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Wholesale Jewelry Buying Guides

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Prong-set 925 sterling silver ear climber earrings photographed on a white background

Buyer guides Best Wholesale Jewelry Suppliers for Small Businesses: What Each One Publishes The right supplier is the one whose minimum matches your shelf space. Six suppliers compared on their own published terms — minimum order, where the price break sits, and how specific the material description is. 2026-09-12 10 min read

A radiant-cut halo 925 sterling silver pave band ring photographed on a white background

Buyer guides Ring Size Guide: Why a Wholesale "Size 15" Is Not a US 15 Of 686 ring size values in a live wholesale catalogue, 252 are numbers above 13 - which cannot be US sizes at all. The three numbering systems, how to tell them apart, and the one measurement that ends the ambiguity. 2026-09-11 6 min read

A scalloped 925 sterling silver eternity ring set with round moissanite stones, photographed on a white background

Buyer guides Moissanite vs Diamond vs Cubic Zirconia: What Actually Differs Silicon carbide at Mohs ~9.5, carbon at 10, zirconium dioxide at 8.0-8.5 — with the double refraction that separates moissanite from diamond under a loupe, and what the stone actually costs across 1,125 published variants. 2026-09-11 6 min read

Prong-set 925 sterling silver ear climber earrings photographed on a white background

Buyer guides Where Do Jewelry Stores Get Their Inventory? Factories, wholesale platforms, importers, trade shows, dropship and local makers. Every step that reduces your commitment moves cost up - compared here with real published prices rather than in the abstract. 2026-09-11 6 min read

A pair of polished dome 925 sterling silver hinged hoop earrings, photographed on a white background

Buyer guides Jewelry Markup and Margin: How the Numbers Actually Work Keystone is a 100% markup and a 50% margin, and those are not the same number. The formulas, the conversion between them, and what they produce against per-piece prices from $0.14 to $163.43 across five material families. 2026-09-11 5 min read

Petite polished double loop 925 sterling silver stud earrings, photographed on a white background

Buyer guides How Much Inventory You Need to Start a Jewelry Business The same $500 is a 58-style opening range in copper and a 3-style range in moissanite, so any single 'you need $X to start' figure is assuming a material family without saying so. Worked through 1,161 published products. 2026-09-11 5 min read

A sculptural gold-plated copper crossover open-front ring photographed on a white background

Buyer guides Gold-Plated vs Gold-Filled vs Vermeil: Which Words Are Defined Vermeil needs a sterling base, 10-karat gold and 2.5 microns. Gold-filled needs 5% gold by weight. Gold-plated needs nothing at all - which is why 326 pieces spanning $0.19 to $47.48 all share the description. 2026-09-11 5 min read

Gold-plated stainless steel hoop earrings with star and moon charms, photographed on a white background

Buyer guides Wholesale Stainless Steel Earrings: What Hoops, Studs and Huggies Cost per Pair What wholesale stainless steel earrings cost by style on an 87-listing shelf: hoops, studs, huggies, drops and ear cuffs, the 1, 3 and 8 pair prices on each listing, which closures and stones are recorded, and how the steel shelf compares with copper, pearl, silver and moissanite. 2026-09-04 8 min read

Round moissanite stud earrings set in 925 sterling silver, photographed on a white background

Buyer guides Wholesale Moissanite Jewelry in 925 Silver: Real Prices and the Stone Check The full price spread of a 256-listing moissanite catalogue, why the cheapest variant on half the listings is not moissanite, what the 925 silver label rests on, and a worked 32-piece first order at the 8-unit step. 2026-09-04 9 min read

Radiant-cut halo pavé band ring in 925 sterling silver, photographed on a white background

Buyer guides Sterling Silver Moissanite Rings at Wholesale: Sizes, Stone Options and Price How 46 sterling silver moissanite ring listings are actually priced and sized: no ring changes price by size, ten change price by stone, and a first order should be a size test rather than a size run. 2026-09-04 8 min read

Irregular polished 925 sterling silver wavy hoop earrings, photographed on a white background

Buyer guides Sterling Silver Earrings Wholesale for a Small Boutique Order: Hoops, Huggies and Studs by the Pair What a boutique's first order of 925 sterling silver earrings costs when the card needs twelve designs rather than two hundred pairs of one: hoops, huggies and studs priced by the pair, the two quantity steps that apply, and two worked orders at $82.14 and $189.84. 2026-09-04 8 min read

A gold-plated stainless steel chain bracelet with tennis-racket and pearl-effect charms, photographed on a white background

Buyer guides Stainless Steel Bracelets Wholesale: Price List by Style (Chain, Tennis, Charm, Bangle) A per-style price list for stainless steel bracelets at wholesale: tennis, charm, chain-link and pearl-accent bracelets plus open-cuff and hinged bangles, with the 1, 3 and 8 piece prices on each listing, the recorded clasps, plating and stones, and how steel compares with copper, silver and moissanite. 2026-09-04 10 min read