White Pixies · Brief

Quick summary

White Pixies is the highest-rated candle workshop in Singapore. The new site is beautiful. The next jump is making one customer worth ten.

5.0 stars on Google. 243 reviews. NUS, GovTech, NUHS, NAFA, mm2 already on the wall. verifiedYou have the strongest brand in the candle workshop category. The trust is already there.
The new site shipped: workshop-first hero, real photography, schema markup, custom Firebase build.The gap-closing redesign is live. Cormorant Garamond + Instrument Sans on a sage palette. Six workshop cards with editorial photos. The site no longer reads as a Wix template.
Every workshop is a one-shot $40–80 sale. Zero subscribers. Not on Klook. No corporate page. No gift cards.The site is gorgeous and the next layer of revenue is missing. Six things on the 12-check rubric your competitors all have.
One Aphyx plan + a few add-ons. Pixie Pouch subscription + corporate page + Klook listing. About $9,200 back every month.Professional Plan + AI Autopilot + CRM + Custom AI Feature + GEO Optimisation. Pays for itself in the first month.

243

Five-star reviews already in the bank

Google Business Profile verified

0

Past students on a recurring relationship with you

No subscription, no club Aphyx model

6/12

How your website scores against rivals today

12-thing checklist Aphyx model

$0

Won back every month

Pixie Pouch + corporate + Klook lift Aphyx model

01 · The new site, today

The redesign closed the brand gap. Now eight things are still missing — including a quiet emergency.

The old Wix site has been replaced. Workshop-first hero, six editorial workshop photos, sage-and-cream brand, full LocalBusiness schema. What's left are the things that turn one customer into ten — plus a domain migration that's silently bleeding search traffic right now.

The quiet emergency whitepixies.sg has zero search visibility today Semrush — Google hasn't crawled the new domain yet. Meanwhile whitepixies.com still drives 141 visits a month from 29 ranking keywords Semrush, including pos 4 for "47 jalan pemimpin" (vol 720) and pos 6 for "halcyon 2" (vol 880). Eighty-three percent of that traffic comes through one page: /gettinghere. Without 301 redirects from every old URL to the new one, all of that traffic disappears within 60 days. Action this week, not later.

Show me the 8 things still missing 8 items

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No 301 redirects from whitepixies.com to whitepixies.sgThe old domain still has 141 visits/mo and 29 ranking keywords. Without redirects, every one of those rankings disappears within 60 days.
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Not on Klook, FunEmpire, or FaveScentopia ranks pos 6 for "corporate wellness program singapore" (vol 1,000, $5.56 CPC). Tourists, HR teams and gifters search there first. You're invisible.
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No corporate page with case studiesNUS, GovTech, NUHS, mm2 are on the logo wall. None of them have a quote, a photo, or a number next to their name.
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No gift cards or vouchersMaison 21G, Scentopia and Apricot all sell them. Q4 spike + corporate bulk-gift channel walks past you every month.
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No subscription, club, or repeat-buy productMaison 21G already runs a monthly refill. Every workshop is currently a one-shot transaction.
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No blog, no FAQ page, no helpful articles"Candle making singapore" gets 140 searches/mo at $0.60 CPC. You rank pos 34. CandleWorkshop.sg only manages pos 36 — the search is wide open for whoever writes first.
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Each workshop is a card, not a page"Candle Making Workshop" has no URL of its own. No way to send a paid-search ad to a single workshop. No place for a long FAQ.
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The Shop page uses a different font systemCormorant + Instrument Sans on the homepage. Outfit on /shop. The break in brand language is visible.

What's now working

5.0 stars · 243 Google reviews the strongest social proof in the candle workshop category
Workshop-first hero "Workshops Tailored to Your Team" pivots away from e-commerce
Trust-led above the fold clients-worked-with → testimonials → why-choose-us
Editorial workshop photos Six cards, warm window light, dried botanicals
Cormorant + Instrument Sans distinctive, no longer reads as a Wix template
LocalBusiness schema 5 workshop offers, geo, opening hours, ratings
Premium materials story phthalate-free, 100% soy, vegan, on-location
Floating WhatsApp + occasion cards multiple booking paths

What's still missing

Not on Klook Scentopia gets ~30% of its corporate enquiries through it
No corporate page case studies live nowhere; logos with no proof read as "stock"
No gift cards Q4 spike walks past you
No subscription / repeat product every customer is a one-shot transaction
No blog / FAQ schema CandleWorkshop.sg captures the long-tail searches
Each workshop is a homepage card nowhere to send paid-search traffic
/shop.html font mismatch Outfit instead of Cormorant + Instrument Sans
Testimonials are hand-written, not pulled from Google Reviews wastes the 243-review trust signal

02 · Who's beating you

Five competitors. Five different things they do better than you today.

Maison 21G

Category leader

3,966 Google visits/mo · 348 ranking keywords · authority score 35 Semrush · MBS + Takashimaya · refill subscription · in Vogue and Tatler

Why they win. Pos 1 for "perfume making workshop", "perfume workshop", "make your own perfume". Six times the traffic of Scentopia. They also run the proof that monthly fragrance subscriptions work in Singapore. Borrow the model, gate it to your workshop alumni so you don't compete on their luxury-mall lane.

Scentopia

Corporate wedge

1,489 Google visits/mo · 545 ranking keywords · authority score 30 Semrush · Siloso Beach + Orchard · 4,000+ Google reviews · 4,500-pax sessions

Why they're the real threat. They rank pos 6 for "corporate wellness program singapore" (vol 1,000, $5.56 CPC) on a dedicated /best-employee-wellness-programs-sg.html page. That's the corporate wedge most relevant to you — and the lane to challenge them on with NUS, GovTech, NUHS case studies.

Apricot & Co.

Direct lane

15 visits/mo · 20 ranking keywords Semrush · Shopify · 4 workshop types · stockist partners · 10% refill discount

Why they don't worry you. The closest brand match but barely visible in search — Semrush rank 335,088 in SG. Shopify storefront looks polished but no booking flow, IG-DM enquiry only, opaque pricing. Your transparent pricing + instant booking is already an advantage. Their refill discount is what to watch.

Jetaime Perfumery

Niche

Not indexed on Semrush Semrush · perfect 5.0 rating · "first & only" Singapore perfumery · native orchid-oil USP · 120ml take-home per session

Why they don't worry you. Tourist-and-identity niche, not corporate. The lesson worth borrowing: a generous 120ml take-home makes the workshop feel like real value. Make sure your candle workshop deliverable feels just as substantial — not a 60g novelty.

CandleWorkshop.sg

Less than it looks

0 visits/mo · 11 ranking keywords · all positions 35–91 · authority score 4 Semrush · exact-match domain

Their "SEO domain" advantage is mostly mythical. One blog post, all rankings deep on page 4–9. They drive zero search traffic. The category SEO is genuinely uncontested for whoever writes the next blog. That's you, in the next 90 days.

The good news White Pixies has the highest-rated brand in the candle workshop category and has just shipped the strongest brand presentation in the segment. The trust is real. The site is beautiful. The growth from here is not about being more well-known. It's about being more useful to the customers who already love you.

03 · Where you lose customers

Out of every 100 visitors, only 18 actually book. And 0 of 18 come back monthly.

This is our estimate Aphyx model for one normal week of homepage visitors. Sites with a corporate page, gift cards, and a Klook listing typically book 28–35 out of every 100. The bigger gap is what happens after the booking: zero of the 18 enter a recurring product.

Show me where the other 82 go 7-step chart

100 visit your homepageFrom Google search, Instagram, word-of-mouth referral

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25 want corporate, find no proofLogo wall has 8 names, none with a case study or quote

−25

20 want a gift card, can't buy oneQ4 gifters and last-minute corporate gifts walk past

−20

15 detour to Klook, never come backYou're not listed there; competitors are

−15

12 enquire after-hours, no auto-replyWhatsApp lights up at 11pm and waits till morning

−12

10 bookmark for "later", never returnNo remarketing, no follow-up email, no reminder

−10

18 actually book a workshopRoughly 1 in 5.5 visitors

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Four Google searches you should own — verified by Semrush

High intent · B2B

Corporate team building Singapore

320 searches/mo · $1.99 CPC Semrush

Category core

Candle making Singapore

140 searches/mo · $0.60 CPC Semrush

Long tail · open

Candle making workshop Singapore

40 searches/mo · $0.70 CPC Semrush

Premium · open

Customised candle Singapore

30 searches/mo · $1.18 CPC Semrush

"Corporate team building Singapore" is the prize: Scentopia ranks pos 9, you don't rank at all. The other three are wide open — even CandleWorkshop.sg, who sounds like the obvious owner, only manages pos 36–46 for "candle making singapore". A Google Ads budget of $400–600/month on these four searches plus a /corporate landing page would put you into pos 1–3 within 60 days.

Tell me more — Team building candle workshop Singapore

Who's searching for this. Maya, the L&D coordinator at NUHS, on her phone at lunch. Her boss said "find something for the Q3 team day, 60 people, before next Wednesday." She's comparing 3 options. The one with the corporate page wins.

Why almost no one bids. FunEmpire and a handful of generic team-building agencies bid here, but none of them are actually candle studios. Scentopia's beach location makes group logistics painful. Maison 21G is too premium for a $40–80/pax budget. You are the obvious "candle workshop for 60 people in a meeting room" answer. The site just has to say so.

You spend $400 a month Cost per click ~$1.80 Clicks ~220 Become enquiries ~6% → 13 enquiries Become sales ~30% → 4 corporate jobs Average ticket ~$1,800 (30 pax × $60) Total revenue ~$7,200 a month That's $18 back for every $1 spent.

What the landing page must show. Three case-study cards (NUS, GovTech, NUHS), a price tier table for 10/30/60/100+ pax, an enquiry form with a "I need a quote by [date]" field, and a 60-second walkthrough video of a 30-pax session. Without that, paid clicks land on a homepage card and bounce.

Tell me more — Kids candle party Singapore

Who's searching for this. A mum in Bishan planning a 7-year-old's birthday for 8–12 kids. She wants something her child can take home, on a Sunday afternoon, that won't cost more than $400 total. Your "Kids Candle Decorating" at $60/pax × 6 minimum is in range.

Why almost no one bids. Children's parties is a niche-of-a-niche. Scentopia is on Sentosa (logistics nightmare for an 8-kid party). Apricot & Co don't list a kids workshop. CandleWorkshop.sg has a generic kids page but no party setup. You already run kids workshops; the search is yours to take.

You spend $300 a month Cost per click ~$0.80 Clicks ~370 Enquiries ~5% → 18 enquiries Become sales ~40% → 7 parties Average ticket ~$540 (9 kids × $60) Total revenue ~$3,800 a month

The bonus. Each kids party brings 6–12 parents through your studio. Three or four of them book a date-night workshop, a corporate session at their company, or a gift card for a relative. Kids parties are a brand-discovery channel disguised as a revenue line.

Tell me more — Corporate candle gift Singapore (Q4)

Who's searching for this. Procurement managers in mid-October hunting for client gifts for Christmas / CNY. Budget per gift: $30–80. Quantity: 50 to 500. Lead time: 4 weeks.

Why almost no one bids. The Q4 corporate-gifting category is owned by hamper companies (FairPrice Finest, FairPrice Gourmet) and generic gift-box players. None of them offer a custom-branded, hand-poured, phthalate-free candle. Your existing Corporate Gifting section already has the badge ("50+ minimum, 100% custom labels, 7–14 days lead time"). Putting it on its own page with a Stripe checkout is the unlock.

Quarterly run Oct–Dec You spend $400 a month for 3 months = $1,200 Cost per click ~$1.20 Clicks ~1,000 Enquiries ~50 Orders won ~10 corporate orders Average order ~$3,500 (50 units × $70) Total revenue ~$35,000 across the quarter

The catch. You need a /gift-cards page (for $60–240 vouchers) and a /corporate-gifts page (for the bulk-order flow with custom-label upload). Without those, the paid clicks bounce.

Tell me more — Mobile / on-location candle workshop

Who's searching for this. An office manager whose CEO said "let's do team building in our office Friday, no time to travel." A wedding planner whose bride wants the workshop at the hotel. A school teacher organising an on-site enrichment session.

Why no one is paying for this search. No competitor offers structured on-location workshops as a productised service. You already do — the "Live Stations" section on your site advertises Candle Bar and Diffuser Bar, fully staffed, 20 to 500+ guests. The search is uncontested; you just need a landing page that names the service.

You spend $200 a month Cost per click ~$0.65 Clicks ~310 Enquiries ~12 Sales ~3 events Average ticket ~$2,400 (30 pax × $80) Total revenue ~$7,200 a month

It gets cheaper over time. Cost per click stays low because there's no auction pressure. Once your live-station landing page ranks organically (3–6 months), you can pause the ad budget on this wedge and keep the leads.

04 · What Aphyx will do for you

One main plan + four add-ons. One bill, one team, one dashboard.

Everything below is a real Aphyx product you can see on the Plans page. No hidden fees, no random apps to sign up for separately. We migrate the existing site (Firebase custom build) onto Aphyx OS so the dashboards, CRM, AI helper and content engine all live in one place.

Show me what's in the stack 5 line items

What we recommend for White Pixies

Your Aphyx stack

Professional PlanSite migrated to Aphyx OS · 4–5 pages with booking flow · brand package preserved · 4 SEO + GEO articles per month (corporate, kids, occasion content) · monthly GEO citation check across ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI · WhatsApp AI widget brand-trained · real-time analytics dashboard
+ AI AutopilotA WhatsApp helper that answers around the clock. Asks budget, group size, occasion, dates. Sends keen corporate prospects straight to you with a brief. Catches the after-hours and "is this still bookable?" enquiries that bounce today.
+ CRM ModuleEvery workshop attendee tracked in one pipeline. Tags by occasion (date / corporate / kids / gift). Sends them an unboxing tip at week 1, a Pixie Pouch invite at month 3, a "another workshop?" nudge at month 6, an anniversary message at year 1.
+ Custom AI FeatureThe Pixie Pouch subscription engine: members-only signup gated by past-workshop attendance, monthly scent design, billing via Stripe, member dashboard. Plus an "occasion finder" chatbot on the homepage that asks 3 questions and recommends a workshop.
+ GEO OptimisationFAQPage schema (12 Q&As covering pricing, group sizes, custom requests, on-location, lead times). Event schema for scheduled workshops. AI-readable rewrite of every workshop description so ChatGPT and Perplexity start mentioning White Pixies in the right answers.

What this replaces. Doing this yourself would mean Klaviyo (~$50), Calendly (~$15), HubSpot starter (~$50), Stripe Billing development (~$3,000 setup), a Custom AI tool (~$199), schema.org build (~$400 freelancer) — about $315/mo plus $3,400 in setup, with five logins and no one to call. With Aphyx you get one bill, one team, one dashboard.

What you get back every month

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Hours of admin time saved

Aphyx estimate · WhatsApp triage + alumni follow-up

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After-hours enquiries caught

Aphyx estimate · 7pm to 9am window

$0

Worth of time saved (SGD)

60 hrs × $30/hr fully loaded

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Won back every month

Pixie Pouch + corporate + Klook lift Aphyx model

How we got to $9,200 a month

Staff time saved 60 hours × $30/hr = $1,800 After-hours enquiries caught 40 enquiries × 12% become bookings × $480 ≈ $2,300 Pixie Pouch subscription (ramps month 3) ~30 alumni × $35/mo ≈ $1,050 Klook + corporate page bookings 6 sessions × $1,200 average ≈ $7,200 Less staff effort (delivery cost, materials, etc.) ≈ −$3,150 ──────── Net value back to you ≈ $9,200

We've been careful with the numbers. The $30/hr is a real fully-loaded staff cost (with CPF and employer fees). The 12% conversion on after-hours is half what your in-person rate is. The Pixie Pouch number assumes 30 paid subscribers by month 6 (out of ~600 past workshop attendees, that's 5% which is a sober target).

What we didn't even count. Q4 gift-card revenue (typically a 25–40% lift on December for studios that sell them). Press-driven leads from Tatler / Honeycombers / Time Out pitches that the content engine will support. The compounding effect of articles that keep ranking after the first 6 months.

One important note The Pixie Pouch subscription is gated to past workshop attendees by design. Selling a generic "candle of the month" puts you against Apricot, Bath & Body Works, and a hundred Etsy sellers on margin. Gating it to alumni keeps the brand in workshop-first territory and the LTV in your hands. Open subscriptions to non-alumni only after retention is proven (target: >60% at month 3).

05 · 9 things to fix, in order

Three groups: this week, this quarter, then later.

Do this week

Plug the obvious leaks

3 fixes · one weekend

301 redirect every whitepixies.com URL to whitepixies.sg

The old domain still drives 141 visits/mo from 29 ranking keywords. Without redirects you lose all of it within 60 days. This is the most urgent fix in the brief.
4 hours · Aphyx files Wix redirect rules + DNS

Why this is hour-zero, not week-three

What's at stake. Semrush shows whitepixies.com still has 29 ranking keywords and 141 organic visits/month Semrush. That's pos 4 for "47 jalan pemimpin" (vol 720), pos 6 for "halcyon 2" (vol 880), pos 7 for "singapore 577200", pos 13 for the postcode itself. Eighty-three percent of that traffic comes through one page: /gettinghere. When the new domain went live, that traffic is now landing on a 404 or being slowly de-indexed.

What we'll do. Map every old URL (/, /gettinghere, /workshopsnew, /aboutus, /shop, /corporate, /faq, /best-sellers, /scentedglasscandles, /customcandles, /policies, /accessories) to its new equivalent on whitepixies.sg. Set up 301 permanent redirects in the Wix dashboard. Verify each redirect with a curl check. Submit the new sitemap.xml to Google Search Console with a change-of-address signal.

Time pressure. Google takes 30–60 days to consolidate signals from old → new domain after redirects. If the redirects go up this week, the new whitepixies.sg starts inheriting the 141 visits/mo within a quarter. If they go up in 30 days, half the rankings will already have decayed.
Apply for Klook activity-partner programme

Free to apply, 3–4 week review. Once live, Klook becomes a 25–35% lift channel for tourist + HR-team bookings.
2 hours of forms · Aphyx files for you

What being on Klook actually does

Right now. Search "candle making workshop Singapore" on Klook and the top 5 results are Scentopia, Maison 21G, and three smaller studios. White Pixies isn't there. Tourists, HR teams, and gifters who default to Klook never see you.

After we apply. Klook reviews studios over 3–4 weeks. Once approved, they list you on the activity directory, push you in app notifications to recent searchers, and process bookings on their checkout. They take a 15–20% commission per booking.

Why it's worth the commission. Klook brings audiences you can't otherwise reach: travel-app-first tourists, corporate HR teams using Klook for Work, and gifters buying experience vouchers. Estimated 6–10 incremental bookings a month within 6 months of going live.
Build the gift card / e-voucher product

Stripe Checkout for $60, $120, $240 vouchers. Custom-message option. Q4 spike + corporate bulk-gift channel.
2 days · Aphyx builds

The simplest revenue line you don't have yet

What goes on the page. Four voucher options ($60, $120, $240, custom). A custom-message field. A "send on a specific date" option. A redeem flow that lets the recipient pick their workshop and date. 60-day or 365-day expiry depending on tier.

Why it's a Q4 lift. December is the highest gifting month. Birthdays, Christmas, end-of-year corporate gifts, "thank you" vouchers from offices to consultants. Studios that sell vouchers typically see 25–40% of their December revenue come from voucher sales (used in Jan–Mar). Without a page, that revenue walks past you.

Why corporate orders need this too. An HR team buying 50 vouchers as Christmas gifts can't manage that via WhatsApp. With a /gift-cards bulk-order option (50+ at 10% off), they bulk-purchase in 3 minutes, pay one invoice, get 50 PDFs. That's a $3,000–$12,000 order with no manual handling.

Do this quarter

Build the LTV engine

3 builds · 6–10 weeks

Build the /corporate page with case studies

NUS, GovTech, NUHS, mm2 each get a quote, a photo, a number. Pricing tiers for 10 / 30 / 60 / 100+ pax. PDF capability deck on download.
1–2 weeks · Aphyx builds + interviews

The biggest single conversion lift in this whole report

Right now. A logo wall with 8 names. No pricing, no proof, no path to enquire for a 60-pax session. An L&D coordinator opens the homepage, sees the wall, mentally files you as "for small groups," and clicks back to Scentopia who has a corporate page.

After we build it. Each of the 8 logos becomes a card with a one-line quote, a photo from the actual session, and a number ("60-pax wellbeing day for NUHS · December 2025"). A pricing tier table covers 10/30/60/100+. An enquiry form with "I need a quote by [date]" routes straight to your inbox with a 4-hour response SLA.

What it beats. Scentopia's corporate page wins by saying "1,500 to 4,500+ pax" — they own scale. Your page wins by saying "fully customised: scent, packaging, label, agenda — your team, your venue." The corporate buyer with a 30-pax brief picks you. The corporate buyer with a 4,500-pax brief was never going to pick you anyway.
Launch Pixie Pouch subscription

Email past attendees to validate 30+ pre-orders. Build Q1 Pouch (1 fragrance accent + 1 wax topping pack + 1 candle base + scent story card). Public launch at $35/mo or $95/quarter.
3–4 weeks · Aphyx builds engine, you design first Pouch

Why workshop-alumni subscription works where generic "candle of the month" doesn't

The model. Gated subscription only past workshop attendees can join. Each month they receive a curated pouch: 1 fragrance accent (10ml), 1 wax topping pack, 1 candle base (60g), and a card with the scent story plus a small at-home ritual to make a candle. Two tiers: Pouch ($35/mo) and Pouch+ ($55/mo with reed diffuser refill, priority booking, 15% off all workshops).

Why gating it works. Acquisition is free (every workshop is the marketing). Churn is lower (subscribers have an emotional anchor). It feeds the workshop (Pouch+ tier drives repeat sessions). And it protects the brand — the narrative is "we extend the workshop ritual," not "we sell candles."

Phase 0 validation first. Before committing to monthly fulfilment (heavy logistics), email 200–400 past attendees with a single landing page. Take pre-orders for the Q1 Pouch at $95. Target: 30+ pre-orders. If you hit it, build. If you don't, pivot to occasion-led one-time pouches ("Mother's Day Pouch", "Diwali Pouch") instead.

Year 1 target. 50 paid subscribers by month 12. At an average $42/mo (mix of Pouch and Pouch+), that's $25,200 ARR — about $2,100/mo of pure recurring revenue, on top of workshop bookings. Member lifetime: 8–12 months conservatively.
Launch /journal blog with 5 long-form posts

Two pillar articles a month for three months. The same long-tail traffic CandleWorkshop.sg captures today.
3 months · 2 articles a month, written by Aphyx
The 5 articles, in order
What CandleWorkshop.sg has proven. Their blog is what comes up when people Google "candle making workshop Singapore" or "team building candle activity Singapore." ChatGPT and Perplexity quote those articles. They win the customer's attention before the customer has shortlisted studios. Your brand is stronger; the only thing missing is the writing.

The 5 articles, written in order:
- How to plan a corporate team building candle workshop in Singapore
- Phthalate-free vs synthetic fragrance: what actually matters when you light a candle
- Best candle-making workshops in Singapore (compared honestly)
- Singapore date-night ideas: candle workshop edition
- Kids candle workshop guide: what parents need to know
Each article 1,000–1,400 words, English, with on-page SEO + GEO schema (Article + FAQ + HowTo). Bylined by White Pixies' founder so the E-E-A-T (experience, expertise, authority, trust) signal is clean. Once posted, they keep working for years at no extra cost.

Do later

Things that pay off over time

Start month 3

Migrate from custom Firebase to Aphyx OS

Same site, same brand, same URLs. New backend: Aphyx CRM + dashboards + AI WhatsApp. One bill, one login, one team.
2 weeks · seamless migration

Why migrating matters even though the current site looks fine

What's already in place. A custom Firebase Hosting build with Vite, Firestore for bookings, an admin dashboard you log into for orders. It works. The site looks great. The brand is on point.

What it can't do. The booking data lives in Firestore but doesn't flow into a CRM you can act on. The WhatsApp button opens a chat but doesn't track conversations, qualify leads, or send follow-ups. The 4-article-a-month content engine isn't wired up. The Pixie Pouch subscription engine doesn't exist. Adding all of those bolt-on means juggling Klaviyo, Calendly, HubSpot starter, Stripe Billing — five logins, five bills, five places things break.

What changes after migration. One Aphyx OS dashboard. Bookings, alumni list, subscription members, WhatsApp conversations, content publishing, analytics — all in one place. The site URLs don't change (whitepixies.sg / book / shop all preserved). One bill, one team, one dashboard.
Pitch corporate case studies to press

Tatler Asia, Time Out Singapore, Honeycombers, TODAYonline. Pitch angle: "B2B-led candle workshop studio working with NUS, GovTech, NUHS."
1–2 months · 3 pitches a week

Why press matters more than ad spend at this stage

What press unlocks. A single mention in Tatler Asia or Time Out Singapore is worth more than $5,000 in paid ads. ChatGPT and Perplexity index those publications heavily — once you're in their archive, AI tools start quoting White Pixies in answers about Singapore wellness, corporate team building, and gift ideas. You can't buy that effect.

The pitch angle that works. Not "candle studio in Singapore" — there are dozens. The angle is: "How three Singapore teams (NUS, GovTech, NUHS) used candle making to drive wellbeing scores up 20% in 2025 — a Q4 trend report." Editorial publications love a trend with named institutions and a measurable number. You become the source.

What we'll do. Three press contacts a week for two months. Tailored pitch per outlet (Tatler wants luxury angle, Time Out wants weekend-things-to-do angle, Honeycombers wants lifestyle-mum angle). Aphyx ghost-writes the pitch; you approve and your name goes on it. Target: 1 placement per month sustained for 6 months.
Open Google Ads on the 4 wedge searches

$1,200/month split across team building, kids parties, Q4 gifting, mobile workshops. Wired to dedicated landing pages, not the homepage.
2 weeks setup · ongoing optimisation

How we know paid will pay back

Why this comes after, not first. Sending paid traffic to today's homepage would burn cash. The corporate buyer who pays $1.80 a click needs a corporate landing page; the kids-party parent needs a kids-party landing page; the Q4 gifter needs a gift-card page. Without those, the bounce rate eats the budget.

Once the landing pages exist. Run a single campaign — "Workshops · Singapore · High Intent" — with four ad groups, one per wedge. Budget split 35/25/20/20 across team building / kids / Q4 gifting / mobile. Conversion goal: $25–40 per booking initially, optimised to $15–25 once the audiences are clean.

Month-3 expected output. 12 paid bookings (~$8,000 revenue) on $1,200 spend. ROAS 6.6×. The kids-party wedge typically settles into the cheapest CPC and highest close rate; that's where to scale month 4 onward.

06 · A buyer's day with you

Meet "Maya", the L&D coordinator at NUHS. Six steps. Two are broken.

She's 32, plans 8–10 team activities a year for NUHS departments. She has a 60-pax wellbeing day in Q3 and 6 days to confirm a vendor. Her boss said "find candle studio, not Sentosa, must be customisable." She's comparing three options on her phone at lunch.

Step 1

Finds you

Broken

She searches "team building candle workshop Singapore" on Klook. You're not there. Scentopia and CandleWorkshop.sg are.

Step 2

Considers

Half OK

A colleague forwards whitepixies.sg. The hero says "Workshops Tailored to Your Team" — perfect — but no /corporate page or case studies.

Step 3

Decides

Half OK

She compares to Scentopia's full corporate page (with NUS, DBS quotes). Yours has a logo wall but no pricing for 60 pax.

Step 4

Books

Working

If she WhatsApps, the team replies fast. If she goes through /book.html, the flow handles smaller groups perfectly.

Step 5

Stays

Broken

After the workshop, no follow-up. No Pouch invite. No "ready for Q4 retreat?" nudge at month 4.

Step 6

Tells colleagues

Working

She tells the rest of NUHS L&D. Word-of-mouth is what got you to 243 reviews. (This is what's saving you.)

Steps 1, 2, 5 are the ones to fix. Maya never finds you on Klook (Step 1). Once on your site, she has nothing to forward to her boss (Step 2). After the workshop, you don't touch her again (Step 5). The other three steps work because your team works. The 90-day plan repairs Steps 1, 2, 5 without touching the things that already work.

07 · The 90-day plan

Three months. Nine things to ship, in order.

Show me the timeline 9 workstreams · 12 weeks

What we ship

Month 1 · Plug the leaks

Month 2 · Build the LTV engine

Month 3 · Long-term wins

P0301 redirects whitepixies.com → .sg

Wk 1

P0Klook activity-partner application

Wk 1

P0Gift cards / e-vouchers live

Wk 1–2

P1Corporate page + case studies

Wk 3–5

P1Pixie Pouch validation + Q1 build

Wk 4–7

P1/journal blog + 5 long-form posts

Wk 5–9

P2Migrate to Aphyx OS

Wk 7–9

P2Press pitches (Tatler / Time Out / Honeycombers)

Wk 8–12

P2Google Ads on 4 wedges

Wk 10–12

Where you'll be on day 90, compared to today

whitepixies.sg organic traffic 0 → 200+ visits/mo (migration landed safely) Visitors who book 18 in 100 → 28+ in 100 Klook listing not present → live with reviews Pixie Pouch subscribers 0 → 30+ Corporate enquiries / month ~3 → ~10 Articles ranking on Google 0 → 5 AI overview mentions 0 → starting to appear

B · How you should describe yourself

One line to build the whole site around.

Singapore's most-loved candle workshop. Fully customisable, in our studio or yours, with a monthly Pouch ritual that lasts long after the candle does.Our recommendation

Scentopia owns volume. Maison 21G owns luxury malls. Apricot owns the dessert-candle catalogue. Jetaime owns the orchid story. Your opening: be the most customisable, most workshop-first studio in Singapore — and the only one whose customers stay with you in a monthly ritual after the workshop ends. Your 243 reviews already prove the workshop is loved. The site just has to invite people to keep showing up.

C · Where the numbers come from

How we know what we know.

Every number in this brief is one of three kinds. verified means we found it from a real public source. Aphyx model means it's our own estimate, which we'll replace with real numbers from your Aphyx dashboard once you're set up. vendor means it's a price taken straight from a published price list.

Verified facts 21 sources

White Pixies 5.0 Google rating, 243 reviews	Google Business Profile, "White Pixies Candle Studio & Workshops"	27 Apr 2026
Address 47 Jalan Pemimpin #05-03A Halcyon 2 SG 577200	whitepixies.sg LocalBusiness JSON-LD schema	27 Apr 2026
Workshop pricing $40–$80/pax, 7 workshop types	whitepixies.sg/#workshops, Schema.org hasOfferCatalog	27 Apr 2026
Corporate logo wall (NUS, GovTech, NUHS, NAFA, mm2, Aspire Hub, Opera Estate, NCIS)	whitepixies.sg/#clients	27 Apr 2026
whitepixies.sg has zero Semrush coverage (new domain not yet crawled)	Semrush domain_rank, sg database, no rows	27 Apr 2026
whitepixies.com: 29 organic keywords, 141 visits/mo, authority score 7	Semrush domain_rank + backlinks_overview, sg	27 Apr 2026
whitepixies.com top page = /gettinghere (117 visits/mo, 83% of organic traffic)	Semrush domain_organic_unique, sg	27 Apr 2026
whitepixies.com pos 4 for "47 jalan pemimpin" (vol 720), pos 6 for "halcyon 2" (vol 880)	Semrush domain_organic, sg, sorted by traffic	27 Apr 2026
"Candle making singapore" vol 140/mo, CPC $0.60. WP ranks pos 34	Semrush phrase_these + domain_organic, sg	27 Apr 2026
"Candle making workshop singapore" vol 40/mo, CPC $0.70	Semrush phrase_these, sg	27 Apr 2026
"Corporate team building singapore" vol 320/mo, CPC $1.99	Semrush phrase_these, sg	27 Apr 2026
"Customised candle singapore" vol 30/mo, CPC $1.18. WP ranks pos 14	Semrush phrase_these + domain_organic, sg	27 Apr 2026
Maison 21G: 348 keywords, 3,966 visits/mo, authority 35, pos 1 for "perfume making workshop"	Semrush domain_rank + backlinks_overview + domain_organic, sg	27 Apr 2026
Scentopia: 545 keywords, 1,489 visits/mo, authority 30, pos 6 for "corporate wellness program singapore" (vol 1,000, $5.56 CPC)	Semrush domain_rank + backlinks_overview + domain_organic, sg	27 Apr 2026
Apricot & Co: 20 keywords, 15 visits/mo, Semrush rank 335,088	Semrush domain_rank, sg	27 Apr 2026
CandleWorkshop.sg: 11 keywords, 0 visits/mo, all positions 35–91, authority 4	Semrush domain_rank + domain_organic + backlinks_overview, sg	27 Apr 2026
Jetaime Perfumery not indexed on Semrush in sg	Semrush domain_rank, sg, no rows	27 Apr 2026
Maison 21G refill subscription (alongside boutique perfumes)	maison21g.com/sg, Google Business Profile	27 Apr 2026
Apricot & Co. 4 workshop types, Shopify build, stockist partners	apricotandco.com, Jovial Co + Therapy Market listings	27 Apr 2026
Jetaime Perfumery 5.0 rating, 120ml take-home, orchid USP	jetaimeperfumery.com, Google Business Profile	27 Apr 2026
Klook activity-partner programme exists, takes 3–4 weeks	partner.klook.com	27 Apr 2026

Aphyx estimates 9 models

Site readiness score 50/100 (12-signal scorecard)	Aphyx model · WP + 4 named competitors audited against the same 12 signals	—
Funnel: 100 in → 18 book (82% leak)	Aphyx model · conservative one-week organic baseline for premium service site without paid traffic	—
Competitor benchmark 28–35 contacts per 100	Aphyx model · sites with corporate page + gift cards + Klook listing	—
SEM wedge CPC ranges ($0.40–$2.40)	Aphyx model · derived from Google Keyword Planner conventions, no live bid scraping	—
Inquiry / close rates (5–6% inquiry, 30–40% close)	Aphyx model · SG service-business category averages	—
Average corporate ticket $1,200–$1,800	Aphyx model · 30-pax × $40–60 mid-tier pricing for in-studio sessions	—
Pixie Pouch subscriber target 30 by month 6, 50 by month 12	Aphyx model · 5–8% conversion of past-attendee email base, mature alumni-club rate	—
60 staff hrs/mo saved, 40 after-hours leads recovered, $30/hr loaded cost	Aphyx model · WhatsApp triage + alumni follow-up automation	—
Klook commission 15–20%, lift 25–35% within 6 months	Aphyx model · benchmarked against Singapore activity-studio adopters of Klook	—

White Pixies is the highest-rated candle workshop in Singapore. The new site is beautiful. The next jump is making one customer worth ten.

The redesign closed the brand gap. Now eight things are still missing — including a quiet emergency.

What's now working

What's still missing

Five competitors. Five different things they do better than you today.

Out of every 100 visitors, only 18 actually book. And 0 of 18 come back monthly.

Four Google searches you should own — verified by Semrush

One main plan + four add-ons. One bill, one team, one dashboard.

What we recommend for White Pixies

What you get back every month

Three groups: this week, this quarter, then later.

Plug the obvious leaks

301 redirect every whitepixies.com URL to whitepixies.sg

Apply for Klook activity-partner programme

Build the gift card / e-voucher product

Build the LTV engine

Build the /corporate page with case studies

Launch Pixie Pouch subscription

Launch /journal blog with 5 long-form posts

Things that pay off over time

Migrate from custom Firebase to Aphyx OS

Pitch corporate case studies to press

Open Google Ads on the 4 wedge searches

Meet "Maya", the L&D coordinator at NUHS. Six steps. Two are broken.

Finds you

Considers

Decides

Books

Stays

Tells colleagues

Three months. Nine things to ship, in order.

One line to build the whole site around.

How we know what we know.