Jewelry

The Jewelry category focuses on the business of manufacturing, distributing, and marketing products related to jewelry.

Submit sites whose primary focus is the manufacturing, distributing and marketing of products related to jewelry.

Sites generally not listed in this category:

Online shopping: Sites that exist primarily to sell goods and services directly to the consumer should be submitted to the Shopping category. See the Shopping category description for more detail.
Local businesses: sites for companies serving a very limited geographic area -- like a single state (or equivalent), city or metro area -- should be submitted to the Regional category.
Sites that focus on providing information to consumers are listed under Home: Consumer Information. See the Consumer Information FAQ for more information.

There is a fine line between a manufacturer and a wholesaler and they sometimes overlap. Please do not submit your site to both this category and the "Wholesale and Distribution" subcategory, as one will be removed.

Associations

This category deals with official organizations within the Gem, Jewelry and metalsmithing industry.

Bead and Gemstone

Jewelry manufactured which incorporates beads and/or semi and precious gemstones.

Please see general submission guidelines for this sub category.

Conferences

This category lists major gem and jewelry industry trade shows.

Diamond

Diamond jewelry manufacturers. See also: Loose Stones/, a sub category of this which lists only loose diamond sites.

This category is for diamond jewelry manufacturers. If the site offers products to the general public it should be submitted to Shopping/Jewelry/Diamonds or if you offer diamond jewelry at wholesale prices to the trade then submit to

Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Jewelry/Diamond/Loose_Stones/Wholesale_and_Distribution/.

Choose the most relevant category and do not submit your site to more than one.

Fashion

Manufacturers of fashion and costume jewelry.

This category is for fashion and costume jewelry manufacturers. If the site offers products to the general public it should be submitted at Shopping/Jewelry/Costume

or if you offer fashion jewelry at wholesale prices to the trade then submit to

Business/Industries/Wholesale/Jewelry/Fashion/.

Choose the most relevant category and do not submit your site to more than one.

Pearl

This category provides product and service information of pearl farms, cultivation processors, pearl jewelry manufacturers so that jewelers and suppliers for jewelers can make informed purchasing decisions. Sites in this category are producers of pearls and pearl cultivation products for suppliers, wholesale and retail outlets. Sites which are primarily promotional in nature, and not significantly useful in making informed choices for pearl supplies, can be found in appropriate Business, Regional, or Shopping categories.

Pearl jewelry and supply farms and manufacturers.

Sites with only online sales of pearl jewelry (or consumer retail outlets) should be submitted to Shopping/Jewelry/Pearls.

Precious Metals

Listing of gold, silver and platinum jewelry manufacturers. Those who manufacturer only sterling silver jewelry should submit to Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Jewelry/Precious_Metals/Silver.

Please see general submission guidelines for this sub category.

Supplies

Manufacturers of jewelry supplies including; findings, components, watch parts, metal refiners, casting services, beads and gemstone cutters.

Please see general submission guidelines for this sub category.

Trade Networks

This category lists resources for the gem and jewelry industry including informational and educational resources, industry publications and electronic magazines and forums.

Watches

Category list of watch manufacturers.

If the site you are submitting is a retail site (sells to the general public) please submit it under Shopping/Jewelry/Watches

or if the site offers watches at wholesale prices to the trade, please submit to Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Jewelry/Watches/Wholesale_and_Distribution/.

Choose the most appropriate category for the listing and do not submit to more than one category.

Wholesale and Distribution

Wholesale

The Wholesale Trade sector comprises establishments engaged in wholesaling merchandise, generally without transformation, and rendering services incidental to the sale of merchandise.
The wholesaling process is an intermediate step in the distribution of merchandise. Wholesalers are organised to sell or arrange the purchase of sale of (a) goods for resale (i.e. goods sold to other wholesalers or retailers), (b) capital or durable nonconsumer goods, and (c) raw and intermediate materials and supplies used in production.
Wholesale/ contains sites of companies of whose primary focus is to purchase goods and merchandise from producers and manufacturers and to sell them to re-sellers in bulk.

Business/Wholesale_Trade

Wholesale/ lists the sites of companies which concentrate to the definition (a) above.

Companies who sell jewelry, jewelry components, loose gemstones, watches and/or jeweler''s supplies to retail establishments, re-sellers, jewelers and designers.

Companies that also sell to the general public will be considered in the Wholesale/ category only if those retail sales are a MINOR part of company''s trading. Double listing in both Shopping/ and other Business/ categories will be extremely rare and considered on a case by case basis.

If you are a jewelry manufacturer, please submit you site to Consumer_Products/Jewelry/

There is a fine line between a wholesaler and a manufacturer and they sometimes overlap. Please do not submit your site to both categories as one will be removed.

If you sell directly to the general public from your website you must submit to one of the Shopping/Jewelry/ categories.