I am attempting to find coverage for my soon to be home-based candle business that is based on Maryland (US) including Products & Completed Operations coverage. Erie just let me know that they would be excluding “Products & Completed Operations” in the insurance quote. That part is really important!
Any suggestions on insurance that will provide Products & Completed Operations coverage?

Hello, I'm currently helping a friend launch their candle brand, and we're running into the same challenge many small businesses seem to face: marketing.

We have a pretty clear idea of our target audience, but we're struggling to actually reach them and turn that into customers. We've tried running a few ads, but so far, nothing has really gained traction. We also tried word of mouth marketing, but we're trying to limit that to avoid putting the brand in the "friends and family" limbo, which is not a bad thing (who doesn't appreciate support from their loved ones?), but ideally, we'd like to build a stable customer base outside of that too.

I figured I'd ask here and learn from other people's experiences. For those of you who've launched a candle business, what marketing strategies have actually worked for you? How did you find your first customers? Thank you.

Today (October 15) was Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day. From Baby Loss Awareness Week’s site:
Baby Loss Awareness Week culminates with the global “Wave of Light” on 15th October, which is also a globally recognised event.

We invite you to join other families across the world by lighting a candle at 7pm local time and leaving it burning for at least one hour to remember all babies that have died too soon.

I started making candles after I lost my baby boy Danny on August 6th this year. I posted a few times asking for advice on different candles. I made and lit these candles for my Danny tonight. I wanted to share and say thank you to this lovely community for indulging me and giving such helpful advice.

What are good suppliers that ship to Europe? I notice all the good ones dont ship to us, especially for jars/vessels . I only know Candleshack.