I'm officially trying to snag some wholesalers who would be interested in selling my jewelry. I've sent out letters to invite shop or boutique owners to my store and see if it would fit them to sell my jewelry.
So far, I have received one response regarding consignment. I've decided consignment is not the direction I'd like to go, I've heard too many horror stories about stores disappearing with people's items and not returning or paying them for it. Apparently store owners like consignment because it costs them nothing upfront and it's safe for them. For me, unfortunately, it would cause my items to accumulate dust, fingerprints, fade the colors.. and so on. In other words it holds up my stock if nothing sells. So how do you tell if a store is reputable. I know that consignment does work, it's just a matter of finding the good vs. bad apples.
Consignment over a long distance is not a great idea though. I definitely am leaning toward wholesale at this point. It's just a matter of finding shops that are willing to purchase my jewelry upfront.
The search continues....
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