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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