Want to Start Your Own Candle Company?
After I had started making candles of my own, and after I had come up with some pretty unique and pleasant (at least in my opinion) scent combinations, I started thinking about starting my own candle company.
There are a few reasons why, one major reason being that I really had a lot of fun doing it! Another reason was that I could fairly easily make a pretty big batch of candles from my own home out of a cooking pot and a few supplies, and having little cash for a startup hobby/business, this seemed perfect.
Several very successful companies started out of the home. Yankee Candle started when Mike Kittredge made his first candle as a teenager with melted crayons as a Christmas gift for his mother in their basement in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Yankee has since grown to be the leading candle manufacturer. Another very successful one, Illume Candles, started in the early 1990’s when a woman began making her own candles. Since then, they have grown to be one of the finest in the industry.
I went on to sell some candles, though these days I usually give them away as gifts because I simply don't have the time to plunge head first into the business. But from what I gathered, here are some important things to consider:
Things to expect before starting your own candle business
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Above all, expect to test, test, test! There are a lot of different scented oils, and different scented oil manufacturers, as well as several different kinds of waxes. They all react a little differently with each other, and the hardest thing for me was finding quality fragrance oils - which brings me to the next tip...
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Quality first. What's the use of making scented candles if either a.) you can't smell them, or b.) they don't smell good? Here's a little tip, bypass the hobby stores and go straight to the candle supply companies, they usually carry much higher quality products, and when buying large quantities, they usually have much better prices.
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Enjoy! Think of it as a hobby first, because it usually takes a lot of time and effort to get candles 'just right' - then when they do come out to your liking, try your hand at selling them.
Candlemaking is something that’s easy and fairly inexpensive to experiment with, so you can try it out before deciding if you want to plunge into the business… or, just keep it as a fun and rewarding hobby.
For more information about candlemaking, or to choose from related products, click on the following link:
Candle Making | Scented Candles
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