Beth-VT

I agree. I've had insurance since the day I started selling. It's not worth it to me not to have it. I'm one of the lucky ones too, my policy covers both candles & BB. I sleep better at night

LOL Sara....I was thinking the same thing. The candles are cool, but the flames are def inserted into the pics..they are identical on all three shots.

Consider yourself challenged jen....you can do it! :highfive:

I'm like Robin. I have a Inventory Control Sheet (spreadsheet) that lists all my items across in columns, and all my fragrances down in rows. Before I head out I simply do a count of things, and write down how many of 'X' I have in a fragrance and put it in the correspoding box. Then when I'm done, recount and I know the sales.

I also try and keep a written record as I'm selling, but inevitably I miss things if I get too busy. The inventoty sheet helps fix that problem. HTH.

MMS (the sage) also carries them in some sizes.

I've done tons with a J223/EZSoy blend...CD-10 works great!

Yup.....jsut like my wholesale accounts. I have their (the consignment shops) tax ID form on file. They collect and remit the sales tax, not me.

The difference is in the type of account the seller has. If they have a personal account, they can only receive instant transfers...meaning payment from the buyers already funded PayPal account, or a transfer from the buyers linked checking account. Credit Card payments are not accepted. The seller pays no fees fees for receiving payment.

If they have a business acount, the seller must pay fees to accept payment of any type. Credit cards, direct transfers, they are all the same. The Paypal fee of 2.9% (or less if you have a higher volume) plus the transaction fee is applied to every transaction they receive, no matter how it's funded. HTH.

Another Ditto. No need to remove the pins at all. The air bubbles are coming from the difference in the hole dia. and the pin dia. If you're using a pre-tabbed wick, pressing the neck of the tab up into the votive will keep it from going anywhere.

Tucker, those are great!!

The heck with that, lol....I'm diggin' on their lip balm display !!!

Bitter Creek North has some, they are much lighter in color than your typical (paper bag) type, and very smooth.

Also, if you design and print your own labels, why not simply place a colored shape (square, circle, whatever) as the very last layer of your label and make it large enough that it takes up the entire size of your label. That way you can adjust the color to whatever you're after. HTH.

I do not use their credit card services. It has a high interest rate.

Jennifer, it sounds like you are referring to their CC for personal purchases (high interest rate). Brooke is looking for a Merchant account, there is no interest rate on those, just a %, and monthly fees. Just so no one gets confused here.....if I misunderstood, my apologies.

Brooke, I've looked at Costco's merchant services and they seem to be very good rates. Think the monthly fee is comparable, but most will be in the same ball park. If you have the volume to justify a real merchant account, it's not really a big deal. If you don't, something like ProPay is a very viable option. HTH.

...The ppl who know me will know of course that I will be using Peachtree for the company...

Well DUH ...LOL!!!

Good luck. I bet you'll have things there whipped into shape in no time, and you can return to your honorary junior kumquats (um, that would be us :highfive:) . Well miss you T!!

Well it's not mottling (soy doesn't mottle), but for a marble it's a good start

I use liquids and for sage I use a hunter green and add a bit of yellow to it. Love it.

I've heard this and thought about it as well.

If a container is thin glass (such as YankMe's apoth's, lol) and the metal wick tab is directly in contact with the glass, I can definitely see that heat would be much more concentrated directly under the tab and could possibly shatter. If a wick stickum has been used, that would provide a buffer of sorts, and if silicone was used, this too could reduce heat build up.

But, there are simply too many variables to control....like the glass thickness and warmer wattage.

I suppose testing could be done, with several warmers of varying wattage, and containers of varying thickness, but oye!!

One word......liquids

I single wick with a CD-10.

Well, YC has had 'tart' trademarked since 1991, so I don't think any of us can complain about not being able to use it. Like it or not, this is the purpose of trademarking. Back then, it was probably a novel term (in this application ayway) and they wanted to protect it. Tart has become a sort of generic term but that doesn't mean everyone should have the right to use it.

I'm sure E's letter is genuine, and they will follow up on it. I personally think it's bad advice to 'ignore' a C&D from a company like YC. The bear situation, although a certified patent, IMO is a different situation....there seems to be a genuine question as to the validity of the idea and who should have received a patent, if anyone, but unfortunately someone will have to fork out some big $$ to fight that one. I don' think there's any question about the 'tart' trademark.

You can't tell me that if you (meaning anyone here) came up with a novel term for something you produce and gain a trademark, and 10 years from now when that product is common place (and you're rich, heh heh) that you wouldn't try and protect that trademark. JMO.

I ordered a few things from them a couple years ago. Service was good, shipping was fast. HTH.

Heh heh....I scored 12 (very very dusty) cans of it from our grocery store. Took the last of the hardware stores too, he said he'd try and order another case but I told him 'good luck' lol.

At least when I have to order in bulk, I'll have lots of lil' containers to put it in :highfive:

Ditto Nayla!! Hope your opening was everything you'd hoped and more .

A wick tab will not solve the problem. Your beans will become open to the flame long before a wick tab will come into play. It really isn't wise to use real coffee beans in a candle that is designed to burn completely. Especially like a votive. Your best bet, as suggested, would be wax embeds.

Van Gogh.......!

Yup...they are closed over the weekend. You should get a PayPal Invoice tomorrow or Tuesday.