03 · Understand your budget

Custom jewelry cost calculator

Turn your design into a practical budget conversation. Your design fills in approximate metal and stone quantities automatically. Explore making cost and a retail ballpark, then refine quality, workmanship, services and brand assumptions.

Estimate directly from your design

Your design supplies the metal, purity, approximate alloy weight, stone sizes and counts. Choose stone quality and origin, then adjust the sales and service assumptions. Model weights are approximate; your jeweler confirms the finished specification.

Stone originStone quality assumptionSales gross margin (%)Brand premium (%)Value-added services ($)Making contingency / range (%)

Reading your design and fetching market prices…

Colored gemstones, fancy cuts, lab-grown stones and melee use planning assumptions, not a live market average. Quality is your selection, not inferred from the preview. All figures are USD. Brand premium defaults to zero.

Refine the cost breakdown

Design-based values fill in automatically. Replace any estimate with a current quote. These inputs cover one ring. Stone grade and origin remain your assumptions.

Finished alloy weight (grams)Prefilled from approximate model volume and alloy density. Replace with a jeweler’s finished weight when available.Metal fineness

Fine-metal market pricePrice unit

Use the price of pure gold or platinum, matching the chosen metal. A supplier's finished mounting price already includes costs this worksheet separates; ask for its breakdown first.

Alloy / metal supplier premium ($)Include material premiums not already in your fine-metal rate.Total stone budget ($)All center and accent stones for the complete piece or earring pair. Enter 0 for supplied stones.Design, fabrication and setting labor ($)Use an itemized quote or your own assumption. Include finishing; avoid counting it twice.Value-added services and other costs ($)Include a chain if needed, shipping, certification, warranty or other services. Sales margin and brand premium are separate.

Tax assumption (%)Making contingency / range (%)

Source and date for your assumptionsKeep personal contact details out of this note. It appears in your optional budget PDF.

Tax is applied to the whole subtotal in this planning worksheet; actual taxable items and local rates may differ. The contingency is added to making cost; the same percentage provides retail sensitivity scenarios.

04 · Choose your next step

Your idea. Your way to make it real.

Explore available pieces online, or bring your proposal to a local jeweler for a custom-design conversation.

Compare online options

Explore online retailers

Use your preferred stone shape, metal and style to compare available pieces across retailers. Review the specifications, total price and aftercare for each option, then decide whether a local custom maker is a better fit.

Compare online and local options →

Independent shopping guidance. Your studio concept is not an order or an exact retailer product match.

Find a local jeweler by ZIP

Online or local jeweler? Compare the two paths