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| | Summaries and Customer Reviews are supplied by Amazon.com | Sell Your Jewelry is a complete guide to starting a jewelry business. This book includes all you need to know to establish your company, build a customer base, and develop a profitable business selling your handmade jewelry. Written in plain English, the concepts are easy to understand and apply, regardless of your level of experience. In addition to the basics of running a business, this book teaches secret tips to ensure your success. For instance, did you know that jewelry business owners can buy supplies at wholesale prices and pay half of what everyone else pays? Do you know the four simple things you can do to increase the value of your jewelry and command higher prices? Did you know that defining your target customer is the most important step in marketing your jewelry? This book will teach you all of that and more. You'll learn to:
Convert your craft into a company
Earn an income selling your jewelry
Develop a defined style and niche
Create products people will buy
Attract customers
Buy supplies at wholesale discounts
Increase your profits
Sell your jewelry in retail outlets
Sell at craft shows and street fairs
Sell at trunk shows and open houses
Make a living selling on Etsy |
Average Customer Rating:  Excellent Start-Up Book!!! This book has everything you need to know to get started selling your jewelry. I'm currently in the process of starting my own business and I have just followed along with the book and everything is coming together perfectly. Definitely get this book if you are just starting out. It's the best! Good book, but was expecting a little more... I was really excited about reading this book... mostly because I wanted to hear what it had to say about selling your jewelry on [...] and other websites. Overall, the book was good, lots of useful info. But when it came to selling jewelry on a website, I felt it was lacking... There were maybe only a few pages dedicated this type of selling. There were also a few grammatical errors (which really annoys me) and there was no conclusion at the end of the book - it just stopped after the final chapter on taxes. I would have liked it to have re-capped the main topics a little.
I was excited to see the gem show list at the back of the book, but was disappointed when it only listed two. I actually work for a company that travels and works these gem shows - we travel to many more shows than just the two listed. For beginner jewelers, who couldnt afford to travel to Tucson for the largest gem show in the world, I felt there needed to be more wholesale shows listed around the country. Here are the gem shows that I travel to every year:
Asheville Gem Show at the Asheville Civic Center(early Jan. & late Oct.)
Tucson Gem Show -This show takes over the entire city! (1st two weeks of Feb.)
Minneapolis, MN at the Ramada Inn across from the Mall of America (early April & late Sept.)
Franklin, NC Gem Show at the Watauga Festival Grounds(early May & late July)
Springfield, Mass.- Martin Zimm Expos (mid-Aug.)
Denver, Co - The Great American Gem Show (2 locations) (mid-Sept.)
I also want to mention that if you do plan on going to your first wholesale show that it can be very overwhelming. Don't buy the first strand of stones you see - there are always vendors willing to make deals. A couple of my favorite vendors are Lilly's Bead Box & SII Findings - both have great deals and will treat you right. Each has a website and Lilly's also has an etsy store.
Hope this helps! Looks Good So Far ... I only just started reading the book, so I can't really say much more than this. Well Worth the Price This book is fantastic, it covers business licenses, how to find the best craft fairs, how to name your business, where to sell your jewelry... you name it! This book will be of great value to anyone in the jewelry business.
I wish I could say which section was the most helpful, but I think even the appendix of jewelry suppliers alone made the book worth the price. The information on pricing was fantastic. And just the little tips on how to make a few more sales were quite valuable. I was also intrigued by the chapter on increasing the efficiency your business. This is something I had never thought about before, but so much time (and money) is wasted by duplicating efforts, or making things harder than they need to be. For instance, I didn't realize that I could set up a US Postal Service account on my home computer, print out the postage label on my printer, and have my mail man pick it up. This alone is going to save me several hours a week.
I highly recommend the book. If you are starting a business, it will point you in the right direction. If you already have a business, it will give you a lot of help on smaller details that will make a big difference.
The author is a jewelry person, but she also has an MBA. She knows what she's talking about, and she offers a little more inside scoop on the business tricks to making this work. I'm really glad I found this book.
Useful and Valuable Great book for anyone considering a business in jewelry! Lots of information that is useful. | |
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