Sell your jewelry is the most comprehensive book on the market for starting a business selling handmade jewelry. This book teaches you how to turn a hobby into a full time career. Your will learn to: get started in business; think like a business person; convert your craft into a company; earn an income selling your jewelry; develop a defined style; create products people will buy; attract customers; buy supplies at wholesale discounts; increase your profits; increase the value of your jewelry; sell your jewelry in retail outlets; sell in direct to customer environments; find craft shows and street fairs; track your income and expenses.

A successful jewelry designer offers a practical guide to starting your business, selling your creations, and building your brand. To develop a successful jewelry line, designers have to be more than just creative artists—they have to understand the ins and outs of running a crafts business. Emilie Shapiro’s detailed guide explores the many facets of creating a quality handmade collection that people will buy, including: where to sell your work how to do small-scale production how to carry out market research and publicity how to price and present your pieces for greatest effect, and much more Includes photos

How to Start a Home-Based Jewelry Making Business is for creative, talented women who want to turn their passion for beautiful jewelry into a profitable sideline or full-time business. Selling and making jewelry is one of the more high-margin craft businesses and with the right approach to sales and a stylish look, one can develop a devoted following. In addition to the essentials common to the series, this book also includes information on pricing jewelry, setting up a Web site, and how to get celebrity attention.

Jewellery styles were influenced by wars, the economy, events like the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, and the growth of industrialisation. Sentiment was reflected in hair jewellery made from a loved one's hair, lockets containing family pictures, and pins bearing names and catch-phrases of importance to their period. This book gives you the historical background, the periods' fashion trends, and detailed descriptions of popular jewels, so you can have an even greater appreciation for the pieces in your collection. The book also includes information about: How jewellery is manufactured; How to determine what kind of metal an item is made from; Determining whether a stone is synthetic; A listing of maker's marks to help you identify and date pieces.

We’ve all been there—on the couch cocooned in blankets, puffy-eyed, clutching a pint of Chunky Monkey, and listening to “our song” on repeat as we alternate between fuming and crying. And because we’ve all been there, we’ve also all made the same promise to ourselves: we’re never going back. Annabel Acton’s Never Liked It Anyway is here to ensure that you keep that promise. Moving on today is about taking action, and taking it fast. It’s not about lying on a couch and talking it out with a therapist. It’s about throwing yourself back out there, back into the deep end, shaking off that breakup funk and bouncing back to your most fabulous self. After all, the best revenge is not revenge at all—it’s just being spectacularly you. Never Liked It Anyway is the very first breakup wreck-it-journal designed to unlock your super powers. It’s yours to play with, trash, love, abuse and use—and, of course, have fun with. It’ll get you moving, shaking, working, and twerking out of those breakup blues with a collection of quirky, quick, and future-focused challenges. It’ll shake things up and help you step outside your habitual patterns so there’s no room for moping! And it’ll entertain you with fascinating trivia about random things like heart metrics, tear production, and even the love lives of animals who definitely had it worse than you. Dry your eyes, save the ice cream for happier times, and pick up this book instead.

Welcome to Starting Your Own Jewelry Making Business. Having spent many years starting businesses that ranged from selling horticulture products, selling books and music cd's, making and selling jewelry, software development, Ebay sales, Transportation, and others. In addition I have had the pleasure of working for various industries usually in top management positions. This gives me a unique background and insight to all of the ins and outs of starting a business. This book as you will quickly find out is not intended to teach you how to make or design jewelry. There are plenty of good books on the market that can teach you those skills.What this book is about is walking through step by step the process of specifically starting a jewelry making and jewelry sales business. We will walk through in some detail the many aspects of getting your business started without making it too complex to understand.Some of the many topics we will cover are: What type of licensing will I need, how do I find out where to go. We will go deeper into some of the other aspects involved such as opening business checking accounts, registering your business assumed name. Not sure what it is going to cost to get started? We will help you quickly go through the process.We will go in depth on the important aspects of how to calculate how much it costs you to manufacture your jewelry. Then taking outside factors into consideration we will show you how to price your products for a profit through the various sales outlets of retail stores, wholesalers / distributors, and sales reps.Want to learn how to market your jewelry to retail stores, consignment shops, sales reps, florist shops, nail and hair salons, flea markets, trunk sales, Ebay, etc etc. We go into detail on all of these markets and provide real world examples of how it was done. This book spends some time on the complex aspects of selling to online services like Ebay, and setting up your own website. If you do not like to get out and sell we have some solutions for that as well.

Are you looking for an exceptional business idea or a money making opportunity? Well, you've found it: start a gold buying business. Make money full-time, part-time, or even in your spare time. Work from home, at home, or anywhere you want. This is a versatile opportunity for men, women, wives, moms, and seniors alike. Investors can benefit too. Gold buyers buy and sell gold and silver items for profit. Some manage storefronts, while others are mobile; many host gold parties exclusively. Surely you ve noticed their cash for gold advertisements. Their invitations to easy money draw eager sellers in any economy. Therefore, successful gold buyers profit perpetually. There is only one problem. Nobody knows how to be a gold buyer except the professionals, and they guard their secrets. Enter Metal Man former successful gold buyer and, now, author. He wrote the manual, Secrets of a Successful Gold Buyer . In this groundbreaking guide Metal Man teaches the fundamentals and fine points, from testing methods to marketing your service. Along the way he shares personal stories, pertinent advice, and profit maximizing tactics. He even walks readers through a typical workday. This is much more than a how-to book. Consider it a cash for gold apprenticeship. Learn the insider secrets of gold buying, and discover its advantages. Don t pass up this unprecedented opportunity; cash in now with Secrets of a Successful Gold Buyer Learn more at www.BEAGOLDBUYER.com CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION 1-GOLD BUYER BASICS Three questions Gold varieties Silver varieties Bullion Coins 2-METAL MAN S STORY Metal Man s beginning and rise to success 3-THE GOLDEN RULE & MORE Understanding the customer Proven strategy to win customers An excellent business model 4-(SO SECRET I CAN T SAY IT HERE) Metal prices and the market The easiest way to turn a profit How to choose your buyer Delivery 5-BASIC EQUIPMENT Descriptions and recommendations regarding the few essential tools 6-ADVANCED EQUIPMENT Descriptions and recommendations regarding some optional tools 7-MARKINGS Specific meanings of gold and silver markings Where to find markings on various items 8-TESTING Reasons to test purity Primary examination Overview of acid tests Step-by-step instructions A note about results 9-CALCULATING VALUE Troy measurements Detailed instructions for calculating values of specific kinds of items A practice exercise 10-A WORKDAY WALK-THRU Overview of a typical workday Questions to ask your customer Questions customers ask An appointment from start to finish Handling calls Handling emails Selecting a meeting place Scheduling Reasons why some clients refuse to sell Paying the customer 11-ADVERTISING Shoestring marketing at a glance Advertising vs. promotion Your message and wording Unlocking the potential of various advertising tools Caution 12-PROMOTION Making the most of various promotional tools 13-MAXIMIZE YOUR PROFIT More items to buy More ways to buy More ways to resell Securing your future CONCLUSION APPENDIX A-COMMON WORLD BULLION COINS APPENDIX B-COMMON WORLD JUNK SILVER COINS APPENDIX C-US & INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES INDEX