October 2007


710306_star_earrings.jpgIf you are creative enough and have an eye for good designs and interested in designing jewelry. You should consider custom jewelry wholesale for individual clients. If the clients are satisfied, they will come back to you again to get the new jewelry for themselves or for gifting the master pieces made by you.

You just need the style and flair for new ideas and innovations making jewelry is not difficult. If you have the ideas you can easily learn the skills to cast them in jewelry. The client should know that the piece they have worn is the only piece in the world.

The most difficult part is to work with the customers, their designs in mind matching with in your mind will be very hard to come by. Do not make the piece in front of the customer it will teach them how to make jewelry and there are chances you will loose a customer. Do not give out your skills and never let them know how easy it is to make the piece.

Talk to the customer as much as you can and find out what exactly is in their minds. This will also make you aware about the likes and dislikes of the customer which will help you in designing the perfect piece for them. If the piece is gift for someone find out about that person their personality, likes and dislikes and if possible, meet that person. Always remember the unique and exclusive pieces you make for unique people will be the success of the business. The communication with the customer is the most important aspect of the business.

The clients will want you to make the jewelry from the gems or stones they already have or try and make the piece more beautiful by adding some other part to the jewelry. In this case, make sure you are capable of doing that and then only touch the piece or you are likely to spoil the good piece of work. Make sure what the history of the piece is and what significance it holds for the client.
When you are planning a wholesale business you will need to buy the stones, gems and the other raw materials for your clients, make sure they are of good quality. Look for source which provides unique pieces.

The quoting of price will be done before you start with the piece. Make sure you are making profit on the piece; you do not want to make losses in business.

625589_beads.jpgThe jewelry buying is not hard, if you see a piece and touch it and like it you pick it up. But if you are in the market for wholesale buying and are planning to buy it online or thru mail order you will not be able to select the pieces.

Here are some tips to make sure you are buying what you are looking at:

Read the information carefully, make sure if you are looking for the genuine pieces do not go for “gold plated”. Get more information if you are confused, talk to the people from the company and get all your details right.

Then again, if you are buying wholesale, make sure you are getting wholesale rates. If you are not sure, look for similar pieces elsewhere and compare the prices. You can also look at the pieces at your local jewelry stores and always remember the wholesale prices are much lower.

Check out the company background before dealing with them, also check the refund and exchange policy of the company. If the company is offering 100 % if not satisfied make sure they adhere to the policy and do not ask any question in case of returns.
If the company does not have a exchange policy then it is no use dealing with such companies. You can look elsewhere for your jewelry.