Craft Business Ideas – Jewelry Design Business
Some craft business ideas are real gems. Jewelry can be made from gold and silver to clay and cloth with styles ranging from formal to funky. You will need to research where and to whom you will sell your pieces based in your style of design materials. What people are willing to pay in potential markets will depend on your expertise. Attend craft and trade shows, read trade publications, and network with other jewelry makers, and you will be able to determine were your pieces will sell best.
Jewelry crafts can be made from a variety of materials; metal, glass, ceramics, wood, paper, leather, fabric, plastic, stones and recycled items.
What you need to know about this business
- Pricing guidelines depend on cost of materials, cost of running your business, the time it takes to make your pieces, and the demand for your jewelry. Check out other jewelry pieces at craft and trade shows and the Fabjobs guide to
become a jewelry designer.
- Income potential is $100 to $2000 per week depending on your reputation, your customers and your markets.
- This is an in-home business except when at trade shows and marketing your pieces
- You must keep up to date with fashion and style trends
How to market this business
- Rent a booth at jewelry and/or gift trade shows
- Place a classified or color display ad in craft marketing publications
- Offer to make custom orders (of course with a 50% deposit)
- Take samples of your work t jewelry and gift shops
- Wear your jewelry and have friends and relatives wear it too.
- Send direct mailings to customers from a mailing list gathered from shows attendees or past customers
- Set up a web site for displaying your pieces of jewelry.
Target Market
- Shows selling fine handcrafts
- Jewelry show attendees
- Jewelry catalogs
- Galleries
Home Business Equipment Required
- The tools needed depend on the types of jewelry you are making
- Metalworking requires files, cutters, clamps, pliers and solders.
- Materials
- New and recycled metals, fabrics, stones, glass, wood, etc.
- Clasps
- Fasteners
- Strings
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