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Re: made a nice sale

ss10001 — Thu, 02 May 2013 13:41:44 GMT

It is a beautiful piece - you did a fantastic job on it. And if you're happy and the customer is happy, who else should care?

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WhimzicalGrace — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:49:14 GMT

Beautiful worth every penny....I think you could have sold it for more....

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armellamea — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:14:31 GMT

Amazing necklace...

Beautiful colors...

Marijana

http://armellamea.blogspot.com/

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Maxine0802 — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:01:02 GMT

It' s really a great sale, I love this beaded necklace. The colors are also very attractive, they are my colors.

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HoneyBeads — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:26:28 GMT

Some of the delica's might be just a little cheaper. But it indeed depends of the color and finish. So I think that the materials over all cost about the same, but people in the Netherlands are not ready to pay a good price for home made jewelry.

But as you, I only sell my jewelry to buy new beads. But I would not mind to get a little extra sometimes :) How do you sell your jewelry? Do you go to a fair or something like that? Or do you have a website to?

I tried a website atleast 6 times, but it didden't work for me. You have to make a lot of jewelry and you have to get yourself on the market. So advertising is very important. But it cost also a lot of money and mostly I didden't make any at all.

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SCB1 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:46:14 GMT

The things you listed, are all sightly higher then the area I shop in. A 5g. tube of 11/0 Delica beads here run anywhere from 2.50 to 14.75 US dollar depending on the color and finish. That is 1.83 to 10.74 euro. The Czech seed bead are a bit cheaper.

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Gopika Chaddha — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:44:50 GMT

$_$ wow!! thats so cool!!

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HoneyBeads — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:37:58 GMT

The beads here are not cheap not to expensive I think. I must say that I am a real bargain hunter :) If you want to know where it is the cheapest in the Netherlands, just ask me :P But I also seek a lot of alternatives for products like stiff stuff or ultra suede.

Maybe a vieuw examples to see if the prices are the same or cheaper in our counrty. This are non-bargain products, but a standard price in our country.

Lacy's stiff stuff A4 format; 6,95 ( 9,48 dollar)

ultra suede A4 format 8,95 ( 12,21 dollar)

a cuff mesing cuff 28mm 6,95 (9,48 dollar)

fireline 0,06 110 meter 18,00 (24,56 dollar)

gemstone agate 45*35 6,95 (9,48 dollar)

soutache 1 meter 0,75 (1,02 dollar)

Is this cheaper, more expensive or the same?

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SCB1 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:17:18 GMT

HoneyBeads:
I'm highly allergic to non-silver or steel material. I simple can't where my pieces myself. And If I make a piece for myself it must be all made out of fireline or c-lon.

That is one of the reasons to make your own jewelry. If you notice on my necklace, there is no clasp. It is long enough to go over ones head. And I often use toggles made of seed beads, and also use glass buttons for clasps. No metal, no reaction. Make yourself something like what I just listed and you will be able to wear it yourself.

As for the price of homemade jewelry where you are, if the pieces don't sell for much, the beads to make them must also be low. The piece I made in the picture, cost me more in the beads and time, that what you could sell it for. At that rate, I would lose money, and defeat the purpose for selling it. I use the money I make to buy more supplies. If I spent 9.78 US dollars for the beads, and spent 9 hours making it, I made 10.02 an hour US dollars. My target would be somewhere between 10. - 15. an hour, so for my area I did just what I wanted.

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HoneyBeads — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:29:05 GMT

Thats is a funny story :)

I make all my pieces for selling. I'm highly allergic to non-silver or steel material. I simple can't where my pieces myself. And If I make a piece for myself it must be all made out of fireline or c-lon. Even the silver seedbeads make me itch! But its worth it :)

After reading this I might think about selling on etsy. If I can get almost half of the money I now make extra, that would be wonderful :D The market for home made jewelry here is very low because there are so many people how do it. Now I have to say that I'm talking about normal beading here. This seedbead kind of beading issen't very commend here. But still, people expact me to sell my pieces for the same price. My shiny rivoli pendant, I would be lucky if I get 25 euro's for that. That would be awesome. And that is including the lether necklace and all that stuff!

So you might ask, why do you like beading if you can't where it and it yourself? Well let that just be a case of beader madness ok :P Can't help it, don't want a cure for it :)

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SCB1 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:12:30 GMT

HoneyBeads:

100 dollars???? OMG that is so much!!! :O I could only dream of making that amount of money!!!! If I would sell a piece like that in the Netherlands, I would get maybe 45/40 euro's for it! That is about 60 dollars :O And then they would call me expensive!!!

That is why I have you have to know your target market. If I were in NY City or LA I could have been able to ask for twice that amount and received it with no questions asked. You know that in the Netherlands $100 may be out of limit, however, maybe if you were selling at an art gallery you could ask for 80/90 euro's. Know your target market, know your target market, know your target market.

There are also places in Michigan where I could get double or triple that amount, but not where I live. I do have some embroidery pieces that I have more money on, and I may sit on them for some time. So the question is do you want to sell of sit on your pieces?

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HoneyBeads — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:51:36 GMT

100 dollars???? OMG that is so much!!! :O I could only dream of making that amount of money!!!! If I would sell a piece like that in the Netherlands, I would get maybe 45/40 euro's for it! That is about 60 dollars :O And then they would call me expensive!!!

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SCB1 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:12:33 GMT

Thank you all.

Although at first I didn't think I would finish the piece it was a slow go, designing as I went. However the more I did, the more I loved it and the question changed from "IF I finish it" to "WHEN I finish it". If I ever decide to make another, it will not be for sale. I will keep it for myself, it felt wonderful on, not too heavy, but diffidently held some weight.

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tcwhit — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:50:09 GMT

Sue-I've no comment on your sale price. It's only YOUR decision and YOUR business. But I have Happy Comment on your piece! What a lovely blend! And God bless you and your patience. I've never attempted anything this long with such a technique. I know without starting I'd never finish it! When blending colors we need to be careful with the shades of these colors and you've done a magnificent job of it.

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D.M.Z — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:09:12 GMT

I like the piece very much and in "suffragette" colors...........there was a big discussion on jewelry done post turn of the century in violet, green and white. The story was that it stood for "Give Women the Vote" but that turns out to have been someone's idea of a sales ploy. However, those of us who were selling at the time will always think of those colors as representing women's rights, etc. And the combo is good with or without the story.

Your buyer is no doubt happy that she will not see herself coming and going, that means a lot to our buyers. I have been toying with remaking a bracelet that I made once, but in a whole different color combo so it looks very different. Not that my buyer will ever see it on someone (it lives in SoCal and the owner doesn't travel up this way to our backwoods area).

Can't wait to see the next one. Donna