Inventory software for candle makers
Wax is rarely the thing that stops a pour. It is usually the wicks, the lids or a fragrance oil you thought you had more of. Makeable is candle making inventory software that counts every component of the finished candle, not just the expensive one, and gives you a pour count you can trust before you heat the melter.
Amber jar candle
- Soy wax9000 g in stock, 180 g per candle50 units
- Wicks42 in stock, 1 per candle42 units
- Amber jars60 in stock, 1 per candle60 units
- Fragrance oil1200 ml in stock, 18 ml per candle66 units
Capacity is the smallest of those numbers, so today you can make 42. The bottleneck is wicks, and that is the line to buy first. Read the method in our guide to production capacity planning.
- Soy or paraffin wax
- Wicks and stickers
- Jars and lids
- Fragrance oil
- Dye
- Labels and boxes
Every one of these becomes a line in your recipe, so you can also calculate your bill of materials and work out cost and margin per unit.
What this actually fixes
The cheapest part caps the batch
A twenty cent wick decides how many forty dollar candles leave the studio this week.
Scents multiply your recipes
Eight fragrances across three vessel sizes is twenty four recipes. Each one needs its own honest ceiling.
Market and craft fair runs
Plan a fair backwards from the stock you hold, so the van leaves full and nothing is half poured.
Asked often
How many candles can I pour with my current supplies?
Take each component, wax, wicks, jars, fragrance and dye, divide your stock by the amount one candle uses, and use the lowest figure. It is usually a cheap component such as a wick or lid that caps the pour, not the wax.
Does Makeable handle several fragrances and vessel sizes?
Yes. Each fragrance and vessel combination is its own product with its own recipe, and shared components such as wax are counted once across all of them so two products cannot both claim the same stock.
Can I plan stock for a craft fair?
Yes. Enter the mix you want to take, and Makeable shows whether your current components cover it and exactly what to buy if they do not.
The bottleneck view is the whole product for me. It told me wick length, not wax, was capping my batches. Fixed it in one order.
Know what you can make today.
Add your real materials, set your recipes once, and let Makeable answer the question every time stock moves. Free on three products, forever.