Ways to Support Our Handmade, Small Business

Small businesses that specialize in small batch, handmade accessories (like us) could use your help now more than ever. Why should you shop an independent, small business that designs, manufactures, assembles, packages and ships its own accessories? The short answers is that all that would exist would be big box stores that cater to the masses. No individuality. No niche markets would exist. Your local indie shop that designs and manufactures the coolest anatomical heart hoop earrings (with removable chef's knives) would be nonexistent. This is great if you like American cheese and only American Cheese, but if you're cheese-curious and want to sample pule or Casu marzu then you are out of luck, buckaroo. 

With that said, it has become difficult to determine who is a small business. There are big box stores that pose as small businesses. There are also regular folks that purchase low quality, wholesale merch online and sell those items online (and at markets). They're also known as drop shippers. Does this make sense? Do the masses care about buying suspiciously inexpensive items with lead? Do modern consumers think about the wellbeing of the people making those suspiciously inexpensive items with lead? If you do, you're in the right place.

So what can you do if you want to support a more diverse local economy? There are a handful of things you can do to support your favorite local handmade small businesses without spending a penny! Below are just a number of ways you can shine a light on handmade goods created right in your neck of the woods.    

Take a look around our current studio where we design and manufacture all of our jewelry and accessories
in house. 1) Preparing a wholesale order of I Heart True Crime door knocker earrings for ban.do. 2) Amanda and
KM shooting a new product photo for the Vinca website. 3) KM filming a reel for our social media accounts.

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• Post a photo of you wearing your favorite Vinca piece and tag us @VincaUSA