How to Join EJA

Requirements: Jewelry should be boutique-quality and make a strong design statement. Your online store or website must contain at least 7 items over $50.00 at all times, be of high quality and unique in design, your items will be reviewed for these qualities. We reserve the right to withhold membership if your items do not meet this requirement. This is a tight-knit group, members are expected to participate in promotional activities on a regular basis. We have set goals, which include our own web site and promoting that web site via Press Releases and other resources. Soon we will be launching our own shopping cart feature. This is not just a casual street team, meaning that we work hard in our promotions on a weekly basis; look at us as being your co-workers as well as friends. Only serious jewelry artisans should apply. Expect to promote EJA along with your own shop.

Fees:

Full Membership - Non-refunable $13 entrance fee and $7 quarterly.

Member Benefits:

Banner on this top ranking website.

Access to our Flickr & new Ning Groups.

Access to our team store on etsy.

Learning the ropes to online promoting.

Additional exposure by being Featured Artist (in rotation) as well as writing articles for this site.

Meet new people from across the globe; make friends while promoting.

Website Only Membership - Non-refundable $30 and $24 annually. Why website only? EclecticJewelryArtisans.com and EEJA.org still rank between the #1 and #5 spots on all major search engines for the search terms “eclectic jewelry”, “artisan jewelry” and “eclectic artisan”. We get very good traffic on the site which means exposure to your work. The more people that visit this site, the more search terms we can target in the search engines. If you have a website then when the engines crawl this site, they will also be directed to your site which increases your sites ranking. There is a requirement for this option and that is to link back to this EJA site with a banner, placing info in store announcement as well as including an EJA graphic with your item listings.

Contact: Ahna@ArtCreated.com with a link to your work and "EJA Membership" in the subject.

Beading - Full, waiting list available.

Bead Weaving - open

Silver/Goldsmith - open

PMC/Art Clay - open

Dichro Glass or Lampwork - open

Wire Wrap - Full, waiting list available.

Enameling - open

Chain Maille - open

Last updated April, 2010. I do my best to keep this list current but it's best to ask if a section is open or not. Space is very limited in all sections. Tell me if I missed someone!