Diamonds are a girl’s best friend. At least, that’s the common notion. In fact, women spend thousands of dollars every year purchasing jewelry. It’s no surprise, then, that jewelry is big business. In 2004 alone, Americans spent more than $57.4 dollars on jewelry and watches, a rise of almost seven percent from 2003.
Business doesn’t stop with the selling of jewelry. Women, and to a lesser extent, men, purchase jewelry and wear some of it on a daily basis. The problem is jewelry gets dirty. And, people don’t always have the time and/or the resources to clean and polish their jewelry. Unfortunately for jewelry wearers, soap and water doesn’t do the trick. Those who have tried it can attest that soap only dulls gold and silver. Fine jewelry requires even finer care.
Become part of the booming jewelry industry by offering a mobile jewelry cleaning service. Clients will call you to set up an appointment. You go to their homes or offices (wherever they prefer), clean their jewelry and receive a check or cash as payment. Easy as that.
**Note** You’ll want to discuss licensing and bonding with your insurance company, especially since you may be working with valuable jewelry. This will ensure that if anything happens to the jewelry you are legally protected. It’s always better to be safe than sorry.
So, how do you clean jewelry? Well, it’s a small investment, but you’ll want to check out the Speed Brite Ionic Cleaning System. (A quick Google search, and you should find plenty of sites selling the system, or you can purchase it here: Julie’s Jewels.) In short, with the aid of Brite Ionic Cleaning System, you can clean all types of silver, gold and all jewels. Perhaps the biggest advantage of this system is it can clean even the softer jewels-emeralds, opals, turquoise and pearls, to name just a few-without causing damage.
With the Brite Ionic Cleaning System, you have to do very little work. The system is actually a small machine that uses a special cleaning solution. Simply place the jewelry in the machine and it will clean and polish the pieces. The Brite Cleaning System is an investment-you’ll pay a little over $300 for one. However, depending on what you charge per cleaning, you’ll likely quickly pay for the cost of the machine.
Of course, if you know of a more effective method of cleaning jewelry, by all means, use that system to get your business started. You may find it works just as well but later decide to invest in the Brite Ionic Cleaning System once business takes off.
To find clients, you might consider placing ads in local papers and sticking flyers on cars in office parking lots. You could offer convenient “lunch-time jewelry” cleaning to office workers. You might rent a booth at the mall or even have a table at craft shows, flea markets and other public events. You may get new clients and also pique a lot of interest from passersby at the same time.
Resources:
http://www.shakeandsparkle.com/?directLoad&uid=7082D7355E14321D00991331C3874C0F
http://fastfixdallas.com/jejetjest.html
http://www.fetpak.com/whstore/main.pl/more_info?JC4
http://jewelry.about.com/cs/gemcare/a/diamond_jewelry.htm
http://jewelsmall.com/cleaner.html?OVRAW=cleaning%20jewelry&OVKEY=cleaning%20jewelry&OVMTC=standard&OVADID=4398299021&OVKWID=44794024021
http://jewelrymaking.about.com/od/polishingmetaljewelry/a/012008.htm
January 2, 2010
