Free Resources
Free resources to help you run your small business: guides, spreadsheets, and tools you can put to work right away.
Each resource comes from one of our guides and is built to help with one real decision, from planning your launch to setting your prices. New resources are added as we publish new guides.
Free Resources for Candle Businesses
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 tool
Candle Business Profit Simulator
Enter your own price, costs, and sales to see what a month could look like on Etsy, at markets, or selling wholesale.
Free tool
Candle Business Name Generator
Pick a style, add a word of your own and get name ideas with an Etsy character check, ready to copy and search.
Free Resources for Soap Businesses
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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