candles are some of the most versatile products out on the market right now they're actually a pretty good gift for almost any occasion candles can help set the perfect mood they're great for birthday parties people love them as gifts and they even help brighten up an entire room when your lights go out and take it from experience living somewhere where we get hit with hurricanes almost every year candles can come in very handy think of it this way every single month there's a different holiday there's a different occasion almost every other week There's a new birthday so this really makes candles something that's in demand almost year round and that being said that makes candles one of the best drop shipping options for our e-commerce stores remember as drop shippers we don't really hold any inventory or really even ship anything out our suppliers take care of all of that stuff for us which in turn helps us rack up even more profits without really doing too much work also the fact that we're not holding any inventory makes it a pretty low risk business model so we don't really have much to lose if things don't really go the way we want them to or if we just don't start getting sales immediately which in that case you might want to just start switching up your marketing tactics now candles can be a super profitable item back in 2020 the market for candles actually hit over 1. 6 billion USD dollars now with so many different options so many different variations of candles it can be really hard to choose the right one for your Drp Shipping Store that's why in this video we're going to be covering how you can start your own candle Drp Shipping business so let's run that intro really quick and let's get started foreign what's going on everyone Mara here with auto DS and if you like informational videos in the Drp Shipping business and learning which products are best to sell make sure to hit that subscribe Button as well as ring that little bell notification so you don't miss out on any future videos Okay so let's get started building our candle Drp Shipping business this can be broken down into six easy steps and the first one is going to be researching trending candles so I am going to be giving you a list of our top candles to sell along with where to Source them from but it's important to know how to do the research for yourself just in case some of these products don't work for you or you're trying to find a different type of product now alongside this video I'm also going to have an easy to reference cheat sheet now if you want access to the cheat sheet make sure to comment down below hashtag candles2023 and let me know which candle best suits your business which one do you think you're going to add to your eCommerce store so when we're starting a product research for the candles that we want to sell there's a few different things that we can do to find the right ones for us for one you can just check your supplier's website that's like for example AliExpress if we're using AliExpress all we have to do is search up candles and we get a bunch of different options aside from that we also have things like the AliExpress Drp Shipping sensor which are meant specifically for Drp Shipping I can help you find some of the best in training products here's just a few examples after you search up candles you also have another option which is just going through your competitors websites and seeing what they're selling see what their best sellers are see if they have any featured products specifically on what you're trying to sell in this case candles and check out all the different reviews see which ones are selling the most which ones have the highest reviews and take it from there now other than that you also have the auto DS product research tool here you actually have two different options you have the marketplace which shows you a ton of different products that are trending they're good sellers and you can easily import them to your store from here or you also have the winning product section now the winning product section is actually very unique because it actually gives you proven best sellers along with a bunch of different stats on the item itself and the listing it gives you a full breakdown of the product analysis let's take this one for example so the moment you click on the product it immediately takes you the product analysis here you can see a bunch of information here you can check out what it's selling for and where your potential profit could be you can see what the target audience is for this particular product you can check out an example of a Facebook ad which is fantastic because this really gives you a good idea on how to be able to Market it and and then it also gives you some extra IDs insights which if you check it out down here it actually gives you a pretty good breakdown of everything it tells you that this Facebook ad for the LCD drawing tab has an engagement rate of over 13 000 likes over 772 comments and 2. 2 million views so many people have seen this particular ad that why not try to mimic it make a similar ad with your own twist to it and you could potentially be looking at massive profits so now that I showed you how to be able to do your own product research and find your own products to find what works best for you let's go ahead and get started with our picks for the top best candles to Drpship now right now I'm only going to cover the candles to drop ship a little bit later on in the video I'm also going to cover the suppliers and trust me you want to stick around for that because there's a few suppliers on here that are specific for candles that I'm pretty sure a lot of people haven't heard of so kicking off our list for the best-selling candles for your Drp Shipping Store is soy candles soy candles are actually some of the most popular candles overall because they're eco-friendly they're made from 100 natural and organic soybean wax soy candles also tend to burn a lot cleaner than most other candles so they don't emit that black suit and if you're wondering what the black suit is they can to be either the black smoke that comes out of the top of the candle as it's burning or the little black layer that forms around the ring such as this one on top of that they also tend to burn a lot slower than most of the candles so they're going to last longer as well now soy candles are typically sold in glass jars but as of late they've actually been selling them in the pillar Styles pillars pretty much are just the longer types of candles so in order to maximize your profits it's really important to be offering both variations and also try to add a few different ones as well like different scents different sizes different colors just try and have a wide variation of the soy candles next up in our candle list at number two we have scented candles now scented candles are definitely the most well known overall everyone loves a good smelling candle and you have pretty much every single type of scent that there is out there whether it be a nice fresh scent an outdoor scent or even a gag gift and just make it a nasty smell there's a scented candle for literally almost anything that you can think of these are typically made with fragrant oils being mixed into the candle wax as it's being made also remember that the sense of smell is actually one of the strongest senses that a human has so walking into a room with a nice comfortable warm smell to it can really help the user feel more at home and just over we're all more comfortable also remember as I said earlier there's a smell for practically anything there's so many different types of scents out there when it comes to these scented candles that you really want to be offering as much as you can try to offer a very wide variety of different scents topping off the cake in our number three spot is birthday candles everyone has a birthday and lately it seems like there's a birthday party almost every other week especially if you have kids if you have kids there's a birthday party every other week at school at a park at home birthday parties are just endless which really makes birthday candles a Non-Stop best seller we really want to be offering birthday candles and our candle Drp Shipping Store now the cool thing about birthday candles is that they pretty much come in every shape size color number letter the variations are endless since there's an endless amount of themes for birthday parties the same goes for birthday candles there's an endless amount of variations buzzing into our fourth spot we have beeswax candles beeswax candles typically are unscented but sometimes they have a little hint of Honey or a small hint of pollen but don't worry about the pollen it's not going to make your allergies start flaring up and you're going to start sneezing all over the place just a little bit of smell when selling beeswax candles you want to offer different variations in terms of sizes and different types of styles also it's a really good idea to upsell these by offering different things like candle holders now in our fifth spot we have led candles LED candles have no flame and typically run on either USBS wall outlets or batteries for the most part these aren't going to have any smell and they're typically just for Ambience these are especially helpful for people to have kids you don't want a kid to accidentally knock over a burning candle these are really more than anything for aesthetic they can fit on already existing fixtures they can fit in candle holders they fit almost anywhere they're super convenient to use and really easy to just turn on and off if the flame ever goes out or the light bulb dies you could easily replace it so we just went over some of the best selling candles to be able to add to our Drp Shipping Store now let's find out where to start sourcing them from what's some of the best places to buy these candles or to find different variations so before we move on to our picks for the best candle Drp Shipping suppliers let's go over a few tips that I want to give all of you to be able to find the right one that works for your eCommerce store when you're choosing your Drp Shipping supplier whether would be for candles or anything else there's a few things that you always want to keep in mind for one always make sure that they have clear business policies check out their inventory see what they have to offer and make sure that they have a wide product range on top of that check out the reviews make sure that they're shipping things on time they have good quality items and that they have positive reviews from a bunch of different customers also a couple of crucial Parts When selecting your supplier is for one make sure they have excellent customer service remember that whenever a customer asks you a question for the most part you're going to be going to your supplier and asking them that same question so essentially your supplier's customer service is going to end up translating to your customer service to your customer so always make sure that your supplier has really good customer service that's why it's important to check out the reviews and last but not least when choosing your supplier make sure they have international warehouses International warehouses help with fast shipping the faster the shipping the more satisfied the customer you don't want to choose a supplier that's only located in let's say China and only ships from China that's going to make shipping to different countries like the US very time consuming and customers don't like waiting two three four weeks for a product sometimes even longer let's move on to our picks for the top best candle Drp Shipping suppliers kicking off our list of Drp Shipping suppliers for candles is none other than AliExpress everyone knows about AliExpress AliExpress has worldwide warehouses with pretty quick shipping a lot of times most customers are receiving their orders between two to three weeks sometimes a bit quicker but don't fully take my word for that whenever you're doing your product research and you're looking up the products and your suppliers always check their shipping times check the products in particular because some products will ship quicker than others the AliExpress Drp Shipping Center is a fantastic option because it really helps you find trending products a lot easier they also have a ton of different variations they have a lot of different candle variations and best of all they're pretty low priced so remember when you have lower prices you have the potential for bigger profits now unfortunately if you sell bundles or let's say if you're upselling a candle with a candle holder the customer is not going to be receiving that in one package they're going to be receiving two different packages with both their separate items so AliExpress has a lack of bundle options for shipments but you can remedy that fairly easily by just contacting AliExpress and requesting that different items be sent together now another issue that you could potentially run into are language barriers seeing as how most sellers on AliExpress are primarily based out of China that could potentially make speaking to them and customer service a bit of an issue but that's actually something that's fairly easy to remedy all you really have to do is When selecting your supplier or the seller on AliExpress all you really have to do is just send them a message talk to them a little bit ask them a few questions and just see how their communication is if it's too Troublesome to be able to understand what they're saying then just look for somebody else now seeing as how AliExpress is massive and there's so many different sellers on there you can potentially come across some pretty bad quality products that's why it's actually really important as mentioned earlier to always strike reviews make sure you check out the reviews read through the reviews check out the pictures that the customers upload and see for yourself if their products are worth investing in for your Drp Shipping Store if you're not fully convinced you can always order a sample and check out the item for yourself now up next at number two is none other than Amazon Amazon has some of the fastest shipping in the business their customer service is top tier they ship all around the world they have warehouses all around the world and regardless of where you're shipping to it's pretty fast shipping and to top it all off they have massive variations of pretty much anything so you can find almost any type of candle on there whether it be beeswax soy birthday or whatever you need they also have a pretty good return policy so if you have any issues you can return it no questions asked within 30 days now unfortunately when it comes to drop shipping with Amazon well it is 100 legal to do it Amazon reserves the right to be able to lock your account if they see too many orders being placed at once so if you're a big Drp Shipping Store and you're fulfilling orders left and right using Amazon you can run the risk of locking your account now this is something that could potentially be hard to get over but there is a solution you can always use fulfilled by Auto DS so instead of making all the different purchases on Amazon by yourself or using your account you can use credits that are loaded onto auds and use that to purchase the different items from Amazon so the way this works is actually fairly easy all you really have to do is load credits onto your auto DS platform and use those credits to purchase through Amazon now these orders aren't going to be placed directly by you they're going to be placed by Auto DS Auto DS is going to use those credits to automatically purchase the item and have have it shipped to your customer that will ensure a very smooth ordering process for both you and your customer without the risk of locking your account out now the fact that there's a ton of different products on Amazon also means that there's a ton of different sellers so prices can sometimes fluctuate one day you might be paying ten dollars for a particular candle well the next day you might be paying 15.
price fluctuations can potentially hurt our profits and sometimes even put us on the negative so one of the best things that you can do to combat this whether it be on Amazon or any other supplier is using the auto DS price and stock monitoring tool so this is actually an extremely handy feature because it doesn't just keep track of your suppliers stock and their prices hey final DS notices that either the price or the stock fluctuates either they run out or a price doubles or goes down in Price Auto DS will automatically update your listing for that particular product to reflect their price or to reflect their stock so if your supplier completely runs out of a particular item Auto DS will reflect that on your store and Market as out of stock also when it comes to the prices let's say your supplier raises their prices by 10 then Auto DS will also update the price of your item by 10 it's a really handy feature to always make sure that you're keeping everything up to date all your listings are up to date and so is your inventory coming into our third spot for candle suppliers is CJ Drp Shipping a really cool feature on CG Drp Shipping is their product sourcing solution what this is is if you have a particular product that you like that you found on a different supplier but it's not yet available on CJ Drp Shipping you can go ahead and request that product and they'll go ahead and add it to their platform they also have a pretty large catalog of different candles at some pretty good prices and on top of that they have quality control which is fantastic because you can rest assured knowing that your customer is going to get some good quality items now a few things that I've noticed about their website is that it could potentially be a bit cluttered and sometimes it's hard to navigate and understand but that's actually something really easy that you can get over all you really have to do is just go on there start poking around check out the different products click on a few different things and you'll find your way around fairly easily it just takes a little bit of learning pretty much just like anything else in our Port spot we have Walmart Walmart is fantastic because they have a price match policy the best thing about the price match policy is if you Source your item at let's say 20 on Monday and on Tuesday it's down to 15 you can contact Walmart and they'll refund you the difference finding supplier with a price match policy is fantastic to be able to increase your profits and lower your costs Walmart also has an extremely large selection of products they have great customer service and for us customers they have next day shipping also best of all they're always running some sort of sale some sort of promotion you can always find discounts and deals at Walmart interface spot with another massive product catalog is eBay eBay has a ton of different sellers on their platform that you're able to Source your different products from these sellers are typically based around the entire world eBay also has a buyer and seller protection policy which is absolutely fantastic because as a buyer if you ever have an issue with a seller or vice versa as a seller if you ever have an issue with a buyer you can open up a case with eBay and they'll help you out with getting your issue resolved eBay is also great for product research and to spy in your competition for example you can see what items have actually sold so you can filter that on eBay so if you scroll down all the way to the bottom here you're gonna see show only so once you're in show only check out see all and then you're gonna see over here you're going to see sold items click on sold items and apply and you're going to see all of the different items that sold what seller they've sold from and what price they've sold them at depending on the seller that you're purchasing from and where they're located you can also have some pretty quick shipping and delivery now one thing that you could potentially have a problem with on eBay is the fact that since there's so many different sellers each seller could potentially have their own different policy when it comes to their items their purchases their returns or whatever it may be they can have their own store policies so if you're going to be sourcing your items from eBay just make sure to check out this other stores look at their policies and just make sure that it all works for you next up at number six we have Etsy Etsy is very Niche oriented and has a wide selection of custom handmade candles now with the words custom and handmade comes the potential for huge profits people love things that are custom and people love things that are handmade unique items tend to sell a lot better and bring in more profits now just like eBay with Etsy you have a bunch of different sellers within the platform so that means you can have different policies for each different seller so once again just like with eBay whenever you're choosing your supplier or the seller you want to work with on the particular platform always make sure you check out their policies send them a message ask them about how the return policies are and then just take it from there also when it comes to the Drp Shipping game as a supplier Etsy is fairly new so it's best to take things slow drop ship a few items at a time don't go overboard and place a ton of different orders and test out the waters and see how it works for you Etsy also has third party payment services like PayPal which can sometimes depending on the situation block certain payments for Drp Shipping but as an easy remedy for that you can always use fulfilled by Auto DS now in our number 7 spot we have Wayfair Wayfair is fantastic for Home Goods and included in Home Goods is candles wafer has International warehouses and free two-day shipping for customers within the US they also have the MyWay program which gives you access to free shipping on most products and member exclusive perks now Wayfair can have higher prices than most of the suppliers but you can always use the my way program to be able to get a few different discounts and get better pricing now the my way program is a paid membership but it's definitely worth it if you're going to be using Wayfair as one of your main suppliers and constantly ordering from them next up on our 8th spot is Overstock Overstock is great because they have this thing called the club zero program the club zero program gives you access to free shipping as well as five percent cash back on your orders on top of that just like Walmart they also offer price matching and they have a huge selection of candles now just like Wayfair Overstock can potentially have some higher priced items but the reward system like the club zero program can help out with that remember on your orders you will be getting five percent cash back so that's a little something to be able to help you out and lower your costs Overstock also doesn't guarantee quality control on every single item but rest assured that if there ever is any issues with the product so if your customer receives the wrong one or if it's damaged you can always return it and have it replaced with no issues getting the Target right at number nine is Target everyone absolutely loves Target lately target has just been blowing up and for good reason target has extremely fast delivery a really good return policy and fantastic customer service they have an enormous selection of products including candles and they're all extremely high quality so you can rest assured that pretty much anything you get from Target is going to be good quality with Target you also have the option to opt in for the red card program now with the red card program you get free two-day shipping additional discounts and an even longer return window now the free two-day shipping on all items is available to Red Card users only but if you have a minimum order of 35 or more you get free shipping anyway in our number 10 spot with a huge product selection and candles is dhgate on top of having such a large selection they also have some fairly low priced items with International warehouses and they also have some really good customer reviews now when you're on dhk always make sure that you're looking unbranded products make sure that you're not getting any replicas because there could potentially be a lot of branded products on there remember when we're Drp Shipping we don't want to copy anything we don't want to sell replicas or branded products because that could potentially lead us into some legal troubles also the product quality can vary between seller and seller so always check out the reviews check out the seller reviews and check out the product reviews just make sure that they have overall positive reviews and also seeing as how dhk is primarily located in China their shipping times can potentially be longer than other suppliers so once again just check out the seller's reviews see how quick they ship the item and where they're shipping it from now if you already know know what kind of candle you want to sell and in particular you're looking to sell the soy candle with a wooden Wick then you really want to check out wax on Wick in a number 11 spot we have wax and Wick they specifically specialize in soy candles with wooden Wicks now something really cool about wax and Wick is the fact that they actually have a Drp Shipping program on top of that they always have some pretty good discounts and they have a best seller section so product research is fairly easy on there now seeing as how they are a specialty store and they specialize only on soy candles with wooden Wicks their product range is fairly limited so whenever you go onto their website just keep in mind that you're only going to be finding soy candles but ultimately that's okay because they have some pretty good and unique items on there and they could be just one of our suppliers remember we don't stick to just one we want to have a variety of suppliers so while you could be sourcing your soy candles from wax and Wick you can be sourcing any other candles from dhgate AliExpress or Amazon or all of them now with wax and wig also they do not support automation so if we're using Auto DS the automation process won't work so in turn you're going to be finding yourself spending a bit extra time importing your listings placing the orders and providing customer service now if you do want to incorporate automation to your business to pretty much streamline the entire thing and save a ton of time you can always check out the auto DS support suppliers if you want to check those out and see which ones are supported by us over at Autodesk just check the description down below I'm gonna have a link to it down there also it's important to keep in mind that wax and Wick is specific to the UK so if you want to be selling or shipping to anywhere other than the United Kingdom you're kind of out of luck on that one you're limited to just shipping in the UK next up in our 12th spot we have candle Builders now candle Builders is actually really cool because you can pretty much create your custom candle at least a label you can design your own label and brand it your own so while they make the candles you can design the label slap it on there and they'll fulfill the entire thing so it really does look like your own branded product now they also have some pretty easy to use design templates for you to be able to do this and best of all they have sample orders so if you want to check out the quality of the candles themselves and the print that's going to be on the sticker in the front then you can just order a sample and see for yourself now their product selection is somewhat limited when it comes to the types of style files that they have and that they offer but if you look over here you're going to see that they have two different ones they have the 7. 5 ounce candle and they have the 13.
