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Tamelyne
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Hello, everyone. I have an online store selling prayer beads. Since I am Eastern Rite, I mostly sell chotkis.
But I do have a few rosaries on my site. I have online friends who sell rosaries for $200-$300. I can’t seem to sell a rosary that costs more than $40. In fact, I took most of my artisan rosaries off my website and gave them away as Christmas and Birthday gifts. My $30-$40 rosaries are made of Bethlehem olivewood, olive pits, or black glass beads.
I’ve decided to restock my artisan rosaries. These would be rosaries that cost $75 or more, because they are made with gemstones and sterling or gold-filled or vermeil. But I don’t want another fiasco where I invest a lot of money in them and they don’t sell.
So I’d like some feedback. If you were going to spend $75 to $200 on a rosary, what would you be looking for? What kind of beads - Bali Silver? a particular style of semiprecious gemstone? A particular color? Wire loops, wire-wrapped, or flexwire? Is there any particular style of crucifix or centerpiece that is preferable?
Please help! Since I’m Eastern Rite, I guess I just don’t have a finger on the pulse of the Latin Rite. (My Chaplets don’t sell either.) Tell me what I’m doing wrong.
But I do have a few rosaries on my site. I have online friends who sell rosaries for $200-$300. I can’t seem to sell a rosary that costs more than $40. In fact, I took most of my artisan rosaries off my website and gave them away as Christmas and Birthday gifts. My $30-$40 rosaries are made of Bethlehem olivewood, olive pits, or black glass beads.
I’ve decided to restock my artisan rosaries. These would be rosaries that cost $75 or more, because they are made with gemstones and sterling or gold-filled or vermeil. But I don’t want another fiasco where I invest a lot of money in them and they don’t sell.
So I’d like some feedback. If you were going to spend $75 to $200 on a rosary, what would you be looking for? What kind of beads - Bali Silver? a particular style of semiprecious gemstone? A particular color? Wire loops, wire-wrapped, or flexwire? Is there any particular style of crucifix or centerpiece that is preferable?
Please help! Since I’m Eastern Rite, I guess I just don’t have a finger on the pulse of the Latin Rite. (My Chaplets don’t sell either.) Tell me what I’m doing wrong.