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One of the most popular crafts today is Soy Candle Making. People have been making them as gifts and to accent their home decor. Since soy wax is easy to work with, they have been able to show off their individual style and taste by adding accents and containers to different aromas and colors for uniqueness. The environmentally friendly nature of these candles is an added plus.

Did you know you can make money with soy candle making? It is a great feeling to create your own designs and have people gratefully use them at home.

I had a similar experience when I was into landscape painting. From my kitchen I would make my paintings and sell them at craft fairs. I loved the feeling of getting a sale and knowing the person was taking my painting home with them.

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.

For a very low investment you can get started selling your candles. Here is some advice for the new home business owner to get you started.

Due to the lightweight and compact size of candles, the cost of shipping is much lower compared to many other products sold on line. Soy candle making does have one disadvantage that does increase it’s delivery costs though. They require some type of container such as a jar to hold the candle which adds weight. You have to figure this into your cost.

The United States Post Office has a great option for small, heavy items. Their flat-rate boxes ship to anywhere for a single low price, no matter how heavy. If it fits, it ships.

You will need to have packing materials such as bubble wrap to fill the space in the box holding your candles. Since this is somewhat expensive locally, I suggest you purchase these on ebay or similar sites. The good news is that the flat rate boxes are completely free from the post office. You just order them from their website.

By far the easiest venue for the soy candle making beginner to sell their products is on ebay. Too many people try creating a website but soon discover they have no idea how to get traffic to it. With eBay you just set up an account which is free, setup an account on Paypal so people can pay you from their credit cards (also free), then start listing your products.

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.

To get started in online sales, you will definitely need to have a digital camera. Pictures and descriptions are everything when selling online since the buyer cannot touch, smell, and feel your product. This is even more important to your soy candle making business since most buyers want to pick it up and smell it. You will have to be creative in how you describe the aromas.

Calculate your fees to be sure you set a profitable price and create one 7 day auction for each style candle you want to sell. Testing various products and descriptions this way will show you what people like and will help you narrow it down.

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.

While you want to see what particular designs are selling, you still want your product line to be unique. The differences may make a difference in you being able to charge more. It is important to not get discouraged but to keep on testing your soy candle making business line of products.

Ebay has been a fantastic place for product sales for me. Just remember to test and look at your competition. Don’t get too hung up on one design you like. If it doesn’t sell, get rid of it and spend your time on what does. The buyers will help you create your line of candle settings and designs.

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