| You can make a great second income selling | | | | where they brought them from and they can |
| jewelery online. With a creative spirit and the right | | | | hand out your business cards. Family and friends |
| tools and information, you'll be running your own | | | | make the best billboards. Once you're satisfied |
| online jewelery shop in no time! | | | | with your jewelry designs, take photos of your |
| Creating Your Brand First, decide what kind of | | | | pieces separately and in sets. You may need to |
| jewelry you want to make and sell. One way to | | | | fiddle with the images in a manipulation program |
| choose your brand style is by determining your | | | | to get them looking perfect. Professional |
| target market - the specific group of people you | | | | photographs make or break an online jewelry |
| want to sell jewelry online to. Some target | | | | shop, so take the time needed to get those |
| markets include: stay-at-home-mums, teenagers, | | | | photographs right. |
| tweens, brides, professional career women, gothic | | | | Finding a Market Online handmade markets offer |
| jewelry, or men's jewelry. Once you've decided | | | | jewelry artists a unique opportunity to set up an |
| your target market, choose the type of jewelry | | | | online shop for very little cost, and tap into an |
| you'll focus on. Many artists have carved out a | | | | already established pool of buyers looking for |
| niche for themselves selling wire-wrapped jewelry, | | | | fashionable handmade jewelry. Many jewelry |
| scrabble-tile pendants, ribbon necklaces or | | | | artists also gain success selling on auction sites, |
| bracelets made from lampwork beads. Others | | | | although fees are considerably higher than |
| draw inspiration from nature, or architectural | | | | handmade market venues. Alternatively, you could |
| monuments, or cats. Don't copy someone else's | | | | set up your own website or blog, and sell your |
| successful products - spend time designing your | | | | jewelry through a shopping cart. You'll need to |
| own unique jewelry collection. Your design should | | | | learn basic graphic design and blogging skills, which |
| be as unique as you are. | | | | you can easily pick up by looking for online |
| Sourcing Supplies In order to create a top class | | | | tutorials. |
| jewelry shop, you need to be picky about your | | | | Advertisement and Promotion Now that you've |
| supplies. When sourcing gemstones you must | | | | opened your online shop and stocked your virtual |
| learn how to tell the difference between real | | | | shelves with beautiful jewelry, you need to |
| stones, fakes and poor quality stones. Find a | | | | attract a customer. Think about your target |
| single, reputable supplier and stick with them. | | | | market: where do they hang out online? What |
| Always clean found items and vintage jewelry | | | | blogs, websites and magazines do they read? If |
| findings. Coat organic accessories like butterfly | | | | you advertise in these magazines, you place your |
| wings, stones, seeds, food and wood in resin to | | | | shop in front of people who already want the kind |
| prevent damage and decay that comes with time | | | | of jewelry you sell. Print up business cards from |
| and exposure. One of the big jewelry trends at | | | | your home computer or through a print company. |
| the moment is eco-friendly jewelry. If you want | | | | Hand these out everywhere you go. If you have |
| to go down the eco-friendly road, you need to | | | | the inventory, consider doing a local craft fair. |
| commit to sourcing sustainable, all-natural, vegan | | | | Decorate your booth with a nice cloth, a jewelry |
| friendly, recycled and recyclable supplies - and this | | | | stand, and a stack of business cards. Many |
| means everything from your glue to your stones | | | | jewelry artists make a steady monthly income |
| to your ribbon to your beads. | | | | selling at local craft fairs. Other online jewelry |
| Creating Your Product Now you've got your | | | | sellers promote their shop through social |
| supplies handy, you're ready to create your | | | | networking websites like Twitter, Facebook, |
| fabulous jewelry collection. Depending on your | | | | MySpace, and Flickr. Others create blogs about |
| crafting experience, you might create professional, | | | | their shops and network with other bloggers. |
| quality jewelry on your first day. However, you | | | | Choose one or two of these online technique to |
| might need to practice for a few months to hone | | | | try - don't do them all, or you'll burn yourself out. |
| your techniques and designs. Give away your | | | | You can make money selling your handmade |
| prototype jewelry to friends and family. When | | | | jewelry online, with the right tools and advice. |
| they wear them around town, people will ask | | | | Good luck! |