milestone that I would never have thought to reach when I first launched the sambal back then.

“Thank you so much to those who have supported us since our first launch until today. Thank you for being part of the journey. Will keep you guys updated on the upcoming progress,” he said.

Khairul’s Twitter thread has garnered over 10,000 retweets with over 20,000 likes and his short snippet video has been viewed over 300,000 times.

Local social media users applauded and congratulated Khairul on his milestone in the replies section.

"He’s so positive and it’s inspirational to see his success. May he stay humble and fun,” Twitter user izzanqistan tweeted.

"He’s treating the audiences like they’re part of his company’s shareholders based on his video presentations. Power,” tweeted user faisalzulkar9.

Damn!!

nice or not this sambal, or this just marketing.

Haha !!!

Its really is nice.
Not the typical sambal flavor.
Edy bought like 10 bottles since early this year.

Can i repot TS display pic?

Reli facepuke

10 bottle?

u everyday makan ka?

Ada bayar cukai?

Seriously, Congrats to him

never tried before...don't like spicy.

Small bottle only.

Used it as an ingredient for stir frying or as condiment
Not bad
Bought a few last year

Fuuu got 1 hardcore supporter here

Not me alone laa.
Family pun suka cuit sikit2.
Also brought to office and intro to friends. Its very hot.

According to /k malay no need to pay taxes. If need to pay also got discount 51%. Owai.

Im proud of see his achievement.

Something to learn.

I respect him as influencer and entrepreneur.
no drama, just do what he like doing. slow and steady. respect

Bought a few… Perfect with rice.

Man, that thing is dangerous yo.

I tried it once, then I want more, but kenot get because supply constraint.

This post has been edited by dagnarus: Aug 3 2022, 03:43 PM

Advantage of……

Hotel California play in background

bese2 je. pedas manis. taste like sambal sardines

Some show his achievement by showing a Lambo..Merc..etc

He only shows he will open 2nd factory..that can give another 50 people works..

Same like BKT. Sudah try, mau lagi

Saw in shitpee, really surprised to find out even sambal can be FOMO.

This kind of news want to share it all out and let others know they are rich...

Tak takut ke nanti ada siapa2 helang mai claim business you?

i like him anyway the other day I was thinking you know how his name is khairul aming right? is it because he is from terengganu? like it was supposed to be khairul amin but then somehow it became khairul aming, mohon pencerahan orang Terengganu?

This post has been edited by butterkijen: Aug 3 2022, 03:49 PM

That guy is an influencer, so in a way the more news talking about him, the better it is for him.

I doubt helang will be dumb to take on such well known public figure and risk backlash.

Mana LHDN? Buka fail dan siasat.

if you see his earlier vids also you see he's humble, not acah at all. deswai I think many people like him also

Wish i was bumi also, can open food shop

Not spicy enuf

Wahh... U not scared of GERD.

Congrats. There's main thread about his business.

kam to n9

Keyword got export or not? If not is going to be accomplished burger flipper nia. But well, I'd rather he wallop locals money than those sohai gurus by having a real product

This post has been edited by Dezs: Aug 3 2022, 04:02 PM

hey wassup guys...

Good later go see got sell not

it's okay. i like it but honestly i had better afaik

power usahawan.

14mil revenue, if 15% net profit margin probably he is earning about RM2mil

The staff bonus might be quite awesome too.

ini baru proper influencer

Congrats to him!

Now i feel curious and wanna try a bottle!

14M sale from shitpee alone, that’s certainly far greater than 99.99% of burger flipper out there.

This one really usahawan

You can sell roti canai dahl

memang sedap
even his shared recipe pun simple2 je
semoga terus maju jaya

why buy lambo when u build a 22ksqf factory

Tak laku, cuz most bumi wont come

malaysia population is 32 million
his sambal is probably rm10 per cup.
around 50% wont like the taste its so so, so no rpt order
so out 14 million like 5 million one time only order, 5 million first and 4 million 2nd order. so around 1 million people order
anyway its overhyped. tasted better sambal anyway
even adabi sambal belacan modern taste better for me

Ok la not bad

biar betul.

1 small bottle is 14 bucks?

that's freaking expensive

it nice but super spicyy..if you the type of loved spicy thing, then should try this

still sold out within minutes everytime its up for sale on shopee. to date i can only get 6 bottles.

the power of branding yo

Can 51% his business or not?

so add to your dish, not gooding become gooding ke?

For non halal friends, go buy a bottle from grand harbour. I think rm18 but really good.

dunno, ive yet to use it in actual cooking. i treat it as a substitute for sambal belacan myself since adabi's suck.

Respect him. He tried before and failed. But he never gave up and made come back.

And even after being rich, he didnt flash expensive car rides or rich lifestyle.

Good for him. Yet to try.

Y u all so salty of his achievements. Isn't these the hardworking and progressive Malay were looking for?
Benefited from unfair policy or not, he didn't hurt or steal from anyone, and did succeeded in capturing audience of all races with foods.

Kudos to him

Well said

Exactly! Maybe bcs this fler did not follow the same narrative /k been talking all along deswai butthurt

sedap.

To be frank, i dont like the sambal..its spicy and empty.. not like spicy and delicious.. so,its a no for me.. but my wife said its delicious.. well, different preference..

good for him.

HALAL or not ?

kesian.

Wow damn salty.
If he bother to open 2nd factory and hire 50 workers what do you think he won't pay tax ahh?

Already tried it myself. Taste not too bad but better than most homemade sambal out there.. I tried something like sambal Che Nor or something, didnt have same tasty like.

The problem is want to buy its too hard so fast sold out lmao

was about to comment to
but able to open a factory and 2nd factory, have 50 staff
he has to play by the law....else multiple gov department would've visited his office and factory already

food business are the hardest business to run away from....unless he don't hire staff lah, he do everything himself

Success story from covid period ni. Respect

Nice

It’s actually quite nice. I thought it was all hype but was pleasantly surprised

If he can market to Indonesia he is gonna be billionaire

Siapa kata malay miskin?

Good la, they should hold this guy up and show that Malays don't need tongkat to thrive in Malaysia.

many /ktards always complain about gov, tongkat, inflation etc

but majority of them are lazy fks who dont bother to put effort to improve their own income/living standards, so they spend their working hours in /k spewing hatred and salt in success stories like this

This post has been edited by ZeneticX: Aug 3 2022, 06:47 PM

Yup. But it's not bad. Kinda like the home made sambal paste you get to buy from wet markets. Thats the allure I guess, the home made taste. But like ppl said stocks limited. Only one maybe two bottles was brought. Rest wife got from colleague.

Fuuu 14m sales. Congrats

His sambal sedap. I cicah with ayam bakar madu.

partner with kfc la...sell chilli sauce

mine accumulated around 20 bottles already. so good. very pedas tho.

Million dollar idea there. They consume spicy too. Unlike our other neighbor country like Philippines.

Congrats, sells sambal can rakes million sales

he using media social to get feedback of the sambal

taste not good or whatever dont like it ask for money back guarenty. just show prof of buying the original sambal

you didn't mention I wouldn't know

Is this the one last time in shopee sold out less than a minute?
So suksesful now. Good for him

Damn.
Now i want to buy and test this sambal.

Spicy?

Where buy?

InB4 scared spicy then don't eat sambal. Eat tomato sos only.

Beribu2 eh

Berjuta2 tahniah!

indon like something different and fresher
which are those cili padi pounded on stone and directly smoothened on top of the food

extra points if free unlimited refills

after i saw them eating like that, i wonder what are their toilet situation like

Hope can sell to Europe and US

I like his 30-day videos for sahoor and iftar. Hnngh.

Yang tekun tak miskin.

Congratulations. I tried it before. Taste Just average not sure why can viral. But it really not bad lah.

I gave 4 out of 5.

So, can abolish tongkat policy already?

My problem is that very difficult to get have to settle with other sambal usually yatiekitchen which is not bad alsp