FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
Practical knowledge for running a small business on your own
Clear guides, free tools, and honest advice to help you make better decisions at every stage of your business.
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Candle Business
Pricing, production, testing, and selling: practical guides for running a candle business that lasts.
Start with this guide
How to Start a Candle Business
Eleven realistic steps from your first test batch to your first sale, written for makers starting from home.
Then read this one
What It Costs to Start a Candle Business
Real prices for tools, testing supplies, a first batch, and insurance, grouped into three budgets you can compare.
Free resources
Guides, spreadsheets, and tools you can put to work right away, all free.
Free guide
The Candle Business Starter Guide
An 8-week plan and 11 printable worksheets to take you from your first pour to your first sale.
Free spreadsheet
Candle Cost Sheet
Work out the real cost of each candle, including waste and fees, and find a price that holds up. For Excel and Google Sheets.
Free guide
The Soap Business Starter Guide
An 8-week plan and 11 printable worksheets to take you from your first batch to your first sale.
FREE GUIDE + PRINTABLE WORKBOOK
The Candle Business Starter Guide
Go from your first pour to your first sale with a clear 8-week plan you can fill in on screen or print and work through on paper.
- An 8-week action plan built around real cure and testing times
- 11 practical steps with clear checklists
- 11 fillable, printable worksheets, from a burn test log to a cost-per-candle sheet
- A plain-English glossary of candle and business terms
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