Wow! 8 weeks! It's good to know that if you produce niche, quality items people will buy.
Wow! 8 weeks! It's good to know that if you produce niche, quality items people will buy.
Aw, thanks Ceri. I need to re-do all my photography on a white background, as that is the JewelStreet style, then I might give applying a go.
I do sell a lot of my roller derby jewellery to the US on Etsy. I think Etsy is more well known in the US than it is over here though.
Website: http://www.laurengracejewellery.com
Jewelstreet has unfathomable criteria for acceptance. It seems to accept fake pearls and plated over real pearls and precious metal, and also favour those who fudge defining what they are selling re pearls and metal. (Yes I was turned down some years ago, but since they now have mostly expensive fakes I won't be applying again - known by the company you keep etc)
I'm told by those who do use it that Etsy is not what it was. No longer all handmade for example,
Etsy changed their policies so that "outwork" became acceptable a while ago - which of course translates directly to "mass produced in sweat shops". The signal-to-noise ratio is quite bad now.
Still, at least their policies match their handling of the situation now.
Yes, it is quite difficult as a jeweller on there! I had a message from someone a while ago informing me that there must be an error in an item listing - the price! Apparently she thought the necklace should be much cheaper, as so much 'silver' on Etsy sells for peanuts. So frustrating.
Website: http://www.laurengracejewellery.com
Thats not always the mass produced stuff either though, I notice some seem to be hobbyists selling for peanuts too.
It's incredibly difficult to get accepted by Noths. I was very lucky to have been asked when they were still in their infancy. They turn down 80% of people who apply.
Jewelstreet, I believe are now only interested in high end jewellery, since they were given an injection of capital by venture capitalists.
Etsy is mostly for hobbyists but some people do very well on there.
Its quite easy to get accepted by Amazon Handmade but although I was accepted, Noths will not allow us to list things, so I don't know whether its any good.
For myself, 75% of my sales come from Noths, 20% from my own website and 5% (at the moment, as I've only just started listing things) is from Etsy. I've also been accepted by Hardtofind in Australia but I haven't had time to list anything yet.
My advice, if you want to be accepted on Noths is to get really good professional lifestyle photography done and to have a range of jewellery that is very different to anything else that is already on the site. They also love personalised and design lead jewellery. They also do special days when you can take your stuff in and I think thats worth doing.
Lots of luck Lauren. Your stuff is lovely and your photography is good. It doesn't have to be personalised.
I've been shot down by noths twice now and it's most likely my photographs! I will get them done professionally next time I think!
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