There are lots of great ways to buy your discount jewelry supplies online, but one of the best ways to save money on jewelry supplies is to buy them in an online auction. An online auction allows you to purchase a lot of different beads and supplies at one time, usually for a price that’s similar or better than what you might pay when buying from wholesale jewelry suppliers.

Lots of people sell beads and jewelry supplies through online auctions for a few different reasons. Sometimes other jewelry artists just have a lot of extra supplies hanging around and want to sell them off just to clear out some space in their own jewelry studios. Some bead stores and independent art and craft stores will sell their extra supplies and beads through online auctions because it allows them to quickly sell their older inventory without worrying about finding the exact price point. Here are some great online auction sites where you can get the best deals on bead jewelry supplies.

eBay - Sure, it’s one of the oldest online auction sites around, but it’s really gone downhill in the past several years. Lots of eBay sellers are leaving and the network has had a lot of lawsuits regarding scam artists and lack of buyer protection. That being said, you can still find lots of good and reliable people selling jewelry supplies and beads, well-priced vintage jewelry, estate jewelry and other jewelry pieces. I like to browse for all sorts of old jewelry, costume or otherwise, which can all be taken apart and plundered for beads and other jewelry pieces!

Auctionbeads.com - How about an online auction site that’s totally dedicated to buying and selling beads and jewelry? That’s the main goal of AuctionBeads, an independent online auction site that has a ton of cool features including an ad builder, spotlight auctions, a “BeadRadar”, referral program and more! It’s a little less polished than eBay, but it has some nice features and a fairly wide variety of sellers and buyers of beads and jewelry that seem to be using it.

AtOncer Buy and Sell - Here’s craft and jewelry supply auction site that’s pretty useful because it has fairly easy navigation and easy to follow categories, allowing you to drill down into a particular interest or type of craft supply you’re looking for. Because it’s relatively unknown (compared to eBay) the prices are pretty good, though you can’t always find someone selling the exact beads or jewelry pieces you’re looking for.

Obviously, this works both ways. You can also sell your extra beading supplies on these websites and quickly make a good profit on items you weren’t going to use for jewelry making. You can then take that money and buy more jewelry supplies that are more useful to you.

If you’re going to use these auction sites, you might want to consider signing up for a free account through PayPal. It’s simple to use and it makes sending money and receiving payments much easier than any other online method out there.

If you like buying and selling your jewelry and supplies at online auctions you might want to try to increase your business and profits picking up a book or two on eBay and other online auctions. Most of the advice that’s written for eBay can easily be transferred to other online auction sites as well.

Online auction sites are not only great places to find discount bead jewelry supplies, but they also add an element of fun and surprise to the every day process of buying your beading supplies online!