The candle industry is massive. In 2025, the industry was worth approximately $14-16 billion, and is projected to reach $20 billion in 2030. One of the big advantages of the candle market is that you don’t have to manufacture the candles yourself or even stock them. They can be sold on a dropshipping Shopify candle store.

In this article, we look at how you create a Shopify candle store using dropshipping or print on demand.

Key Takeaways
1
Begin by creating a new Shopify store account, using the 3-day free trial with just an email.
2
Link your chosen domain to your Shopify account, and register a domain with Shopify for convenience.
3
Start your Shopify store by entering vital payment, shipping, and tax details, while designing your site with themes.

Step 1 - Create a Shopify Store

The first step is to create your new Shopify store account. This is easily done, and you can take advantage of the 3-day free trial. This is simple to do and requires just an email.

Step 2 - Connect Your Domain

Now you can select your domain and link it to your Shopify account. To make the process easier, you can register a domain with Shopify.

Step 3 - Enter Vital Information

Now you can enter the vital information that is included for your website. This should include payment information, shipping details, tax information and more. This information takes just a few minutes to enter and will depend on your location and business model.

Step 4 - Create a Design

Now you need to design your website. Starting with the recommended Shopify candle themes makes it easier.

Based on live storefront detection across candle stores in our Shopify dataset, a distinct set of themes leads the category:

Most-used themes on candles Shopify stores

Dawn: 15.46%Dawn15.5%Horizon: 6.85%Horizon6.9%Prestige: 6.85%Prestige6.9%Be Yours: 3.52%Be Yours3.5%Craft: 3.13%Craft3.1%Broadcast: 2.74%Broadcast2.7%Sense: 2.15%Sense2.2%Symmetry: 1.96%Symmetry2%Sleek: 1.76%Sleek1.8%Impact: 1.76%Impact1.8%
RankTheme% of stores
1Dawn15.5%
2Horizon6.9%
3Prestige6.9%
4Be Yours3.5%
5Craft3.1%
6Broadcast2.7%
7Sense2.2%
8Symmetry2%
9Sleek1.8%
10Impact1.8%

Last updated September 11, 2026. Methodology →


You can also use a super fast site like Shoptimized or Booster, and then adjust them to your specific needs. The aforementioned themes are a great option because they load fast. Website loading times can affect your revenues, and every extra second the page takes to load is money left on the table.

Step 5 - Add Products

Candle stores tend to run leaner-than-average app stacks; the candle stores stats page shows which apps come up most and gives you a shortlist to start from.

When you are using the dropshipping model, which is a strong fit for small businesses, you can use an app to add products to your store. All you need to do is install the app and then search for the products that you want on your website. Then just import them.

When importing the products to your store, remember to make small adjustments like the title, description and other elements. Make it as unique as possible because you want to make sure that your website doesn’t get a duplication error.

Step 6 - Build Marketing

Now you need to think about marketing. Marketing has to be done through several different avenues. For one, you have to have good SEO. A good brand has about 70% of the traffic through Google. Search engine traffic can be improved through better speed on your website as well as your website’s blogging activities. Blog at least 15 times a month to make the website rank better and gain a 70% increase in traffic.

You also want to use social media and email marketing that can help you attract new audiences and sell to them.