Candle Business PLAN B | Black Tie Barn

What is your PLAN B for your business? Do you have one? If not, here is why you should and how you to go about. Thanks for turning into Day 3 of "5 Candle Business Tips in 5 Days"

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[jamiebrown-nugent]

Hi, my name is Jamie and I am a fragrance addict! 😳

[thejoneslounge]

Great video! Thanks for confirming it is not only okay but encouraged to have a plan B.

[lisaguzzardi]

Thanks for the video watched all 3 today....my whole life has been PLAN B.

[cathyscandlecreations]

This was a hard learned lesson as my business has grown. Having backup suppliers and stock! Pandemic blew my mind when trying to find supplies that I never had problems finding before! As always excellent advice! Thanks Wade!

[rebeccahatfield]

Great video and very important information. Love it! ❤😊

[Freedom-xhhc]

Another awesome video Wade! I’ve found 3 suppliers 2 carry the same jars so hopefully that will work. 1 is for back up should supplies become crazy to get and 2 for my other stuff. To be honest I’m just fixing to make my first order. I’ve spent a year watching your videos and soaking up as much information as possible. You are a rock star in candle making. THANK YOU!!!

[NaturalMackie]

Your videos continue to impress. Thank you for sharing.

[JacquelineFalls]

So I'm a whole year behind watching this video. So I bought some 2 oz Fragrance Oils from you and love all of them. They smell amazing and the hot throw is great. My problem is I'm a broke baller!!! I want to do a whole candle line with just your fragrances but I know I have to diversify in the beginning. Thanks for all the videos.

[Beth]

Great series, Wade! Your videos are so helpful! I think I'm starting to get stuck in my basewick testing, or maybe it's because I'm just trying to get "the one", my mindset and current lack of patience. Yeah... that's probably it! 😂

The wick trimmer at 2:04 - link pleasssseeee! I can't get into my tall jars very well with any of the three I have!

[briarroyo]

During the pandemic I had to change my jar 3 times.
I cut wicks in half to get double use (barely long enough) AND emptied my bank account and bought a pallet of wax directly from the manufacturer 😅 I knew from that point I was in this thing foooor real! 🎉

[candlewhisperer]

Hello Wade Thomas
I have two options for my blended wax formulas. However, I only have two wicks that goes to each of the wax blends. I didn't think to have a plan b for those wicks. Thank you so much for the tutorials!!!

[jasminej]

Thank you out so much I really needed this

[christyaustin]

Thank you so much for sharing all the information you do. Doing all my research to possibly start out. Where do you purchase your Pro-Blend 600?

[honesty]

Would you ever/ or can you reuse jars? I know at farmers markets people get a little discount on their next purchase if they return their jelly jar. I was possibly thinking about doing something like that if possible. Plus it could help with bringing back customers. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[marissa]

Excellent video! Loved the reality check approach to this series.
I do have a question. Pro Blend 600 who are other sellers for this ? Also, how do we find out the wax suppliers equivalence when they name things so differently? Seems like some of the vets just know this info. Is that simply from industry exposure?
Thank you in advance!

[affluentcandlecompany]

I definitely had to learn to have back up plans for each product. The outages killed business for me. LESSON LEARNED! I am good to go now. Also, have you reviewed the new scents from Candle Science?

[darlenewill]

I am a new candle maker and I am having a hard time selling my candles. I actually stopped using my supplies until I can sell what I already have. Any advice?