Top 5 Mistakes I Made When Starting A Small Wax Melt Business | Mahsa Hammat Bahary

Starting a small business is stressful enough, so I thought sharing some of the mistakes I made might help you guys avoid them!
00:00 - Intro
00:26 - Backstory
01:12 - Mistake 1
06:41 - Mistake 2
08:41 Mistake 3
11:13 - Mistake 4
12:34 - Mistake 5
14:45 - Outro
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[@thereallyst]

One of the first things I learned in business, any business. STAY OUT OF OTHER PEOPLES POCKETS! Once you get that in your mind. Once you let go of that preconceived notion and perception, you're on the road to being ok. Just because YOU won't spend that money on your product, doesn't mean others won't. People's priorities are going to be different than yours. People find value in different things than you. I'm sure, there are things you buy or buy a lot of, others will look at you and say, "I wouldn't spend my money or that much on that". Make your wares and sell them for the appropriate price so you can make a living or this will just be an EXPENSIVE hobby...

[@danamiky559]

That s so real !! I think everybody should focus on their business road, is ok to get informed, to have a look at your competitors , but that s not mean you should follow them or take them ideas instead of improve your actually ideas. I hope this make sense. Every business has ups and downs , but focus and keep going, people talk...and they talk A LOT . So keep focusing on your thing, that's my idea. :X:X

[@hillarybigham5872]

Seriously looking into opening a small business. Your videos have actually been quite helpful! I had NO idea about those food/wax laws! That’s nuts! But it does make a lot of sense. I’m definitely going to be looking into that for where I live.

[@MahsaHammatBahary]

I'm so glad you're finding them useful! Whatever business you decide on, just make sure you do lots of research about the laws and regulations for it! Good Luck!

[@letty7285]

This was super honest and helpful, I can totally relate! Spending money was the biggest mistake, and giving all my products away for testing was also a huge lesson learned!! Thank you again, good luck on your new journey ❤

[@MahsaHammatBahary]

I'm so glad you found this helpful! I think spending money is a mistake we can all relate to unfortunately! 😅

[@ThomasHarrison1]

I didn't know it was illegal to sell candles which look like food on the UK - you see them at every market!

[@MahsaHammatBahary]

Yeah, people are always surprised when I tell them that!

[@jocooper5556]

Looking at starting up wax melts and found this very informative thanks 😊

[@MahsaHammatBahary]

I'm so glad you found it useful! Good luck with starting up!!😊

[@Brian-gd3yj]

Very informative, thanks for sharing,

[@MicheleFundrey-bz7ei]

Very helpful thank you 😊

[@tickledcobweb8764]

A really good video, everything spot on. My biggest mistake was a silly all singing and dancing website…. Very costly “ Good luck to you x

[@nicholaceho9679]

It's OK to sell out we make a certain amount of everything for example 20 of each scent we carry for Christmas it's easy to make more but once Christmas is done it's done so try to find scents which could be used in spring summer and autumn

[@MahsaHammatBahary]

So True! There is some smells that people will on use around Christmas and refuse to have them on at any other time!

[@francestully4237]

So glad i found u...so informative for us new guys...im learning lots of new things everyday...thanks for your advice..

[@MahsaHammatBahary]

Thank you so much! 🥰

[@rjdalton2856]

Thank you very much from Canada. Very informative!!

[@MahsaHammatBahary]

Thank you so much! Glad it was helpful! 😊

[@maryhimebaugh6390]

I worked at Sabon in NYC and we would pass out soap samples. No matter how many times I said soap. I'd still watch people unwrap it and eat it thinking it's candy 🍬 😬 the looks I'd get.

[@MahsaHammatBahary]

oh nooo! I would end up chasing them around so they'd spit it out 😂 😂

[@AmericanOdyssey91]

I work in a hotel and usually the first thing people say after I say "Write down your make model and color, I DON'T NEED THE LICENSE." is generally "I don't know my license." 😂

[@lobj3556]

Thanks for sharing! ❤

[@MahsaHammatBahary]

You are so welcome! 😊

[@akshayaarts4364]

Helpful thanku dear.

[@MahsaHammatBahary]

My pleasure 😊

[@stefaniamorelli9919]

This is the reason why I have decided to just make wax melts. I am just starting a small business so there's a long way to go.

[@MahsaHammatBahary]

Good Luck with the business!! 😊

[@RoseKindred]

Interesting video. I knew the EU had more strict laws but did a shame you couldn't do the "fun" candles. My biggest mistake is listening to essentially the candle myth machine. I want to create good candles and wax melts and many groups/sites/YT push "100% SOY ONLY!!!" Okay, so I emphasized that but you get my point. And I've seen people go from praising candles to bashing them on other platforms simply because they found out the candle is para/soy. I mean reading the comments sent me to scrap all my previous work and start over to accommodate and now I am really wanting to switch back.

[@MahsaHammatBahary]

omg! This is such a pet peeve of mine! This whole "if it's not 100% soy then it sucks" drives me crazy! Honestly I would say, focus on making good quality candles and eventually people will get on board. Good Luck 🤗

[@RoseKindred]

@@MahsaHammatBahary Thanks, hope your testing went fruitful and you were able to expand to candles.

[@marydoherty9188]

so does that mean that if i wanted to do something like a standard 6 cell clamshell that smells of something like 'cola bottles' would that be against the law in the uk? xxx

[@MahsaHammatBahary]

I think that would be okay, but you'd need to check. I think the issue is when it looks AND smells like the food product that's an issue. But I've seen plenty of that smell like food stuff! xxx

[@marydoherty9188]

@@MahsaHammatBahary thank you sweetheart xxx

[@LavenderLites]

12oz candle i sell it for $28 (US). People buy them on markets!

[@lovlisparrow]

Biggest mistake was spending too much on Fragrance oils and buying to many

[@MahsaHammatBahary]

me too! I bought 1 litre bottles of fragrance oils, my first Christmas because I thought I would use them! so much money wasted! 😭

[@ASMRyouVEGANyet]

@@MahsaHammatBahary Damn that sucks! I have only bought tester bottles to see if I like scents. The ones I don't like, I'm eventually going to host wax melt parties, where people can pay a fee to make their own wax melts and they can choose one of the unwanted fragrance. They don't know they're just using oils I'm never going to use. I figure this is a good way to market my company, build community, give people something fun to do, and use my unwanted oils

[@suzannelandry9785]

It sounds like i made this video lol i made all the same mistakes

[@MahsaHammatBahary]

At least you know there's other that did the same things wrong! lol

[@nicholaceho9679]

Absolutely cannot make imitation food...

[@kimberleyjoyce6463]

I'm thinking on starting my owe business. Bit I'm struggling on what supplies to go to