What's Stopping Your
Jewelry Business?

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Please share what's keeping your jewelry business from getting off the ground - or what's keeping you from the level of success you envision.

Or if you've already overcome a roadblock in your business, please share how you got past it.

And let's all pitch in with comments, support, and suggestions for the artists who share their "war stories" here!

Share what's stopping you from succeeding in your jewelry business (or what's stopped you in the past).

Read about the roadblocks other jewelry artists are facing, and leave your comments for them.

Jewelry Display Ideas for Jewelry Artist in a Wheelchair  Hi all, jewelry artist Lynda sent in this special request, and I'm hoping you have some great jewelry display tips and ideas for her.

Lynda says:

I ...

Getting Customers to Buy Online  I just opened my online shop a couple weeks ago on Etsy - it's Starseed Jewelry . If I could have $1 for every time someone told me I need to get a website,...

Pricing and Selling My Jewelry  I have looked at many of your articles and just want to say what a lovely compassionate person I think you are and want to thank you for all the lovely ...

Help  Nervous, scared, broke, and 57 years old. I currently work two jobs (full and part time), I have B.S. in Business Administration and make less than 25k ...

I love my creations too darn much!  "Moderately successful" is probably the best description of my experience designing and selling handmade jewelry on the Internet for the last five years....

Age and health  I am 48 and suffered a brain haemorrhage and stroke in March 2008. I was very lucky to have survived but now I have been left with disabilities and in ...

Necklace Photography  I am a willing photographer and would like to know how this necklace made by Sandy is viewed by you.

I need to get a handle on this and appreciate your ...

Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself  Instinctively, we want to find The One obstacle but reality is more complicated than that.

Take an extremely talented individual, add her lack of self-...

Niche Market and Lack of Venues/Sales  I make steampunk jewelry, by choice. It is a fairly niche market, so I try to run ads on a tiny handful of affordable (Project Wonderful) enabled steampunk ...

Why isn't MY jewelry selling??  Everyone comments on how beautiful my jewelry is. Everything is reasonably priced (probably too reasonably low!) but most of the shows I go to have WAY ...

The Reality of Selling Jewelry Online  I don't know if I would say it is stopping me, but what I am finding is that after spending many hours with a web designer, spending much money setting ...

Website Traffic vs. Website Sales  This is more of a response to Kim Isner’s (Galena, Ohio USA) post than a new subject. However, after writing this I surmised that it was much too long ...

The Kiss Theory  Here I go again, LOL. Speaking from experience, and I might add I paid prem-o dollars learning about life, I will suggest some things to think about when ...

Have an Idea, But Don't Know How to Have It Manufactured  I have a jewelry line idea, but it is not something I can make on my own. I want to have a model made and hopefully manufacture the design.

I have no ...

What's Holding Back My Jewelry Business  I was finally able to develop a website to sell my jewelry, after three years of problems. I did not have success with the website tools I had, so attempted ...

Absolutely Frightened of the Possibilities  I guess the best way to describe what is happening to me, is that I am stuck in fear mode.

To give you a bit of a back story . . . I have been beading ...

The Business of Beads - Bookkeeping  When forming LinnyGirl Designs, I did a lot of research about how to set up my business properly in the state of California. There were several forms ...

I lost trust in my own forces  My head is just full of creative ideas...and I know I can make it all come true, but here is what stops me:

1. My baby boy - taking care all day long ...

The Difficulty of Selling Jewelry  I always liked arts and crafts since I was a child, and with 44 years old I started to make jewellery as a hobby, as far as family and friends told me ...

Struggling With Balance  I am not unlike many other jewelry designers that have a more than full-time job and full life and added the hobby that they love as a business - on the ...

Getting To The Boutique's Owner  I have been making jewelry since 1991, long before beading became widely popular.

At first it was just a fun hobby I took up using only plastic, glass ...

Older and Wiser?  I don’t know ladies; I think everyone can use a little pep talk now and then. I regularly read everything here and of late I see a spiral downward relating ...

Online Ignorance LOL  I love making jewelry and have made a lot of it! However, I'm ignorant, I don't know how to blog, or anything else, except to set up my Etsy shop. Which ...

Baby on the Way!  I have a baby on the way. My first child, a girl of course! I am happy to have a girl so maybe I can share my love of beads with her.

My baby shower ...

Starting Out  My friend started selling my jewelry at her job, and it went very well because my price was too low.

So my sister decided we were going to rise the ...

My Marketing Strategies Don't Work!  I've been selling jewelry online and showing at occasional venues for the past two years. I give out plenty of business cards and post flyers where ever ...

Made A List - Here it is  I sat down earlier this week and made a list for myself. Now I see an opportunity here to share it with others:

1.) Procrastination - why? I want all ...

Living in a Busy City  I have been creating jewelry for the last five years. I was doing well selling at home parties, craft fairs, farmers markets, local spas and resort gift ...

Not Being in One Place for a Long Period of Time  I've been designing and building jewelry for about 10 years and I've been dreaming of making it into a business. But, just when I think I can start going ...

No One Knows My Jewelry Exists  I have been designing jewelry for about 10 years and I totally love it.

My problem is, I had never had any success marketing online and as I am a Graphic ...

Too Busy Living Life!  I have a fairly profitable jewelry business, but also own a full time piano studio and am a part time music teacher in a private school! That combined ...

Fear of Making It Real  I've been making jewelry for a long time - since high school. I love working with gems and metal to create new designs.

For quite a while, my selling ...

Choose your venue carefully  I am a beginner at selling my handmade jewelry even though I've been creating for four years.

I recently received an opportunity to display my jewelry ...

I find it hard to sell my own work  Hi there,

I've been designing jewelry for about 10 years now.

I find it hard to sell something I made. I think I'm afraid of criticism.

I can ...

Me is Getting in My Way!  While I do believe I have talent as an artist, artisan and jewelry designer, perhaps I lack the motivation to complete all my great creative ideas or tasks ...

Other People Tell You Your Business Will Fail  Early on in my jewelry business, I found that you have to be careful about who you talk to about it.

Most people's reaction is, "You know most businesses ...

Hard to Balance Jewelry Business with a Job and Family Life  My main problem with getting anywhere in my jewelry biz is that I just don't have time.

I work 30 hours a week in an office job, have 2 kids who are ...

Negative Spouse or Partner  Readers occasionally ask me what they can do about selling their jewelry when their spouse / partner is unsupportive and negative about everything involving ...

Advertising To Increase Web Traffic  A wonderful website won't work without traffic.

Pass out your business cards. Tell your friends. Register with several sites and groups of moms (mamsource ...

Creative Director  I have a full time job, and three sons. Combining housework, helping the children with studies and other obligations that take almost all my time.

But ...

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