Where do you meet other jewellery retailers? Where do you talk about the very specific issues that affect your business? Chances are you don’t.

There are business forums out there, but how much advice can a web designer or a bricklayer give you about your jewellery displays? There are forums dedicated to making and selling your own jewellery, but how many retailers frequent these?

This is why we’ve created what we think is the first dedicated Jewellery Retailer Forum. The forum is for you, the Retailer. It’s a forum where you can ask any question about your business that springs to mind, and receive answers and advice from fellow jewellery business owners.

It’s completely anonymous – you don’t even have to create an account or log in. Just ask your question, make your point, or answer somebody else’s question. Feel free to post specific industry related questions without your competitors knowing it’s you. You have nothing to lose from participating in the forums, and everything to gain.

So who is welcome? Jewellery shop owners, gift shop and hair salon owners who sell jewellery, shoe shop owners who have jewellery displays, jewellery party planners, market traders, ebay sellers, eCommerce jewellery businesses. Anyone who sells jewellery is welcome.

Take a look at the forums, and get started!

Today we launched our new credit card payment option. This is in addition to PayPal and the telephone payments we currently take, and will make it easier for those without PayPal accounts to pay for their orders.

As many of you know, PayPal often has a problem with business credit cards. Customers who wish to use business credit cards, or customers who might prefer to pay directly by credit card rather than PayPal, can now do so by selecting Payment Option 1 on the final payment page.

Credit card payments are only accepted when customers are paying in Sterling, and using either a Mastercard or a Visa credit or debit card. Customers who wish to pay by UK switch, solo, or maestro cards or who wish to pay in Euro, should continue to use the PayPal payment option.

Our second Spring Collection is now available. This update contains some great new necklaces and bracelets in bright, summer colours, as well as a large selection of CZ bracelets and necklaces. Some of these items were popular sellers from last year, but many are new, fresh pieces that we feel will prove to be very strong sellers.

We’re very happy with the quality of these new designs, as they have been finished to an excellent standard.

It’s been some time since we’ve had ladies watches available for sale, but that all changed yesterday. We now have over 50 high class ladies watches available. These watches come in presentation boxes, and we recommend that they be sold on at £20-£35.

Three weeks ago, we introduced a 10% discount for customers who chose to have their jewellery shipped in its original factory packaging, as opposed to re-packaged by us into display packaging. This offer was only applicable to orders above £100, and the response was very positive. Almost all customers repeatedly chose factory packaging at the lower price.

As a result, we are changing our packaging options. Henceforth, all jewellery will be shipped in its original packaging. For the small number of customers who may wish to purchase display packaging, we will be extending our packaging catalogue accordingly. We will of course check each item carefully before it is shipped to ensure quality is not affected.

But what about the 10% discount?

A price reduction has already been applied to every item in our catalogue. Your £150 order of yesterday will cost you £136.50 today.