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Support your cause with a candle fundraiser
Elevate your fundraising efforts with a unique candle fundraiser – it’s simple, impactful, and free to start.
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Design your candles
Customize candles that resonate with your cause, ensuring each sale supports your fundraising goals.
Launch your store
Set up your online candle store effortlessly, ready to attract supporters far and wide.
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Relax as we handle all orders, allowing you to focus on your fundraising mission.
How does a candle fundraiser work?
You design and sell custom candles through an online store, with a significant portion of sales directly supporting your goal. This approach not only raises funds but also spreads awareness and involvement in your cause. Whether it’s a journey of faith or food fundraisers, candles appeal to a vast audience.
Our best-selling Print on Demand scented candles
Explore our collection of best-selling print-on-demand aromatic candles, a cornerstone of a successful fundraiser. These candles, known for their captivating fragrances and high-quality craftsmanship, are a favorite among fundraisers.
Scented soy candle, 9oz
This highly fragrant candle is the perfect fundraiser tool. Made with 100% natural soy wax and a cotton wick, it’s available in five luxurious scents: Apple Harvest, Cinnamon Vanilla, Clean Cotton, Sea Salt + Orchid, and White Sage + Lavender. Each candle promises a burn time of 50-60 hours, adding a cozy ambiance to any setting.
Key features:
Eco-friendly and non-toxic
Reusable glass vessel
Size: 9oz
Variety of fragrances
Long-lasting burn time
Scented candle – full glass, 11oz
This beautiful premium candle offers an elegant sensory experience, perfect for your candle fundraiser. It features a 360-degree print on the glass and two cotton-cored lead-free wicks. Three captivating scents –White Tea & Fig, Lavender & Sage, and Ocean Mist & Moss – will elevate your fundraising efforts.
Key features:
Premium soy wax
Eco-friendly
Size: 11oz
65-hour burn time
Vibrant colors
Eco-friendly print-on-demand scented candles
Elevate your candle fundraiser with our eco-friendly scented candles. These candles, crafted from sustainable materials, not only add a soothing ambiance but also resonate with environmentally conscious supporters. Ideal for fundraisers, they offer a responsible way to support your cause while being kind to the planet.
Scented candle, 9oz
This hand-poured candle, made from vegan soy coconut wax, comes in a glass container and is available in two soothing scents: Cinnamon Stick and Vanilla. It’s eco-friendly, ensuring a guilt-free purchase for environmentally conscious supporters.
Key features:
Comes in two scents
Eco-friendly
Size: 9oz
Vibrant colors
Average 50-hour burn time
Scented candles, 9oz
With a delicious fragrance and front-side print, this eco-friendly candle is the perfect canvas for your design. Use it to celebrate special occasions and memories with a thoughtful photo or message. Design your own candle and stay eco-conscious at the same time.
Key features:
Eco-friendly and non-toxic
Reusable glass container
Size: 9oz
Highly fragrant
Long-lasting burn time
Scented candle, 13.75oz
This scented candle is a perfect addition to your own candle company. Crafted with 100% natural soy wax and a cotton wick, it provides a long-lasting burn of 70-80 hours. It’s available in delightful scents like Vanilla Bean, Comfort Spice, and Sea Breeze, each adding a unique touch to any setting.
Key features:
Eco-friendly and non-toxic
Available in three scents
Size: 13.75oz
Packaged in a paper box
Vibrant color prints
Start your journey of faith and light
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Create a storefront to sell candles online in 3 steps
The Printify Pop-Up Store is a free and easy way for anyone to start a candle fundraising program. Quickly turn your ideas into reality through a professional, easy-to-navigate online store in three easy steps.
Why open a Printify Pop-Up Store for candle fundraisers
Quick setup
Setting up a Printify Pop-Up Store for your candle fundraiser is swift and straightforward, allowing you to start selling almost immediately.
No store fees
With Printify, you enjoy the benefit of no store fees, ensuring that more of the funds raised go directly to your cause.
Easy to share
Your Printify store link is easy to share, increasing the reach of your fundraiser through social media and other digital platforms.
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Ahavti Lifestyle
I don’t have to invest the money I can’t lose into my business. With Printify, I only pay the fulfillment fees, and the rest is all profit.
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Afro Unicorn
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Rich Khun
Hustle Ninjas
Printify helped me start a completely hands-off revenue stream. When you spot a niche that you want to enter quickly, you don’t have to worry about buying stock or equipment.
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Dog Ross Pet Painting
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MinieArt
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Gary Stokes
OceansAsia
I like Printify products because they tie in with our organisation’s message.
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SHYFT Creations
I love the Printify Product Creator. It keeps everything consistent and allows me to keep my brand looking sharp and professional.
Why start a candle fundraiser
Personalized and quote candles make an excellent fundraising tool, offering a unique product that appeals to a wide audience. For example, Yankee Candle generated over $817 million in 2022.
The steady demand for candles, regardless of the season, ensures that candle fundraisers can consistently generate funds while providing supporters with a delightful product.
$14 billion
– that’s the projected candle market size by 2030.
Best fundraising ideas and tips
Offer bundle deals
Boost your candle fundraiser’s appeal by offering enticing bundle deals that combine various candles. These discounted packages cater to diverse preferences, making it easy for supporters to choose their favorite fragrances while saving money.
Promote candles during gift-giving holidays
Leverage the power of holidays like Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and Mother’s Day to market your candles as ideal gifts. Highlight their customizable features and scents, making them the perfect present for loved ones, all while supporting your cause.
Offer personalized candles
One of the top fundraising ideas is to provide personalized candle options. Allow group members to add names, messages, or custom designs to candles, creating meaningful and unique gifts. Personalization adds emotional value to your fundraising products.
Promote your online store
Maximize your candle fundraiser’s reach by actively promoting your online store. Utilize social media, email campaigns, and your network to spread the word about your cause and the quality candles available for purchase. Consistent promotion guarantees a steady flow of orders and support.
Candle fundraising use case examples
Band fundraisers
Bands can raise funds for equipment, tours, or recording sessions by selling custom-branded candles. These candles can feature the band’s logo or album art, allowing fans to support their favorite music while enjoying a fragrant experience.
Church fundraisers
Churches often use faith candle fundraiser events for community projects, charity work, or renovations. Congregants, church youth groups, and supporters can purchase scented candles for personal use or as gifts, contributing to the church’s mission and outreach.
Athletic fundraisers
Sports teams and athletes can fundraise for uniforms, equipment, or travel expenses with scented candle sales. Custom candles with sports team colors and logos can ignite team spirit among supporters and provide the necessary funds for success.
School fundraisers
A candle fundraiser for schools can help finance educational trips, extracurricular activities, or classroom supplies. Offering a range of candle scents and designs can appeal to students, parents, and teachers alike, helping achieve fundraising goals.
Why choose Printify to raise funds for your cause
Versatile design tool
Customize candles effortlessly with Printify’s versatile design tool. Create beautiful quote candles with the text editor, add logos, and use the AI image generator to make your fundraiser candles stand out.
No upfront costs
With Printify, you don’t need to worry about upfront costs. We fulfill orders on-demand, ensuring you and your group members can start fundraising without any financial obstacles.
Bulk order discounts
Save even more on your fundraiser with bulk order discounts. The more candles you sell, the greater your savings on shipping, maximizing your fundraising efforts.
Quality products
Printify takes pride in delivering quality products. Our candles and over 920 other products are made with care, ensuring they meet the highest standards of excellence.
Easy integrations
With Printify, starting a fundraiser is a breeze. Our easy-to-use Pop-Up Store is just one part of our seamless integration options. Explore our other integrations to expand your reach.
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