E-commerce · Jewellery
Our emerald looks greener on screen than it does in the buyer's hand.
With gemstone jewellery, colour is the whole sale, and colour is what a screen gets wrong. A ruby shot under studio light can look a shade richer than the stone in the box, and a buyer who paid for that shade sends it back.
A 90-minute audit call and a written, scored report. Turnaround, reporting and term are agreed in writing after the audit.
In one paragraph
Gemstone jewellery online covers rings, pendants and earrings set with rubies, emeralds, sapphires and semi-precious stones such as amethyst, garnet and topaz, bought for colour, as a birthstone or on an astrologer's advice. GullySales works on how your gemstone listings show true colour, treatment and the lab report, how each kind of buyer finds the right pages, and how a stone question reaches someone who can answer it.
You are also serving three buyers at once. One wants a pretty amethyst pendant, one wants their birthstone, and one holds an astrologer's note asking for a natural yellow sapphire of a stated weight with a lab report. They search differently and ask different questions.
Last updated 7 Oct 2026. Product, labelling and advertising rules for jewellery differ by product and change. We describe them in general terms, so check the current position with your own adviser or the regulator before you publish a claim.
Who it is for
This is written for you if you sell gemstone jewellery online.
- Jewellers selling precious stones set in gold, each with a lab report
- Semi-precious and birthstone brands on Etsy, Amazon or their own store
- Gem dealers selling loose and set stones to astrology buyers by ratti and carat
- Designers of coloured-stone pieces in silver for everyday wear
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- Sellers who cannot say whether a stone is natural, treated or synthetic
- Anyone who wants copy promising what a stone will do for the wearer's health, luck or fortune
How buyers choose
What decides the sale of gemstone jewellery.
Colour, shown honestly
The buyer judges the stone on its colour and wants to see it in daylight, beside a white card and turning in a video. Studio photographs alone draw doubt.
Natural, treated or synthetic
Heated sapphires, oiled emeralds and lab-created stones are all on sale. They want to know which one they are buying, and a lab report that says so.
Weight in carat or ratti
Astrology buyers ask for a weight in ratti, others think in carat or millimetres. A listing that gives one unit loses the people who use the other.
Where sales are lost
What usually goes wrong when you sell gemstone jewellery online.
In the words sellers use on the first call.
“Stones come back because the colour was not what they expected”
The stone matches its photograph under your lights but not on the buyer's phone. Without a daylight video, a return is the only way they can tell you.
“Astrology buyers ask questions our team cannot answer”
Origin, treatment, exact weight in ratti, which lab issued the report. A guess from whoever is on WhatsApp loses the order.
“We get compared with sellers who call glass a ruby”
Glass-filled and imitation stones sell at prices no natural ruby can match. If your listing does not explain the difference, the buyer sees only the price.
The scope
The work we would propose for gemstone jewellery.
Measured on purchases, conversion rate, cost to win a customer, average order value and repeat purchases. Anything here that needs a platform or tool we have not used with you is confirmed in the audit before it goes in the scope.
- True-colour photographs and videoA daylight photograph and a short turning video for each stone, shot beside a neutral card, so the colour on screen stays close to the stone.
- Listings that state treatmentEach listing says natural, treated or lab-created, names the lab report, and gives weight in carat, ratti and millimetres. Origin appears only where the report supports it.
- A separate path for each buyerCollections by colour and occasion, by birth month, and by stone and weight for astrology buyers, so each person lands on pages that answer their question.
- A reply desk for stone questionsPrepared answers on treatment, weight conversion and lab reports, with a hand-off to the person in your team who knows stones.
What we do
What you get for gemstone jewellery.
Each deliverable and what it is there to change.
A disclosure line for every stone
Natural, treated or lab-created, with the treatment named, checked with your adviser before it is published.
A weight conversion table
Carat, ratti and millimetre size for the stones you stock, so astrology buyers and fashion buyers both find their unit.
A daylight shooting guide
Where, when and against what to photograph each stone, written for your studio or a phone camera.
A birthstone collection page
Each month's stone with pieces at several prices, ready for people searching for a birthday gift.
How the result is measured
- Purchases
- Conversion rate
- Average order value
- Repeat purchase rate
- Return rate
- Returns for colour mismatch
Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.
How it works
From your first message to the first report.
No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.
First
Free audit call
90 minutes with whoever handles your enquiries: how they arrive, how fast they are answered, where they are lost.
After the call
Written, scored report
Six areas scored, fixes ranked by return and cost. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come with it, in writing.
Before work starts
Baseline recorded
Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.
After the baseline
The first fix goes live
Usually the cheapest one on the report: reply time, a follow-up sequence or the marketing-to-sales handover.
As agreed
Report against the baseline
What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.
At renewal
Renew on the numbers
The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.
What we need from you
What to have ready before the audit call.
None of it has to be tidy. We read what you have.
- Your gemstone listings and the lab reports behind them
- Returns that mention colour
- Questions astrology buyers send you
- How your listings describe treatment today
- Your photographs and any stone videos
Selling in India and abroad
Selling gemstone jewellery beyond your own market.
Where you sell decides sizes, units, seasons and returns. We work from Bengaluru and have no overseas office, so for a new country we start from your own sales and the platforms you already use.
Coloured stones for buyers abroad
Birthstone and semi-precious pieces in silver suit Etsy and your own store overseas. The diaspora in the US, the UK and the Gulf also includes astrology buyers who want natural stones with reports.
Describing treatment in each market
Rules on describing treated or synthetic stones, and duty on gems and precious metal, differ by country. Wording for each market is checked with your adviser first.
FAQ
Questions about selling gemstone jewellery online.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
Should I mention that my gemstones are heat-treated?
Can we write about astrological benefits on our pages?
How do I photograph gemstones so the colour looks right?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
What if we are not happy with the work?
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Why us
Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.
Marketing and sales, as one job
Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.
The person on the first call does the work
No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.
A baseline before anything starts
Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.
The fee in writing, split three ways
Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.
No guarantees we cannot keep
The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.
One office, and we say so
Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.
#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.
Engagement options
Ways to work with us.
Pick the size of commitment that fits. Every option starts with the free audit.
Option 1
The audit on its own
A 90-minute call and a written, scored report. It says honestly whether you need outside help, and many fixes are ones your own team can make.
Option 2
One fix, scoped
Start with the fix the audit ranks first, such as reply time or follow-up. The fee is in writing before anything starts.
Option 3
An ongoing programme
We run the work, report against the baseline, and you renew on the numbers. The term and the reporting are agreed in writing first.
Option 4
Guidance for your own team or agency
We plan, brief and check the work of your in-house team or current agency, instead of replacing them.
The offer
Start with a free audit of how your gemstone jewellery sell.
It is useful on its own, whether or not you hire us.
What you receive
- A 90-minute call with the person who will do the work
- A written, scored report on the six places orders leak
- Every fix ranked by what it returns and what it costs
- The one thing to do first, and why
- An honest line on whether you need outside help at all
- If you do, the scope and the fee in writing
No invoice. No obligation. No sales script.
Your next practical step
Get a free audit of how you sell, and a scored report of where the work is.
90 minutes. A written, scored report. No invoice and no obligation.