Candle packaging & order-packing checklist

Know what is ready to sell, pack with confidence, update your stock.

Packing day goes wrong in small ways — the wrong scent in the box, a label that does not match the batch, stock you thought you still had. This checklist covers the four checks that keep orders accurate, plus a quick final list to run before anything gets wrapped.

1. Check what is ready to sell

Start with your finished products stock, not your memory.

✓ Confirm which finished candles or melts are actually in stock
✓ Avoid packing items you have already sold elsewhere
✓ Check quantities before orders, collections or markets

Finished products stock tells you what you can promise.

2. Match it to the right batch

Traceability matters — especially if a customer comes back with a question.

✓ Confirm the product name, recipe and batch number
✓ Make sure the right label is on the right product
✓ Useful for quality checks, repeat orders and record keeping

A batch record turns a finished candle back into the recipe that made it.

3. Do not forget packaging costs

Packaging is a real cost, not an afterthought.

✓ Boxes, labels, tissue and inserts all affect your margin
✓ Build packaging into your product costing
✓ Know the true cost before you price or discount

If packaging is not costed, your margin is a guess.

4. Update stock as soon as it is packed

The longer you leave it, the less accurate it gets.

✓ Reduce quantities once an order is wrapped or after a market
✓ Keep your finished stock accurate and easy to trust
✓ Save yourself recounting everything later

Adjust quantities while the order is still in front of you.

Quick final packing checklist

Run this before anything is wrapped.

✓ Right product and scent
✓ Clean vessel and readable label
✓ Batch matched
✓ Packaging protected
✓ Stock updated in the app

Pour & Track workflow

Pour & Track keeps your batches, recipes, costing and finished stock together on your phone — check stock before you pack, match the batch record, cost your packaging into the recipe, then reduce stock the moment the order goes out.