You can specialize in earrings, rings, pins, pendants or with
handbags and hats for example. Other powerful ideas for making jewelery
as a small home business would certainly include your creativity and
personal style. You will also come across several types of people and
personalities and you will learn through them their tastes so you can
design pieces that you know will sell. Find local distributors of
accessories, leather, fabrics etc., through your yellow pages and on
line resources and set up an account with them.
You will require
creative talent and skills to design your jewelery and accessories. You
will also need to develop marketing skills to showcase your product
line. Not only will you have to make your products, you will also need
to find ways to sell them.
Additional powerful ideas for making
jewelery as a small home business would be to host home parties or sell
your jewelery at flea markets, craft fairs and perhaps attaining the
services of sales representatives. You can also attend gift trade shows
in your area, you will learn so much through these shows. Call your
local Chamber of Commerce and ask for their assistance, they can help
with convention center contacts for trade shows and also they can assist
in finding local accessory distributors. Also, read gift industry
publications where you will find many conference listings and trade show
information such as dates and cities where they are being hosted. You
should perhaps attend a trade show and learn as much as you can by
meeting with the exhibitors and asking as many questions as possible.
Many of these trade show exhibitors have been in the business for many
years, so any free consultation is an absolute bonus.
The design
of your product will require equipment depending on what jewelery and
accessories you decide to design. Make sure you have the necessary
equipment because the more pieces you create the higher your income will
be. Quality equipment only means you can produce your product much
faster and quick turnaround is ideal in any business and much
appreciated by your customers. You want to make sure you get repeat
business, and quality product and superior customer service will
accomplish just that.
Your best bet is to start small, attend a
local craft show where you can receive feedback. You want to learn about
what people are buying, you can research styles and also learn what
people are willing to pay. Make sure your designs are unique and not
something that everybody is currently wearing.
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