What start up costs are involved for a home based candle business?
Your initial candle making supplies – wax, wicks, dyes and fragrances, candle molds, thermometer and double boiler can be bought for a couple of hundred dollars if you start off small. Find out if your state and city require you to have a small business license to make and sell candles from home. Contact your city hall and ask to speak with a small business compliance officer or the person designated to handle queries from local businesses. You can also contact your local Small Business Administration at www.sba.gov/aboutsba/dis_offices/index.html to find out the rules and regulations you must follow to start a candle home business including business registration and obtaining a business license in your area. What skills and abilities are needed? Learning how to make candles is really a matter of just doing it and practising to see what works best for you. You can attend candle-making classes at craft workshops but the best experience is to simply make candles and keep trying different
