Jewelry Business Q&A | Etsy VS Shopify, Social Media & Pricing, Sourcing Gemstones, Casting, etc.
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- Опубліковано 25 січ 2024
- Our very first Q&A! Thank you to everyone who submitted questions! These are all questions that I pretty regularly get about my jewelry business so I hope this video was helpful to you! 💕
If you're interested inn getting into this craft whether it be wax carving, soldering, silversmithing etc, I have a lot of what you will need listed in my Amazon Storefront. I do make a small commission if you use this link but at no cost to you!
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I would appreciate a whole business video about LLC, DBC, EIN, etc..taxes all that! :)
I’ll definitely plan this one for the future 💜💜
I subscribed in order to watch this future video 🙂
Im shutting down my etsy this year to open my own website so this video came at the perf time!
That’s exciting!!! 🎉 is there any way that you can start up your website before you close Etsy? That way you can share your website on thank you card and pull some people over? 💜
Hi ! Thanks a lot to take Time to share ! Please how do you organize your day between your fulltime job, your children and your jewelry business ? 🙏
Honestly, the only way I make it work is to stay up long after everyone goes to bed. 😭 I also dedicate most of my weekends to my work. I try to be fair to my family and if we want to do something on the weekend, we do it during the day and then the second half of the day is spent working on jewelry, editing, website updating, etc.💜 I also just can't do it "all" like I used to lol, I don't make dinner every night or keep up with cleaning like i'd like to, but everyone pitches in and we do our best. 💜 It’s not easy but doable! 💜
@@MiteraMade Thanks a lot for your answer, you are admirable. I Hope one day get strengh and courage like you !
This advice is so great. Thank you.
Can you PLEASE make a video solely dedicated to sanding/polishing from start to finish? xx
Absolutely! I just filmed this last night and will be sharing it for this weeks video ☺️💜
You're an angel! I learn so much from your videos. You have a gift at teaching
Love your videos,Thank you for taking time to share! Did you know that Pepetools now carries an engraving adapter for your hammer hand piece? It’s pretty affordable (under $100 I think), It could be a great addition in the mean time and if it works well enough maybe an entire engraving system wouldn’t be necessary.
Thank you so much! 🥹💜 and WHAT!? How did I not know about this, THANK YOU 💀😂😂😂 let me start googling!!! 🫢🫢
The actual shrinkage amount will vary from things like the wax model, metal thickness, temperature of the flask, etc. If the flask is hot enough so that thermal expansion of the flask is the same as the metal, there will be no shrinkage. Shrinkage is more of an issue with rubber molding and injecting wax since the rubber mold shrinks a bit, the wax shrinks and so on. You have a system that works for you, keep at it and nice work!
Thank you so much for this super detailed explanation!!! 🙏🏻💜🎉
Very welcome@@MiteraMade
Great insights building my kilm yet finishing the door need to go to hardware store few nuts and bolts haha
You should do elf ears, that would be totally cute and attract attention!
thank you for your vid 🙂
I’m glad you enjoyed it! 💜
i sold one item on etsy and they permanently banned my account because i used the same wifi as someone who had gotten previously banned :-( they still have my money from that item too!
thanks for all your information!
Hi! Would it be possible to share how you found your metal caster? xoxo
That’s right 👏🏻✨🫶🏼 I love you and I love these videos❤
Thank you!! I love you more 🥹💜
There are a lot of videos that compare platforms but no one is explaining how are taxes being collected for Non-Etsy platforms. Example: If someone from Idaho buys something how is that tax being collected and are you then responsible to pay Idaho the tax you collected? What is that process. This is the main reason I haven’t switched. Not sure if I’m referencing this correctly
Microscope, yes!
It’s better to have your own website, because most of the platforms nowadays, they charge you a fee for posting your stuff on their platforms and at the end of the year, they send you the tax form of your earnings and you have to report it to the IRS. I’m not sure but if you can promote your stuff on the social media, that will be great because you can also post your website. Wish you the best. Have a wonderful day 😊✌️
I’ve got the air do x graver machine on my list from Pepe tools but it ain’t cheap lol
Do you use a metal roller?
Great video. Some very good information and insight.
I have a question. When you used a casting service. What did they charge you per gram? For gold and silver. And was there any other fees?
Thank you so much! Every caster is different in what they charge but my caster charged for the silver (I don’t remember cost per gram, it fluctuates all the time), a sprung fee (maybe $4) and then the shipping fee ($8) 🙏🏻
Did you open up your business before you started buying your tools or after?
I would like to know how to get started in this. Do I buy a silversmithing kit or something?
I have a whole video on how I go started, hopefully it can be a good roadmap for you. 💜 I also have the essential tools listed in my Amazon storefront linked in the description🙏🏻💜
@@MiteraMadeThanks!
I'm not sure if you've mentioned before, but what electric wax pen do you use/where did you buy yours?
the plug in one that is, not the battery operated
I use the Arbe Wax pen! I love it! 💜💜
@@MiteraMade Thank you!!
How can I get that caterpillar eyebrow look ? Do you think that look would work on a man ?
Of course! NYX brow pencil in Espresso and you’re good to go! 🎉💜
Hey! Whaddya got against child labor? Some of the deepest, most dangerous mines i own wouldn't have been possible without being hand dug by child labor. 🙂
بما انني احب مشاهدة محتواك ، اقترح عليك ان تنتقل الى صياغة المجوهرات عبر المكبس الهيدروليكي ، هناك مجال واسع للتصاميم ، وابداع وسهولة وحرفية ايضا ❤❤
I has hundreds of handmade books refunded around cov-d and another woman requested a refund the same day i confirmed it eas sent by registered post. They didnt even check. I refused to allow them to take the refunded money from my account. The books were in the hands of the buyers.
🤍🖤🧊💎💎
U should make some jewelry with moissanite 🤍🖤all kinds of colored stone varieties as well🧊💎
I just ordered my first few Moissanite gemstones, I’m really excited to work with them! 💜💜💜
@@MiteraMade can't wait to see you upload those videos when you get/use them💪🏼🤍🖤🧊💎
Don’t wear sandals when you pour hot metals!
Yeaaa, that makes sense. Lol
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