SliverOfWax

If you've never made one before, you've got a lot of testing to do before you even start thinking about a retail price. Once you get it perfected, you can figure your cost and charge what you need to charge to make a profit. Nobody but you will know what those numbers are or what your market is.

Most stores don't carry the rounds, anyway, so you'll almost certainly have to order them.

Without naming the supplier, it's just a rant in the wind and serves no useful purpose. You've tried to deal with them, to no avail. Now it's time to go public.

Cute. I don't think I'd use the word *delicious*. We have enough customer liability problems without giving them dumb ideas.

I think we now know why insurance is so expensive.

Is this a trick question? What are the dimensions of a normal gift basket? Measure the basket and email Nashville Wraps to ask what they recommend. Baskets don't come in Normal and Abnormal sizes. You are going to have to get out the ruler and measure.

Raise your prices? A handling charge will drive away customers faster than the price of your products. Put up a statement that you regret that shipping costs have risen so sharply and to accommodate, you are keeping your prices as low as possible. Blame the carrier. The high cost of shipping could drive customers back to dollar stores. If they can't afford the total cost or if the total cost is unreasonable, they won't buy. That's a sad fact of life.

Lotsa luck using that code for Jackel. Again, don't rush to order. There have been many, many, many complaints. Have you researched watts to know what you need? A little reading goes a long way.

They are called bail jars. You might have better luck using that in your search. Richards has them.

Did you check the watts? There have been a lot of complaints about Jackel.

Spellbound

Shipping is what it is. Levine's doesn't determine shipping. The weight and distance determines shipping charges as set by the carrier. If you really want to know what shipping will be, you would have to ask Levine's. Tell them what you are ordering and, based on your zip code, they will figure it and let you know.

OK, well, that's not what I call eyeballing. You'll never know your wicks by sight. Hopefully, they are properly labeled. If you don't cancel your craft shows, please take the table next to mine. It will make my candles look like masterpieces and people will marvel at what a genius I am.

No. Not even in the ballpark.

This is one scary thread. We have one newbie response wondering why you're having such a hard time and another newbie response giving tips on dubble boilers. And eugenia, I don't think that's good advice to give a newby. Talk about a false sense of security. It's not about eyeballing. It's about knowing your wax and wicks like the back of your hand. Then, and only then, can you get to know your fragrances. One at a time. When you have a good idea what wick works in a specific wax and specific container/mold, then you can start thinking about fragrances. It doesn't matter one bit how long it took someone else to sell a candle. What matters is the degree of testing. Like someone said in a different thread, if you have to ask, you're nowhere near ready to sell.

I would suggest you get the ones you want. What someone else gets really has nothing to do with what you get. Get what you like and what you think you can make a profit on. My market won't be the same as yours so there's nothing for you to compare. One of the most unusual mistakes a retailer can make is to base inventory on what someone else in an unknown location carries. My market will not be your market. I would guesstimate that 90% of your success or failure will be based on knowing your market.

Hopefully, you required a minimum 50% payment before you started making the balms. If not, lesson learned. Never make anything for anybody (in quantity) unless they have crossed your palm with silver.

I get whichever ones I'm in the mood for. Is there a logical reason for the question? I guess I'm missing something in your question, since I don't know how it matters which ones I get. Blue Diamond, I'm curious. Why the hard-on for Gold Canyon. Curious minds want to know.

It can be confusing when there is a Kim at both TC (Taylored Concepts) and TCS (Tennessee Candle Supply). And now there's another TCS (Texas Candle Supply). I hope there's no Kim there. If there is, we'll never know what anybody is talking about. Not that we ever do anyway, lol.

The moral to this story is you have to try scents for yourself. If you have to use more than 8% fo, you are wasting your time and money. If you listen to everybody who responds to your type of question, you are wasting your time and money. To avoid costly errors, buy samples and test for yourself. If you must take advice, make sure it's from someone you know and who has been making candles for awhile. Never listen to anybody who posts scent reviews without first having tested it in a candle. Sniffing the bottle doesn't count and only makes the reviewer look like a complete fool. Start buying samples, start pouring, start testing, and judge for yourself.

Kim is also at Taylored. Different Kim, of course.

Ebay. mwire.

Do your suppliers let you have supplies on consignment, only asking for payment when your products sell? Do you tell your suppliers you don't want to pay for fo until you know if it will sell? People have already let you know what they think. No matter how many times you ask, the answers will most likely be the same.

When it comes to fragrance, do your own testing instead of listening to advice from someone you don't know. And never listen to scent reviews that are oob (out of bottle). As you learn and test, you will find scents that work for you.

That theory has been around for years. All it does it give you an idea how big the melt pool will be. Most suppliers have wick charts that tell you the same thing. Anyone who is using this method as a way to test isn't testing. They are just wasting wicks and wax.