Help getting a custome jewelery business???

[superbad]

I am interested in starting a custome jewelery business but have no clue where to start. Is there a ways of learning without going to school? Even better is there a way a professional bench jeweler can create what I design and brand it under my business name??.... If that makes any sense?

Anyways I look forward to any advice! Thanks again


Cheers!

 

[denverappraiser]

You’ve got to be kidding. You plan to go into a business that you know nothing about, where you don’t understand the products, who makes them, who buys them or how to sell them and you aren’t even willing to go to school for the portions that can be taught there? Yikes.

In answer to your question, sure there’s a way. Open up a store and take a stab at it. I'm sure you can find a landlord who will be happy to take your money. I wouldn’t expect you to burn through more than a few hundred thousand dollars before you start to catch on. Most can do it with only a single decade of experience but some will take a couple more.

Neil Beaty
GG(GIA) ICGA(AGS) NAJA
Professional Appraisals in Denver

 

[oldminer]

You might be the one person among thousands who "has what it takes" to make your creative ideas into a reality and then on to successful acceptance. The road to this sort of success is littered with people who did not have enough of whatever it took. You will go to school, even if it is informally, along the way. You must be willing to learn and to struggle because what you have in mind will not be easy even if you really have ideas and talent.

You can find jewelers who will make your ideas, but you may be dismayed by what it costs. ALso, protecting your rights to ideas is highly problematic.

If you have great concepts, I suggest you make appointments with successul designers and have them sign non-disclosure agreements before you show them what you have in mind. If they love your ideas, license them to produce and disribute them. Get a piece of the action and begin to develop trade recognition. Make sure you get some credit in the marketing so your name becomes more well known.

 

[neatfreak]

Neil and Dave give great advice as always. It's a good idea in theory, but you'd need to invest lots of time and money into it first. I think it is similar to breaking into any art based enterprise, you need to be a struggling artist for awhile first, then if you get lucky and are in the right place at the right time, you might get it to work for you.