Monday, 24 March 2014

How To Get A Discount On Diamond Jewelery





How To Save A Fortune On Diamond Products



Diamonds are one of the most expensive natural resources in the world, due to their rarity, and their perceived value as a gift, for example their use in engagement rings.

However, there is a large difference in price between a raw diamond, and a finished item sold in an offline jewelry store.

If you shop at one of these retail outlets, you are paying the largest possible price for a ring, or a bracelet or necklace.

The reason is simple, you pay for the cost of the materials, plus the cost of labor making the piece, the profit margin from wholesale to retail, the cost of rent for the business premises, the cost of employees wages, etc.

There are so many costs involved in keeping an offline business in business, they have to make hundreds of dollars a day in profit just to stay open.

In comparison, you can buy directly from the factory outlet, buying online from the company's website or Facebook page, and save over half of the overall price.

One such jewelry manufacturer is It's Hot, running itshot.com. They are an American company, based in New York, and have been in business for over twenty years, with ten of those years selling successfully online.

They have a business premises, and you can find out where they are and their opening hours by visiting their Facebook page Discount Diamonds.

On the Facebook page, you can get an extra 5% discount off any of the products on the itshot.com site, which already have discounts of over 50% on the regular retail price, and you can use this coupon code over and over again!


Comparison To Other Ways To Buy Jewelry Cheaper


In comparison to other ways of buying jewelry online, this is one of the largest possible savings, but by looking at similar items sold through Amazon and eBay, you might be able to find a cheaper price. 

Some of the sellers will be selling second hand, some will be manufacturers and others will be selling on commission for manufacturers. 

Some of them will be in countries like China, with a good exchange rate, while others will be in America or a western country with a bad exchange rate. 

Nevertheless, it's probably a good idea to check out the competition if you're going to make a purchase of this size. 

Click on the Amazon logo in the sidebar and do a search for whatever you're looking for, and check the prices relative to similar carat weight diamond and gold products on the It's Hot site. 

Remember that this site is trusted, and has been around for about a decade, with literally millions of products sold, while any seller on Amazon or eBay is only as trustworthy as their rating. 

What I think you will find is that if you visit facebook.com/discount diamonds, get the coupon code for liking the page, and buy a product off the itshot.com site after doing a search for products in your price range, you will get the best value price on diamond jewelry that you will ever find online.



Thursday, 20 March 2014

How Do You Save Money On Jewelry?


http://www.itshot.com/engagement-rings/cheap-diamond-engagement-rings.aspx

There are a lot of different ways you can save money on the cost of buying jewelry, whether online, or offline.

In this post, I talk about different methods of getting the best bargains in the world on bracelets, watches, rings, earrings, and more.

Diamond jewelry, gold, rubies and emeralds all cost a similar price no matter where you get them, if you're buying the raw materials wholesale.

The manufacturing process adds a reasonable amount to the value, and then it depends where you buy as to how much you will have to pay.


 Don't Buy From Your Local Offline Jeweler


If you buy from your local jeweler, you could be paying more than twice the actual value of the items, because they have to make a profit on their purchase, while also having to pay the rent for their business premises.

They have to pay the wages of their workers, and sometimes for television advertising, Yellow pages ads, electricity, taxes, and all of that.

By buying closer to the source, you can get the same products for less than half the price, which is obviously a huge saving.

How To Buy Jewelry From A Factory Outlet 


It's not always easy to visit a factory where they make jewelry in person, but you can find their websites online, and buy from there at a huge discount. 

Let's say you were looking for a cheap engagement ring. The best place to look would be on itshot.com, who sell beautiful rings with real diamonds for as low as a hundred dollars!

Here's an example, a sterling silver, 0.05 carat diamond engagement ring for $99.00! This is the cheapest in their engagement ring collection, the prices go up to over two hundred thousand dollars. 

There are thousands of items to choose from, all different types of diamond, gold, emerald, ruby, and silver jewelry. 

The average saving is over 50%, and in some cases, you can save up to 90% of the regular retail price of an offline store. 


Other Ways To Save


There are other ways to get a bargain, for example you can shop on Amazon or eBay, (click on the logo in the sidebar to browse Amazon searches). You can visit your local pawn store or secondhand trader. 

If you look on a site like Ali Baba, you may be able to find something cheaper than on the It's Hot site by buying from a Chinese manufacturer, but there is no guarantee of the quality. 

Really, you'd be silly not to do all your jewelry shopping on the It's Hot site because they're an American company, they're based in New York, and they have been in business for over thirty years, satisfying a lot of customers over that time, in America, and around the world through their website. 





Friday, 7 March 2014

Introduction To Body Modification



 The following is an excerpt from Body Art Learner's Guide by Michael Anthony Alberta. To find out more, check out his other posts on bodypiercingjewelryshop.com such as this article on sub-dermal implants.

What follows is only a description of what happens with the kinds of body modification discussed here.

As such, the information is intended both for those who want to get body modification done (hence the recommendations on quality jewelry and so forth) and for the body modders themselves.

But I need to make it clear: the information in this chapter is a partial demonstration only, not meant as a how-to. It’s only a brief description of body modification.

I won’t get as detailed here as I’ve done in the sections on tattooing simply because I strongly believe that at this level, it’s mandatory to learn stuff strictly in person, on a teacher-student platform.

In fact, I urge all of you reading this to seek out formal apprenticeship in all avenues—but especially this one.



Resources On Body Modification And Body Art


Hands-on training is a must when tweaking a human at this level. Many informative Web sites, for example BME and Tribalectic, offer a wealth of knowledge in this arena. Check them out.

On a deeper note, those who understand the evolutional and spiritual element of body modification open up to a new paradigm, if you will.

They agree that the pain that comes along with the process is a divine opportunity both to connect with their mortal humanity and to experience their infinite self.

Eventually some of us are able to transcend the physical. But you gotta earn your keep. I forgot where I heard it, but someone said there is no beauty without pain.

There’s also a popular saying in Russia that means "Beauty demands sacrifice." It’s similar to the way body builders “feel the burn” to increase the size of their muscles. Same principle, different route.

In this book’s sections on tattooing, great care was taken to describe the environment, the machine, the equipment, the pitfalls, and so forth prior to getting to the practice and technique of tattooing.

The same amount of care and attention would seem to be required for this material, if not more so, since it involves surgical procedures—but here I’m taking the opposite approach, because telling people how to go about it frame-by-frame would only encourage the DIY crowd to try this stuff unsupervised.