06 Aug 2015 1 Comment
Sell Your Jewelry
Ready to cash in on your hobby? You and me both, sister (and brother). Jesse James Beads are really great for turning your jewelry projects into extra change because our beads are both very unique and also very budget friendly. Our fans rave over the reviews they receive when wearing Jesse James Beads, and how their JJB jewelry is the first to sell of their lot. This is fantastic feedback, and I’m so glad to share it with you, especially if you are just getting starting in the making & selling game.
The bitty beads featured in these earrings cost $1.50 per pair. The kidney bean ear wires are $0.44 per pair, and the head pins start at $0.08 per pair. That makes each set of earrings only $2.02 to make. And the amount of time you ask? These earrings are just two wire wrapped loops away from making your hella cashola.
How to price these earrings? I found a few tips from the Jewelry Making Journal that were quite helpful! They advise to add together…
- The amount of materials (for these earrings, $2.02)
- Multiply 4x the cost of materials ($2.02 x 4 =$8.08)
- Add your prorated hourly rate
- Add in 10% for your overhead (someone’s got to keep the AC pumping in the hot summer heat!)
For our earrings pictured above we will do $2.02 (materials) x 4 = $8.08.
These earrings are a 10-minute project, presuming our hourly rate is $20, add in $3.33 for labor
Multiply this total ($11.41) by .1 to get your 10% overhead ($1.14)
…and Ta-Dah! Your base retail cost for the above earrings is $12.55. This price gives you enough wiggle room to be able to wholesale your goods and still make a profit when that boutique comes knocking at your door for your fabulous earring sets.
Thanks for tuning in! Love and Light!
Sarah James
February 19, 2016 @ 8:01 pm
I live in Iowa,and have to travel an hour any which way,n,s,e,w to a jewelry supply store such as Hobby Lobby,or Michaels,and had never seen Jessie James beads offered,however I am a member of Mister Art thru the Afes marketplace,my husband is a 23 yr vetern of the USAF,and tho the photos were not the best, I ordered 5 different styles of beads offered,my socks were blown off when I received them,how totally beautiful and unique they were,i was hooked thereafter,unfortunetly my husband suffered a heart attack on Labor Day,a quadby pass a week later and is still not able to go back to work,so I do not know when I will be able to order more,but I wanted to tell you how delicious these are to a novice jewelry maker like I am,i am hoping to make some money this summer at flea markets by offering my creations made with your beads,Please keep up with your work,i know there must be thousands of others such as myself who will never see your products because we do not live in a city setting,however I am sharing this on my facebook in hopes my friends will do that same