Expert articles on lab-grown diamonds, wholesale sourcing strategies, and the latest trends shaping the jewelry industry.
A jeweler's playbook for sourcing lab-grown center stones at wholesale: which shapes and carat ranges sell as engagement centers, how to match side stones and halo melee, using memo to show a client real options, the certificates to insist on, and turning a sourced center into a finished ring in days.
Keystone, triple-key, or target-margin? A trade guide to setting retail prices on lab-grown diamonds, with an illustrative markup table, why lab-grown needs a value-add over a price war, and how a low-cost wholesale source protects your margin.
Thinking about changing your lab-grown diamond wholesaler? Here's the low-risk way to do it: spot the signs it's time to move, evaluate a replacement on the criteria that matter, run a small test order, and phase over your book without disrupting a single open job.
Drop-shipping lets a jeweler sell a lab-grown diamond before owning it; blind shipping sends it to the client with no supplier branding. Here's the difference, the sell-first workflow, what to confirm with your supplier, and when it beats holding stock or memo.
Skip the self-serving lists. This is an honest buyer's framework for jewelers comparing wholesale lab-grown diamond suppliers in 2026: production model, US-held inventory, lead time, certification, range, memo, feed/API, and drop-ship, with a criteria scorecard and guidance on weighting it for your own shop.
A practical guide for jewelers on sourcing loose, IGI-certified lab-grown diamonds wholesale from the NYC Diamond District.
How calibrated lab-grown melee is sized, matched, and sold in parcels for pave, halos, and eternity work.
What makes a true matched pair and how wholesale matching works for studs, drops, and side stones.
A trade guide to old mine and old European antique-cut lab-grown diamonds and how to source them.
