I want to start my candle business. I have started making candles with silicone mould. The main problem that I am facing is the legal requirement to start the candle business. The insurance and everything.
@@waliimran1235 Hi, it's all quite straight-forward (if you're in the UK). I'd recommend setting up a ltd company through an accountant, you then really need liability insurance to protect yourself. Then it's understanding and following the CLP legislation to make sure everything is labelled correctly. Is this what you mean?
@@homefragranceacademy Yes, how to follow the CLP legislation. I have bought the warning labels. I do not know what candle and how to carry out candle tests.
@@waliimran1235 You do need to spend some time understanding the CLP legislation, you can google ECHA CLP Legislation to find this. Each product you make needs to have a CLP label affixed to it which is made for that product - the fragrance oil and bases you use will make a difference. It can be complicated, but there are CLP consultants you can work with, or a lot of fragrance oil suppliers have CLP labels available for you to use too. We do have a CLP course in our HFA Growth Hub which might be ideal for you to join and work through - you can click the link in our bio to find this.
Great video, thank you. I’ve been building my candle making as a side hobby for the last two years. I’ve been selling out every craft show making more in 7 hours VS my full time graphic design/marketing business. So I’m finally jumping in and focusing my time and energy into my candle business. I feel with the marketing knowledge, product design, product photography and marketing strategies skills, I will in no doubt be successful and my customers have absolutely loved my unique candles. I have that fire burning inside and I’m excited to pour my energy into growing my own business. Thanks for the inspiration!
Hi Paul (and Tamar) just subscribed to HFA… my hubby Rob has bought into your course so it’s all go go go! We’ve decided to come together with our business (melts/candles/art) to create a home aesthetics company however, like Tamar, I too am teacher eager to leave!! Dropping to 2 days in September so let’s do this!!! Thanks for all the advice 🙏🏼
So Im studying accountability, need an income to pay for my studies... and thougt about selling wax melts to cover that. This video is so complete!! it summarized all I have learned so far in busisness, acountability and socialmedia skills, socialmedia marketing! my first semester in little more than 12 minutes and with a real life example!! this means gold to me... thank you so much! now I understand better all I have leardned and Im exited to create my wax melt business from home! (sorry for my english, not my birth language and Im a little rusty! 🤭
Great video!! I have been following you for a long time, but for some reason I lost your updates from cosy aromas , please continue with this type con content that help a lot, business strategies, market days , etc very interesting ! thank you and best regards to both of you Paul and Tamar.
Hi, great informative video. is Waxkind your only website? Just wanting to get an idea of audience and following and engagement you've built over the last year or 2 using these tips 😊
@@homefragranceacademy awesome! Really smart move having exit strategy for each business. Build the brand, make it profitable, sell and repeat. Assume this will form part of this youtube channel?
@@danwhite9940those 3 brands were all under 1 Ltd company, so it was only 1 exit. We talk about strategies on this channel and teach people how to do the same at www.homefragrance.academy
Hi, Thank you for all your information. Do we need licence to start a candles business? I would really appreciate if you could help with this information. Thank you 🙏
Hi, no problem at all. You don't need any licenses to start a candle business. You just need to ensure you're following the legislation for CLP (UK & Europe). You can Google details about this, or you take take our course available through our website if you wish :)
It's amazing how you grown within the time spam. I'm about to give up on mine. I've been trying since March 2022. I have a shopify website but not a landing page. But got someone to do my marketing for the past two months and spent money and so far, I got nothing. 😢
Excellent video! I'm finally ready to launch and looking for strategies so this is perfect. It's an area I have no clue about how best to introduce myself out there....and more importantly, be noticed. Thank you for sharing. Have subscribed!!
Thank you Angela. Take a look at www.homefragrance.academy/store if you need further help to launch and grow your business, we have courses and coaching which can help you.
Thank you for this video. I am in that situation right now as your wife was a teacher and hoping to do this already started. Looking for ways to push forward
Hello, I'm Michele. I'm from Ohio. I'm looking to start my own business. I want to start off with wax melts then later add on soaps. I want to include my grown son in on the business as well. Thank you for your help.
Me and my wife are getting into this business and are looking for mentors or resourcing with other successful people in this industry. Any help in this area would be a huge help for us and our new business. Thank you for your content it is very helpful.
Thank you for this information..Im 66 and need extra income and am looking how to use the platforms to bring me business. I'm overwhelmed and underconfident lol , have not started candles yet , although that was the starting point , very expensive Do people prefer the bars over a flower or does it matter ? I thinking of not continuing with the plastic container there's not a lot of profit but like you its the volume of buyers. and Dude candles used the Facebook ads as well and his sales grew immensely,, the video was great i will subscribe and have a video marathon lol
Thank you! You need to find a niche to target. Don't try and be a general home fragrance brand because you'll get lost in the sea of others. Find a niche and create products for them.
Your videos are fantastic! You explain everything so well, I'm learning loads and really feeling like it's possible to grow a lovely business - THANK YOU for making them! 🥰
@@homefragranceacademy pleasure! I'm waiting for the delivery man to arrive with my first little order of scents to try. Looking forward to implementing your advice, it's really exciting!
Good luck with it all! I think this video covers a lot of info you'll need. We also have some others on our channel. I'd also recommend signing up to our weekly newsletter www.homefragrance.academy/
Great videos. May I ask two questions please? When your business is properly up and running, what is the minimum percentage of turnover should put into advertising to at least maintain if not increase your sales? Also didn't I once see an offer about joining the academy in a paid prescription? Thank you again.
Hi, thanks for your comment. There's no set answer to that as it really depends on what your business can afford and how aggressive you want to be. In the early days I'd recommend spending every penny you can on marketing to build up a customer list. Then you can reduce the amount you spend acquiring new customers and focus on retaining existing customers to get more orders from them - this is where you'll see increased revenue and more profit. Regarding the HFA Growth Hub, you can sign up here: www.homefragrance.academy/store
Hi. It's all relative, Shopify is one of the best e-commerce platforms out there and simple to use. So I would certainly recommend it. To make it worthwhile you really need to build up that email list as I mention in the video, so when you do launch your site you have orders coming in right away.
How do you create a page where you have your customers putting their email in for the subscription? I’ve just started making wax melts but this is a really good idea and I’d like to try it!
If you use Mailchimp you can create a very simple landing page which collects email addresses. You need to make that page as encouraging as possible, then drive traffic to it through ads.
If you're planning to start a business to sell them. Firstly you should ensure you have a limited company and the adequate level of insurance to help you. You then need to ensure you label your products correctly with CLP and any safety information. These are the basic requirements.
It's a numbers game, you need to reach as many of your target audience as you possibly can, with a good offer, good marketing, great photos, reviews and social proofing. Have a look throughout our Instagram profile for loads of tips instagram.com/homefragranceacademy/
How far are you in your business journey?
I want to start my candle business. I have started making candles with silicone mould. The main problem that I am facing is the legal requirement to start the candle business. The insurance and everything.
@@waliimran1235 Hi, it's all quite straight-forward (if you're in the UK). I'd recommend setting up a ltd company through an accountant, you then really need liability insurance to protect yourself. Then it's understanding and following the CLP legislation to make sure everything is labelled correctly. Is this what you mean?
@@homefragranceacademy Yes, how to follow the CLP legislation. I have bought the warning labels. I do not know what candle and how to carry out candle tests.
@@waliimran1235 You do need to spend some time understanding the CLP legislation, you can google ECHA CLP Legislation to find this. Each product you make needs to have a CLP label affixed to it which is made for that product - the fragrance oil and bases you use will make a difference. It can be complicated, but there are CLP consultants you can work with, or a lot of fragrance oil suppliers have CLP labels available for you to use too. We do have a CLP course in our HFA Growth Hub which might be ideal for you to join and work through - you can click the link in our bio to find this.
I'm glad I came back to listen to this video because I forgot a few things you mentioned
Thank you for coming back to watch this again, Lisa. I hope you've found this useful.
Have been testing and creating my brand over the last 2 years I am launching end of Jan and I’m terrified, scary but I’m ready, thanks to your tips
You're welcome. Congratulations on getting this far and we wish you the best of luck with your launch.
Great video, thank you. I’ve been building my candle making as a side hobby for the last two years. I’ve been selling out every craft show making more in 7 hours VS my full time graphic design/marketing business. So I’m finally jumping in and focusing my time and energy into my candle business. I feel with the marketing knowledge, product design, product photography and marketing strategies skills, I will in no doubt be successful and my customers have absolutely loved my unique candles. I have that fire burning inside and I’m excited to pour my energy into growing my own business. Thanks for the inspiration!
Good luck with it!
You're breaking things down really well Paul. No "word salad". Just plain and simple for anyone to understand real well.
Thank you!
I don't make wax melts but your advice in previous videos has helped me so much! I'm now running facebook ads successfully
Oh wow that's really nice to know. Comments like this make it all worth while. Thank you for taking the time.
We hope this video helps 🧡
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This really makes me excited to start. But also simple to follow
Brilliant! Good luck in your journey. We're here to help where we can.
Hi Paul (and Tamar) just subscribed to HFA… my hubby Rob has bought into your course so it’s all go go go! We’ve decided to come together with our business (melts/candles/art) to create a home aesthetics company however, like Tamar, I too am teacher eager to leave!! Dropping to 2 days in September so let’s do this!!! Thanks for all the advice 🙏🏼
Hi, that's really lovely to read. We wish you the best of luck and feel free to reach out if you need support. We're here to help where we can :)
I really hope you found this useful. I had fun recording this.
We'll be doing more like this!
So Im studying accountability, need an income to pay for my studies... and thougt about selling wax melts to cover that. This video is so complete!! it summarized all I have learned so far in busisness, acountability and socialmedia skills, socialmedia marketing! my first semester in little more than 12 minutes and with a real life example!! this means gold to me... thank you so much! now I understand better all I have leardned and Im exited to create my wax melt business from home!
(sorry for my english, not my birth language and Im a little rusty! 🤭
Thank you for watching and good luck ❤
Great video with information
Great video!! I have been following you for a long time, but for some reason I lost your updates from cosy aromas , please continue with this type con content that help a lot, business strategies, market days , etc very interesting ! thank you and best regards to both of you Paul and Tamar.
Thanks so much for watching, we have lots more planned :)
Great story. Thank you for sharing
Paul, you are one smart cookie. Love this video.
Thank you kindly!
Hi, great informative video. is Waxkind your only website? Just wanting to get an idea of audience and following and engagement you've built over the last year or 2 using these tips 😊
Thank you.
We had 3 businesses which we sold and exited in May this year:
Cosy Aromas
Craft HQ
Waxkind
@@homefragranceacademy awesome! Really smart move having exit strategy for each business. Build the brand, make it profitable, sell and repeat. Assume this will form part of this youtube channel?
@@danwhite9940those 3 brands were all under 1 Ltd company, so it was only 1 exit. We talk about strategies on this channel and teach people how to do the same at www.homefragrance.academy
Hi,
Thank you for all your information. Do we need licence to start a candles business? I would really appreciate if you could help with this information. Thank you 🙏
Hi, no problem at all. You don't need any licenses to start a candle business. You just need to ensure you're following the legislation for CLP (UK & Europe). You can Google details about this, or you take take our course available through our website if you wish :)
@@homefragranceacademy Wow, I wasn't expecting such a quick response. I've already subscribed to your courses. Thank you so much!
@@BiancaAndrei-xt8tw That's wonderful, thank you :)
It's amazing how you grown within the time spam. I'm about to give up on mine. I've been trying since March 2022. I have a shopify website but not a landing page. But got someone to do my marketing for the past two months and spent money and so far, I got nothing. 😢
Thanks for this video, I really want to make a business of this.
Best of luck!
Thank you so much. can you do a video on facebook ads at all
Thank you for watching. Yes absolutely, we have lots planned around Facebook Ads over the coming weeks :)
Excellent video! I'm finally ready to launch and looking for strategies so this is perfect. It's an area I have no clue about how best to introduce myself out there....and more importantly, be noticed. Thank you for sharing. Have subscribed!!
Thank you Angela. Take a look at www.homefragrance.academy/store if you need further help to launch and grow your business, we have courses and coaching which can help you.
Thank you. I’ll definitely give it some consideration.
Thanks so much for sharing these precious info with us. I look forward to receiving your email each week :)). I am grateful! Alex
Hi Alex, thank so much for your comment and for signing up to our newsletter! I'm really pleased to know you find this useful :)
Are you able to create a separate video on how to do a subscription model for your wax melt business? business business
We already have one of those, checkout out channel and you'll see it in there :)
Love this! Super helpful, thank you 🤩
Thank you for watching and I'm really pleased that it was helpful. Best of luck with your business :)
Thank you for this video. I am in that situation right now as your wife was a teacher and hoping to do this already started. Looking for ways to push forward
That’s fantastic, I hope this video was helpful. We’ll be releasing more over the coming weeks. Good luck with your startup 🎉
Bless you for your information!
I hope you find this useful Brenda. Thank you for watching and commenting :)
Just awesome information
Thanks Lisa
Hello, I'm Michele. I'm from Ohio. I'm looking to start my own business. I want to start off with wax melts then later add on soaps. I want to include my grown son in on the business as well. Thank you for your help.
Good luck with everyone Michele. Sign up to our newsletter for weekly tips and advice homefragrance.academy/
Me and my wife are getting into this business and are looking for mentors or resourcing with other successful people in this industry. Any help in this area would be a huge help for us and our new business. Thank you for your content it is very helpful.
Good luck with your new venture. No problem at all, that's what we do. You can join our membership here: www.homefragrance.academy/hfa-growth-hub
Thank you for this information..Im 66 and need extra income and am looking how to use the platforms to bring me business.
I'm overwhelmed and underconfident lol , have not started candles yet , although that was the starting point , very expensive
Do people prefer the bars over a flower or does it matter ? I thinking of not continuing with the plastic container
there's not a lot of profit but like you its the volume of buyers. and Dude candles used the Facebook ads as well and his sales grew immensely,,
the video was great i will subscribe and have a video marathon lol
Thank you! You need to find a niche to target. Don't try and be a general home fragrance brand because you'll get lost in the sea of others. Find a niche and create products for them.
Great video, very informative. I want to grow my business, and I think you've given me the confidence to do it. Thanks, Ian, from Wrightkrafty
Hi Ian, that’s really great to read. I wish you all the best with it. We’ll be releasing more content soon which might be useful too 😊
Your videos are fantastic! You explain everything so well, I'm learning loads and really feeling like it's possible to grow a lovely business - THANK YOU for making them! 🥰
That's really lovely to read, thank you so much :)
@@homefragranceacademy pleasure! I'm waiting for the delivery man to arrive with my first little order of scents to try. Looking forward to implementing your advice, it's really exciting!
I just got my theme or brand and promise to customers together
I'm encouraged
Good luck!
brilliant thank you PAul
Thank you for watching :)
Im ready to start my business. I want to drop ship can you help me
Hi. Nice intro into the world of wax melts. I'm just starting out with family and friends first. Any tips for a newbie Lol.
Good luck with it all! I think this video covers a lot of info you'll need. We also have some others on our channel. I'd also recommend signing up to our weekly newsletter www.homefragrance.academy/
Great videos. May I ask two questions please? When your business is properly up and running, what is the minimum percentage of turnover should put into advertising to at least maintain if not increase your sales? Also didn't I once see an offer about joining the academy in a paid prescription? Thank you again.
Hi, thanks for your comment. There's no set answer to that as it really depends on what your business can afford and how aggressive you want to be. In the early days I'd recommend spending every penny you can on marketing to build up a customer list. Then you can reduce the amount you spend acquiring new customers and focus on retaining existing customers to get more orders from them - this is where you'll see increased revenue and more profit. Regarding the HFA Growth Hub, you can sign up here: www.homefragrance.academy/store
Is Shopify expensive, I’m sooooo confused about where to create my website, total techno phobic
Hi. It's all relative, Shopify is one of the best e-commerce platforms out there and simple to use. So I would certainly recommend it. To make it worthwhile you really need to build up that email list as I mention in the video, so when you do launch your site you have orders coming in right away.
How do you create a page where you have your customers putting their email in for the subscription? I’ve just started making wax melts but this is a really good idea and I’d like to try it!
If you use Mailchimp you can create a very simple landing page which collects email addresses. You need to make that page as encouraging as possible, then drive traffic to it through ads.
Hello there, how do I get to your products?
What legal information do I need for candle making
If you're planning to start a business to sell them. Firstly you should ensure you have a limited company and the adequate level of insurance to help you. You then need to ensure you label your products correctly with CLP and any safety information. These are the basic requirements.
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It's such a great story!
The problem I am having is that people just don't buy or have the wax burners
It's a numbers game, you need to reach as many of your target audience as you possibly can, with a good offer, good marketing, great photos, reviews and social proofing. Have a look throughout our Instagram profile for loads of tips instagram.com/homefragranceacademy/
My name is Beatrice Cortez
Making candles isn't as easy as people might think it is.
Making candles and getting the right is incredibly difficult!
It really is easy it’s just testing the wicks that’s nerve wracking
@@lisawalker7923i agree but also lots of calcs, temps, testing but it is fun