What to Prepare Before You Ask for a Private-Label Candle Quote

A quotation is only as good as the brief behind it. When a buyer sends “price for 5,000 candles”, the factory has to guess, and guesses lead to revisions and delays. These are the details that let us quote accurately the first time.

1. Quantity per design

Price depends on how many pieces share the same vessel, color, scent and label. Our minimum is 1,000 units per design. If you plan several scents in one vessel, say so, because that changes the cost.

2. The vessel and its capacity

Name a stock shape or send a drawing, sample or photo, plus the capacity in ml or the wax fill in grams. Capacity drives wax, fragrance and freight cost.

3. Color and finish

Clear, frosted, sprayed or electroplated? A Pantone reference avoids rounds of color samples.

4. Lid

Metal, wood, bamboo, glass, cork or ceramic, or no lid at all. Lids change both the look and the unit price.

5. Wax, wick and scent

Tell us if you prefer a natural, mineral or blended wax, cotton or wooden wicks, and whether you supply your own fragrance oil or want one developed. Fragrance load (the share of fragrance in the wax) is usually set during sampling.

6. Branding

Send your logo as a vector file and say how you would like it applied: label, screen print, hot foil, decal or electroplated logo.

7. Packaging

Gift box, rigid box, tube, gift set or plain export carton. If you have your own retail packaging, we pack into cartons with dividers.

8. Target market

Safety and warning labels differ by country. Telling us where the candles will be sold lets us plan the right labels from the start.

9. Delivery

Destination city or port, preferred Incoterm (for example FOB or CIF) and your target arrival date.

10. Target price

Optional, but useful. A target lets us suggest where to save (a stock lid, a simpler finish) without changing what matters to your brand.

You do not need every answer before you write to us. Send what you have, and we will help with the rest.