How to launch your business on Amazon - Tips and Tricks from a Candle Business - Start Selling

[@elliestaley-cinti5900]

Thank you for this video Jordan! It's super helpful, I just started looking at Amazon and it seemed very overwhelming but this helped a lot ❤ Hope you are starting to feel better after your surgery x

[@WILDRACECO]

It’s definitely a big one to crack but if you’ve got resilience, it can be a game changer! Thank you so much xxx

[@KirstinClark-nb6ed]

Great advice! So helpful, thank you

[@WILDRACECO]

@@KirstinClark-nb6ed Thank you, so glad it’s helpful 🥰🙌

[@catherineayerasgarcia9985]

Hello, my name is Kate from Canada. I am deeply inspired by you and your candle business. I also have a candle business here and I started a year ago. I just got into Amazon and I am now uploading my candles/products into it. I’m at the part where it’s asking for UPC or GTIN I am wondering if you had to apply for your candles or did you ask for an exemption? I truly hope that my candle business would be as successful as yours here in Canada. Your channel helps me a lot. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Best regards and happy new year.

[@WILDRACECO]

@@catherineayerasgarcia9985 Hi Kate, yes you need to buy barcodes for each of your candles. Then you use the barcode number as the GTIN. I use GS1 UK but I think you will have to find a Canadian version of this xx

[@WILDRACECO]

@@catherineayerasgarcia9985 and you don’t have to actually use or apply these barcodes, you just have to have them, it’s a bit pointless really but you can’t get around it x

[@catherineayerasgarcia9985]

@@WILDRACECOthank you for you reply. I truly appreciate it! All the best - Kate

[@juliofarias8861]

Another very useful video. Thank you and wishing you a speedy recovery x

[@WILDRACECO]

@@juliofarias8861 thank you very much 🥰

[@jacktc96]

Thanks for such an informative video! Very helpful as Amazon can be a mind field! Hope you’re recovering well from surgery! Unrelated question, but who do you use for insurance? I may have asked this before but couldn’t find the answer sorry! X

[@WILDRACECO]

@@jacktc96 Hey, thank you! Glad you liked it. I use Hayes Parsons 😁 It’s around £55 a year or something, really great company - recommend! X

[@jasmineharris4600]

Hi can you please show how you would package each and how you would see package to send to Amazon

[@WILDRACECO]

Oh good idea! Might look at doing a short video on this 😁

[@brandylucas1783]

How was your surgery?! Hope all went well. You look well. I noticed several pics without candles. Background and aesthetically pleasing pics. Do you do all your own or have them done. Forrest background and such

[@WILDRACECO]

Surgery was eventful! lol. Fill you in on Sundays Vlog. I use a great app called ‘Unsplash’ where you can use any of the photos without credit. Or sometime I use ones available on ‘Canva’. Or some are actually really old ones my friend who’s a photographer took for me in Switzerland 🌲

[@cottingcandles1645]

I hope you are doing well after your surgery. I think you mentioned you could give a recommendation for a product photographer. Although I am not based in the UK, I really don't seem to find anyone who does photos in the style I am looking for. Could you make a recommendation?

[@WILDRACECO]

@@cottingcandles1645 Hi, I would have a look on instagram or ‘Fiver’ for photographers. I’ve worked with 5 over the past 3 years. I dont like to mention the name of mine anymore as all our photos will end up looking identical haha 😛 xx

[@catherineayerasgarcia9985]

Hi! Thanks for this video even after having surgery you still find time to help others =). Just wondering about prices, is it different from your website and other stores where customers can buy your candle?

[@WILDRACECO]

Thank you Catherine 🥰 I price my candles the same across all platforms just so people don’t feel like they’re getting anything different. Sometimes delivery will be different though. Most platforms will make you guarantee that you aren’t selling cheaper elsewhere 😁 xx

[@catherineayerasgarcia9985]

@@WILDRACECO follow up question, do you follow the x 4 of your COG rule when pricing your candles? If this is confidential information, I understand. I’m just confused on how my candle is worth selling. A lot of people talk about different ways of pricing their candles. I wanted to know your formula on pricing :) thanks again and hope you are doing well!

[@WILDRACECO]

@@catherineayerasgarcia9985 Yes I personally do, it’s the only way I can ensure I make enough profit from wholesaling which is a huge seller for me 😁 I actually have kinda over x4 this past few months just because I’ve managed to buy my materials in a bigger bulk and have reduced my own costs a little. When I first launched years ago though I think I was paying like £5 for my candles and selling at £10 😂 But had to change when I wanted to wholesale! If I wasn’t wholesaling at all - I would do x3 and just undercut everyone else and make more sales but less profit per candle as I think that would work better if no plans for wholesale cx