Stocking shops. Should you do it? [Handmade Jewelry] 

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Omg!!!!! Must spend time in Bali!!! The jewelry making you’ll see and learn!!! Techniques handed down for generation after generation! So sad… what I have heard is the young kids of today don’t want to learn the silver work from their elders ( as they have for century’s) because they are distracted now by technology and other ways to make money than the jewelry. Silver making in this area will eventually be forgotten. So sad… these pieces that come from there are intense art pieces. So you need to study with some silversmiths there!! Cold cloudy weather is a depressant! Lack of vitamin D. You will be soooooo happy!!! Omg the Beaty that is there in every little thing. Bali! You’re a determined person. Teaching at a young age without having done this very long. Amazing. There is a different type which deserves praise as well. Those of us who make one of a kind art pieces. Could never repeat or out source. I may need your advice. I have ADD. could never be as organized as you. Ugh😂❤

Another video about something that I'm aware of, but know little about in the jewellery industry. Thanks Megan.

At last, hitting this very relevant topic, thank Megan! Stocking shops, whether wholesale or consignment, is doable with simple, low production cost jewelry but completely untenable for handmade fine or luxury lines. Most retailers at LEAST double the artists "wholesale" price, which for nicer or luxury pieces is the artist simply giving away any profit if they want the piece to sell at all; selling a piece for $4000 instead of $2000 is a sure way to have your work just sit. I believe that enough fine/luxury hand-made art customers are savvy enough these days to have an idea when somebody is getting jacked: the customer AND the artist. Answer: If you are a fine/luxury jewelry maker, you're on your own: make a website and put on your salesperson jacket! 🌺🌺🌺 Note: In my 14 years, I've found ONE boutique owner that insisted on buying my work outright and didn't balk at a real price (to pay ME), and only ONE shop that as a rule believed so much in the work of handmade artists that they only took one-third of the artists' set retail price - AND, they actually put some work into selling. Those integral retailers are few and far between, and to be treasured!

Hi Megan, will you be covering how to find manufacturers and approach retailers in your course?

hi Megan; i was looking forward to watching your “every sunday” new video

I started making jewelry last year and about to give up. There is so much I don’t understand how price your jewelry, how to market, where to sell that I am about to keep it as my hobby. The world is so technologically advanced already and I am so behind all that 😢

You look very beautiful and festive!!!

Very nice 👍

Great video megan and a lot to take from your experience thanks for sharing❤🙏🏻🙏🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻