West Virginia All-Natural Candle Business Expands Through United States and Canada

Bridgeport, WV, May 23, 2008 --(PR.com)-- It wasn’t until he realized the tremendous and positive feedback from consumers who purchased these amazing, all-natural, cleaner-burning, stronger-scented candles, that Emory Oldaker, owner of the Premier Studio of Dance, would have ever considered being in the candle business. However, after selling hundreds of candles in just two weeks as a fundraiser for his students at his dance studio, he discovered that these candles could change people’s lives and even support their families.

In just two weeks, students at the Premier Studio of Dance sold nearly $5,000 worth of candles with only 30 students participating in the fundraiser. Since Premier became a distributor for this candle company in late 2006, it has since began retailing the product and earns enough profit to pay for the monthly mortgage of the business. In November 2006, Premier was named one of the top 10 retailers for the entire company, Scent-Sations, Inc., which is based out of Pennsylvania. In early 2008, the company’s President who encouraged him to begin creating a team contacted Oldaker. So using his creativity and skills with web design, Oldaker founded WVGourmetCandles.com.

“WVGourmetCandles.com was created for my team. It is a wonderful recruiting tool for new members and generates about 6,000 hits every month. It also provides more than 1,000 good leads of people every month who want either want to purchase these products, use the products for fundraising, or want to work part-time by joining our team,” says Oldaker. “I’m hoping to have team members from every state and Canada by December 2008. My team and I are very excited about spreading the word and helping others who love scented candles to earn a very lucrative income. We are a wonderful team who all share our knowledge and help each other to grow. In fact, many other teams and companies charge their member very large fees for leads, but I give mine away for free!”

Since January 2008, WVGourmetCandles.com has generated 16 new members covering the states of West Virginia, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Texas and even Alaska! Oldaker stated, “This is a brand new candle on the market and the company is very young. There are very few distributors of this product throughout the United States and Canada when you compare it to larger and older companies. But these candles, will soon become a household name and my team will reap the benefits!”

One of Oldaker’s distributors, Mike Dean, joined the team in March 2008 and has already reached a level of Diamond Distributor and was made a team leader of WVGourmetCandles.com! Dean states, “This business is so fun! All you do is take 5 seconds to light one of these candles for people and your business grows at the flick of a match! I joined Emory's team for several reasons. First and foremost, I had never enjoyed scented candles until I experienced these candles. I immediately was blown away by how incredibly fragrant these were without a "syrup-like" heaviness in the air like so many other brands I'd smelled before. After studying business models for years, I noticed that this industry was experiencing double-digit growth and decided to take a more serious look at it. I also respected Emory's dedication, support, and willingness to answer my questions before I got started with this business. I've seen him run his own professional dance studio in our town, and I felt very comfortable having him as a mentor. Without a doubt, this is one of the best decisions I've ever made. I have been involved in several network-marketing businesses but this by far is the best! And just think...I enjoy cars, guitars, and heavy metal music, and my business is booming! Talk about not fitting the demographic for the scented candle industry! If I can do it, who couldn't? Try it, I'm glad I did!”

In April 2008, Judy Bonamico, owner of Expressions Hair Designs and Day Spa, joined the WVGourmetCandles.com team. Not only does she retail them at her business, but she also has her employees to light the candles during the customers’ massages to help them relax.

Currently, WVGourmetCandles.com is giving away samples businesses or anyone interested in starting a candle business and joining the WVGourmetCandles.com team. They are also giving away $40.00 worth of free candles for every new member who joins before May 31, 2008. This is in addition to the $60.00 worth of product and free website the company gives with the member’s monthly autoship. Anyone who is interested in purchasing these all-natural candles at wholesale price or anyone who wishes to start a home-based candle business with a wonderful compensation plan should visit www.WVGourmetCandles.com.

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