Starting a Candle Business with Gillie of Gillie’s Candles

If I needed to choose a brand new enterprise enterprise, beginning a candle enterprise will surely be on the listing! Whether or not it’s selecting out a brand new candle for myself or choosing the proper candle as a present, I completely love all the things about candles.

I’m so excited as a result of we now have a particular interview with Gillie, a feminine enterprise proprietor, who began her personal candle enterprise.

The second I visited her web site, I used to be hooked on her candles. From her varied scents and repurposed use of glass, Gillie’s enterprise is past dreamy.

Hello Gillie! Are you able to share somewhat about your self and your online business, Gillie’s Candles?

I make 100% soy wax candles with secure fragrances on your dwelling. I exploit many recycled vessels and sustainable packaging as being an environmentally pleasant enterprise is essential to me. 

What made you wish to begin a candle enterprise?

I couldn’t discover the precise candles I wished for my marriage ceremony decor, so I figured I might make them myself! We served a particular native beer, and I wished to make candles out of the beer bottles. 

Gillie’s Candles is each on Etsy and Godaddy. Which platform got here first?

Etsy got here first and is useful for brand new, small-business homeowners as a result of they assist promote your retailer and supply adverts by means of the location which you could pay for to get your store seen.

Plus, if you analysis key phrases and the right way to arrange your listings correctly, you’ll all the time get visitors to your web site. 

Do you like one over the opposite? Why?

It’s means tougher to get publicity to your personal web site as a result of it’s a must to actually deal with the social media and promoting side to attract consideration to your web site.

I see you might have what could be thought-about ‘conventional’ candles after which super-fun candles similar to cereal candles and recycled candles in jars like actual beer bottles.

Do your prospects gravitate towards the normal or the distinctive kinds?

It is determined by the shopper, however my cereal candles are my primary vendor.

They’re nostalgic and remind folks of their childhood as a result of it smells fairly an identical to the cereal!

I make quite a lot of customized candles, too.

I really like somebody approaches me with an concept, after which I carry it to life.

That’s all the time very thrilling to see how a lot they like it!

Of all of the candles you promote, which one is at the moment your favourite?

I LOVE fall candles, and I can’t wait to get out my new line of these.

I’m from the midwest, they usually remind me of dwelling and my favourite season.

Understanding what now, what recommendation would you might have given to your self at the start of your online business journey?

To simply chunk the bullet and do it, however know that it takes time, power, and quite a lot of analysis.

Many individuals make an Etsy retailer however get no visitors as a result of there’s fairly a bit behind having a great store with quite a lot of visitors.

Photos, itemizing descriptions, titles, and updating/including new listings are all part of that.

The place do you see Gillie’s Candles in 5 years?

I’m a full-time instructor and hope to all the time hold this as a gradual aspect enterprise. My favourite half is making occasion favors for a buyer’s special occasion, and I hope to be designing and creating candles for extra weddings, bridal showers, retirement events, and child showers. 

Creator Bio

I began this enterprise in 2021. We had an area craft beer solely served in Wisconsin, and I assumed making candles out of the beer bottles could be cute. My husband helps me lower and sand the bottles!

As a candle lover, I might have a tendency to purchase candles that match nicely with my decor, and I might by no means wish to burn them as a result of I didn’t wish to use them up. Then I spotted that candles are supposed to be burned and loved!

Clients within the space will burn their candles and commerce them in for a reduction on a brand new one! That means, they will hold their assertion candle that matches the decor and refill it with a brand new scent. I really like the thought of recycling supplies to create new candles.

Gillie’s Candles will elevate your house with secure, aromatic scents and all-natural wax. Every candle is hand-poured in Menifee, California. Many candle vessels are created from recycled supplies, together with wine and beer bottles.