6 Candy Subscription Box Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 1st, 2023

Start A Candy Subscription Box

A candy subscription box is a great business idea if you're looking to start your own candy business. It's a niche market, with lots of potential customers looking for a monthly treat.

If you enjoy making delicious candy of your own, then starting a candy subscription box business would be the perfect way for you to indulge in your favorite treats on a monthly basis. You could offer different types of candy each month, or even include other goodies like chocolate bars or gummy bears.

Starting a candy subscription box business would be the perfect way for you to make some extra cash from home. And if this is your goal, it's important that your products be high quality and have an interesting theme that will keep customers coming back for more!

Here are some real life success stories of starting a Candy Subscription Box:

1. Candy Japan ($78K/year)

After moving to Japan and discovering the diverse and unique candies available, Bemmu Sepponen came up with the idea for Candy Japan. With flavors and varieties that are hard to find outside of Japan, Bemmu decided to start a subscription service that would send surprise boxes of Japanese candy to people all around the world. Since launching in 2011, Candy Japan has shipped over $1 million worth of candy and has paid Bemmu's living expenses in Japan for 7 years.

How much they make: $78K/year
Current team size: 0

Starting A Japanese Candy Subscription Service

This case study follows Bemmu Sepponen and his business Candy Japan, a service that has shipped over $1M worth of Japanese candy to people all over the world and has paid Bemmu's living expenses in Japan for seven years, however, the company has seen a decline in subscribers due to changes in the industry and in costs.

About

Bemmu started Candy Japan almost 13 years ago

Revenue

Bemmu grew the business to $6.5K/month

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Learn more about starting a Candy Subscription Box:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a Candy Subscription Box?
-> Pros and cons of a Candy Subscription Box

Need inspiration?

-> Examples of established Candy Subscription Box
-> Marketing ideas for a Candy Subscription Box

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4. Fresh Direct

Where they're located: Manhattan Community Board 1, New York, USA
Website traffic: 1.2M/month

5. Native

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Where they're located: San Francisco, California, USA

6. Boxed

Where they're located: San Francisco, California, USA
Website traffic: 1.49M/month