Shopping For Wholesale Jewelry Findings

Posted by aronno755 on January 14th, 2014

Whether you create jewelry as a hobby or a business, you know that it can get very expensive, especially if you do not have a good, regular seller to purchase your supplies from. However, the cost of beading work should not break your bank.  There are ways to help you cut your production costs, like buying wholesale jewelry findings including brass findings and other supplies.

As your jewelry business picks up and you need more jewelry making supplies particularly beads and brass findings, the first thing that you look for would be a wholesale supplier.  You’ll realize shortly that buying wholesale jewelry findings, beads and other essential tools is a joyful aspect of running a business.  It will motivate you to create and sell more jewelry pieces and earn more from this.

If you are new to buying wholesale jewelry findings and beads, though, you should know how to determine who is a real wholesaler and who is just a poser.  A poser pretends to be selling wholesale but actually is retailing. You may go as far as contacting manufacturers of beads and brass findings and try buying directly from them. Most of them will require you to meet their minimum order quantity and minimum order amount.  Because you are just starting, it is very likely that you can’t buy wholesale from them.

So, now you’ve found out that wholesale jewelry findings and wholesale jewelry making supplies is not always wholesale.  As you gain experience, you will know who among the sellers has the best “wholesale” prices.  Buying brass findings, for example, means that you strategically buy these things in quantities that are suitable to your business. Buying wholesale, therefore, will benefit you depending on your cash flow situation, your turnover ratio and how much can you take to buy in larger quantities.

Besides the knowledge about buying wholesale, you should also acquire information on how these jewelry making supplies are sold. If you are looking to buy some jewelry findings, these items are sold in grams and you can save more as you buy more. The seller determines the quantities, but usually in units of 100’s – 100, 500, 1,000 etc. Other supplies such as stone beads are sold by carat weight, Swarovski crystal beads are sold in gross and other precious metals are sold in troy ounce or just ounce.

The internet today continues to offer an amazing array of wholesale jewelry findings suppliers.  Thousands of online wholesalers for brass findings and beads can be easily found by making a search on the web. The wholesale jewelry findings and beads catalogs can also help you at the beginning of your business. These companies have pricing tiers according to the amount of beads you order.  Also, the return policies of most of these suppliers are really great; you can return the items the quality of which is not what you expected. Note that they may have a requirement for minimum order amount and a copy of your resale certificate number, before you are allowed to set up an account with them.

Dealers of wholesale jewelry findings, including brass findings, can also be found in bead shows. These are held in major cities of the country.  Some shows sell on retail strictly while others sell retail and wholesale (but are really retail and will sell wholesale only depending on how much supplies you buy).  When you visit a bead show, don’t forget to bring with you, your resale certificate number and your business cards.