Comments on: Does anyone have any wholesale suppliers of beads for jewellery making? I hear China can be good?

By: Lenny

Lenny — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:15:59 +0000

In spite of all the bad press concerning China products, there are actually many serious and dependable suppliers hoping to sell to the world. Search through a sourcing site like http://www.GlobalSources.com.

They have a ‘supplier verification’ system to weed out the serious exporters from the problematic ones. If you choose one of their ‘verified suppliers’, you’ll get someone who has undergone thorough checks and inspections. In fact, I have found a big list of jewellery suppliers here.

References :
http://www.globalsources.com/gsol/GeneralManager?point_search=on&page=search%2FProductSearchResults&product_search=on&supplier_search=off&article_search=off&type=new&search_what=1&query=jewellery+making&point_id=3000000149681&catalog_id=2000000003844&from=&loc=t&AGG=N&action=GetPoint&action=DoFreeTextSearch

By: zzorg

zzorg — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:50:59 +0000

There are several Chinese trading marketplaces which operate in English. For instance, you could try to subscribe to Trade Alerts (free service – e.g. here: http://cdetc.com/tradealerts.php ) – enter terms to monitor (acrylic beads or glass beads or crystal beads – you got the idea) and receive alerts when matching lead from a supplier appears. By setting up free account, you’ll be able to post your own buying leads, too.

Those marketplaces show huge turnovers, in particular between Chinese suppliers and US buyers – so all import matters are well known, and people there are friendly and willing to help newbies – just spend some time and communicate with people.
References :
http://cdetc.com/tradealerts.php