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Wholesale sterling silver jewelry Insider Secrets
By Greg Peterson
Have you seen similar silver sold at price difference of two to three times from different retailers? Have you ever wondered how retailers mark up the after they get them from the venders? Here we will show you the wholesale trading secrets of sterling silver jewelry.

Price per gram

The most important piece of information for determining the price of a piece of sterling silver is the price per gram of the silver. This is the fundamental raw material cost of a piece of sterling silver due to the fact that silver is considered a precious metal. For instance, the price for silver is $9.5 per ounce, the price per gram is determined by dividing the price per ounce by 31.5, which is 30 cents. Therefore, the cost for the raw material for a 5 gram wedding band ring is roughly $1.5. Some might wonder why people would pay $30 for a silver wedding ring when the silver only cost $1.5. The followings will explain the difference.

Labor cost

To turn raw material into finished goods, it involves a great deal of processing cost. The metal itself has to be melted, molded and cast, polished and assembled. Most of the times, silver is accented with various stones, the costs for setting the stones are also a major part of the total cost for jewelry, especially for that requires high level of craftsmanship.

Other materials

Also, the costs for any additional material are added to the jewelry. For instance, a pair silver pearl dangle earrings that has two cultural fresh water pearls with rhodium finish should cost double the price of the silver to make because of the cost of the pearl and rhodium. Note that rhodium is even more expensive than silver itself and it is high tarnish

resistant.

Shipping cost

Many styles of are imported from other countries because of difference in availability of raw materials such as stones and also the specialties in making some particular styles. Hence the shipping cost of transporting is also part of the cost. Usually, for imported sterling silver jewelry, the shipping cost can amount to 10% of what it costs to make the themselves.

Custom Duties

For the same reasons, imported incurs duties at the custom. This is a cost that normal consumers are not aware of but it can also increase the price of sterling silver for 5% to 10%.

Price fluctuations

Some sterling silver trader, especially wholesaler would associate the price of the with the current silver price. Therefore, the price of a piece of sterling silver might be different from month to month, and even day to day in the case of wholesale.

Business Overhead

Just like any other business, the sales have to cover also the overhead of running the business. Normal overhead costs are employees’ salaries, rent, utilities and breakage.

Profit

Of course, the price you pay includes the profit for the sellers.

By knowing the above facts, you can make much more informed decisions when buying wholesale sterling silver and most importantly, avoid scams. There are occasions when people make fake silver and sell them at a very low price. If you know how to determine the cost of a piece of silver jewelry, you won’t buy into deals where they offer you a price that is lower than the normal cost of real sterling silver jewelry
Greg Peterson got his MBA from MIT business school and is now working as marketing manager for jewelry distributors featuring wholesale sterling silver jewelry and wholesale hip hop jewelry featuring cubic zirconia stones

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