boobiepiebaby Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 where should i look to compare prices? i would like to price my candles but i don't know where to find a good price guide.can you help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ah-soy Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 There are lots of different pricing formulas. Use the search feature above and try a variety of key words. It should bring up many threads about pricing. Lindsay, at Soapers Workshop also has a great formula which incorporates labor costs...something most of us don't consider enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everito Bandito Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 On 6-10-07 you posted this:http://www.candletech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53036Now on 6-17-07 you want to know what price to put on your candles. Are you thinking that you are ready to start selling or are you just wondering about the profit potential? Hopefully it's the latter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 How about starting with what you spend. Is that something you haven't thought about doing? Second, why are you even considering pricing after only making for a week? Wouldn't you rather test and be sure of your product and know what you're doing as opposed to pretending? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpant Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 when me and my wife first started this i thought we would have ten scents in ten sizes blah, blah in a week or two. after reading this and learning a lot on this forum. we are almost 7months into this we have two scents in votives that i like and am comfortable with one jar real close and another votive really close. i figure at this rate it will be another year before i am ready to start selling. as to pricing thier are a lot of formulas on this website the above link is a great one but that one even does not try and recover the cost of ra and d and testing that goes into this. short cutting in that department can be a death knell for you buisiness. my suggestion is to test a lot, test some more and go slowly you can lose any chance of a long term buisiness by rushing, not to mention ruin someones life if you sell an untested product for a quick buck. i thought i would have a good second income quickly instead it has cost me hundreds of dollars and hours and im not close.my 2 cents from some one who is hoping someday to recover some of what i have spent so far. give a man a fish he eats for a day teach a man to fish he eats every day. this is field you can make money in but you have to spend money first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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