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Looking for more advice please! 

The shop that I'm at offered to rent me space to do candlemaking workshops. The unfortunate thing about candlemaking is that it costs a lot to set up, so for my first workshop (the owner agreed for me to do 4 of them) I will barely break even or be at a slight loss. 

Should I do it anyway? I feel like I need a stronger local presence, but one of my values is money out money in (spending money should lead to X% more money). The margins are thin compared to what I'm comfortable with. 

I'm nervous I can't sell enough tickets too. My biases tell me it doesn't scale well but I need to increase my luck surface area..

🕯️they/them, candlemaker at https://humankind.place

Stack rank the variety of different kinds of things you can do instead. If it's too low on the list, put it off until later?

Can you start with a wait-list of people who want to do the workshop so you can be more confident that you'll sell out? Can you charge more? What would reduce the risk/make it worth it?

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Essentially the thing I can do instead is stand outside the shop and sell 1o1 to people. I would profit more selling 3 candles in 5 hours than I would having a workshop for 8 people. And a lot less work too.

No, but I’m paying the owner rent for her space ($80) and a 10% commission on each ticket I sell. I think it’s too much. 

She told me I could charge whatever I want

Are you restricted how much you can charge for the workshop?