The costume jewelries are generally referred to semiprecious stones, precious metals, fabricated metals, pins and backings that used for manufacturing process. The mass production on costume jewelry can lower the price with great in jewelry designs. So far, China is the major place for the world costume jewelry market which takes about 50% of market share. For the costume jewelry business in the other country, most of the gemstones that use in the business are mainly imported from China anyway.

The costume jewelry products are very popular worldwide according to the following reasons.

1. The costume jewelry manufacturers present themselves as the one stop service for both design and quality products. You can easily findvariety of jewelry products from the new name to the well known jewelry brand name manufacturers in this market share.

2.  The costume jewelry products are including earrings, necklaces, bracelets, brooches, pins, cuff links and also tie clasps. There are other items that can also put in this category which you can find out for the right piece for yourself.

3. You can easily found the costume jewelry products in many places including department stores, novelty shops and even in the internet shops. It is actually true to say that you can find the costume jewelry in every shopping place you can think off, in the shops, hotel shops, card shops or even in the dress shops. You can look for the right style and design and just make your decision if you find the right one for you. Get the chance to look around and see what you can get.

In the US, there are certainly more than 665 costume jewelry manufacturers around in the country. You can contact with the supplier directly for more details in product quality, designs and price offer. If you are searching in the internet, you will find lots of different distributors on the topic, the costume jewelry in the US. You will have lots of chance to check on the manufacturer collections for the current fashion costume jewelry designs before make your order with the manufacturer. You also need to check making techniques, product description and other technical technique for jewelry production to ensure about the product quality.

The next step after your decision of either B2B or B2C on wholesale jewelry is

2. Choose the jewelry type that you would like to distribute. The type of jewelry can easily classified as costume jewelry, fine jewelry and fashion jewelry. The difference for these jewelry types is all about the price. The fine jewelry is the most expensive one while the costume jewelry is the cheapest one. The materials used of each jewelry type also determine their prices. If you go with cubic zirconia, the price will be definitely cheaper than diamonds. With the precious metal use; gold, silver or platinum, the price will be different.

3. Find out about your target groups. This is another important step for the success of your business. If you cannot define your target group, your product designs and styles will be varied and cannot really attract any customer attention. Find the target group beforestart the other process.

With the B2B business type, you can find your target group by just call to any jewelry retailers and talk with them about your products, services and also price offers.  The other way to find your target for B2B is to attend the trade shows and offer your products to the retailer.

With the B2C business type, you have to find your target group before start your own business. You can look for the example from a success website like ebay. You will be able to determine your target group, product price, product description and also, how to make your product hit to the website search engines. Take your time for this step, it will definitely determine your business success.

4. Go with the jewelry styles that you like. This is the best way to start your business as you will know the best for both price and style of the jewelry you like. Apply all your knowledge with all the products you have at your shop for the right start.

5. Make the clear list of all suppliers, retailers, distributors and customers you have to contact with. Put all the details inside as you might have to come back and look for interesting items they can provide for you – in the case of wholesale jewelry suppliers. But in the case of jewelry retailers, distributors and your customers, with the detail in the list, you can get the detail about what they like for jewelry styles and designs and then you can offer them for the right product that match to their requests.

That’s all you need to know on wholesale jewelry business before start your own. Now, good luck.

There are many steps involved with the wholesale jewelry business beginner. For many people, get involved with the wholesale jewelry might be just a piece of cake if you are looking from the outside. But if you are starting to set up the business by yourself, it is actually not a piece of cake anymore. However, it is not difficult to set up. All you need to do is to pay attention and make up your plan. Here is some guideline for anyone who wants to set up the new business for wholesale jewelry.

1. Make your plan, decide for what you want to do. Are you interested in a business-to-business (B2B) or business-to-customer (B2C)?

The B2B is the business that you will buy jewelry at wholesale prices from jewelry suppliers and then sell the products to jewelry retailers. The price for selling would be lower than retail price, but higher than your purchasing price. By this definition, you need certain amounts of initial money to start your investment and also never forget about product storage places. You need to start your own business with buying wholesale jewelry in bulk, keep them as your stock and contact to the retailer for product transfer. The B2B business is limited incertain number of customersbut the profit will be less than the B2C business type.

The B2C is the business that you buy jewelry from wholesale suppliers and selling it to the end users, without any jewelry retailer involved. The business can be done through your local store or on your own website. The other way for selling the product is via a third party like e-bay or other web services. For this business type, with your great planning, you can place the order to your supplier and use a drop-shipping service to your customer directly. This way will save your space for jewelry transferring between your supplier, your shop and your customer. However, you will never see the product by yourself. Therefore, make sure that your supplier will deliver the right and high standard product to your customer. Otherwise, you can get the complaint from the customer instead.

If you know already about the business type you would like to for, then follow the next step for your business set up.

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If you plan to get into the jewelry business by making jewelry by yourself, there are many things you need to think before start your business. The advantage for your jewelry making business is about the profit as you can make more profit in both buying and selling steps. All factors you need to consider are

1. Find a costume jewelry supplier that offers you a worldwide product. Most offashion and jewelry items are now imported. If your supplier has more choices on jewelry materials, you can also order many styles and materials for your own business. This is important to keep your business in the fashion trend. Fashion is always changeable;  you need to look for the supplier that can giveyou variety of materials to keep in the front line of fashion jewelry.  You do need sometimes to haunt for the right supplier for your own for the best material with reasonable price. Keep looking.

2. Then, spot for the latest trend of jewelry piece. Your supplier can help you at this point, to give you a recommendation for what is hot and what is not for your business. Keep in mind that jewelry fashion is always change, never let your business out of the trend. However, never leave the classic jewelry style out of your jewelry business. Look for both classic and fashion jewelry for your success.

3. Next, look for the wholesale supplier that offers a wide variety of jewelry items. Different designs will bring more attention to your jewelry business. Go with many pieces and styles of earrings, bracelets, necklaces, anklets, toe rings and other body jewelries. You can also include other jewelry accessories like phone jewelry accessories, hair accessories, belts, bags, shoes and key chain into your collections to get more interest from variety groups of customers.

4. Go with the suppliers that give you a reasonable minimum charge for you. Ask for the detail in any kind of order and shipping as you might have to place different form on each order. Don’t forget to ask about the minimum order from each supplier as well, as a matter of your order items.

5. If you found the right suppliers, stay with them. The right supplier should not only offer you the right jewelry materials and items, but also give you their responsibility and customer satisfaction.

When you are ready for the right supplier, it’s time for you to start your jewelry making business and enjoy the success.