[Jewelry making - Article 00639] - Re: [Orchid] Wholesaling one-offs

[Catherine Ondrey]

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    I've been reading these threads and have a couple questions for
    those that say they also have a production line - or that the
    production line is what pays the bills. I'm getting the feeling from
    the posts that production line equals low-end/low-cost, is that
    right? What is considered a low-cost/low price-point wholesale
    production line? $30 wholesale, $50 wholesale, $100?? Without
    casting, how can someone spit out a piece of jewelry using metals and
    be able to wholesale it for $30 - unless you are charging around
    $5-7 an hour for labor? 

    I have a line that I was thinking of wholesaling with price points
    between $75-$150 (and that's after shorting myself a little on my
    labor to keep them "wholesaleable") Are these prices high-end
    wholesale in today's market? 

    I know a lot of the responses are from jewelers that have much higher
    price points - so I'm wondering what is considered too high of a
    wholesale price for today's market? 

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