Introduction - The million-dollar question is how do you find custom jewelry manufacturers for your jewelry brand? Where do you need to look and what to do if you haven't found already one?
- Research - We are just talking about googling a lot more straightforwardly and this sounds like common sense, but really just google the manufacturer and then the product you want to make. You will find a lot of manufacturers. Another good place to find manufacturers is actually on Instagram, put like a hashtag or like the country that you just researched. That was the best country for you to produce. We will also recommend setting up your Instagram account immediately even though, you don't have content or anything because a lot of these manufacturers may message you about the details you're needed for your business to grow. You can also maintain an Excel sheet to have records and details of all the manufacturers you have talked to.
- Choosing the right one - the next step to take is to shoot them an email and if you have found like 30 manufacturers, then email all of them which are required. How many items you would like to produce? You can ask them about their minimum order quantity because some factories only do massive orders of like fifty thousand items. If you're just starting, these are just not the factories for you. Also, ask them about shipping including the price they are going to give you, or shipping something you will need to pay extra on top of it. You can also send a drawing of the product you would like to produce, and this can be an illustrator because it needs to be clear what exactly you want in the final product.
- Sample - the next step would be a sample and this is going to be expensive because they need to do all this labor, all the setup for just one item even if you are going to produce a lot of pieces or like a higher amount than most beginners. After this sample, it's very important to ask about things you want to do in the future. It will become easier for you to just have one factory to produce everything. But it's very common to have multiple factories. It’s more common to have multiple factories for different items, that way you are also prepared for the future. If you have found a factory that can only use silver but in the future, you also want to do gold or something else, then it's nice to know that the factory you have found can do both instead of you having to find another manufacturer to start this whole process again.
Conclusion - These were the tips on how to find a good manufacturer. This will give you a little road map, so you have an idea of how to navigate through this process of finding jewelry manufacturers in USA.
