justrightcandles Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 There was a discussion in the candle making area regarding the craft business management system and i was wondering if anyone has tried this?http://www.craftingsoftware.com/candle-making.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelleyBean Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 I just downloaded the free version to take a look around, interested to see though, like you, if anyone has used it and their thoughts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sag_77 Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 I am currently using this program and I love it. One thing that I haven't figured out or maybe it won't do it. When in products and you put in all your components for that particular scent. I have these all figured down to per lb which makes 16 tarts. Now it tells me cause I sell a tart for $1 that I am loosing ruffly $2-3 per lb. But in reality I am selling 16 not 1 so I am making money. It has no where for you to say that X amount of components makes X amount of each. Also if you are making tarts and tealight with a batch it has no way of adding to both inventories.....you have to adjust it manually. Just a few things that can be changed but all in all it is a good program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justrightcandles Posted January 1, 2007 Author Share Posted January 1, 2007 Hi, I did end up buying it too! I love it so far and i had a question for Jason and he emailed me right away!have you tried doing it by oz? So when you sell a tart you are selling an oz not a lb for a dollar. That is what i did with my products. When i entered in my wax i said that i buy by the case but the units i used where oz. So it is 960 oz per case(16 oz x 60 lbs). So when i made up the componets in my wickless i put that i used 15 oz of wax, 1.8 oz of fo, and one glass jar and it calculates the cost of each. i hope that makes sense. (i haven't figued out how i am going to do color cuz how do know how many drops in a little bottle?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justrightcandles Posted January 1, 2007 Author Share Posted January 1, 2007 the one thing that i can't out is the time cost. like if i put that it takes 10 mins to make a wickless jar it will calculated the cost but what if i make 10 at a time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idacandlelady Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 I would say that if you make 10 candles and it took 10 minutes then enter 1 minute for the time. Does that make sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justrightcandles Posted January 1, 2007 Author Share Posted January 1, 2007 The way they set it up is you enter in how much it would cost per minute. So lets say i am paying someone or myself $8 an hour. That is about .13 a min. So 1.30 per item but there is not anywhere to put if i make they by the batch. So yes i have been putting $.01 per minute (which is .13/10= .01) do you use this program too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sag_77 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 well as for your color if lets say you have a 4oz bottle that cost X amount. You take and count how many drops are in .1oz then times that amount by 40 (the amount of .1oz in 4oz). Then you take X cost of dye and divide it by X drops in the 4oz bottle. And you now have the cost per drop. And yes Jason is amazingly quick at returning e-mails, and pretty much any time. I e-mailed him on Saturday night at about midnight my time (which if he is in Burnaby BC where the website says it was 11pm). I had an answer within about 30min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justrightcandles Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 Oh cool! Thanks, i didn't know that about color. i have some old blocks that i am trying to get rid of so i can use only liquid. i hate the little specks the blocks sometime leaves. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelleyBean Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I watched the tutorial videos and those are amazing and very helpful. I'm still looking around it but the way it's going, I'm sure I'm going to be purchasing it, I really like it so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoOneSpecial Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 I just purchased it! I like the fact that they have the option to split the payments over two months for only $99.50 per month! Makes it a lot easier on the pockets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverm00n Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 That's pretty neat, just downloaded the free trial. Though I'm confused on how you enter inventory. It makes it seem like you just add in one lump sum? Can you do each item in particular? Like how many of each wick etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justrightcandles Posted January 3, 2007 Author Share Posted January 3, 2007 That's pretty neat, just downloaded the free trial. Though I'm confused on how you enter inventory. It makes it seem like you just add in one lump sum? Can you do each item in particular? Like how many of each wick etc?You have to enter the supplies first like you wicks and wax and fo's. Then you create your products from your supplies but telling it how much of each supply you used to make a certain product. it is cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverm00n Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Ah thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyinuseagain Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 Thanks for posting about this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justrightcandles Posted January 7, 2007 Author Share Posted January 7, 2007 yeah i love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelleyBean Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 You have to enter the supplies first like you wicks and wax and fo's. Then you create your products from your supplies but telling it how much of each supply you used to make a certain product. it is cool.Yes, that's how you do it. I watched the videos on the website to kind of get the feel of how to enter stuff in, it was very helpful and was easy to follow along with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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