Sell candles online
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Get the training, tools, and support you need to build the candle business you’ve always wanted.
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How to sell candles online in just 5 steps
Start your own online candle store by using our free logo maker and business name generator, then select an online store theme.
Create a product page for each style of candle you offer. Tip: Quality product photos and descriptions help convert customers.
Visit the Shopify App Store to find tools for running your online candle store. Here are 24 free apps to get you started.
Choose from multiple payment gateways to get paid reliably through Shopify’s secure checkout.
Market your candles through social media, email, and other marketing channels.
Everything you need to sell candles
Free resources
Learn at your own pace with on-demand courses from Shopify Academy, and with other business owners on the Shopify Community forums. Find answers to your questions on the Shopify blog, or in our comprehensive guides.
Professional tools
Create an online candle store that reflects your unique brand with over 70 customizable and responsive themes. Efficiently manage your inventory and process customer orders all from one unified dashboard.
Smart marketing
Grab your customers’ attention with targeted marketing campaigns on social media and Google. Make sure customers can find your candle store by using Shopify’s built-in SEO tools and integrated blogging.
Award-winning support
Shopify support is available 24/7, no matter which plan you're on. You'll also have access to help docs, webinars, blog posts, and online courses to guide you along the way for your candle business encounters.
Learn more about selling candles
If you are a merchant interested in selling homemade candles or you already have a brick-and-mortar candle shop and want to take it to the next by opening your ecommerce, you can do it faster and easier with Shopify's 6,000+ apps and user-friendly platform.
On Shopify, you can sell candles and other decorative and aromatherapy items. Ecommerce store owners can use Shopify's 1,000+ existing templates to customize their branded shop.
Yes, you can sell candles on Shopify. Shopify lets you build your ecommerce from scratch or integrate the products you already have uploaded onto other marketplaces such as Amazon and Facebook Marketplace.
Price your candles depending on their purpose and the material they are made of. For example, vegan candles made with soy wax, natural fragrance, and essential oils for consumers who do not want to use animal products can be more expensive than tallow candles. But the best practice is to analyze your competitors and calculate your costs using Shopify’s free profit margin calculator.
One good example of an online candle store is Boy Smells, a store built using Shopify's platform. It successfully sells candles that are both social and ethically sustainable. Its candles are made using different scents created using natural materials that appeal to all kinds of consumers.
Powerful apps
Showcase your candles with professionally edited photos or build customer loyalty with rewards programs. With over 6000 options in the Shopify App Store, you can customize your store experience and test for success.
Sell everywhere
Sell your candles online, in-person, and wherever your customers are. Quickly accept payments, view sales, fulfill orders, and track inventory with the Shopify POS app—no matter where you sell.
Scalable pricing plans
Show Plan Prices as Pay yearly (save 25%) Subscription Rate
Basic
For solo entrepreneurs
Earn 1% back on sales
Get up to in credits
Card rates starting at
- 3.3% + HK$2.35 HKD online
- 2% 3rd-party payment providers
Grow
For small teams
Earn 1% back on sales
Get up to in credits
Card rates starting at
- 3.2% + HK$2.35 HKD online
- 1% 3rd-party payment providers
Advanced
For global reach
Earn 1% back on sales
Get up to in credits
Card rates starting at
- 3.1% + HK$2.35 HKD online
- 0.6% 3rd-party payment providers
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