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eCommerce MasterPlan | 576: The Trust-First Approach Behind Carter Eve Jewelry’s Rapid Rise

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Carter Eve is the founder and designer at Carter Eve Jewelry, a brand committed to sustainability and ethical practices creating delicate fine jewelry and distinctive designs. Founded in 2020 they now have annual sales of $1.2M with a 25% year-over-year growth rate. Selling exclusively via their Shopify site. 

 

In this episode, Carter reveals how she scaled her luxury jewelry brand to $1.2M using a made-to-order model, high-touch service, and smart offline pop-ups. A must-listen for anyone selling high-value products online. 

 

Hit PLAY to hear: 

  • How Carter scaled a $1.2M luxury jewelry brand with zero full-time staff. 
  • Why made-to-order products can outperform traditional inventory in eCommerce. 
  • The high-touch customer service strategy that turns buyers into lifelong fans. 
  • How offline pop-ups and events drive massive online sales (and trust!). 
  • Why ethical sourcing is now a must-have for modern jewelry buyers. 
  • The growth tactics that helped Carter hit 25% YoY growth—while still designing every piece. 

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    Key timestamps to dive straight in: 

    [03:43] Hands-On Jewelry Design Process 

    [08:39] Ethical Gemstone Sourcing Insights 

    [12:22] “Future Plans for Outsourcing” 

    [15:04] “In-Person Events: Essential Connection” 

    [16:28] Pop-Up Events and Collaborations 

    [19:45] Listen to Carter’s Top Tips! 

     

    Full episode notes here: https://ecmp.info/576

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    [SPEAKER_00]: Trust is a huge part of luxury business and doesn’t matter what type of product you’re selling.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: Trust comes first and that high touch level customer service where you feel like you can text that person if a question arises or you just want to make sure of something and having that person respond right away as almost a friend.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: It’s through that high touch level customer service and that

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    [SPEAKER_02]: In this episode, we’re going into the world of jewelry and we’re going into the world of luxury and we’ll be talking about product sourcing, we’ll be talking about the link between offline and online sales and we’ll talk about what it takes to sell luxury jewelry online.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: And now to introduce our special guest.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Carter Eave is the founder and designer at Carter Eave Jewelry, a brand committed to sustainability and ethical practices, creating delicate, fine jewelry and distinctive designs.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Founded in 2020, they now have annual sales of $1.2 million with a 25% year-on-year growth rate, selling exclusively via their Shopify site.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Hello, Carter.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: Hi, thank you so much for having me.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: As awesome to have you on, congratulations with what you’ve done with the business so far.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: How did you end up in e-commerce?

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So I originally started my business in 2013 after I finished my degree in jewelry and objects.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: And I started out as a maker designer in a very traditional, very small-scale physical way where Ecommerce was not a part of my business at all.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: However, over time, I eventually,

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    [SPEAKER_00]: created my first website in 2016, which was actually a Shopify site, and I have iterated many different times throughout the years, um, constantly improving that website, but it didn’t start generating traffic for me in terms of sales into 2018, 2019, and then in 2020, I decided

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    [SPEAKER_00]: that I possibly could and we’ve been operating ever since in that capacity through Shopify.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: How is it felt for you going from

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Like, I’m assuming before you were like the hands on individual customized pieces for people, trade shows, you know, craft events, that kind of thing.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: And now being in charge of a million pound business, where I’m assuming you don’t make you yourself or not the one creating the jewelry every single day.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: How’s it felt to go on that journey?

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    [SPEAKER_00]: Well, I design every single piece still to this day.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So I am very involved in the design and I oversee all of the manufacturing process.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So there’s not a single piece of jewelry that I don’t have my hand in in some way, shape or form.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: And that is very important to me, although I’m a very busy

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    [SPEAKER_00]: person because making jewelry is so time-consuming.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So I am still involved in that way.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: I’m not making every single piece every of from start to finish.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: I’m mostly managing the Shopify site, but a big part of our business through Shopify is all of our products are made to order.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So we don’t have an extensive inventory, and that’s done by design, mostly because fine jewelry is extremely expensive to produce, and we have hundreds of skews.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So for me to keep all of those skews in stock, in every ring size, in every metal variation, and every gemstone variation, would be insane.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: be an insane amount of cash, wouldn’t it?

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Just to have sitting around in the stockroom.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: Absolutely.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: And you don’t know what’s going to sell.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So sometimes people want to customize something or sometimes a particular style will be very popular like size 7, 14-carot, rose gold with moonstone version, but the other variants will not perform as well.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: And so being made to order not only helps us keep

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    [SPEAKER_00]: our inventory in a more healthy way, we’re not wasting, we’re not making an excess, but it also allows us to keep that attention to detail and that craftsmanship intact.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Especially by its very nature you’re therefore not creating mass market pieces, are you you’re creating the perfect ring for that person?

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Yes.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Each time.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: Yes, yes.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: And that’s something that our clients love, knowing that each piece is actually made specifically for them.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So, it’s special.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: It’s very rare in today’s day and age to know that that piece is made for you.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: And that way, also, if there’s any customization that people want, oh, hey, can you engrave my partners and initials on the inside of that ring?

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    [SPEAKER_00]: Or can you change the centerstone from a diamond to a Montana Sapphire?

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    [SPEAKER_00]: We can do that.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: because you’re gonna create it from scratch anyway, so it doesn’t matter that there’s a difference don’t going in.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: It’s not, oh shit, we’ve got to take the diamond out.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: We can’t go up there.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: You can actually build it around and from the ground up in the right way.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: So the product is, is all types of jewelry, isn’t it?

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    [SPEAKER_02]: It’s, it’s rings through to necklaces, and so on, so tell us a bit more about the product if you can.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, so we have a few different offerings in terms of category.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: We have our everyday fine jewelry pieces, which consists of diamond earrings, studs, you know, a lot of our clients have multiple ear piercings, so we like to create our ear curations with layered diamond hoops and dangling studs and a really just very cool and individual ear stack.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: We also sell necklaces, meant to be layered and worn every day.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: every day bracelets, tennis bracelets, emerald bracelets, gemstones, a lot of rings were known for our delicate stacking rings.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So we have our everyday luxury, everyday fine jewelry pieces and then we also have our

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    [SPEAKER_00]: engagement ring in wedding bedline, which I would say 95% of our clients customize those.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So what you see on the site is merely a starting point and then most of our clients get in touch whether it’s via email or they book a virtual consultation to modify whether it’s

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    [SPEAKER_00]: And then we also have a new offering, which is our Couture collection, and that is 18 carrot with lab created diamonds.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So it’s a very unique combination of 18 carrot and lab and the reason for that is that it’s so diamond heavy that to do those pieces with natural would also, I mean, the retail price

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    [SPEAKER_00]: and now they’re more in like the 12,000 to 15,000 dollar range.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: But those are more statement kind of red carpet style pieces.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So that’s a new collection that we’ve been working on for the last year and it’s recently gone live on the site and it’s gotten a lot of positive feedback.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Excellent.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: And you mentioned that you’re using the lab bought diamonds and you’re also sourcing everything in an ethical and conscious way, which is quite new in the jewelry industry, isn’t it?

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    [SPEAKER_00]: Yes, well, it’s something that I’ve always sourced ethically in the sense that I want to know where my stones are coming from.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: I’ve always just taken a lot of interest in, you know, pale blue sapphires, pale purple.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: I love, I love my pastel sapphires.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So they come from Sri Lanka, and so I’ve wanted to know where they come from, so I can look specifically for these stones from Sri Lanka, because those are the prettiest ones that I, you know, that I like, or for example, you know, the rubies that have like a more pinkish tone,

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    [SPEAKER_00]: they come from Burma, you know, and so their specific Burmese rubies.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So I’ve always been interested in the provenance of my gemstones and that they are sourced in an ethical way, but nowadays, it has become something that the consumer really looks for.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: And I find that a lot of my clients are asking questions now about the sourcing of materials in a way that they had never asked before.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: It was just something I always, I always said, oh, there, you know, it’s ethically sourced gemstones and fair mind gold and a lot of my clients just, they were like great.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: I didn’t really care, but now they care and it matters, which is exciting.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Do you think they’re coming to you because they know they can get that from you or they’re seeing the jewelry and then they’re checking it’s ethically done before they purchase?

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    [SPEAKER_00]: Yes, they come to me first.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: I would say they’re drawn to the designs or they’re drawn to the custom service that I provide or they see, you know, a ring that someone else is wearing and oh, who made that and then they find me.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: And then they find out that it’s ethically sourced and sustainably me too.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: And that’s just the perfect package at that point.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: What does your team look like?

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    [SPEAKER_02]: How many of you are there?

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    [SPEAKER_02]: What do you opt to?

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So the full-time team is just me, which is kind of crazy.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: I know.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, it’s, it’s the wilds, but I have a team of about 10 to 15 independent contractors.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So they’re not full-time per se, but they do work a lot on my brand and my business and you know, my manufacturing team, they’re all independent contractors.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So

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    [SPEAKER_00]: they are working on other people’s projects or their own projects or a lot of, you know, my Goldsmith team.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: They are working for factories.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: My CAD designer has a full-time job working for a factory and he does all of my 3D CADs in the middle of the night.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So, you know, we’re flexible, I don’t need my staff to be nine to five Monday through Friday, every day.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: I am very flexible about when people work as long as we are getting the work done.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So, Carter of jewelry is really a seven-day a week to cling for our type of organization, which I think is really cool because

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    [SPEAKER_00]: There’s always somebody there to answer questions as they arise and it’s very important to us to get back to our clients almost immediately.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: Customer service is super important to me and so a big feedback that we get is, you know, thank you so much for the quick response, you know, you’re very responsive, we really appreciate that so.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: And you handling the customer service yourself

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Do you have plans to delegate that to outsource that at some point or for the time being is it just too critical to the brand USP for you?

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    [SPEAKER_00]: I do have plans to outsource that in the future.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: I think since we are still a fairly new brand in the sense that people didn’t know us before, we only officially became a brand in 2020, even though this was a project that I had started many years prior.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: And I think that having that interface with me as the designer, the face of the brand,

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    [SPEAKER_00]: stage of things.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: I do anticipate a time when I can be a little bit more hands-off in in terms of like the day-to-day operations and handling every single situation that arises.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: But as of now, I get clients that will text me at 11 p.m. at night and five o’clock in the

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    [SPEAKER_02]: I suppose that’s kind of critical when you’re selling luxury online, you know, if we think about buying luxury items and I’m sure many of us are going, wow, I’d never buy that product without touching it, seeing it meeting the people first.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: There is that great a need for trust to be built up and part of the way you build trust is by being responsive isn’t it?

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    [SPEAKER_00]: Yes.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: Yes, I think trust is a huge part of the luxury business, and it doesn’t matter what type of product you’re selling, trust comes first, and that high touch level customer service, where you feel like you can text that person.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: you know, if a question arises or you just want to make sure of something and having that person respond right away as almost a friend, because I have all of my clients, they start as clients and then we become friends and you know, they let me know when their babies are born and they come back for, you know, anniversary gifts and it really is a family that we have kind of

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    [SPEAKER_00]: built through this, which is so special to me.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: But it’s through that high touch level, customer service, and that concierge type of experience.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: I always find it fascinating how business is managed to build sufficient trust for someone that they are up for spending luxury amounts of per order and buying luxury items via the online channel.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: So how do you, obviously, once you’ve got the, the comms going, it’s easy to build the trust because of how you’re handling all the communications.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: What do you do to get people to take the first step of contacting you or of placing the order?

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    [SPEAKER_02]: What do you do to build trust in that part of the journey?

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So I still do a lot of in-person events.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: I think that is always something that’s going to be important no matter how big our business gets because that is sort of the initial point of contact where people

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    [SPEAKER_00]: Either they are interfacing with the brand for the first time or they have been following us online for sometimes years and they’ll make a special trip to one of our events because they’ve always wanted to see the very crown ring in person and try it on and they have they come with a list of pieces that they have been looking at and following online but they just wanted to try them on.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: and sometimes they come with a very specific idea of what piece they want, and then they try a piece that they had never seen before, and they end up either purchasing it on the spot, or they wait for a big event like a birthday and a nursery a holiday, and then they purchase it online through our Shopify site.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So I look at in-person events as it’s an omnichannel experience that it all ties together.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Got you.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: And those events, are they you doing your own pop-up somewhere or are they going to big fairs and events and having a table and that sort of thing?

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    [SPEAKER_02]: What sort of events you’re doing in the face-to-face world?

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So, I do have a variety of events.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: For example, in three weeks, we are during a pop-up at Loveshack Fancy in Palm Beach.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: And this is our second event that we’ve done in collaboration with Loveshack Fancy Palm Beach.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: We’ve also done one at their Melrose store.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: And I love collaborating with brands that are different than, like, in conversation with my jewelry because it’s just, it makes it really fun, you try on long dresses and jewelry altogether, and it’s just, it’s a whole experience.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: But I’ve also done events at luxury hotels.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: Recently, I did a pop-up at the Delamar hotel in West Hartford, Connecticut, which really has nothing to do with jewelry.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: It’s just a gorgeous hotel, and I think hotels are something that we have a niche with hotels because it’s a luxury experience.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So the whole thing is, it’s all about the experience.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: It’s about going to the spa and relaxing and trying on jewelry, and it’s just this

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    [SPEAKER_00]: just full immersive experience.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: It’s relaxing and memorable and special.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: But we’ve done a few different craft fairs as well.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: The Renegade craft fair is one that originally I thought, oh, we can just start out doing things like Renegade and eventually we won’t need to be doing that anymore.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: But we see so much success at those types of craft fairs and even just growing our email list alone.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: There’s hundreds of people that are

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    [SPEAKER_00]: walking around and you just you’re able to cast a really wide net and expose a lot of different types of people to the brand that otherwise would never know about us.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: So what’s got you excited about 2026?

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    [SPEAKER_00]: Well, a lot of growth.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: We’re currently in three different luxury retail stores with the plan to expand.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So that’s really exciting.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: And our Couture collection we’re expanding that as well.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: I’m really hoping that the price of gold comes down just a little bit to allow, to allow the expansion of the luxury couture mine, but I haven’t seen sales slow as a result of the rising price cost of gold.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: It’s just been a little bit more difficult to produce in a non-made order way.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: but every year brings growth and success in so many different ways and um we’re yeah we’re just like we’re excited to keep growing and our SEO efforts have really started taking off so I’m looking forward to bringing in even more sales and hopefully growing the team so that I can actually focus a little bit more on the design element again rather than um just

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    [SPEAKER_01]: E-commerce master plan is supported by some of the greatest companies in the E-commerce sector.

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    [SPEAKER_01]: Here’s a reminder of who they are.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Okay, I love this section because me and I’ll list us some really quick ideas for taking our businesses to the next level, Carter.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: You ready for the top tips?

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Yes.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Okay, the book, top tip.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: If everyone listening to this podcast agreed to take Friday off and read a book to make their business better, which book would you recommend?

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So never split the difference by Chris Foss.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: It’s kind of like a Bible to me and our team.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: I think that it could help any business with any situation.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: It’s very important to know how to negotiate.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: That’s my first book.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: My second recommendation would be secrets of question-based selling by Thomas Freeze.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: Also, anything you’re selling, whatever type of product, this book is so helpful

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    [SPEAKER_00]: selling by asking questions rather than pushing a product.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So you’re just asking open-ended questions and figuring out what the client is really looking for.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: And then having an answer to those questions rather than, here’s my product, it’s great, this is why you should buy it.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So that’s been those, I love those, both of those books.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: those two fits so well together.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: I love those recommendations.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Okay, traffic top tip, which marketing method do you either prize above all others or think doesn’t get the press it deserves?

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So, in today’s day and age, where everything is focused on social media marketing, Google has online marketing.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: I think that there is nothing quite like

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    [SPEAKER_00]: in-person grassroots doing events to generate leads and generate traffic even though it’s on a smaller scale.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: I think that as we go forward into the future, people are going to look for that in-person connection more and more.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: I think you’ll spot on with that.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: tooltop tip.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Maybe a collaboration tool, a social media plug in a phone app or just a way of working, is there a cool tool you use that makes you and your team more efficient from day to day?

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    [SPEAKER_00]: I love Unum, which is an app for social media grid planning.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So, basically, for your Instagram grid, you’re able to plan out your next nine to a 12 posts and see exactly how they’re going to look visually before you post them and then you can schedule your posts that way too, but as a visual person and a designer, it is very important to me how my grid looks and I swear by UNOM and I’ve been using it for at least seven years now.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: Wow, and how do we spell it?

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    [SPEAKER_02]: UN UM.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: UN UM, that’s simple, everyone.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Cool.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Great.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: I hadn’t heard that once.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: I’m loving that.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Carbon top tip.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: What’s your favorite way to reduce the carbon footprint of an e-commerce store?

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    [SPEAKER_00]: For us, it’s made to order.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So each product is made specifically for the client, which is our way of reducing waste, reducing resources too, because every product that’s made, you’re using electricity, you’re using so many resources.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: And it’s our way of,

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    [SPEAKER_00]: participating in what I like to call conscious commerce.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: So it’s making products with intention.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: And I think that’s that’s just very important to our personal brand.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: I love that one.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: And yeah, there’s no better way to remove waste from the e-commerce retail chain than not making the product until you know someone actually wants to buy it.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Revolutionary.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Thank you, Carter.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Now, before we say goodbye, could you please let listeners know where they can find you and your business on the web and social media?

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    [SPEAKER_00]: Sure, you can find us at carderevejulary.com, which is our e-commerce website.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: You can also find us on Instagram at carderevejulary, also on TikTok at carderevejulary, and on Facebook at carderevejulary.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Congratulations on getting all the handles, because I don’t know if many of business hasn’t, so nice work on that one.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: And Carter, thank you so much for being on the podcast.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: It’s been a real pleasure chatting with you, and I wish you all the best for the business in the coming year.

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    [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you, thank you so much for having me.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: I loved Carter’s focus on really delivering the experience and the product that her customer wants.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: She is a lady who really knows her customer, I guess partly because she’s done so much of that face-to-face activity with them and it’s kind of no surprise those two books she recommended at the end, totally fitting with how she’s gone about learning about her customers and selling to them.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: So, really fascinated to talk to her there and love her, her approach to sourcing as well.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: You can get your hands on our notes from this episode including the top tips and links to what we’ve mentioned by heading over to ecommercemasterplanned.com.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: You could also use our director episode short links that’s ECMP.info forward slash the number of the episode.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: When you get to the website, why not put yourself on our email list as well?

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    [SPEAKER_02]: If you liked this episode, then make sure you check out Episode 355, where Larissa Lowden, another jewelry designer, shares how she built her jewelry store to over $2 million.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: You can also find all our jewelry and fashion episodes on the website at ECMP.info for slash fashion.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: Thank you for tuning in to this and every episode of the E-commerce Master Plan podcast.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: I bring you a new interview every week because I want to inspire and help E-commerce business owners to succeed and thrive with their businesses, including progressing along the path to net zero.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: So if you know someone this show can help, please tell them to listen to the E-commerce Master Plan podcast.

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    [SPEAKER_02]: I hope you have a brilliant week and don’t forget to keep optimizing.

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    [SPEAKER_01]: Thank you for listening to the e-commerce Master Plan podcast.

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    [SPEAKER_01]: Find out more at e-commercemasterplanned.com slash podcast.

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