Jewelry Customer Stories -
Shopping Online

Please use the form below to share your experiences in buying or shopping for handcrafted jewelry online.

Your input will give jewelry artists insight into our customers' perspectives and needs!

Please share any stories, opinions, tips, etc. from your experience as an Internet customer of handmade jewelry.

You may share your name or remain anonymous.

Some things you may want to include:

• Where online have you bought handcrafted jewelry? (artist's website, artist's blog, eBay, Etsy.com, etc.)
• Why did you choose to buy handcrafted jewelry instead of mass-produced?
• Have you bought it to give as a gift, or for yourself?
• If you've purchased jewelry online from the same artist more than once, why did you shop from that artist again?
• What made your online handcrafted jewelry-shopping experience especially pleasant or unpleasant?
• Do you have any tips for jewelry artists regarding what would make you more likely to buy their work via the Internet?

Thanks so much for participating!

Please use the form below to share your experiences with buying or shopping for handcrafted jewelry online (on a jewelry artist's website, artist's blog, eBay, Etsy.com, etc.).

Thanks so much for participating!

Get Target Right! Earned My Tuition Back from My Own Site  Seems to me, the college students really like special and cheap jewelries. So they are the most important part of my customer base.

Of course nobody ...

Detailed Descriptions Are Key!  I am actually a jewelry designer selling online myself and was recently given some really great advice.

I was wondering why I was having trouble selling ...

Why I Buy from a Jewelry Blogger  I have bought several pieces of jewelry online from an artist who has a blog I adore. I somehow stumbled across it from some other blog, and I became ...

Teacher Who Loves to Buy Jewelry Online  I work a long, hard day as a teacher, and when I finally leave school at the end of the day, the only place I want to go is home - where I can put on my ...

What Makes Me Buy From a Jewelry Website  I'm an active online shopper, and I purchase all kinds of items on the Internet.

I love unique, one-of-a-kind jewelry that I won't see anyone else wearing,...

From a Small Town - I Shop for Jewelry Online  I live in a small town, with the closest good shopping areas more than an hour's drive from my house. So I rely on the Internet a lot for shopping, especially ...

I Prefer the Internet for Variety and Unusual Jewelry  I often purchase handcrafted jewelry online, from various websites. I absolutely love the Internet for shopping for handcrafted jewelry, because of the ...

I Need to See Detailed Photos  When I buy handcrafted jewelry I tend to buy it at Etsy.com. Though you can't actually touch and examine the jewelry in person, I think there are a lot ...

I Shop Again from Jewelers with Cute Packaging  I think the biggest draw, for me as a jewelry customer shopping online, is the personal details that sellers put into the packaging of their items.

Any ...

Better Etsy than Wal-Mart  I have bought jewelry online several times in both eBay and Etsy. I prefer Etsy because it feels like the sellers there offer better items and it's like ...

I Admire People Who Make Jewelry, and I Love Etsy!  I have bought handcrafted jewelry at street and craft sales, but I felt that these were very expensive due to the fact that the sellers have to pay a high ...

I Buy Jewelry on Ebay If ...  I've bought handcrafted jewelry on eBay, but it's kind of a chore to shop there - you have to scroll through a lot of junk and mass-produced stuff to find ...

The Internet Enables Me to Buy from Jewelry Artists I'd Never Know of Otherwise  I love to shop from jewelry artists' websites. The things I find there are items I'd never see in a store - which is exactly why I buy them.

I want ...

What Makes Me Buy Jewelry on the Internet  I love handcrafted jewelry. Thanks to the Internet, it is easier than ever to acquire some fabulous, unique pieces. My favorite sites are Etsy and eBay....

I Prefer Unique, Eclectic Jewelry  Most of the jewelry that I have ever bought has been handcrafted. Often this is because I have eclectic tastes, and it is hard to find mass-produced jewelry ...

A Returns Policy Makes Me More Comfortable with Buying Online  I like to buy jewelry online, but only when there is a no-questions-asked-no-hassle return policy. I have to decide whether I (or the person I'm giving ...

I Like to Buy from Independent Sellers Online  I have bought handcrafted jewellery mainly from stalls (local markets) and from online - both independent shops and Etsy.com. I love Etsy - it means that ...

It's Less Stressful to Shop for Jewelry Online  I tend to buy more jewelry online than elsewhere. One reason I prefer to buy handmade jewelry online is that often when I go to craft fairs, the sellers ...

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