What To Send A Jewellery Factory With Your First Enquiry

A Picture Of The Thing, Or A Drawing Of It

A reference photograph, a sketch or a CAD file. This factory states its designers work from basic napkin sketches upward, so the standard is intent, not draughtsmanship. Send several angles if you have them.

Metal And Karat, With The Colour

925 silver, 9K, 10K, 14K or 18K, and white, yellow or rose. This single line changes the quotation more than any other, and it is the one most often left out.

Stone Type, Size And Grade

In millimetres where you can, because carat weight is not size. If you already own the stone, send the certificate and the measurements instead, and say whether it is drilled, in the case of pearl.

Size Or Finished Length

A finger size, a wrist measurement, or a finished chain length. For a bangle, the measurement across the closed hand. Fixed-size orders placed at distance are the most common avoidable failure in this trade.

Quantity, And Whether This Is A Sample

One sample and a hundred-piece run are quoted differently, and saying which lets the factory answer both. No minimum order quantity is published here, so a single piece is a legitimate opening order.

Market, Port And Labelling

Where it is going, how it is shipping, and whether you want your own label engraved. Market also settles karat expectations, which is why it belongs in the first email rather than the fifth.