Save on Silver Charms, Silver Pendents and Silver Jewelry Findings! On Friday Oct. 28 at 5pm we lowered our silver prices 13% in response to the recent decrease in global silver prices. This effectively rolls back the 15% price increase we had in August.
As a result of our 6-8 week production schedule, we have not actually received any inventory at the lower prices. We decided to lower prices anyway because we understand that in this difficult economic climate every cent counts. We hope these lower prices help you launch a fabulous holiday season!
New Tree of Life Pendant
New Leaf Charm
New Puzzle Piece Charm
Silver Prices for Charms and Pendants have been volatile in recent months. We had a price increase in early April, a price decrease in late June, and now with silver in the low $40s, we must raise our prices again. Effective August 9th at 5pm Pacific time, our prices will increase 15% on all sterling silver and gold plated styles. As recently demonstrated, if silver prices drop and remain there for a sustained amount of time, we’ll roll back prices.
All orders placed before August 9th at 5pm will be processed at the lower prices. However, effective immediately, all back orders and special orders will be at the new prices. Existing backorders will remain at lower prices.
We are pleased to be able to offer a lower cost alternative in our new bronze line, available in natural and silver plated finish. They will remain at current pricing and are not affected by the increase on sterling silver and gold plated styles. Our gold plated bronze will be available in several weeks and will have pricing tied to the metals market just like the sterling silver.
Please note that orders will be processed and pulled as we normally do: orders with expedited shipping (UPS Overnight, 2-Day, and 3-Day) are pulled before UPS Ground and Priority Mail orders. UPS Ground and Priority Mail orders are processed in the order received. This is important to keep in mind because we may run out of stock on some items and backorders will be at the higher price.
We understand these are challenging times. We are working hard to present options to help you, our valued customers, continue to thrive in this economy. Thankfully there are still many women who can afford to invest in heirloom quality jewelry made from precious metals. For those who love our designs but can no longer afford them due to the increased costs of sterling silver, we are excited to present our new bronze line. We have fifteen new bronze styles expected in the next few weeks, and more are in the pipeline.
We hope with these various options, we have something that will work for you. Thank you for your business and understanding.
Nina Cooper
Silver charms and findings always find purpose. Although the world seems to be in a constant state of change, jewelry historically has found a place in the hearts of men and women alike. No matter the state of the economy, the desire for jewelry never ceases to exist. The beautiful ornamental jewelry that hang around our necks and dangle from our ears exist as a reminder of hope. Even when the world looks gray, it is most important to continue to focus on what is beautiful and what makes us happy.
For us involved in the silver industry, it may seem like we’ve been handed a double-edged sword in the past few months. Not only are we trying to climb out of economic depression, but the price of silver has been all over the place. What a combo! Staying optimistic about the fate of our businesses tends to be a challenge. I urge you to remind yourself that jewelry is a stronghold. Women will always want jewelry. Even if we have to budget, jewelry is important to us. Happy little silver charms and shimmering gems have an incredible ability to lift our spirits. Keep making jewelry and keep lifting those spirits!
Remember, we just decreased our prices on all sterling silver and gold vermeil jewelry findings by 9%. Shop our new styles today.
American women in uniform, 1942
Miriam Haskell, renowned jewelry designer and friends with Coco Chanel, opened her first boutique in 1926 and made her mark during the height of the Depression!
Silver Charms price reduction at last! I am both excited and relieved to announce that we can finally revoke our last price increase. Effective immediately we are dropping our prices on all silver and gold vermeil items by 9%. I know how difficult these high prices have been for everyone. The silver market is a volatile and complicated creature with little regard for the needs of artists or small businesses. We will continue to watch closely and keep our fingers crossed that prices will fall again. To help buffer the price of silver, we are also introducing a new bronze line in our most popular styles. The bronze will be offered in a beautiful, warm, natural finish at less than 50% of the silver price. It will also be offered in silver and gold plate. We are using the same thickness of plating that we currently use for our vermeil style gold plated sterling silver. Bronze items will start to arrive at the end of August. I hope you all have a fabulous summer!
Our Silver Pendants, Charms and Jewelry Findings are winging their way across the country on the pages of our new catalog. If you don’t receive yours in the next week or so, give us a call and we’ll send you one. This catalog is the first one that does not have printed prices. The Silver Market has been so volatile that any price we set would have been instantly obsolete. Instead, we added a printable price sheet to our website that we will update as needed. You can download the price sheet any time you want. Just remember to check the website to be sure the prices are still accurate if you are referencing a price sheet you printed at an earlier date. We do apologize for the inconvenience. We hope that it is offset by the user friendly modifications we made to both the catalog and the website. What do you think of the new edition?
Paper for Printing the Catalog
Silver Prices for Charms and Pendants have been volatile in recent months with a much publicized plunge from $48 oz to $32 oz in the span of a few days at the end of April and the beginning of May. We were hoping that the price of silver would stay in the low $30s so that we could lower prices, but it has floated back up.
Our last price increase on April 7th brought our prices up to match silver in the high $30s, which is where we are now. We were just about to raise prices again in late April to reflect silver in the high $40s when the silver price tumbled. With a sigh of relief, we canceled the increase. For the moment, our prices will remain where they are. If silver falls to the low $30s and remains there for a sustained amount of time we should be able to roll back prices.
Another factor that may impact prices this year is that Congress has not renewed the GSP (Generalized System of Preferences), a program designed to promote economic growth in developing countries. The GSP usually allows us to import from Thailand and Indonesia without paying import duties. Since January 1st, 2011 we have had to pay these additional taxes, which are not included in our price structure. We are hoping the GSP bill will be renewed soon, but at some point, if it isn’t, the taxes will have to be included in our pricing model.
I wish I had better pricing news but I wanted to give everyone a frank evaluation of the market. Silver seems to have reclaimed its place as a precious metal. As consumers adjust, they will start to see purchases of silver jewelry as an investment. For those who find silver out of reach, our bronze line will start arriving mid to late summer. It looks stunning and the price points are very affordable. We will have natural, silver plated and gold plated bronze. Our most popular charms and pendants will be the first styles available.
Thank you for your business and your continued patience!
Nina
Rising Silver Prices
As many of you are aware, the cost of silver in the market has continued to soar. It is currently 35% higher than it was when we last increased our prices in January. We have postponed our price increase in the hope that the market would calm but at this point we have to accept the new, higher prices. Our new prices will go into effect on Thursday, April 7th at 5pm. There is no flat across the board percent increase for this price adjustment. In anticipation of our new catalog, which will ship in a few weeks, we evaluated each style one by one to determine the lowest possible price we could set and still remain viable.
All orders placed before April 7th will be processed at the lower prices. However, effective immediately, all backorders and special orders will be at the new prices. Existing backorders will remain at lower prices.
Please note that orders will be processed and pulled as we normally do: orders with expedited shipping (UPS Overnight, 2-Day, and 3-Day) are pulled before UPS Ground and Priority Mail orders. UPS Ground and Priority Mail orders are processed in the order received. This is important to keep in mind because we may run out of stock on some items and backorders will be at the higher price.
We know what a toll these constant price increases are having on everyone’s ability to market affordable jewelry. I think we need to focus on marketing silver as a precious metal that is still much less expensive than gold. It will take the public time to adjust to this new positioning. In the meantime, we are developing bronze versions of our designs that will be priced significantly below silver. We expect to begin offering bronze styles by July.
Thank you for your patience and understanding. We appreciate your business!
Silver Charms are more precious than ever! If you have been following the silver market, you know that prices have continued to rise. In response, we are raising our prices once again. I know how difficult these increases are, especially with the economy so fragile. I wish I could do something about it but for the moment, escalating metal prices are a fact of life.
On January 14th at 5 pm Pacific time, our prices will increase 22%. All orders placed before then will be processed at the lower prices. However, effective immediately, all back orders and special orders will be at the new prices. Existing backorders will remain at lower prices. We apologize in advance that many of our styles are sold out as the result of a busier than expected holiday season. We have ordered replacement inventory but it won’t arrive before the price increase.
Please note that orders will be processed and pulled as we normally do: orders with expedited shipping (UPS Overnight, 2-Day, and 3-Day) are pulled before UPS Ground and Priority Mail orders. UPS Ground and Priority Mail orders are processed in the order received. This is important to keep in mind because we may run out of stock on some items and backorders will be at the higher price.
15% DISCOUNT on all silver and gold at our Tucson 2011 tradeshow! Come visit us in Tucson at the Holiday Inn Holidome, #733 from February 3-11th. Limited tradeshow quantities available.
In this type of market, re-branding silver jewelry as heirloom material is essential. The rising price of precious metals has been in the news, so your customers may be more aware of its investment value. Any marketing materials that stress these qualities are a plus. Your jewelry is precious and unique. We are working hard on designs to keep you inspired!
As you know, we implemented a significant price increase today. We tried to lighten the blow by giving everyone a weeks notice. Unfortunately, during that time, the price of silver increased steeply once again. As a result, we have had to increase prices 28% instead of the previously announced 20%. We apologize for this. The market has clearly gone insane. We hope we won’t have to raise prices again for awhile, but all indicators point to higher and higher prices.
Silver continues its steep climb.
We all need to hold on tight as silver shifts from an everyday product to an affordable luxury. It may take some time for consumers to accept this shift, but many large multi-national companies like Tiffany’s are pouring advertising dollars into the effort. Gold is increasing as quickly as silver, pricing many people out of the market. These customers are already responding to silver’s appeal as an affordable precious metal.
We will continue to work hard to provide you with amazing designs and helpful marketing ideas in the months to come.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Silver up 27%
Once again, the price of silver is surging upwards at a dizzying pace. It has risen over 27% in seven short weeks. After years of getting tossed about by volatile silver prices, I thought I had seen it all but this latest advance is even more extreme, eclipsing the spring of 2008 and taking silver to a new 30 year high. Even as we scramble to adjust, silver shows no signs of slowing its steep ascent. Today’s price may seem cheap next month. Conversely, we could see a sharp fall in prices if speculators decide to cash in on their profits. Amidst the uncertainty, we have to take it one day at a time.
Silver prices are influenced by many factors including the price of gold, demand from investment funds, the value of the dollar and industrial demand. Click here for a more detailed explanation.
I have learned from past experience that it takes time for the public to adjust to sudden increases in the cost of silver. The lower end of the market will inevitably migrate toward cheaper alternatives. Nevertheless, as some people are priced out of silver jewelry, others are priced out of gold. In response, there is a trend to accept silver as the sister precious metal to gold. Major retailers like Tiffany are pouring money into campaigns to persuade the public that silver is both precious and a good investment.
I realize that our price increase announced this week is steep and poorly timed (20% increase for silver and 26% increase for gold plate, effective October 18th, 2010). I want you to know that I would not have done it if I had any alternative. All we can do, together, is create jewelry so beautiful that women will want it at any price! Thank you for your business and for your understanding.
