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When you type in the keyword “jewelry wholesale” into any of the searching engines in the Internet world, you will find yourself facing hundreds of, if not thousands of, links relating to “jewelry wholesale”. How can retailers pick out the right one among such a vast amount of information, without spending hours and hours searching on the Internet? Here are my tips to find the right jewelry wholesaler:

1. Find a “real” wholesaler
Not all wholesalers, who say they are, are doing wholesaling business. Some jewelry retailing websites use the word “wholesale” to attract customers. Some jewelry websites acclaim they are wholesalers, but actually they just lower their prices a little bit (not enough for you to make money).Normally speaking, wholesale prices are one third of retail prices. If you find a wholesaler who sells his/her products even lower than one third of retail prices, then, congratulations to you that you find a “real” wholesaler. Some wholesalers mark their prices even as low as one fifth of the retailing prices.Another benchmark of real wholesalers is: real wholesalers ask for large volume of purchases. Only by volume sales can wholesalers survive in business with their minimum margin on prices.

2. Find a “good” wholesaler
Think, you are a jewelry retailer, so what you need is to find a wholesaler who can provides jewelry that you can resell at a decent profit, and at the same time, make your customers happy so that they will keep coming back to buy from you. Therefore, you need to find a wholesaler who can provide you jewelry at low-cost (so that you can make money) and good quality (so that your customers will be happy). I suggest you also evaluate the wholesaler by his/her service. A good wholesaler can guarantee to delivery products to you within the agreed upon timeframe; he/she can quickly respond to your inquiry; and he/she can work hard to meet your needs. If you want to custom make your jewelry, a good wholesaler can communicate with you to ensure he understands your requirements to every detail.

In summary, a good wholesaler can provide you good product and a good price; he can also provide you good service to save you time and energy.

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1. Get information online, not offline
2. Get products internationally, not domestically
3. Do NOT buy directly from offshore manufacturers

1. Get information online, not offline

Normally, attending trade show is one way for jewelry retailers to get hooked with jewelry wholesalers and manufacturers. But this is an expensive way. Think, how much these show vendors pay for booth renting? How much cost they pay for their inventory? By attending a trade show, they also have to pay for the lounge, travel and food. All of these expenses are added to the jewelry cost they sell to you. At the same time, you will have to spend time and money yourself to go to the trade show. Most times, you have to fly to another state/or city. This means you have to pay for lounge, travel and food, all by you.

The alternative is: go online. By typing “jewelry wholesale” into Google, you will find yourself facing hundreds of, if not thousands of, links relating to “jewelry wholesale”. You can get their information, compare their prices, and check their delivery online. Then you need to “find a real and good jewelry wholesaler” (see my first article). But in terms of cost, you save a lot.

1. Get products internationally, not domestically

As a craftwork, jewelry making costs a lot of time, energy and labor, especially in America. Why not “globalize yourself” by buying directly offshore, such as from China, Vietnam, or Thailand? There are thousands of skilled workers in these countries, who are particularly good in hand-making. Yes, get products internationally means you have to pay international shipping. However, compared to the cost you save in material and craftsmanship, the extra cost on international shipping is easily marked off.

In fact, international shipping sometimes doesn’t always equalize high cost + long time delivery. For example, an express mail, containing 100 pieces of jade pendants and earrings, only costs $15 and only 5 days to deliver from China to the US, while a USPS priority standard mail costs $9.75 and 3-4 days to deliver within Continental America.

1. Do NOT buy directly from offshore manufacturers

Don’t get confused: getting products internationally does NOT mean buying them directly from offshore manufacturers. They are NOT identical. This globalized world is still full of cheats, tricks and traps. How do you know offshore manufacturers will really ship you the promised products after you send them money? How can you ensure they will send you the exact products as they show on their websites? You never know, until you take a chance.

How about avoiding such risks but at the same time still enjoying the same low cost as buying internationally? A good way is to find a wholesaler who has business in America (still have to abide by US laws), but have a factory offshore. In this way, you not only enjoy the extreme low cost of buying offshore, but also leave all the risks and headaches to that wholesaler. In addition, your business is protected by US laws and regulations.

Such wholesalers are not easy to find. But if you do fine one, you will save money, time and energy, while at no risk.

From www.theSbeauty.com