You sell rings, chains, earrings and watches small enough to lose, so you need boxes, labels and tracked postage.
The kit our builder picks for a typical Jewellery and watches seller. Change the answers to fit yours.
Storage
Holds tubs or boxes floor to ceiling in a small footprint.
Label printer
A compact thermal printer for your first few hundred labels.
Scales
Weighs anything from a card mailer to a boxed pair of boots.
Each step in the order you'll need it.
Foam-lined jewellery boxes, small padded envelopes and a pocket scale cover most orders. Add a light tent and a macro lens or close-focus setting on your phone for hallmarks. A jewellery stand or hand display shows scale.
Keep a soft polishing cloth on the bench. Polish dull silver before you photograph it.
Fasten chains before boxing, then lay them flat in the foam so they can’t knot. Put rings in a ring slot and earrings on a card. Slide the box into a padded envelope and seal it well.
For higher-value pieces, use a presentation box inside a small outer box. The presentation box protects the piece, and the outer box takes the knocks in the post.
Store each piece in its own small bag with a stock number, sorted in a tray or drawer by type. Keep silver in sealed bags to slow tarnish. Note the stock number in your listing so you can pick in seconds.
Keep valuable pieces somewhere secure, and keep a list with photos for insurance.
Kit for this step
Shoot on a plain background in diffused light, then add a close-up of any hallmark and a shot on a hand or stand for scale. Show the clasp working and any wear. Name the metal and the stones in the listing.
State metal, hallmark, size, length and weight in the listing. Don’t describe a piece as gold or silver unless you can back it up; plated pieces should say plated.
Kit for this step
TikTok Shop and Whatnot both host jewellery shows. Use an overhead arm and a ring light to catch sparkle, and show each piece on a hand. Keep pieces in numbered bags in sale order.
Pack each sold piece into its box straight after the show so nothing goes missing.
Kit for this step
Most jewellery fits a Large Letter in a padded envelope, but a box can push it over the thickness limit, so check the Royal Mail size guide. Use a tracked, signed-for service or Special Delivery for valuable pieces, and check the compensation limit.
Past 50 orders, buy boxes and envelopes in your common sizes and set up a packing tray with everything in reach. Keep tissue and stickers ready if you sell gifts.
Kit for this step
Each one costs you money or reviews, and each has a fix.
Complete kits for one kind of seller, costed and laid out.
What most orders like these go by, at today’s published prices. Prices checked 6 October 2026.
Royal Mail 2nd Class Large LetterUsual£1.55 to £2.70
Single cards in a rigid mailer, jewellery and other flat items up to 750 g that fit through a letterbox.
Royal Mail Tracked 48 Large Letter£2.90
Higher-value cards and flat items up to 1 kg that need tracking and a delivery photo.
Royal Mail Tracked 48 Small Parcel£3.75
Clothing and small boxed items up to 2 kg, with tracking for less than untracked 2nd Class.
Loose pieces in envelopes. Chains tangle and small items slip out.
Foam-lined boxes for rings, earrings and chains.
Bubble-lined envelopes for small, light items.
Step-by-step help for the jobs that come next.
Bag and label every piece with its stock code the moment it comes in.
Ship each piece in a foam-lined box inside a padded envelope, and use a tracked service for anything valuable.
Use a light box, a plain background and a macro shot of any hallmark or stamp. Add a shot on a hand or stand for scale.
For anything above a few pounds, yes. Tracking and a signature protect you if a parcel goes missing.
UK law requires hallmarking on most precious metal items above certain weights when described as gold, silver or platinum. Check the Assay Office guidance before you describe a piece by its metal.
Store each piece in a sealed bag away from humidity, with an anti-tarnish strip inside.
Yes, jewellery is a category on Vinted. Fashion jewellery and mid-value pieces sell well; high-value pieces may find buyers faster on eBay.
For anything sold as a gift, yes. A simple box costs little and stops the piece moving in the post.
