5 Handmade Religious Jewelry Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 1st, 2023

Start A Handmade Religious Jewelry

The religious jewelry features symbols from the wearer's religion, a tradition in nearly every culture since ancient times. Religious jewelry expresses religious beliefs, marks social status, and even acts as a form of currency in different cultures.

If you have artistic skills, you can start a handmade religious jewelry business. Alternatively, you can engage an artist to make unique products for your business and sell them online or at a local store.

Here are some real life success stories of starting a handmade religious jewelry:

1. Merci Maman ($4.8M/year)

Arnaud de Montille and his wife Beatrice founded Merci Maman in 2007 after Beatrice struggled to find quality personalized jewelry at affordable prices for their daughter's first birthday. Since then, the company has grown significantly, and their signature "Duchess Necklace" worn by Kate Middleton in 2014 has become a best-seller. Today, Merci Maman generates over $5 million in annual sales, ships 75,000 orders globally, and continues to expand its product offering and improve its customer experience.

How much they make: $4.8M/year
How much did it cost to start: $7.5K
Current team size: 42

How We Started A $400K/Month Personalized Hand-Engraved Jewelry Business

Merci Maman is a personalized jewelry brand founded in 2007 by Arnaud and Béatrice de Montille, generating over $5m in sales annually with flagship product 'Duchess Necklace' still a best-seller, shipping 75k orders a year worldwide with profits completely reinvested back into the business.

About

Arnaud started Merci Maman over 16 years ago

Revenue

Arnaud grew the business to $400K/month

Costs

It cost Arnaud $7500 to start the business

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Learn more about starting a handmade religious jewelry:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a handmade religious jewelry?
-> Pros and cons of a handmade religious jewelry

Need inspiration?

-> Examples of established handmade religious jewelry
-> Marketing ideas for a handmade religious jewelry

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4. Merci Maman

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