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Post by jess on May 17, 2016 19:06:36 GMT -5
Hi, i have a lot of crystal that i make jewellery for myself and lately, people are asking me if i'm willing to sell them. so now my question, how much do they worth? i have read that i should not sell too cheap so i though maybe asking for your advise. here a picture of it  the crystal you can see are, piece of stilbite, calcite, quartz, heulendite, analcime and.... a few that im really not sure, but sure pretty! It took me about 15min each to do, but of course way more to find them along the beach... also if someone know something else i can do with those crystals, don't hesitate  ! |
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2016 19:30:13 GMT -5
Maybe details such as cost are meaningless.
Lets start first with a couple questions.
Have you done market research?
What do others sell similar stuff for?
What are your buyers willing to pay?
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Post by jess on May 17, 2016 21:28:11 GMT -5
well that's the problem, i don't know people or store who's doing jewellery with crystal found around here.... except for one website from nova scotia who was selling them for about 80$ and was not that pretty.... ( anyway to my perspective) so then i start wondering..... i read a few post on the forum, saying how to determinate the price and not undersell the work..... so then i really start to wonder ..... i don't have a Lot of buyers cause i'm not doing business with it, but still, i don't want to let them go for nothing neither....
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Post by Pat on May 17, 2016 21:57:24 GMT -5
What do you want to get for them?
For a number, I'd say you might be able to sell them for roughly $12 to $15 each.
Good luck!
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Post by captbob on May 17, 2016 22:36:45 GMT -5
They look heavy! I can barely get my wife to wear a wire wrapped cab. Can't imagine she would go for a rough chunk of rock sitting against her chest. May be cool hanging around a rear view mirror or something like that.
Figure out what you have in each one - wire cost, rock if worth anything, plus your time and what do you come up with?
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Post by jess on May 17, 2016 22:51:26 GMT -5
Ook thank you
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Post by wampidytoo on May 18, 2016 9:34:28 GMT -5
My daughter likes large jewelry, especially long and slim pieces so anything that is not way to heavy will sell especially crystals. I sell a few cabs to a local lady and she will jump on every piece I come up with that has crystals on it. She told me that crystals are really popular now and crystal and druzy pieces sell instantly.
Artists seldom sell their work for much more than what it costs them to make it and location can play a big part in the price. Small town Wyoming isn't a place to sell art but if you can establish a customer base over time in a city or on the net you can charge more.
I hate selling but someone that is good at it (determined) it helps too. I give most of my stuff away and just sell to the one lady. I don't really need the money so I sell cabs for $12.50 to $20 and she does the wrapping. That way we both make a few bucks and are happy with it. Another lady I met buys her cabs from China for $3 and looked at me like I was in a clown costume when I said $12.50 for my pieces.
Lots of variables and differences of opinion so toss out the negative, set a price you would like to get and go for it. If what you try at first (remember the time to establish customers) try a different route, different prices or whatever it takes and you will find out whether you have a sellable product or not. I can not stress enough the time it takes to establish yourself so don't give up too quick.
Jim
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Post by rockjunquie on May 18, 2016 10:25:59 GMT -5
I think you should decide who your target buyers are and then calculate your costs including labor, material and time spent sourcing. Find out what your target buyers are spending and try to find a nice price point for yourself. I think you should be looking at mineral collectors and new age rock healer types. Once you find your niche it will be easier to determine your price. Remember- people will pay good money for some minerals whether they are wrapped or not. I even think some people might buy them and cut the wire wire off. Maybe, you could sell wrapped and unwrapped--- or, let them pick the mineral and then do a wrap for them. In other words... sell the stone and the wrap is secondary.
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Post by jess on May 18, 2016 15:49:32 GMT -5
Nice, thanks for your advise, i also love big and long pendant, the more crystal on it, the best i like it... i have a lot of rock that i let some people to choose... most of it are my friend, witch i gave it for free but then other people start asking me to buy it ...so now i think im just gonna keep the price i set first and see how it goes. The crystal in the picture doesnt look at good as they are for real because i took the picture with my phone and not a good light ... i know they will not be difficult to sell because everywhere i go... i got comment on those i wear from people i dont know and they always impress by it the only point was that i dont want to sell it to cheap, and i wanted to be fair |
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Post by Garage Rocker on May 18, 2016 16:25:45 GMT -5
J'aime les cristaux, vous allez vendre beaucoup d'entre eux. Il y a longtemps que je parlais francais. Bienvenue sur le forum.
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Post by jess on May 18, 2016 16:27:24 GMT -5
Hey ! Merci !
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Post by jess on May 18, 2016 16:33:28 GMT -5
This is one of the biggest, and i wear it as a pendant, it is a calcite, no matrix. I found that crystal at partridge island, nova scotia.  |
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Post by rock on Jun 2, 2016 17:15:49 GMT -5
So while it's tempting to ask $75 or eighty dollars for a wrapped stone, most wrapps going for that much have a bit more work and investment of materials in them. If they take you ~15 minutes, and you charge maybe $15 or $20 you are doing well in terms of your time. Realize there are jewlers who make a living wire wrapping crystals. I like to spend around 30 minutes on a piece and my average piece goes for ~$35 with about 5$ of material investment of a nice little 1$ (or found free) quartz crystal and about 4& worth of sterling wire. I would sell a piece as you have there for $10-$15 as where I live up north no one has any money  so I could sell more at that price. If it's just a passtime, then just think of a price that will make you happy because really it's very satisfying to sell what one has made and your investment is small Comming home with very little jewelry left in your box, and a pocket full of bills n_n that is another thing entirely and in this world it's often related to quantity over quality. I'm sure you will do well either way. |
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so I could sell more at that price.
