Comments on: Start Selling Your Polymer Clay Jewelry, Her Friends Say (I Agree)

By: Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz

Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:30:20 +0000

That is a pretty big question Pat. There are many reasons why your work will sell or not sell. Sometimes it’s price, style, originality, display, story that goes along with it (or lack of one), personality, age of customers, income level, location, packaging, attendance, etc etc.

The only thing you can do is do some research. There are tons of articles to read on making your jewelry business successful, here and on other sites. You can also attend shows and research ‘solds’ on sites like Etsy, too try and figure out why someone else is successful and you are not.

Try not to get discouraged. It may just be a few simple things that you need to tweak in order to have the success you are looking for.

One place to start is to read the blog posts on this site under the category ‘Sell your stuff’. You will find that under the Categories Tab at the top of the page.

Good luck!

By: Pat S

Pat S — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:20:05 +0000

How do you get people interested in your jewelry at craft sales the look at my jewelry and say oh how pretty and go next to me buy chains and bling i make pearls and crystals and ring and bracelets. I am getting a little discouraged can you help me?

By: Natalie

Natalie — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 01:46:52 +0000

Your beads are beautiful.. keep up the good work. I too have been making beads from polymer clay for a short time ..mostly for myself and as gifts to all my doctors…but now I to am trying to see how well my stuff will sell. People like them but I’m not sure they would be willing to pay for my work..So far I have sold only one necklace…Jets colors. but , I like you am not going to give up..Cindy is so encouraging and her videos are great…
Good luck
Natalie aka Safti from New Jeresey

By: Cindy Lietz@Should I limit my styles or keep the diversity?

Cindy Lietz@Should I limit my styles or keep the diversity? — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:45:12 +0000

@Bonnie D: I Bonnie, I answered this question in detail in another thread. Click the link by my name to go straight there.

By: Bonnie D

Bonnie D — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:52:58 +0000

Hi, everyone — I need your ideas: I’ve only been working with polymer clay for just over a year, but have already been selling my beads and jewelry to friends at work. I love trying new techniques … but I’m afraid that my cache is too diverse for effective sales/marketing for a website or at craft fairs. Should I stick with making many pieces of a few designs, or a few pieces of many designs? Any guidance will be appreciated!

By: Phaedrakat

Phaedrakat — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:35:33 +0000

@Cheryl Hodges: Hi Cheryl! You will probably get a better response asking these questions on Friday’s “open mic” post or at least one of the more current ones. When you need tips from lots of members, it’s better to post where there’s a lot of traffic! Regarding how to ship items, I would imagine most use regular post unless the buyer wants to pay more for expedited or overnight shipping. I’m not sure how Canadian post works, so I can’t offer more info than that.

I haven’t sold my jewelry through the mail yet, so I’m not much help with its packaging, either. We talked about this not long ago on another thread, though. You could try searching for that and see if there’s any new info. I tried putting “packaging jewelry” into the search box and found this article, Handmade Packaging for Jewelry.

Try some other combinations or words to see what you find (maybe “shipping jewelry” or something.) Other than that, try posting on a recent thread—best of luck! :D

By: Cheryl Hodges

Cheryl Hodges — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:22:25 +0000

Another question – sorry to have so mnay questions but I know you all will help with your suggestions. Is it ok to go with organza pouches and bubble envelopes or should I ship in boxes? Carolyn I know you told me about Papermart.com.

By: Cheryl Hodges

Cheryl Hodges — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:31:36 +0000

To those of you who have a website and have been selling your jewelry which is the best way to ship – regular post, purolator??

By: Cindy Lietz@Selling Handmade Beaded Jewelry

Cindy Lietz@Selling Handmade Beaded Jewelry — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:18:50 +0000

Thank you everyone for all the kind and supportive comments that you have given to Ileana! I am sure she really felt good, reading them!

@Cheryl: That is wonderful to hear! You should feel encouraged that someone who saw your work wants to sell it. That means it is probably better than you think. I hope you can find the courage to send me photos. I really am not that scary and would love to see what you’ve made. :-)

As far as what kind of arrangement to make with the salon, that depends on so many things. You could ask the owner what they usually do for this kind of thing. When we had a retail store anything we bought from someone to sell had to be marked up at least 100%. Anything on consignment was 60:40. 60% to the seller, 40% to us. Look at your costs and what you think you could charge and figure out what would be best for you. It can’t hurt to try just a couple of pieces and go from there. Good luck!

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:23:12 +0000

I have been making jewellery for about a year mostly with crystal, glass beads and semi precious. I’ve done a couple of clay pieces which I think I need to work at to improve. I’m trying to summon the courage to send in pictures!

I’ve sold to friends and their friends and one of them spoke to her hair stylist abou tputting the jewellery in her salon. How would that work? Should it be on consignment ??? I have no clue about this. I would also like to know where i can get packaging/boxes/ display.

Thanks so much
I’m off to Michaels tomorrow to get some clay so U cab try the rose and the faux bone/ivory.