Dhanish	Plum Island Silver Company	Teeda	925silver4u.com	Silver Source	Muke's Sliver	Wholesalegemshop
Overall rate (aprox. $/ gram)	$2	$3	$1.50	$1.00	unknown	$1.20	$2
Rate per pendant (aprox $/gram)	$2	unknown	$1.45	$1.00	unknown	$2.00	$2
Rate per earrings (aprox avg $/gram)	$2	$3-$5	$1.25	0.95	unknown	$1.50	$1.75
Rates per ring  (aprox avg $/gram)	$	$1.75 - $5	$1.55	$1.40	$2.50	$1.35	$2
Rate for plain (aprox avg $/gram)	$2	$1-$1.50	$1.25	$1.00	unknown	$1.40	NA
Drop Shipping?	Yes $0.90 per item	Yes $1.75 per package	unknown	no	No	No	No
Shipping Cost (domestic)	$25 for first item +$0.90 after that	$2.25 - $25 for US Postal Service $7-30 for UPS	$9.95-24.95	$15-30	Shipping based on area code	unknown	$6
Shipping Cost (international)	$25 for first item +$0.90	$16-$32	$19.95-34.95	$12-65	Shipping based on country	unknown	$15-$35
Shipping Method (domestic)	Fed Ex, registered mail	US Postal Service, UPS	Fed Ex	Fed Ex	UPS	unknown	US Postal
Shipping Method (international)	Fed Ex, registered mail	unknown	Fed Ex, Airmail	Fed Ex	U.S Postal Service	unknown	US Postal
Return Policies	30 day return policy	15 day money back policy subjected to 25% restocking fee	7 day money back policy	15 day money back policy	10 day return policy, subjected to a 10% restocking fee	Returns with the premission from the seller	10 day money bank return. No re-stocking fees.
Fair Trade Policies		unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	Yes
Charitable giving	?	Donates to homeless and abused animals	?	?	?	?	Scholarships, Womens Development, Clean Water in Nepal
Natural Stones	50%	35%	10%	50%	60%	50%	100%
Marasite	25%	15%	60%	2%	0%	30%	0%
Cubic Zarconia	25%	0%	50%	0%	10%	50%	0%
Mostly Handmade?	unknown	No	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	YES - 80%
Location	Thailand	Mass.	Cali.	Thailand	Cali.	Thailand	Rhode Island, USA
Family Business	?	?	?	?	?	?	YES
Items in stock?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Order Turnaround?			1-2 days	unknown	1-2 days	4-5 days	1-2 days
Print Catalog?	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Min. Order	None	None	$100	$100	$100	$200	None
Highest Discount	13% - $1000	25% - $200  50% - $8000	18% - $5,000+	10%- $1000	7% - $700	10% -$1000	One Low Price
Comments	Large variety including some gold. Looks like mostly machine made settings.	Huge selection & variety - hard to cite specific price range without listing all categories. Best values on charms and plain silver.	Large selection and very good rates. Most items appear to be machine made with lots of marcasite and cz, limited natural gems. Highly polished, commercial look.	Very good rates and large selection. They have mostly plain looking plain silver with marcasite and cz stones. Limited selection of natural stones. Keep in mind they are based in Thailand.	Rings seem to be their specialty. Limited natural gems. Gram weights not stated.	Nice looking site - clean look to jewelry. Some natural gems. Company in Thailand.	We specialize in hand-made jewelry with natural gems. Unique designs. Easy Website.
* Note: All prices are BASE price, aproximate price ranges BEFORE stated volume discounts.