Where to Buy Wax, Fragrance Oils and Moulds for Starting a Wax Melt Business

Where each material comes from

Most new melt makers buy from three or four places: wax from one seller, oils from another, moulds from a marketplace, containers from wherever they turn up. It works, but it multiplies shipping, invoices and the chance that something runs out at the wrong moment. The table shows where each material sits in CSI's catalogue, and — just as important — what CSI does not list, so you know what to source elsewhere.

Two honest notes on the table. First, the wax. CSI does not list a wax sold specifically as melt wax; Chunks and CSI 464 are container waxes and the only two with a published fragrance ceiling. They work for many melt makers, but a softer container wax can release more slowly from silicone and feel tacky in a clamshell on a hot day — test one tray before you buy 10 kg. For Natural Soy Pearl Wax, Soy Pillar Wax, paraffin, beeswax or soy butter, the maximum load must be confirmed with CSI before you rely on it.

Second, kits. CSI lists an Aroma Wax Sachet Making Kit at ₹554.60, but its contents are not published in our data, so we cannot tell you whether it covers what a melt business needs — ask on WhatsApp. CSI does not sell a fragrance starter kit, sample pack or discovery set. Every bill below builds its own oil selection from 15 g or 100 g sizes, and CSI will help you assemble one on WhatsApp if you tell it the scent families you want.

Three starter bills, priced

The three bills are stages, not alternatives. The kitchen test answers "do I like making melts, and which scents work?". The launch answers "will people buy them?". The market-ready bill answers "can I keep a stall or shop stocked?". Here they are side by side by category, with the number of illustrative 10 g melts each can make at a 10% load:

The capacity line shows which material runs out first. In the kitchen test it is the oil: four 15 g testers scent 60 illustrative melts at 10%, using 540 g of the kilo of wax and leaving the rest for second pours. In the launch it is the oil again — 500 g scents 500 melts, using 4.5 kg of the 5 kg bag. In the market-ready bill it is the wax: 10 kg makes 1,111.11 melts, using about 1.11 kg of the 1.4 kg of oil. And in every bill with containers, containers are one of the largest lines once you are selling — the real cost of going to market, and the reason to buy them only when scents have been proven.

Bill 1: the kitchen test

Four oils in 15 g from four different families, one kilo of wax, two cheap moulds, one colour and the two tools. At 10%, each 15 g tester scents fifteen illustrative 10 g melts. The oils are chosen for price and range, not measured throw — none is published for any oil.

What you learn from this bill is worth more than the melts it makes. Pour each oil at 10% into both moulds, cure, and warm them. Note which scents your household and friends ask about, whether the melts release cleanly, how the red dye looks at the dose on its product page, and how long a melt lasts in a warmer. Which Fragrance Oils Give the Strongest Throw in Wax Melts? has a proper scoring sheet if you want to be rigorous; How Much Fragrance Oil Should I Use in Wax Melts? has the gram maths for any cavity size.

Bill 2: launch

Five oils move up to 100 g — where the 15 g tester premium disappears — the wax moves to a 5 kg bag, and three moulds give you three product shapes. Fifty containers let you sell your first packs. Colour expands to two liquid dyes and a little white mica for shimmer.

At 10%, the 500 g of oil scents 500 illustrative 10 g melts and uses 4.5 kg of the 5 kg of wax. Fifty containers hold your first fifty packs — if each holds six 10 g melts, that is 300 melts packed, with the rest for samples, market displays and restocking. CSI does not publish the containers' fill weight, so weigh one filled before you set your pack size. The scale and thermometer carry over if you already bought the kitchen test; drop ₹708.00 from the total if so.

Bill 3: market-ready

For a regular market stall or a small shop account, you need depth in your best two scents, a wider range behind them, enough moulds to pour a day's stock, and a hundred containers. The two best sellers from launch move to 500 g; four more scents stay at 100 g, including a premium vanilla for gift packs.

Wax is bought as two 5 kg bags (₹5,990.00) rather than one 10 kg bag (₹5,999.00) — the 5 kg is fractionally cheaper per kilo on CSI's listed prices. At 10%, 10 kg of wax makes 1,111.11 illustrative melts, using about 1.11 kg of the 1.4 kg of oil. The hundred containers cost ₹2,950.00 — about half as much as the wax, and ₹29.50 on every pack you sell. That per-pack figure is the one to watch when you set a price. Wholesale Fragrance Oils for Wax Melt Businesses covers what changes when you outgrow the listed packs.

Ordering it well

If you want the reasoning behind the wax, oils, dyes and moulds rather than the bill, I'm Starting a Wax Melt Business — Which Wax, Fragrance Oils, Dyes and Moulds Do I Need? walks through each choice. If you are deciding between melts and candles or want to make both, I Want to Make Soy Candles, Wax Melts and Mould Candles — Can I Use the Same Fragrance Oils for All Three? covers using the same oils across both. And Best Fragrance Oils for Wax Melts in India has a family-by-family shortlist of oils worth testing.

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