Making Custom Jewelry Wholesale

Making Custom Jewelry Wholesale

If you have a great sense of style and creativity,
you should consider constructing quality custom
jewelry wholesale for individual clients. If you are
good at it, you will find that you have customers
calling you over and over again to construct special
pieces for them, or as gifts for others.

Making custom jewelry wholesale isn’t hard. Again,
you need a sense of style and creativity – but the
skills needed to make jewelry are very easy to
learn. The object is to make your pieces unique –
exclusive. When a client wears custom jewelry
that you designed and constructed, they should
wear it knowing that there is none other like it in
the whole world!

Working with clients is actually the hardest part.
You need to get a picture in your mind that
matches the picture that is in their minds. Never
construct the piece while they are watching – this
is in effect teaching them how to do it themselves,
and you will probably lose a customer. Never let
them know just how easy it is!

Talk at length with the client. This is the only way
that you can design custom jewelry that matches
their likes, dislikes, and personality. If the piece is
to be a gift for someone else, ask lots of questions
about that person, and if possible, meet them in
person yourself. Remember that uniqueness and
exclusivity are the key to making this type of
business successful – but great communication
with the clients is vitally important as well.

Many clients will want you to make custom jewelry
wholesale using stones or gems that they already
have. They may even want you to just enhance a
piece that they already have. Before you start doing
this, make sure that you have the skill and
qualifications necessary to do this work. You do
not want to destroy a client’s beloved jewelry! Make
sure that you ask about the history of the piece,
and find out what special meaning that piece holds
for your client as well.

Of course, you will purchase the pieces that you
need to make the custom jewelry from wholesale
resources. Just make sure that you are buying
quality parts – and look for sources for unique
jewelry making supplies as well – imported pieces
are great sources for uniqueness. You will have to
quote your client a price before you start, so be
careful here. You don’t want to lose money. Once
you’ve quoted a price, deduct 15% to 30% from it.
Think of the remainder as your ‘budget’ when
buying supplies to make the custom jewelry
wholesale.

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Jewelry Wholesale Supplies

Jewelry Wholesale Supplies

No matter what you may need jewelry wholesale
supplies for, there are a variety of sources for
obtaining them. However, in most cases, you will
find the least expensive supplies through online
sources. This is due to the fact that you literally
have the whole world of jewelry wholesale supply
sources at the touch of a button – and those
companies are all in competition with each other.

Whether you are looking for stones, crystals,
beads, catches, or other supplies and tools, you
can find everything you are looking for online – at
really great prices. You can order the supplies
directly, or request a catalog from hundreds of
different suppliers. In many cases, when you place
an order, you will be put on the mailing list, and
you will automatically receive the catalog
periodically without having to ask for it.

You should never pay for the catalog. Avoid sites
that ask for payment to receive the catalog, or sites
that require you to pay for membership. You can
expect, however, to be required to register at the
sites that you do business with – at no charge. It
is also important to check the refund and exchange
policies for each site that you do business with.

If you have any doubts as to the legitimacy of an
online business, check them out with the BBB
online. If there have been any complaints, the BBB
will have a record of it, and that information is
available to the public at no charge.

eBay is another option. You can find a wide variety
of jewelry wholesale supplies through these
auctions, but eBay cannot be depended on as a
steady supplier. When you do find supplies that
you wish to bid on or purchase through eBay,
make sure that you check the seller’s rating and
feedback before making the bid or purchase!

If shopping online makes you really uncomfortable,
there are other ways to find jewelry wholesale
supplies. Locate the various companies online, and
then call them directly to place your order over the
phone, or for instructions for mail orders. You can
find the contact information for most companies on
the website where it says ‘contact us’ or ‘about us.’

You can also purchase your supplies through
discount stores in your area. However, you should
be aware that you will not be paying wholesale
prices. You will be paying discounted retail prices.
Wholesale prices are much cheaper – especially
when you make purchases in bulk quantities.

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Jewelry Wholesale Repair

Jewelry Wholesale Repair

If you make jewelry wholesale, then you definitely
need to know how to make repairs to the jewelry
that you sale. If you can offer your clients free or
discounted repairs, you will find that you have
better customer relations. Also, you need to have
the ability to guarantee your pieces and offer free
repairs for a specified period of time after the sale.
This is just good business – and it will set you
apart from many of your competitors.

If you’ve made the jewelry, you probably already
know how to repair it. The repair that is needed is
probably the simple replacement of a piece on the
jewelry, such as a clasp or replacing a stone that
has come lose. This type of work can usually be
done quickly, and at very little expense.

If you don’t make the jewelry yourself, you still need
to offer free repairs for a specified period of time.
Again, this is just good business. In this case, you
need to learn some jewelry repair, and you need to
purchase some jewelry making or jewelry repair
tools. These tools are very small, and they were
specifically designed to make or repair jewelry. For
the most part, these tools are very inexpensive.

One piece of equipment that you will need is a
magnifying glass that stands on its own, allowing
you to use both of your hands. You also need very
good lighting that can be pointed directly onto the
jewelry that you are repairing. Both of these are
essential if you want to do a good job, and avoid
eye strain at the same time.

You will need some jewelry making supplies as
well, such as extra clasps, chains, and possibly
even gemstones. Of course, you don’t want to
keep too much of this on hand, as you may never
use any of it…so use your best judgment here.

Before you rush out and purchase a book or course
on jewelry making and repair, find out if the
company that you order the jewelry wholesale from
in the first place has any guarantees. If so, you
don’t need to learn anything. Simply have your
customer ship the jewelry back to you, or directly
to the company, and they should take care of the
repairs. However, follow up for your customer –
don’t leave the customer to deal with the wholesale
company on their own – that is bad business! If the
jewelry wholesale company doesn’t treat your
customer right, it will reflect on you!

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