The Home Jewelry Business
Success Resource

Your guide to a profitable jewelry making business

Welcome! Home Jewelry Business Success Tips is the place for discovering and sharing new ideas for selling handmade jewelry.

How to start a jewelry business	How to sell jewelry online	Jewelry parties and jewelry shows
Wholesaling and consigning jewelry	How to teach jewelry making	Photographing jewelry

If you'd like to receive email updates on new techniques for selling handmade jewelry, you can subscribe to my free, twice-a-month newsletter, Jewelry Business Success News.

And for quick gems of home jewelry business advice, tips, news, and updates that you won't find anywhere else, you'll enjoy making regular visits to the popular Jewelry Business Blog.

Looking for specific jewelry business information? There's a ton of it here! You can search this site or browse through a complete listing of all 1,000+ pages in the sitemap.

I add new posts here regularly, with information on jewelry home parties, photographing and scanning jewelry, creative jewelry sales, making your own jewelry tags and earring cards, setting up and maintaining your own successful jewelry website, cheap jewelry display ideas, professional looking jewelry packaging, consigning and wholesaling jewelry to shops and galleries, handling taxes, permits and other business matters, and more.

I even tell you about all the mistakes I've made in my own jewelry business, and how you can avoid them.

I'm also pleased to bring you excellent in-depth articles by knowledgeable guest authors, on topics including selling jewelry on marketplace sites like Etsy and Artfire, choosing the right jewelry tools and supplies, jewelry business website design, pricing jewelry, setting up a jewelry studio, working with customers, and insuring your jewelry business.

If you're just beginning to sell your handmade jewelry, I warmly welcome you as you begin your jewelry journey! Please come on in and discover our friendly, helpful handmade jewelry business community here.

Also, no matter how long you've been selling your work, you'll be inspired and motivated by our series of Jewelry Business Success Stories - interviews with jewelry artists and other small business owners who generously share how they've achieved their dreams in the world of handcrafted jewelry.

Now come on in and prepare to be inspired!

Here are descriptions of the main categories of articles in this site. Nearly all of these pages have links to several related articles - you can wander around here for days!

Subscribe to Jewelry Business Success News
Subscribe to a free e-mail newsletter filled with innovative ideas for jewelry making business success. Published twice monthly.

Newest Jewelry Business Tips
The latest Home Jewelry Business Success Tips articles, news, and more.

Displaying Jewelry
Ideas for displaying jewelry, with projects, tips, and photos for developing your own successful jewelry display.

Packaging Jewelry
Tips for packaging jewelry professionally to enhance your customers' experience and encourage repeat jewelry sales.

Selling Jewelry Online - Success Tips
Selling jewelry online in all sorts of ways, from your own jewelry website or blog to Etsy, eBay, and beyond.

Profitable Jewelry Shows
Success tips for profitable jewelry shows. Art and craft show success tips, eliminating competition from other jewelers, and organizing your own profitable shows and parties.

Jewelry Home Parties
Profitable jewelry home parties - everything you need to know about selling your work at jewelry parties and home shows.

Tips for Photographing Jewelry
Tips for photographing jewelry with scanners and digital cameras for professional looking photos. Easy tips for using photo editing software for the finishing touch on your jewelry photos.

Marketplace Sites
Marketplace sites like Etsy, eBay, Artfire, Dawanda, 1000 Markets, etc. - and how to sell more jewelry there.

Jewelry Business Website Tips
Jewelry business website tips for selling jewelry online.

Tips for Pricing Your Jewelry
Pricing your jewelry can be one of the most confusing aspects of your business. Learn how to determine the jewelry prices that are profitable for you and suitable for your market.

Home Jewelry Business Management Tips
A series of home jewelry business management articles to help you painlessly navigate issues of taxes, finances, banking, insurance, accounting, pricing, business licensing, and law.

How to Sell Jewelry on eBay
How to sell jewelry on eBay successfully, including secrets of good auction listings, online auction selling strategies, and more.

Public Relations and Marketing for Your Jewelry Business
Public relations and marketing are ongoing needs for your jewelry business. Here's a collection of success tips for promoting your business and marketing your jewelry.

Selling Jewelry Wholesale and on Consignment
Success tips for selling jewelry wholesale and on consignment through shops and galleries. Strategies for production, marketing, pricing, and record-keeping in the jewelry business-to-business world.

Increasing Sales for Your Jewelry Business
Success tips for increasing sales to boost your jewelry business income. How to accept credit cards, offering gift certificates, making add-on sales, building your customer base, and more.

Alternative Jewelry Business Profits
Your jewelry business profits from unusual sources can really add up. Here are some less common ways to make money with your jewelry business.

Fundraising and Donating with Your Jewelry Business
How you can contribute to the greater good with your jewelry business - tips for jewelry fundraisers, charity jewelry, awareness jewelry, and other ways to help good causes with your jewelry business.

Jewelry Stories - Share Your Jewelry Story!
Share a story about your jewelry or your jewelry business - and enjoy the stories shared by other jewelry artists!

Remove Your Jewelry Business Roadblocks
Let's remove your jewelry business roadblocks and get you on your way to achieving your jewelry business dreams. The most common causes of a stalled jewelry business, and how to resolve them.

Jewelry Business Success Stories
A collection of jewelry business success stories, told by the artists themselves, detailing their experiences on the road to making a living with jewelry art.

Jewelry Business Security and Safety
Important jewelry business security tips - including copyrights, insurance, appraisals, and protecting yourself from theft, scams, fraud, loss, and other hazards.

Jewelry Making Tutorials
Jewelry making tutorials, tips, and techniques from jewelry artists.

Teaching Jewelry Making Workshops
Tips for teaching jewelry making workshops and classes - a fun and rewarding way to supplement your jewelry business income.

Bead and Jewelry Supplies and Tools
Bead and jewelry supplies - information about jewelry tools and jewelry making supplies to help you make informed decisions when you buy.

Jewelry Publications
Jewelry publications, jewelry making books, jewelry magazines, jewelry-making DVD's - recommendations for your personal jewelry library.

Should I Start a Home Jewellery Business?
Should you start a home jewellery business? Guest author Ken Sutton reviews challenges such as competition, building and maintaining a website, accepting payment, and advertising.

Submit a Tip to the Jewelry Business Blog
Submit your jewelry business tip or jewelry making tip to the Jewelry Business Blog.

Jewelry Customers Share Their Experiences with Shopping for handmade Jewelry
Find out what jewelry customers really think! Here they share their experiences with shopping for handmade jewelry - and tell jewelry artists what would make them buy more jewelry.

Website Success Story
My website success story - how my site became more successful than I could ever imagine.

Cleaning Jewelry
Tips for different ways of cleaning jewelry to keep it sparkling! Find out which stones are fragile and need special care.

Gemstone Lore
A useful gemstone lore listing of common stones. I've written this as a copyright-free piece that you can adapt to your needs.

Jewelry Making Forums
A list of Internet jewelry making forums, where you can find answers to specific questions, discover new supply sources, help other jewelry artists, and make great friendships.

Jewelry Business Blog
Jewelry Business Blog has new posts with tips, information, questions, answers and news about jewelry business and jewelry making.

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Jewelry Business Tips - Questions and Answers
Jewelry business tips, questions and answers. Your jewelry making business FAQ.

Contact Rena Klingenberg of Home Jewelry Business Success Tips
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Search This Site - Home Jewelry Business Success Tips
Search the entire Home Jewelry Business Success Tips site for specific jewelry business tips, ideas, and info.

Submit Your Jewelry Article or Tutorial
Please submit your jewelry article or tutorial for publication in Home Jewelry Business Success Tips, Making Jewelry Now, Jewelry Display Ideas, or Jewelry Business Blog.