Summary
We are selling our candle business, which has a loyal following across Canberra. Our candles are uniquely scented and come in bright, clean packaging, professionally designed and branded.
Location Details
We work with mostly Canberra shops and businesses, although there is potential to spread outside this region.
Potential
While we have been running the business, we have always had other jobs, so there is a lot of opportunity for growth if you have time for it.
-Workshops and events
-Wholesale & collaborations
-Markets | We have mainly focused on 2-3 larger events per year but have many contacts we can pass on.
-introduce new products | we have working files and templates for packaging, as well as design contacts to pass on.
Skills
We are looking to sell to someone who is creative and has great interpersonal skills, as this will be necessary for success in retail. This business will come with everything you need to work from home and maintain the business. We are only selling due to time constraints. We started this business as a family thing, and we are all looking to move in different directions and have other commitments. I am happy to provide support to someone and train them in the basics, as well as provide our detailed processes and recipes for our products.
Hours
I currently work 2 days on the business, but more time would help with growth. We operate an online store 24/7
Lease
NA
Employees
We operate everything ourselves, but if you trained staff, you would have more time.
Reason for Sale
We are only selling as we both have other fulltime jobs and are looking at moving outside of Canberra. Our business has built great connections in the local community and could thrive under the right person.
About the Business
In the last 8-9 years, we have built a range of scented candles and diffusers, as well as several seasonal variants that could be built on with your own unique blends. We have a loyal following in Canberra and at our Sydney markets, who go out of their way to purchase our products and refill with us.
We have worked hard to make our line of candles consistent and have relationships with some wonderful suppliers locally and interstate, who help deliver on this high-quality finish.
Our customers are mostly professional women in their 20s to 50s, but our clean branding attracts men too. We have collaborated with many brands across Canberra and created a range of candles for events at the NMA for multiple exhibitions.
It would be a great investment for someone who has the time to develop relationships within the local business community, as we see its biggest potential in wholesale with real estate clients and larger events.
The sale would include all of our online assets, social accounts, website domain and branding. We would also include the packaging, materials and stock we have in hand at the time of sale. If the buyer would like any of our handmade market stalls and or furniture we used to store products, these would be included. These can be provided on request, as inventory may change at the time of publication.
History
Over the past 8 years, we have slowly built our brand from attending a handful of local markets, to professional packaging and wholesale clients. Through workshops and markets, we were able to hone in on what our customers wanted, using these as opportunities to get direct feedback about scent choices and what was missing in the market. We have built collaborations with multiple local businesses and our candles are stocked at many of Canberra's tourist hotspots and locally loved stores.
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