Comments on: Pricing Handmade Artisan Jewelry

By: Janet

Janet — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 03:51:17 +0000

Great article and very helpful. Pricing seems to be such a delicate matter.
Janet

By: Jeannie

Jeannie — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 19:37:58 +0000

“I feel that many of artisans underprice their jewelry – period! We feel “guilty” about asking “too much”. I mean, it is just a hobby, isn’t it? Well, not if you are trying to sell what you create – you must start thinking of your “craft” as a business.”

This is the best article on pricing jewelry that I have read up till now. Some in my family are artists and craftsman and one of the problems is what to price something at. Your article will be good to show them.

This is another market, but the idea is the same.

My mom is retired and used to sell some of her handcrafted and sculpted wood intarsia pieces in galleries for a couple thousand dollars. Others were buying her patterns and selling the finished product at craft fairs for $70 or less.

My thought is if you have something special and unique sell it at a good price. Otherwise, you make little for your time and you bring peoples ideas of what they can find these special peices priced for way down, which ruins the market. The same goes for unique jewelry.

Loved some of your pieces by the way.

By: sandra gillman

sandra gillman — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:00:58 +0000

I am opening a hat shop. A friend tht makes necklaces told me that the mark up should be uner 35% if I sell her productd in my shop is this how it is done. Thanks for any advise Sandra

By: Jodi Bombardier

Jodi Bombardier — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:11:54 +0000

Thanks, Kelli. Glad you found my article. I agree with you about those earrings and that is yet another problem when artisans don’t price appropriately which then in turn does cheapen the handmade community in a sense. I think the best way to solidify one’s work is to do shows. That way you build a clientele, you establish stability, and most importantly, the customer meets you and puts your jewelry on and sees the quality.

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By: Kelli

Kelli — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 04:15:55 +0000

Thank you so much for this great article. Yes, the creativity aspect does get lost in the shuffle when an artisan is pricing their work. I also use Eni Oken’s calculator and it was a real eye opener. Recently I was doing some market research on a certain website and was shocked to see the prices people were selling their earrings. I know the market is pretty slow, but to sell earrings for .20 was unbelievable. That price wouldn’t cover the cost of supplies. If felt as if the seller was cheapening the handmade market. Anyway, thanks for sharing and I will link to this article on a later blog post on my site. This is good information.

By: jonyGucci Handbags

jonyGucci Handbags — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:38:04 +0000

Thanks though, i’m glad some people share good stuff like this!

By: Schotzi

Schotzi — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:57:22 +0000

Thanks for this good article — I’ve been making artisan jewelry now for about 3 years and selling mostly at craft fairs — finally realize this is not worth it for me — I don’t do the $25 silver resold ring! I’ve been wanting to get into my local boutiques — I have spent the last three years perfecting my techniques — I do a lot of wire jewelry as well. I’ll check out the pricing publication you mention. Thanks for the tips.

By: beth hinchee

beth hinchee — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:45:58 +0000

Thank you for a very good article. It will be very helpful for me while I am setting up my business. I am proud of my jewelry and want to price it right. Thanks again.

By: Cleo

Cleo — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:54:36 +0000

Pricing is such a hard thing to do.
Most of my work is labour intensive and OOAK so I never would be able to price them correctly. If I count the hours I spent making a piece, I guess I would be better off cleaning offices. lol.

But it is a very good article, and I sure am going to put it against the prices I have already come up with to find out where I can adjust.

Thanks Jodi!