| There are 3 cities in Mexico where silver | | | | |
| jewelry is manufacturered: Mexico City, | | | | 2.The quality of the silver is always .925 |
| Guadalajara and Taxco. One of them is known | | | | (Sterling). |
| as "The World Capital of Silver Jewelry": | | | | |
| Taxco. | | | | 3.Good prices. |
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| WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TAXCO SILVER | | | | 4.You can select a wide variety of beautiful |
| JEWELRY AND THE ONE FROM THE REST OF THE | | | | desings. |
| WORLD? | | | | |
| | | | Disadvantages |
| 1. Compared to the jewelry of countries like | | | | |
| India, China or Thailand the quality is | | | | 1. Not all the businesses are formal and well |
| better becuase of two reasons:a) The silver | | | | organized so this give you some problems |
| quality is better. Mexico is the biggest | | | | with the production and export orders. |
| silver producer in the world so it is very | | | | |
| easy to obtain pure silver in the other hand | | | | SILVER STREET MARKET |
| it is well know some asian businesses | | | | |
| sometimes cheat on this aspect. It is very | | | | Advantages |
| common to find .800 silver instead of 925 | | | | |
| silver jewelry or non jewelry pieces marked | | | | 1. In one market there are a lot of small |
| as sterling jewelry.b) The finished is | | | | suppliers. |
| better. This is because it is hand finished | | | | |
| and looks shinier and more regular. | | | | 2. Good prices. |
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| 2. Taxco has hundreds of internationally | | | | Disadvantages |
| recognized silversmiths. This tradition comes | | | | |
| since in 1929 an american arquitech and | | | | 1. Every one of the businesses is specialized |
| designer, William Spratling, arrived to Taxco | | | | in a few designs, you will need to have lots |
| and founded the first silver jewelry workshop | | | | of suppliers to have a good collection. |
| "Las Delicias", with the time Spratling´s | | | | |
| silversmiths started their own workshops. | | | | 2. The quality of the silver is NOT always |
| Today there are hundreds of workshops | | | | .925 (Sterling) in some cases. |
| producing all kind of desings. | | | | |
| | | | 3. They don´t make international orders. |
| 3. All the silver jewelry is handmade. | | | | |
| | | | FINDING A SILVER JEWELRY SUPPLIER TIPS |
| 4. The desings are different from the rest of | | | | |
| the world. | | | | 1. Look for suppliers with good designs and |
| | | | quality. |
| 5. Excellent prices. | | | | |
| | | | 2. Look for suppliers with good prices but |
| 6. In one small town you will find more than | | | | never sacrifice design and quality for price, |
| 1,000 silver jewelry businesses. | | | | always sells more a good design with |
| | | | reasonable price than bad design with "good |
| WHERE IS TAXCO? | | | | price". |
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| Taxco is located to north of the state of | | | | 3. Look for serious suppliers and well |
| Guerrero, two hours away from Mexico City by | | | | organized. It is not very useful if you find |
| car. Taxco is one of the most beatiful | | | | a supplier in Taxco which is not going to |
| colonial towns in Mexico. Excellent weather. | | | | satisfied all your needs when you get back |
| A good choice either for pleasure or | | | | home. This is a key point. |
| business. | | | | |
| | | | 4. Look for suppliers with a capacity of |
| WHERE TO BUY WHOLESALE MEXICAN SILVER JEWELRY | | | | having new designs often if they don´t |
| IN TAXCO? | | | | have it sooner or later you will have to find |
| | | | new suppliers. |
| 1. Wholesale Business. These are well | | | | |
| stablished stores, generally located | | | | 5. If you want mexican silver jewelry plan a |
| downtown. | | | | first trip to Taxco and then Look for |
| | | | suppliers with an excellent online catalog. |
| 2. Silver Street Market. This is a street | | | | This will help a lot. |
| market kown as "Tianguis" where all saturdays | | | | |
| people take out a table to the street and | | | | Born in Taxco, Mexico in 1974. |
| offer what they usually make at home. | | | | |
| | | | He has a Master Degree in Business |
| WHOLESALE BUSINESS | | | | Administration. |
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| Advantages | | | | His mother was one of the first people to |
| | | | export silver jewelry in Mexico. |
| 1.Taxco has more than 1,000 small and medium | | | | |
| size wholesale businesses. You can find for | | | | He created the most popular online jewelry |
| fure in one small town good silver jewelry | | | | business in Mexico. |
| suppliers. | | | | |