I had some requests at my last market to turn some of my things into earring versions, and I was wondering where everyone buys their hooks.
I’ve done some looking, and I’m only finding hooks that are plated. I was thinking that I would want solid sterling silver and solid gold. I can’t wear plated jewelry so I certainly don’t want to sell mine that way!
I’d also really like to get French style ones that close rather than the ones that need a plastic back. I hate getting poked by the ends of fish-hook style ones. Are they popular? Do customers actually want the fish-hook ones?
Unfortunately, I didn’t really get any feedback on it other than people asking for earrings, and I didn’t think to ask about what metals or style they wanted at the time.
Or, is jewelry something not even worth messing with? I don’t want to invest in a new product that won’t pay off. This is a regular market so I will see the customers who were asking about earrings again, so theoretically, I should sell at least a few pairs to those people… or do people make requests at markets but then not actually buy when you do add what they want? Is it not actually worth investing in something entirely new for requests?
Thanks for your help!