Best Packaging for Soy Candles
Best Packaging for Soy Candles: The Hidden Factor That Influences Product Quality and Sales We talk to a lot of candle makers, and the pattern is pretty funny once you notice it: months spent on the fragrance blend, wick after wick tested on the kitchen counter, and then the box gets figured out about a […]
Candle Packaging Information: What Should Be Printed on the Box?
Short answer? Five things are non-negotiable on a candle box in our book. The scent or product name. What it is (“soy candle” works, so does “scented candle”). Net weight, ounces and grams both, and then who you are and where you’re based, and finally a fire warning. The rest, like burn time or what […]
How to Reduce Packaging Costs for a Candle Business?
After wax, jars, fragrance oil and shipping, packaging is usually the next biggest line on a candle maker’s spreadsheet. And it creeps. Board prices go up a bit, you add a second scent line with its own box, and suddenly the margin on a $28 candle looks a lot thinner than it did last spring. […]
What Is the Best Packaging for Luxury Candle Brands?
We print a lot of candle boxes, and with the luxury ones the box is honestly half of what the customer is buying. If someone pays top dollar for a candle, they expect the packaging to feel expensive in their hands too, and they’ll judge it before they’ve even cracked the lid to sniff the […]
How Many Candles Fit in Standard Packaging Boxes?
We get this question at least once a week from somebody pouring candles in their garage who just landed a boutique order and is now staring at a pile of jars wondering how many fit in standard packaging boxes, and how much it’ll cost to ship them. Fair question. It depends. Jar size, the box, […]
Custom Candle Boxes vs Stock Packaging: Which Is Better?
In the candle business the box does a lot more work than people think. Sure, it keeps the jar from cracking. It also tells the story of the scent, sits on a shelf next to forty other candles and gets opened on somebody’s couch, so picking between custom candle packaging and stock candle boxes is […]
Are Rigid Boxes Better Than Folding Cartons for Candles?
Rigid or folding? With candle packaging that’s one of the first real decisions a brand runs into, and both are good boxes, so the answer comes down to where your candle sells, what it costs, and who’s buying it. A luxury candle almost has to come in something nice, because the person paying for a […]
How Much Do Custom Candle Boxes Cost? What Actually Moves the Price
So, what does a custom candle box cost? Depends. Anyone quoting you a number before they’ve asked about size and board and print and how many you want is pretty much guessing, and in our experience two things, quantity and how fancy the finish gets, drive most of what you end up paying for custom […]
What Are the Different Types of Candle Packaging Boxes?
Candle packaging has a lot of jobs for a box. It has to get a glass jar through a delivery truck in one piece, look good on a shelf next to forty other candles, say something about your brand, and make opening it feel a little special. And there are a lot of box styles […]
What Are the Best Materials for Candle Packaging Boxes?
There isn’t one best material. There’s a best material for how your candle is sold. For a tin or small tumbler on a boutique shelf, 18 to 24 pt SBS paperboard or kraft board does the job at a sensible cost. For heavy glass jars that ship to customers’ doors, you want corrugated, either as […]