On the Business of Selling Costume Jewelry and Wine Charms

Theatre Mask Comedy and Tragedy Wine Charm Set

Happy Father's Day! Today, I want to discuss costume jewelry and wine charms - the making and selling of these, specifically. So, it's a bit absurd to be frank, to, say, purchase jewelry making parts on, say, Amazon or Walmart, create a zipper pull bracelet charm, let's say, and see on Amazon or Walmart the same exact design being sold, only 11 of them for the same price you're trying to sell one of them for, and they're functional items for knitting, now, not even bracelet charms.

Now, wine charms are these charms on hoops that we used to call earrings, but again, you can buy 10 of these for the same price as a pair of earrings, but as functional non-jewelry items, like wine charms, which legit companies like Waterford used to make with beautiful crystal and sterling silver snowflakes in unique little designs that matched each one of their original crystal glassware. How posh, right? Whatever rule Walmart has against selling jewelry on their site can be completely ignored by calling jewelry something functional. I might call everything I make a keychain, but at the end of the day, I can't sustain a business if all I'm doing is using parts to create designs that will ultimately turn up and be sold for a 1/10th of what I paid for the parts! Anyway, for however long the store will exist, come browse like you're looking inside a museum or a doll diorama, the same way all the music I grew up listening to and loving enough to buy is nowhere to be heard anymore, with Grok telling X users I'm "experimenting" with metal now (and by metal, I mean '80s-early '90s heavy metal like Dokken, Ratt, Extreme; I do not mean thrash punk-metal like Metallica).

Another thing: Setting up a store on Go Daddy will make you charge either everyone internationally the same or choose only a US customer base. Either way, try competing with zipper pull sellers in the knitting department. Who wouldn't want lobster clasps with snowflake charms danging all over your muffler/scarf as you knit your masterpiece? They set a mood.

Cheers with a wine charm set!