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Wholesale Jewelry for Teens

Expanding into wholesale jewelry for kids and teens is a great way to increase your sales. If kids aren’t buying jewelry for themselves, friends and family often purchase jewelry for them as gifts.

Depending on where they live and at what stage they are, the jewelry that teens tend to wear ranges anywhere from more-mature versions of younger children’s items, simple, demure copies of adult jewelry, Indian wedding-type jewelry, or even full-on all over body piercings.  There are perennial favorites, seasonal novelties, and items for teenage boys as well as girls.   All of these are available from wholesale jewelry websites online.  The question is, what will sell well over time, and, can a seller (or anyone!) predict what teens will want?

There are some general guidelines, mostly determined by where in their teen years your buyer is.   Cartoon character jewelry can be very popular with the youngest teens, although as they get a little older, manga characters may be preferred.  Children just past their pre-teens may want a more adult look, choosing jewelry that is similar to those items their parents wear, but with more color or the addition of a favorite character.

Once kids hit their mid-teens, they start choosing wholesale jewelry that is what they think of as ‘wilder’ than anything their folks would wear.  The young women may go for the Indian bridal jewelry look, buying things such as toe rings, hathphool (bracelets with attached rings), or maang tikka (which are worn in the hair, along the part).  Young men may decide to sport surfer jewelry – necklaces made of black string or leather, with medallions of dolphins, sharks, skulls, etc.

Older teens in high school and college may develop an interest in body jewelry.  Body piercing has maintained its popularity, especially in college towns and cities around the world.  Nose, lip, eyebrow, navel, and tongue rings, as well as barbells, ear lobe plugs, and other specialty items continue to fascinate the older teen.  Non-piercing versions of these items are also available.

Some jewelry never seems to go out of favor with teens.  Mood rings and moonstones are two items that have been popular for decades, and still sell very well.  Seasonal jewelry and items related to current trends also tend to catch teenagers’ eyes.

Of course, cultural differences and expectations do influence teens’ purchases of wholesale jewelry.  But more and more, a sort of universal teen culture is coalescing around the world, as teens use the internet to communicate online across state, national, and economic boundaries.  You can research what current teen trends are by searching social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace.  Catch the beginning of a trend, and business can boom!

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