Rose heart candles, with a light rose scent. I know, I seem to be on quite the candle jag at the moment. Not sure why, imagine it will peter out at some point, and I’ll switch to making something else.
I was thinking about something Kevin said recently, when we were talking about whether this business will be viable — he was a little worried that since I have ADHD and am a slave to novelty (my phrasing, not his), I’d get bored doing the same thing over and over, which is generally what you need to do to run a profitable business — figure out what your customers want, and give them a reliable product, over and over again.
And that makes total sense, and I think he’s right, and I would absolutely be bored out of my skull making the same thing over and over again. Even these candles — I change the color slightly with each one, when I’m doing a batch of candles in single molds like this, and that’s part of what keeps it sufficiently interesting for me.
Which means that unless I agree to do a custom order for someone (and I might), every single candle I make is likely to be a little bit different. Which makes it fun for me, but maybe too unpredictable for building a customer base?
Unless I can find the customers who like finding slightly random items that are handmade and unique. I do think they’re out there, but maybe it’ll be a smaller set of folks than the ones who want the same product, reliably delivered.
Maybe? I’m honestly not sure.
I guess that’s what this year at Sprout is for, figuring some of this out. I’m almost five months in — definitely learning things, but not enough data for real conclusions yet. 🙂
