Wholesale Lots
Wholesale Lots Vermeil Upgrade: What a Report Proves and What It Does Not - HOLYCOME
Wholesale Lots: tolerances, cost structure and the reject rule for US wholesale buyers.
Vermeil and Gold Plating Specs for wholesale Lots
Vermeil means a gold layer of at least 2.5 microns over sterling silver, and the US market reads that number as a material claim rather than a finish note. Below 2.5 microns the piece is gold-plated, not vermeil, and the word cannot be used, certified GRA report and packed retail box with care card at 100 pieces.
We run 3 microns on wholesale Lots for accounts that publish the claim, with a palladium strike layer so wear-through reads white and not yellow. Thickness is logged per lot and appears on the GRA report batch sheet, and the Vermeil Upgrade quote for it sits at USD 60-336.
The cost difference is real: the USD 60-336 band moves up roughly sixty percent against rhodium-finished silver, and the retail price has to carry that or the margin disappears in the second season when the plating shows wear.
What a Report Proves and What It Does Not in the Vermeil Upgrade Program
A US buyer of wholesale Lots came to us after 100 wholesale Lots from a trading company produced 11 rejects in the first inspection. The defect was not cosmetic: prong geometry had drifted far enough that the buyer's own bench could not correct it without recutting, with GRA report and retail box with care card stated on the same sheet.
At 100 pieces the buyer was not buying a defect, they were buying a document. The Vermeil Upgrade order carried a photo and a price, and prong geometry had nowhere to live, which is how the Vermeil Upgrade account reads it at USD 60-336.
Our rebuild kept the buyer's retail price and changed four numbers on the bench. The next run cleared inspection because the specification traveled with the tray, not with a phone call, and at USD 60-336 for 100 pieces that is the number the buyer signs.
Three Failures That Reach the Vermeil Upgrade Bench
prong geometry
A prong that grips the girdle instead of the pavilion survives the showroom and fails the third ultrasonic clean. The seat has to be cut to the pavilion angle before the prongs close, and the Vermeil Upgrade quote for it sits at USD 60-336.
In a 100-piece run this typically shows on 17 of pieces. Catching it means measuring stone retention after a 40-cycle wear test at the tray level, not inspecting the finished carton, priced at USD 60-336 for the 100-piece Vermeil Upgrade run.
rhodium burn-off
A 0.05 micron rhodium layer reads white in the tray and shows yellow at the shank in six months of daily wear. Thickness, not bath chemistry, is the variable that matters, on a 100-piece Vermeil Upgrade order at USD 60-336.
The commercial effect is a return shipment plus a resize labor claim, typically USD 9-14 per piece. Buyers who have seen it once put it in the purchase order; buyers who have not usually discover it on the first return, with GRA report and retail box with care card stated on the same sheet.
size-step drift
A run gauged at size 6 and estimated elsewhere ships a size 8 that measures 7.75. The mismatch shows up as a resize queue two weeks after launch, the figure being USD 60-336 for a 100-piece run.
Our countermeasure is a gauge and a written limit. It adds about 22 seconds per piece and removes the defect from the run rather than from the carton, which is how the Vermeil Upgrade account reads it at USD 60-336.
Cost Split on a Vermeil Upgrade Piece at USD 60-336
At USD 60-336 per piece for wholesale Lots, the stone is roughly a quarter and labor is where two quotes for the same drawing diverge.
| Cost line | Share | What moves it |
|---|---|---|
| Base metal or alloy for wholesale Lots | 32% | Alloy choice and casting yield |
| Stone or melee for wholesale Lots | 23% | Sieve range and lot batching |
| Setting and finishing labor for wholesale Lots | 21% | Jig design and bench minutes |
| Plating, polish and QC for wholesale Lots | 14% | Per-tray versus per-piece checks |
| Packaging for wholesale Lots | 10% | retail box with care card |
The saving in the cheapest wholesale Lots quote hides in the plating line and the stone grade. Both appear in season two, not on arrival, priced at USD 60-336 for the 100-piece Vermeil Upgrade run.
Four Spec Lines a Vermeil Upgrade Buyer Checks
Most quotes describe the wholesale Lot and skip the part that determines the buyer's margin. Those four lines are listed below with the trade default beside our standard, which is USD 60-336 on the Vermeil Upgrade schedule.
| Spec point | Common trade output | HOLYCOME standard | Cost if missed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plating thickness | Nominal only | 0.20 micron rhodium logged per lot, 3 microns on vermeil | Wear-through inside one season |
| Surface porosity after polish | Seen after plating | Cast porosity checked before plating, rejects pulled at that stage | Plating blister six weeks later |
| Stone colour consistency | Graded by eye under D65 | Colour matched to a retained master stone, per tray | Repeat colour complaint in the same SKU |
| Sizing drift across the run | Not measured | Go/no-go gauge on every size, drift held under 0.15 mm | Resize queue and reship cost |
Write these four into the purchase order and the argument after delivery becomes arithmetic rather than recollection, on a 100-piece Vermeil Upgrade order at USD 60-336.
Terms Behind a Vermeil Upgrade Order
The commercial frame is short enough to state in full. Minimum order is 50 pieces per design, and mixed designs travel in one shipment, so a 100-piece Vermeil Upgrade order can carry three or four models without a separate setup charge. Sample pieces leave in 3-5 days when the components are in stock, and a new model adds about twenty days before the first article exists, and 100 pieces leaves Wuzhou in retail box with care card at USD 60-336.
Payment is 30 percent with the order and 70 percent against the bill of lading, with the balance window stated on the invoice rather than agreed by message. Prices quoted at USD 60-336 are FOB Guangzhou or Shenzhen; DDP is quoted separately because the duty line moves with the tariff schedule and not with our cost.
Packing follows the retail box with care card format at 100 pieces to the carton, and the packing list carries SKU, size and stone size so receiving can count without opening every box. Private-label cartons add three days for the print run and must be approved before the first bulk order, not after it, and 100 pieces leaves Wuzhou in retail box with care card at USD 60-336.
Certification is GRA report for the lots that carry it, with a batch report and per-piece measurement of stone retention after a 40-cycle wear test for the lots below the threshold. The document set travels with the shipping papers, which is what a customs broker asks for at the port rather than after clearance, which is how the Vermeil Upgrade account reads it at USD 60-336.
A rejected tray is settled inside the same order cycle against the retained reference piece. If the difference sits on our retained sample we replace or credit; if it appeared in transit we split the assay cost and file with the carrier, and that rule is written on the order before the deposit clears, certified GRA report and packed retail box with care card at 100 pieces.
How the Second Order Becomes Cheaper
The short version for wholesale Lots: it is arithmetic, not relationship. The long version is below, on a 100-piece Vermeil Upgrade order at USD 60-336.
We run this check per tray rather than per carton because the defect that matters on wholesale Lots is the one that repeats. A single odd piece is noise; a pattern across one tray is a process problem and it will be in every tray made after it, on a 100-piece Vermeil Upgrade order at USD 60-336.
The report the buyer receives states the count per tray, the measured average and the outlier count for wholesale Lots. It is deliberately unglamorous, and it is the document that settles most disputes before they start, certified GRA report and packed retail box with care card at 100 pieces.
The Reject Tray Policy That Decides a Partnership
Every year we see the same omission in wholesale Lots spec sheets, and every year it costs a buyer a season, priced at USD 60-336 for the 100-piece Vermeil Upgrade run.
The buyers who get the most out of wholesale Lots treat the first order as a measurement, not as a purchase. They buy a small run, measure the four numbers that matter, and then commit, certified GRA report and packed retail box with care card at 100 pieces.
We support it directly on wholesale Lots: a 50-piece test run per design, the same gauge standard as a bulk order, and the same retained tray. Small does not have to mean loose, and the Vermeil Upgrade quote for it sits at USD 60-336.
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Export runs through Guangzhou or Shenzhen. For Vermeil Upgrade orders the GRA report file travels with the shipping documents, not separately, which is how the Vermeil Upgrade account reads it at USD 60-336.
The clearance term matters more than the rate at 100 pieces. A duty surprise can cost more than the whole freight line, on a 100-piece Vermeil Upgrade order at USD 60-336.
The arrival check is three steps: count cartons against the packing list, weigh a sample tray, and measure ten pieces against stone retention after a 40-cycle wear test and prong tip height within +/-0.10 mm, quoted at USD 60-336 per piece in retail box with care card.
The Calendar Behind a Vermeil Upgrade Run
For retail box with care card at 100 pieces, the sequence is fixed and the dates are the only thing that moves, with GRA report and retail box with care card stated on the same sheet.
- Sign the drawing at 1:1 scale with a millimetre grid, not a phone render.
- Cut the model in wax or resin and photograph it on the gauge before metal is committed.
- Cast the first article, set the stones and finish it exactly as bulk will be finished.
- Send the first article for approval with the weight and the stone measurements stated.
- Run the balance of the order in 25-30 days, holding the approved article as the reference.
- Ship with the approved article photographed beside a production piece from the same tray.
MOQ stays at 50 pieces per design on wholesale Lots, low enough to test a shelf and high enough to keep the gauge check independent, and 100 pieces leaves Wuzhou in retail box with care card at USD 60-336.
The First Vermeil Upgrade Order
The point of a small first run is not the margin. It is finding out whether the supplier's paperwork survives contact with the actual goods, certified GRA report and packed retail box with care card at 100 pieces, and the Vermeil Upgrade quote for it sits at USD 60-336.
The first order is the cheapest inspection a buyer will ever run, because the volume is small enough to check every tray by hand, the figure being USD 60-336 for a 100-piece run.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does a reorder of the same wholesale Lot take?
With the model, the gauge set and the signed spec already in our system, a repeat is 12-15 days; a first run is 3-5 days for a stock-component sample and about 20 days when a new model is needed, quoted at USD 60-336 per piece in retail box with care card.
What finish do you use, and how thick is it?
Rhodium at 0.20 micron minimum on white wholesale Lots, with a palladium strike layer so wear-through reads white rather than yellow. Vermeil runs at 3 microns over sterling and is logged per lot, which is how the Vermeil Upgrade account reads it at USD 60-336.
How is wholesale Lots packed for retail box with care card?
Every unit goes into a foam-backed pouch, then the retail box with care card, then the outer carton at 100 pieces. The packing list carries the SKU, the size and the stone size so receiving can check without opening every box, which the Vermeil Upgrade file records at USD 60-336 in retail box with care card.
Can you ship DDP?
DDP is available for US accounts and removes the duty invoice that arrives after the carton clears. FOB Guangzhou or Shenzhen is the default, and most buyers take DDP once and then switch after they see the breakdown, and at USD 60-336 for 100 pieces that is the number the buyer signs.
How long does a reorder of the same wholesale Lot take?
With the model, the gauge set and the signed spec already in our system, a repeat is 12-15 days; a first run is 3-5 days for a stock-component sample and about 20 days when a new model is needed, quoted at USD 60-336 per piece in retail box with care card.
Next Step
If the USD 60-336 band fits your shelf, send the drawing and we will quote the 100-piece Vermeil Upgrade run inside one business day.
HOLYCOME runs this line from Wuzhou, Guangxi, through Wuzhou HengliLai Jewelry Co., Ltd. Output is about 60,000 pieces a month across wholesale Lots and adjacent categories. service@holycome.com or WhatsApp +86 18078079070, which is USD 60-336 on the Vermeil Upgrade schedule.
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