| If you are someone who enjoys crafts and are | | | | asking you to make candles for them, this is a good |
| looking for a way to supplement your income, | | | | indication that your products are good enough to sell. |
| starting a candle making business is potentially an | | | | Candles are becoming more and more popular and |
| excellent choice. This is especially good if you have | | | | not just for Christmas and birthdays. Just about |
| already been making your own candles, but it is also | | | | every occasion from Valentine's Day to Halloween is |
| a good choice for beginners. | | | | a time for using candles. Go through a diary and |
| The first step is to get some experience making | | | | make a note of every holiday for the year and you'll |
| simple candles. You can find all the information you | | | | find you have plenty of scope for making sales. |
| need for free online or in your local public library. | | | | Then there are people who use candles all year |
| Learn about the different materials you can use, such | | | | round for meditation, when having a relaxing soak in |
| as beeswax, soy wax and synthetic wax which you | | | | the bath, for dinner parties or a romantic night in. |
| can buy in craft shops. | | | | As you become better at candle making, you can |
| Go to craft fairs and see what is on sale. Chat to the | | | | start to look for various outlets, such as craft fairs |
| vendors and ask what sells and how they went | | | | and shops, markets and car boot sales where candles |
| about setting up a business. It is a good idea to get | | | | could be sold. If you find some venues where sales |
| as much background information as you can before | | | | are good, you can also offer to make candles on |
| you move to the next level and actually start to sell | | | | demand for special occasions. |
| your creations. | | | | Once you become proficient in the art of candle |
| If you enjoy candle-making you can gradually try out | | | | making, it's time to take your business online. The |
| new styles. You can get ideas from online candle | | | | internet is an ideal place to set up your store front. |
| stores, local markets and craft books and magazines. | | | | This gives you a wider audience and if you make |
| Start out by giving your candles to friends for | | | | your own unique designs and make candles to order, |
| birthdays or Christmas or other special occasions and | | | | you could build up your own niche within the wider |
| see what the reaction is. If you find that people start | | | | market. |