Hi Charlotte, if you’re reading this by any chance hahaha, just want to tell you that you can price your artwork and jewelries at whatever price you want. Given the fact that you are Charles Leclerc’s girlfriend, there will be so much interest in you as much as criticisms.
I understand the remarks about the price because I’ve personally purchased those china made accessories myself. In my country, that’s only sold for $2-6 max. I’m from the Philippines and that’s pretty much close to China hence the shipping cost is really not that much so people couldn’t really market it that high and there are many resellers. Besides, the quality is really not expensive or anything close to it; just similar to what you can buy from Forever 21, H&M and other fast clothing retail brands. From a customers’ perspective, I won’t prolly buy it because it’s too pricey given that I can already purchase real jewelries at that price range.
I also understand what you mean when you claim for it to be handmade. It doesn’t always refer to products being made from scratch. Sometimes, handmade can also refer to when a product is curated by the reseller. They sometimes use to describe it as “hand assembled” or “hand-crafted”. But it’s totally understandable and I believe there’s no deceit on that claim. But maybe some people just wants clarification or detailed description of what is actually handmade and how much of it is handmade. It definitely helps.
But nonetheless, I wish your business good luck and you do you girl!