Key Steps To Making Money From Soy Candle Making

Soy Candle Making has become a popular pastime for many craft loving people. It is easy to work with, relatively low cost, and environmentally friendly when compared to other waxes. As a hobby, people are able to create their own unique designs that express their individuality and style. By experimenting with different aromas, jars, and accents, soy candles have been used as home decor by their makers, and also make popular and personal gifts to friends and family.

Soy candle making can also be turned into a home-based business. When people have bought your candles and are using them in their homes, you feel a great sense of satisfaction.

I used to love doing landscape oil painting which I would sell at craft shows. I could create my paintings at home in my spare time and feel the excitement each time one of them sold.

The complicated process of preparing ads, packing up the products, and shipping is a stumbling block for most people wanting to create a small business like this. It is, however, simpler than you might imagine.

Here are a few tips for beginners to selling your products on the web. You can get started for very low cost.

Since soy candles have a low melt point they must be held in a jar or similar container. This does add weight and thus increases shipping costs which must be calculated into your expenses. However their compact size makes soy candle making an attractive alternative to many other products sold on the web.

To overcome this extra weight which increases shipping costs, I use Flat-Rate shipping from the post office. These special boxes are great for items of this size and the price for shipping is the same no matter where it goes in the United States. You can also get an international box for flat rate overseas shipments.

The flat rate boxes come in various sizes and can be ordered from the USPS website for free. You will, however, need to purchase packing materials which you can get much cheaper on the web on sites like eBay.

Ebay is a great place for someone starting out to sell their products. It has a very low starting cost and is much less complicated to use than trying to set up your own web site and get visitors to it.

You won’t have the complication and expense of trying to get buyers to your website since ebay already has millions of them. You will pay a listing fee and a fee based on the final selling price of your candles. Paypal will be used to handle the credit card transactions and they also charge a small fee per transaction.

Be creative with your listing descriptions since your prospects on line cannot touch or smell your candles. Pictures taken with a good quality digital camera are of the utmost importance.

Testing is everything in online sales. Be sure to calculate your fees before and after the sale so you know what you need to charge for your candles. The best way is to use a 7 day auction on one product at a time. Then you can try different test auctions to see which works best.

Be sure to look at completed auctions to see what similar priced and styles of candles actually go for. Check out their listings to see what information they provided and what their pictures look like so you can test similar listings. Also look at the ones that didn’t sell to see what not to do.

There is a lot for you to learn but if you stick with it and keep working on your product line, you will get your soy candle making business going. Try to be unique with your designs and colors and not just make another candle exactly like the ones you see selling. This way you may be able to get a premium price for it.

In the last 3 years I have sold over $100,000 on ebay. By analyzing your competitors and testing, you will create a product line that people desire and in the process, create your own brand name. If a style does not work, scrap it and try another, even if you are partial to it.

Learn more about soy candle making. Stop by my site where you can find out all about making soy candles and what it can do for you.