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Hey everyone!! I am have some folks interested in purchasing my business. I am not planning on selling my company name, website or any other type of entity. I am just going to be selling my proprietary information if you will. Formulas, Wholesale accounts, suppliers etc. For anyone who has any type of experience with this, please let me know. I am looking to have a reasonable price, but do not want to cut myself short. Any idea on a type of formula or any starting point will help. Thanks!

Well MR Missy, just a FYI. I probably would not have purchased any of your products due to the enormous amount of negative responses about your "company". But rest assured, you pretty much sealed the deal in your rant. IMO suppliers need to keep their business off the board. It is unprofessional. Part of running a business is knowing that you won't please everyone ALL the time. You should have learned by now that rebutting every negative comment toward you makes yourself look even more incapable. The purpose of this particular thread area is to post "OPINIONS" about fragrance oil companies. Weather it's about the oil, the company, the customer service you name it. That is the purpose of this board. You should have just left it at that before getting so defensive. JMO

NP Oh stay away from Lonestars CandyCorn. Unless it has changed recently it is N-A-S-T-Y. It smells good, but it is like maple syrup in a bottle. Dark Brown and THICK!! I could not even get .25oz pp to incorporate .

Do a check on the usps website and compare from them to you. I would understand a slight increase to offset handling charges/packaging. But double is pretty drastic. Seems to me since you only ordered a small order monetary wise that they are trying to get a little more out of you. I have seen some suppliers do this *orders under xx.xx add an extra 5" etc. If there is a big difference after you check call them back and get an explanation. Talk to a manager not just the secretary. I would suggest finding a dif supplier. Jacked up shipping prices and slow shipping times, you can def find a better supplier. JMO

Lonestart def has a better selection of supplies. Especially FO's Both places have pros and cons. IMO Peak's fragrances have a more true to name fragrance. Lonestar has a more "to be expected" fragrance. For ex. Gardenia Peak= smells like a true Gardenia flower LSCS= smells more like a candle type gardenia Cucmber Melon Peak= Like actual cucmbers and melons LSCS= what everyone expects (more like the BBW scent)

Oh hell no. That deserves a biotch slap indeed. Next time you should set her ez-up on fire. That will deter her business alright.

Thank you Sock! All very good info. The brochure is definitely a generic type. It is in color (One side) and that has the product info. The inside is the order form. I am having brochures made for each "season". So just best sellers for that particular time. I think I am going to go with 8 Fragrances. As for packaging, I think I may go with a *sorting fee*, that I will offer at the end of the fundraiser. I'll have to work details out but the price will vary depending on the order size. totally optional of course. If they choose to do it themselves, I will probably show them how to package the items myself. Thank you again for all your replies!!

Yep it really sucks to get taken advantage of. It was a lesson learned. I never ship without payment now. EVER. So sad that one person has to ruin it for every one Im sorry that happened to you too. Hopefully she'll see this and remember.

Hmm that is very strange. Could it be possible that a competitor may just be trying to waste your time?

Thanks all! The forms are going to be the biggest PITB. I could print them out on reg. paper and black and white, but to me it does not look very attractive and professional. It would save money for the organization and myself, but I am wondering if it will inhibit sales too. I've got a simple layout on color that I am having printed up by VistaPrint. I suppose I could stock up 25 at a time when they are on sale. I may have to go up on % this though, to cover cost. I am just afraid that by doing by %, that I could be setting myself up to shelling out more for the forms that the % I am charging. Those of you who provide the forms free, how are you offsetting the cost? Thanks again

Okay so I am thinking of getting into some fund-raisers. It has always seemed like a lot of work but I figure what the heck. A couple things that are bumming me out is that I do not want to spend more on this than I make. I have my cost figured out for the product. I am selling at retail and splitting 50/50. Now I see most places provide forms for free. I have a brochure type order form that is going to cost me 1.00 for each one to print. So I am thinking I should charge 1.00 per form. But since all the websites I visited have free forms I am afraid this might be a head turner. Then there is shipping. For those not located by me of course. I see many places ship for free. I obviously cannot afford to do this. However the organization might not either after shipping prices these days. Finally what about packaging? I notice a lot of places offer separating orders for an extra fee per order, but if the organization were to chose to do it themselves, how do you ensure they pack it correctly to get it to the customer without breaking jars. I don't want them to chunk jars in bags without wrapping them and then I have to make up for the loss. Any of you deal with these issues? thx

I have. A lady placed an online order with me. I thought it was a friend of my dads, so I boxed and shipped it right away. When I went to charge the card after shipping it, I realized there was not a complete credit card number. I called throughout the weekend and got a hold of her husband. He said that she was eagerly awaiting the candles and that he would have her call me back with her CC info. Needless to say I never got paid. She never answered her phone after that, and she finally replied to an email stating that it was my fault for sending it to her without the proper info. She said she had meant to cancel the order that was why she didn't use the entire number :rolleyes2. Well it was 60 bucks worth of product that I never saw. So back to the point I have locked her account with a notation on my cart as to why. It is the ONLY negative experience I have ever had in 6 years. So I am sure to recognize the name/location if she were to get ballzy enough to re-order.

I have a new batch and have not had a single problem. Now if your glass is dusty or has a "film" on it, it will not stick as well, and some may come off. I wipe my jars down with a paper towel and use a wick setter and bam they are done. If you like stick the thing on and pour hot wax immediately they are going to become unsecured. That is just common sense. I usually let mine sit for a couple min, without messing with them to make sure they get a good hold. I pour as cool as possible and don't have ANY problems at all. Even with big hotter wicks. HTH

On retail candles I put my biz name on the labell, then scent name, then web site, phone, city state. On wholesale I put my biz name, scent, then the wholesalers portion I put "Made specifically for XXXXXX, 555-555-5555, webaddy

Could you open the pdf and cut and paste?Might be a long post but we'll forgive you