momtohaley2004 Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 Calling everyone from the south.....what are your best sellers? I'm in TX and would like to get a large inventory of best sellers for the southern region before Christmas. Mine so far are love spell, vanilla, leather and butt Naked. Any other suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VerticallyEnhanced Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 I hate to burst your bubble, but it is so hard to guess what will sell in a certain area. I do a handful of really big shows each year, each one in a different town. They will all have different best sellers. One show will sell out in bakery items. For another show, the fresh and clean scents kick butt. Then another, florals. To top it off, if one show is a crazy bakery show, then the next year I show up with bakery candles out the wazoo, they will want the florals! I have stopped trying to guess and just offer a variety. Three of my wholesale accounts are about 30 mins from each other. They are all the same type stores, but their best sellers are different as night and day. You have a good selection on your site and a seemingly wide variety to choose from. If I could offer any suggestions, it would be to offer a few herbal/fresh smells (clean cotton, fresh linen, herbal blends, etc.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debra Phelps Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 I take around 80 scents with me to the shows. You never know what they will ask for. There are some people that are looking for off season stuff. Because all of the candlemakers are carrying what is in season, I alsways carry the others too. I sell a lot of candles that way. I do alot of Texas shows, and every one of them are different. Have you ever noticed when one person goes crazy over a certain scent, you soon sell out of that one. They want what the other guy has. Also what ever you are burning, have cases of it. Hope you do well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candlelady Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Well, I tell you what. I'm just West of Houston and I can't sell a floral to save my life, and not many bakery scents too! I don't do craft shows any longer (too much heavy lifting for my back), but the scents I do sell regularly are:LeatherMexican VanillaFresh LinenTexas StormGourmet Creme BruleeChristmas MemoriesHarvestSweet Orange & Chili PepperHot Baked Apple PieWrangler Butt (my proprietary blend and my best seller!)Vanilla BakeSouthern Homejust a few I thought I'd throw out!HTH:) Carrie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aprillee Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Well, being from South Carolina (near Charleston), this is what sold well for me last Christmas:Sugar CookiesMagnolia BlossomPecan pieChristmas TreeChristmas SplendorMistletoeFresh Cut RosesApple Jack and PeelOrange SpiceI think that was it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justcountry Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 I am amazed that my best seller year round is kudzu blossom who would have thunk it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geekgoddess420 Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Where did you get Orange Spice? I've been searching EVERYWHERE for an Orange Spice FO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandlekrazy Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Don't live in Texas, but sell to several friends there and they all love Monkey Farts...then again, almost everyone I sell to loves Monkey Farts from Candle Source (they don't all smell the same.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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