Pricing Candles

[Chef Isaac]

I am trying to price out some of our molded candles. Any ideas how to do it?

Cost of goods x 2?

Dollar an ounce?

Any ideas or suggestions?

[JohnK and Sheri]

I price by the pound (or ounce) of beeswax used and then add for complexity of the mold. Our base price is $8-12 a pound. Small candles are more. Any scent, color, tags, decorations, labels and packaging are on top of that.
Sheri

[Chef Isaac]

so if you did a star candle and it weight say 10 ounces, what would your price be before packaging?

[oldenglish]

The one place I took my kids to make candle was charging 59 cents per Oz. Did not matter on the complexity. I believe this was a slight discount from buying them already made up.

[GaSteve]

We primarily use the "dollar an ounce" pricing except for some of the more ornate candles which we charge a little extra.

[Jeff McGuire]

I charge a dollar an ounce for most of my shaped candles, Tapers are a little more as are very difficult molds that may have to be done a couple times to get a good candle, the big pillars are a little cheaper as they are pretty easy.