[Jewelry making - Article 00954] - Re: [Orchid] Wholesaling one-offs

[James Binnion]

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>     If your work is sitting in your basement, how is that making money?
>     At least in a consignment gallery, you stand the chance of selling
>     something. Or are you selling wholesale directly to the public?!? 

    There are a lot of people on this list with a lot of different
    reasons and motivations for making jewelry There are some who do it
    for their own enjoyment and some who either want to make it or have
    made it a career. If your plan to make it a career and sell your work
    then you need to design it to sell. If you designed it to sell what
    is it doing in your basement? If you sell at a retail shows then you
    need inventory that might conceivably be in your basement in between
    shows but if you are selling wholesale or even consigning work you
    should only make work that is headed out the door to a sales venue or
    a limited amount to be used for show samples. If you are wanting to
    make a career of selling your jewelry you had better figure out what
    sells in a hurry and then spend your time making that work not stuff
    that will sit around your basement. If however you are making work
    for your own enjoyment then you can keep it wherever you desire and
    the basement may be the right place for it. If you are referring to
    stuff that you couldn't sell at your retail or wholesale shows why
    would a gallery want it if it doesn't sell? 

    I am not quite sure what you are trying to say about selling
    wholesale to the public and what that has to do with the current
    thread, but by definition one does not wholesale to the general
    public. 

James Binnion
jbin AT mokume-gane.com
James Binnion Metal Arts
http://www.mokume-gane.com
360-756-6550


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