I am trying to find good place to sell my gemstones and potentially larger quantities of rough. The stone I mine is Oregon Sunstone, which is a copper bearing feldspar material. My website right now I advertise through Meta (Facebook and Instagram) as well as on Etsy but only a few sales a month (if that). I will be attending a gem tradeshow this weekend but wondering whether anyone here has used Polygon or other such website to sell, what has been successful for you? If you’re a jeweler, where do you buy? Would you buy from someone who called you on the phone and walked you through their website? This is also something I’m doing.
Hi Brian, I wanted to ask the same question. I like your website and will go through a bit more thoroughly later, but was struck by the first ring you have displayed and it’s similarity to something I’ve recently been mining. Is that first picture on your site a sunstone?
Not sure which first picture you mean. In this snip you’ll see three photos as they appear on my website. From left to right they are 1.Oregon Sunstone (bi-color green), 2. Oregon Fire Opal and 3. Oregon Sunstone Pink. Oregon Sunstone come in a variety of colors, the most common being a champagne color similar to something between topaz and citrine.
Hi Brian,
I took a look at your website and really like what you have put together.
As to Polygon, i have personally considered this for my company but am not sure if it will produce more sales. You might ask for a free look to see what others have posted there. You might also want to ask for figures of sales for your category of gemstones.
I will suggest that you look into having a seller account for your business on Gem Rock Auctions
They only allow natural earth mined gemstones to be placed on the site. They have a global audience.
I also have the same question for years. I’m hesitant to set up anything on Instagram or Facebook because I have concerns about payments, damage a customer may do or other possible scenarios.
Any suggestions anyone has for me I’d appreciate it also.
I just looked at your site abd its very nice and straight forward. I truly dont know how one sells excellent stock without a brick and mortar store.
I used to go door to door in the jewelery district in NYC but moved 6 years ago. Im also due to health reasons trying to sell off most if my inventory.
Thank you. I had it designed by a partner company with the platform I use, WIX. They were able to put it together for me in a way that I’m able to easily manage - ie add new products and remove ones that have sold. I’m not great about blogging, something I’ve been told I need to do more. The company I used is in Oklahoma and called Shine Business Sollutions www.shine-businesssolutions.com. Amy Wopsle.
Thank you. Im good at computer programming ftom my corporate days but not good at blogging or trchy stuff.
How are you doing as far as sales? The few i looked at on your site looked to be priced reasonable but the problem i see is if i see stones for sale on line it seems like they want pennies on the dollar!!! My inventory can run from under $100 for like citrine amethyst stines to $1000s for aquas or emeralds.
That’s why i asked you and was interested because i don’t get it. TY. Ken
