Guides
Guides for jewellers
Practical, no-fluff guides from a working custom jeweller on pricing, quoting and running a jewellery workshop. Everything here is how I actually do it at the bench.
Pricing & quoting
How to price custom jewellery without underselling yourself
A repeatable method to cost a piece fully, charge for your skill, and check your margin before you send.
Pricing the centre stone and the ring separately, in one quote
Why the centre stone needs its own margin, and how to still show the client one clean total.
Lab-grown vs natural diamonds: how to price and present both
Price each on its own terms and offer both as clean options, so the client chooses and your margin holds.
How to quote a jewellery repair without undercharging
Repairs are where jewellers leak the most money. A simple method to quote them properly.
Taking a deposit on custom jewellery: how much and why
Why no custom job should start without a deposit, how much to ask, and how to make it policy.
Running your workshop
Jewellery workshop software, built by a jeweller
What workshop software should do: quote a job, track it through the bench, handle repairs and invoice.
A CRM built for jewellers, not generic sales teams
Keep every client's quotes, jobs, proposals, repairs and payments together, and follow up at the right time.
The tool behind the guides
Workshop Pilot is the quoting, job-tracking and invoicing tool I built for my own studio, and it does what these guides describe. Try it free for 14 days, no card required.
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