Let me know if you have any questions about making soy candles.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Soy Candle Supplies
Check out this new hub I created, Where to Buy Soy Candle Supplies. If you're at all interested in making soy candles, good, because it's a really fun hobby and a nice investment if you put your heart and strong business savvy into it!
Let me know if you have any questions about making soy candles.
Let me know if you have any questions about making soy candles.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
How to Sell Candles
One of the first things you're going to think about is how to sell the candles you make. There are a number of ways and places you can sell your candles, whether you are going to sell strictly in bulk (wholesale) or in smaller amounts.
Here are some ways I suggest you consider when you FIRST starting out:
1. Start with your circle. Drum up demand for your candles by starting at home. Tell your friends and family what you are doing and ask them to sample some candles. If your candles are high quality, you're definitely going to get people asking you to sell your candles to them (this worked for me).
2. Use local merchants. Stop by local gift shops, coffee shops and florists. Give them a business card along with 5 to 10 candles they can sell free. This is an investment on your part but it will pay off. Suggest a retail price and let them know that they are welcome to keep all of the revenue. Leave ordering information so that if they sell out and would like to buy more, they can contact you and purchase candles.
3. Develop an online store. Getshopped.com is a great place to set up a simple online store for your candles.
Here are some ways I suggest you consider when you FIRST starting out:
1. Start with your circle. Drum up demand for your candles by starting at home. Tell your friends and family what you are doing and ask them to sample some candles. If your candles are high quality, you're definitely going to get people asking you to sell your candles to them (this worked for me).
2. Use local merchants. Stop by local gift shops, coffee shops and florists. Give them a business card along with 5 to 10 candles they can sell free. This is an investment on your part but it will pay off. Suggest a retail price and let them know that they are welcome to keep all of the revenue. Leave ordering information so that if they sell out and would like to buy more, they can contact you and purchase candles.
3. Develop an online store. Getshopped.com is a great place to set up a simple online store for your candles.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Why Is Making Scented Candles Smart?
By Georg Inderdal
Scented candles add warmth and relaxation to our lives. They can give even the most ordinary home cooked dinner a touch of romance and class, turn bath time into a spa experience and add warmth to even the coldest room in your home. Unfortunately in these tough economic times, paying the price for these simple home additions makes us wince. The price of scented candles have simply gone through the roof. Maybe it is time to consider making scented candles at home?
Making Scented Candles Is A Great Hobby
If you have been looking for a hobby that you might really enjoy, making candles could fill that bill. Making scented candles is an easy and inexpensive craft to learn. The start up cost is extremely low requiring only a few basic things to make jar candles.
Once you learn the basics and have some success, you can purchase books on candle making and before you know it you will be making votives, tea lights and even your own taper candles.
Financial Benefits of Making Your Own Candles
Count up the number of candles you have in your home. Think of how much all those candles cost and now imagine how much you could have saved if you could have purchased those candles at a third or less of that cost. That is approximately how much it would have cost you, had you made them yourself. Can you imagine the savings over the course of a few months or a year?
Scented candles add warmth and relaxation to our lives. They can give even the most ordinary home cooked dinner a touch of romance and class, turn bath time into a spa experience and add warmth to even the coldest room in your home. Unfortunately in these tough economic times, paying the price for these simple home additions makes us wince. The price of scented candles have simply gone through the roof. Maybe it is time to consider making scented candles at home?
Making Scented Candles Is A Great Hobby
If you have been looking for a hobby that you might really enjoy, making candles could fill that bill. Making scented candles is an easy and inexpensive craft to learn. The start up cost is extremely low requiring only a few basic things to make jar candles.
Once you learn the basics and have some success, you can purchase books on candle making and before you know it you will be making votives, tea lights and even your own taper candles.
Financial Benefits of Making Your Own Candles
Count up the number of candles you have in your home. Think of how much all those candles cost and now imagine how much you could have saved if you could have purchased those candles at a third or less of that cost. That is approximately how much it would have cost you, had you made them yourself. Can you imagine the savings over the course of a few months or a year?
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