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Candle Pricing Guides
5 practical guides with worked examples and real numbers — each one pairs with the free Candle Pricing Calculator.
Pricing candles starts with an honest cost per candle — wax, fragrance oil, vessel, wick, labels and your time — before any wholesale or retail markup. These guides break down that cost, explain fragrance load, show how to set wholesale and retail prices and what boutiques expect when you sell wholesale, and ask whether candle making is profitable once Etsy fees and hidden costs are counted. The candle pricing calculator does the maths for your own recipe.
Wholesale Candle Pricing: How to Sell Candles to Boutiques and Shops
Wholesale can grow a candle business fast — but only if your wholesale price leaves room for both you and the shop.
Hamza Iqbal
4 min read
Is Selling Candles Profitable? Batch Profit, Etsy Fees and Hidden Costs
Candles can be a profitable small business — if your prices account for every cost, including the ones that don't show up on a supply receipt.
Hamza Iqbal
4 min read
How to Price Candles: Wholesale and Retail Pricing for Candle Makers
Candle pricing starts with a true cost per candle. From there, wholesale and retail follow a simple, widely used formula.
Hamza Iqbal
4 min read
How Much Fragrance Oil Per Candle? Fragrance Load Explained
Fragrance load is a simple percentage — but getting it right affects your candle's scent throw, how it burns, and what it costs.
Hamza Iqbal
4 min read
How Much Does It Cost to Make a Candle? A Full Cost Breakdown
The wax is rarely the expensive part of a candle. Here's where the money actually goes.
Hamza Iqbal
4 min read