Websites

Handmade jewellery and crafts stores

https://darkblack.co.nz/

Beautiful website and photos, nice display of products on models –changes like a slideshow. Tidy navigation, easy to follow. Price ranged from $100! Very pricey products

https://craftsandlooms.com/collections/jewellery

Interesting way of showing their products –on leaves. Good idea although a bit weird and different to what the rest of their site looks like –doesn’t really flow nicely together. Nice clean website though, simple colours, easy to follow. Price ranged from $100 -another pricey shop!

https://www.ettika.com/

Beautiful site! I love the simplicity and clarity of the layout/navigation. The photos are really nice and professional, and show the products well. Their price range starts from $40

http://www.madeitmyself.com/default.aspx

A large variety of products. Prices are from $5 to $100. Honest photos of handmade products –they could be displayed a bit more professionally though. Nice tidy site, easy navigation. Interactive site –viewer can change the theme colours.

International bead suppliers

https://www.beadsdirect.co.uk/

Eye-catching site. Tidy display of products –professional photos

http://www.fusionbeads.com/

Eye-catching site. Nice moving banner. Displays products in a pretty and tidy manner. Tutorials on each item for sale –shows what’s needed to make each item in the tutorials.

http://www.firemountaingems.com/

Easy navigation although it has boring colours, not very eye-catching.

http://beadsonline.com.au/

This one is very professional. I like the way the products are arranged. I also like the idea of the tutorials and free patterns.

New Zealand bead suppliers

http://www.serendipitybeads.co.nz/

Love the top and bottom banners, and the background. These parts are very eye-catching, the rest doesn’t really match/flow well with it -a bit too bland.

http://beadsgalore.co.nz/index.php

Simple site, yet effective. I like the banner, it’s very attractive. Shows the products in a simple and tidy manner.

http://www.enterprisebeads.co.nz/index.html

Simple, looks like a start-up website –a nice example for me to follow when starting on my own website.

http://www.stbeads.co.nz/

The banner is a bit too over-powering but the rest below it is nice and simple –easy to follow.

http://www.mataharibeadsonline.com/

Bright and colourful, eye-catching. Lots of products on display. I like that it’s all displayed on one page however I wouldn’t use the home page for it. I like that they offer info on the gems and beads –special meanings etc.

http://aucklandbeads.com/ 

Beautiful site –easy to follow, nice to look at. Simple and tidy.

http://beadcraft.co.nz/

I feel this site is all over the place –too much stuff on the home page. Too hard to read/follow/navigate. Beautiful products though.

http://www.newzealandbeadingsupplies.co.nz/

I love the simplicity and tidiness of this one. Easy to follow navigation. Free shipping on orders over $100.

https://beadcottage.co.nz/

Simple site with a small colour range, I believe it lets the images/products do the work. Free shipping on orders over $35. Facebook available.

http://www.thebeadhold.co.nz/

Nice simple easy to follow site. Lots of equipment and products on display. Tutorials and how-to patterns are available –love this idea. Free shipping on orders over $80