Basic information of sterling silver jewelry before start your business

September 18, 2012 By

Here is the basic information you need to know if you are interested in the sterling jewelry business. Especially for anyone who just begins to trade silver jewelry for their business, please read this article before your business start.

1. Don’t forget to check for sterling silver jewelry finishing. There are different finishing methods for sterling silver jewelry to prevent them to turn yellow over sometime. The popular finishing methods for sterling silver are

– Nickel plating: this is a common way for finishing. Although nickel plating is illegal in some countries, but this finishing method is still be done for the sterling silver. However, the product from this method is not a great choice for anyone who got nickel allergy.

–  The black antique look for some sterling silver: this look is occurred by putting the jewelry piece into chemical solution for silver oxidation reaction. Then, the jewelry pieces are polished before place in the market.

– High polishing: this way is not involved with any plating method. It is popular for the engraved items and for people who are allergic to plating metal like nickel. This step is done by a machine and will not effect to the price of the silver jewelry.

– Rhodium plating: the most expensive finishing method for sterling silver jewelry. Rhodium is a precious metal that comes withhigh price, even more that silver. Therefore, the use of Rhodium is actually effect the price of sterling silver jewelry directly. But the property of Rhodium is to help in tarnish resistant, therefore, it is recommended to go with the Rhodium plating sterling silver for the long lasting jewelry piece with reasonable price to pay for.

2. The stone cutting. Sterling silver jewelries are usually come with natural or synthetic stones set on it. Therefore, don’t forget to check onsize and the cutting of stone as it might effect to the cost of jewelry pieces. The nice stone cut would top up the price for sterling silver jewelry compare with the wrong stone cut which will reduce its value instead.

3. The stone setting. The stone can be set on a piece of jewelry in different ways. For silver bracelets and pendants, the wax setting method is the most popular one. But there are other ways called channel setting, bezel setting, pave setting and invisible setting that are more advanced and give a strong attach of stone to the jewelry body. The price of jewelry pieces are also varied according to the setting method.

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How to go with the gold vermeil jewelry?

September 18, 2012 By

If you are interested in the gold vermeil products, you should at least learn about the vermeil itself before going for this product type.

First, what is a “vermeil”? Some of you might have no idea at all about the meaning for this word. Vermeil (pronounced as Ver-May) is referred to a piece of jewelry that consisting of at least 92.5% of silver and coated with at least 2.5 microns of gold. The quality of gold should be higher or equal to 14K. The higher gold content would be the better for the gold vermeil jewelry product.

Then, there are two different way for electro plating product.

gold vermeil jewelry

The Flash plating is the method that dipped the metal into the gold electroplating solution for a short time. This method is also called “color plating” as only little of gold will be coated on the metal piece. By this way, the gold will wear off within a couple week.

The Micron plating – this method is measured the coated gold on the metal surface. This is the standard method for gold vermeil. The jewelry pieces are placed in a gold solution for certain of time, depend on the gold thickness which in general, 2.5 micron is an acceptable thickness for gold vermeil jewelry.

Check for the color of gold vermeil jewelry before make a purchase. The different of gold quality will give a different color in gold vermeil jewelry. The 14K, 18K, 24K, 32K of yellow gold, pink gold or other gold tone will give a different color tone on the gold vermeil pieces.

If you are decided to go with the gold vermeil jewelry, the only recommendation is, go with the trustable seller. As you can see from the above information that there are different way for plating, and if you are not use to these technique, you might not be able to differentiate between the flash plating and micro plating items. Talk to the sellers, ask for their comment on each pieces. Talking to the sellers can give you more information than you can expect. You will probably learn a new tip on how to look for the high quality gold jewelry that you are not known before. Keep talking and ask for their advice for the best piece you should go for.

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How to look for the wholesale jewelry supplier?

September 10, 2012 By

To earn the profit in jewelry business, you need to find the jewelry wholesale suppliers and buy the jewelry product from them at wholesale price and sells the items to your customer individually at a higher price. By this way, you can make more money from your own business. The wholesale jewelry is therefore referred to buying a bulk number of goods inlower price and then selling them to individual customer by higher price.

wholesale jewelry supplier

With the internet available around the world now, you can easily start to search for the wholesale suppliers from many difference places from around the world. If you are looking for jewelry items for your shop, you should look for various suppliers in different countries like India, China and Thailand. There are several suppliers waiting for you to get in touch with them. I would recommend you to start by visit 925e.com for more on wholesale jewelry business. This website provide all information you need if you are new in this wholesale jewelry, and also give you lots of jewelry collections if you are already in the jewelry business.

You should also check on the quality of jewelry products from different suppliers as they might havedifferent standard for their product. The supplier should provide you a warranty or guarantee on their products, otherwise you might be the person who has to pay for everything from the start to the end. Check with the supplier for their shop policy before start the wholesale business with them. The 925e.com shop can give you all the clearly details in return, refund and exchange policy. If you have any questions, make sure that you have write the question down, sent an e-mail to the supplier and wait until you get the answers back. If you haven’t got any answer, never start the business while the questions are remain unanswered.

Currently, the market for wholesale business is open for many people according to internet available around the world. People can start their own business all around the world, in order to sell the items they are interested in. It’s the customer job to look for the right wholesale supplier for yourself, if you want to buy the genuine products. The world is smallerbut you still need to look closer for the right product for yourself.

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