You Made It, Now Sell It (The Ultimate Guide To Selling Your Handmade Jewelry)

Spanish, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese, ... Gujarati, Bengali and Korean Edition

By Susie Bradford Edwards, Mary Nesfield

Pudgy Publishing, 2007, Perfect Paperback

Product Description

This book was written to help newcomers and veterans of the costume jewelry trade sell their jewelry. I will show you how to find the perfect rep, how to choose a winning showroom and how to sell online with and without a website. You will also find invaluable information on landing your own boutique accounts and what you absolutely must know before doing consignment. This book is meant to be a reference guide to help you turn your passion for creating jewelry into a profitable business. The information in this book is based on over 18 years of experience in the costume jewelry industry. I will expose you to potential problems of working with major department stores and offer you viable solutions. Our resource pages are filled with tons of industry contact information that you will refer to time and time again. We ve even included sample forms. If money is needed to get your business off the ground we ll explore avenues you probably haven t thought of to secure funds. We will help you avoid costly mistakes by taking you through the entire process of making and selling your jewelry. It is my hope that this book will help guide and drive your passion into whatever success you want your jewelry business to become. There is absolutely everything you need to know before you make, sell or consign your jewelry to anyone. A source of expert guidance to help you enter today s hot and growing jewelry business. You Made it...Now Sell it, covers both the opportunities and the risks to be found by making and selling your unique creations. This reference source is filled with practical, informative and easy to understand insider information. It is guaranteed to become your only reference source. Detailed information includes: 1. Everything you need to know before you sell your jewelry. 2. How to make sure you price your jewelry to make a profit and stay competitive. 3. How to wholesale your jewelry. 4. How to create the perfect business plan. 5. How to find financing for your business venture. 6. Selling online with and without a website. 7. Should you make production or one of a kind jewelry? 8. How to find the perfect rep to sell your jewelry. 9. How to make sure your jewelry is ready to compete. 10. What you absolutely have to do before you consign your jewelry. Our website was built to coincide with this book so you can access tons of resource information along with blank business forms you need to grow your business.

Product Details

Title: You Made It, Now Sell It (The Ultimate Guide To Selling Your Handmade Jewelry) (Spanish, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese, ... Gujarati, Bengali and Korean Edition)
Sales Rank: 696217 in Books
Author: Susie Bradford Edwards
Creator: Mary Nesfield
Publisher: Pudgy Publishing, 1st edition, 2007-09-13, Perfect Paperback, 178 pages, ISBN: 0964988704
Package Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches, 0.65 pounds

Customer Reviews

Great Book!!!: This book is just what I needed to jumpstart my jewelry business. You can download contract forms from the website and they were just in time to help me approach a store and land a great account..thanks. More reviews

Oh well, thought there'd be something besides common sense.: I guess I was hoping that "The Ultimate Guide" would tell me something I didn't already know - no luck. So, if you've been thinking about selling your jewelry for a while, you have most likely thought of and perhaps explored the avenues discussed in this book. But, you never know. More reviews

You make it... Now you sell it!!: You Made It, Now You Sell It (The Ultimate Guide To Selling You Handmade Jewelry) I bought this book so I could be better at prsenting my jewelry and marketing my product. I enjoy making my jewelry but selling it to people is my other reason to make it. The more I sell my jewelry the more I can creat new and exciting new jewelry. This is the reason for… More reviews

Great direct and gets to the point!: This is a book for someone wanting to get a birds eye view of the business side of the Jewelry biz. Right off the bat she brings you in and leads you down the "yellow brick road". Not a flashy book cover wise, but super great direct, honest info. Her connections to the "fashion" industry, via her website are… More reviews

A valuable tool: This great little book is jam-packed with infomation! Obviously, Ms. Edwards knows the ins-and-outs of starting a small business, and she is very generous in sharing her knowledge. The pages are full of ideas and encouragement. The chapters about selling online alone are worth the price of this book. She also includes several pages of online resources for… More reviews