New wholesale buyers browsing our catalogue for the first time often ask a version of the same question: should I be ordering from Bali Beads, or Simple Beads? The honest answer for most jewellery lines is both - but understanding what each collection is actually for makes it much easier to plan an order.
Bali Beads: the statement pieces
Our Bali Beads collection - 117 designs - is built around hand-detailed, Balinese-style silver beadwork: granulation, filigree, and other decorative techniques that give each bead real visual weight and texture (see our guide to what actually makes a bead "Bali-style" if you're new to the term). These are generally priced higher per piece because of the additional hand-finishing work, and they're designed to be focal points - the single bead on a cord necklace, the centrepiece of a pair of earrings, the spacer that draws the eye on a bracelet.
Simple Beads: the everyday building blocks
Our Simple Beads collection - 145 designs - covers the components every jewellery line needs in volume: plain and lightly-detailed beads, charms, jump rings, clasps, and findings. These are typically lighter and lower-cost per piece, and they're what makes a design actually wearable and sellable - connectors, closures, and spacing elements that a Bali-style focal bead alone can't provide.
How the two collections work together
A typical bracelet or necklace design draws from both: a small number of Bali Beads as focal points, combined with Simple Beads components - jump rings, clasps, plain spacer beads - to actually assemble and finish the piece. Ordering only Bali Beads leaves you with striking individual components and no way to assemble them into finished jewellery; ordering only Simple Beads gives you a complete but visually plain result. Most jewellery makers and retailers we work with order a mix, weighted toward whichever collection matches their price point and design style.
A practical way to decide your order mix
- Higher price point, statement pieces: lean toward Bali Beads for focal elements, Simple Beads for assembly components only.
- Volume/everyday jewellery lines: lean toward Simple Beads for most of the design, with occasional Bali Beads as an accent or premium-tier variant.
- Testing a new line: since there's no fixed minimum order quantity, it's practical to order a small mix from both collections and see what actually sells before committing to a larger production run.
Every design across both collections is genuine 925 sterling silver, listed with its exact weight and size - browse the full catalogue to compare specific pieces side by side, or add items from both collections to a single inquiry list and send it to us for a combined quote.