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Soy Candle Making – Tips For Earning Income From Your Hobby

Soy Candle Making is a fantastic hobby that many people are enjoying. Compared to other types of candle material, it is easier to work with and more eco-friendly. It has provided hobbyist’s the ability to express themselves with their own unique personalities. Soy candles also make great gift ideas and home decoration.

So why not turn your soy candle making hobby into a source of income? There is nothing that compares to selling your own creations and knowing people are displaying or using something that you made in their homes.

I had a similar experience when I was into landscape painting. From my kitchen I would make my paintings and sell them at craft fairs. I loved the feeling of getting a sale and knowing the person was taking my painting home with them.

The biggest issue for most people that discourages them from trying to sell their products, is they just don’t know where to start. Setting up ads, packing, shipping, and other required functions scare many away. But it is not nearly as difficult as you think.

Fortunately, there are several options these days for selling your crafts products online that any beginner can take advantage of at a very low cost. To get you started here are a few tips.

Soy candle making has several advantages over other types of online sales. Candles are relatively small and light weight so shipping costs can be kept down. Due to the low melting point of soy candles, they require some type of container which does add to the weight, so this should be considered.

One of my favorite shipping options is the US Post Office Flat Rate Priority Mail. You can ship as many items as can fit in the special flat rate boxes up to about 70 pounds for a single price to anywhere in the US. There are also international versions.

The best part is these boxes are completely free and can be picked up at any post office or ordered from their online website. That’s right, no charge. But you will need packing materials such as bubble wrap or foam peanuts to protect the containers, which I highly recommend buying online in bulk (like on eBay), since they can be quite expensive at local stores.

Ebay is a great place for someone starting out to sell their products. It has a very low starting cost and is much less complicated to use than trying to set up your own web site and get visitors to it.

You won’t have the complication and expense of trying to get buyers to your website since ebay already has millions of them. You will pay a listing fee and a fee based on the final selling price of your candles. Paypal will be used to handle the credit card transactions and they also charge a small fee per transaction.

In selling on the web, your pictures are the most important element. They must be clear and detailed and taken with a decent digital camera. Your ad descriptions must also be detailed and informative since your buyers cannot physically touch or smell your products.

Testing is everything in online sales. Be sure to calculate your fees before and after the sale so you know what you need to charge for your candles. The best way is to use a 7 day auction on one product at a time. Then you can try different test auctions to see which works best.

Search for listings that have already sold by other sellers to help with price setting and wording for your ads. By comparing their ads to yours you can see what people are looking for and what they don’t.

While you want to see what particular designs are selling, you still want your product line to be unique. The differences may make a difference in you being able to charge more. It is important to not get discouraged but to keep on testing your soy candle making business line of products.

Ebay has been a fantastic place for product sales for me. Just remember to test and look at your competition. Don’t get too hung up on one design you like. If it doesn’t sell, get rid of it and spend your time on what does. The buyers will help you create your line of candle settings and designs.

Learn more about soy candle making. Stop by my site where you can find out all about making soy candles and what it can do for you.

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