GemSelect Company Profile
History
GemSelect is an exporter and supplier of fine precious and semi-precious loose gemstones and custom-made gemstone jewelry. Founded in 2003, the company is based in Chanthaburi Province of Thailand. Chanthaburi is known for being the world's center for colored gemstone trading and processing. GemSelect is composed of a diverse team of gemstone professionals, prolific writers, editors and bloggers, as well as photography and web-tech professionals. The GemSelect Team does business as a legally registered company in Thailand, under the business name of SETT Company Limited. SETT Company Ltd (AKA GemSelect) is recognized by Thailand's Department of Commercial Affairs as one of the most important gemstone and jewelry exporters of Thailand.
Product Line
Gemselect only exports natural gemstones and gemstone jewelry from Thailand. It does not sell locally to other Thai businesses, consumers or retailers. GemSelect specializes mostly in providing loose colored gemstones, carrying over 120 different varieties of gems. The company has an available inventory of over 100,000 gemstones and it continually adds new gemstones to the stock on a daily basis. SETT Company, or www.gemselect.com, has one of the largest gemstone inventories available. The company is not only known to specialize in fine Burma ruby (Myanmar) and blue Ceylon sapphire, but it is also known for its impressive collection of lesser-known gemstone varieties, including fine emerald, jade, spinel, tourmaline, garnet, citrine, amethyst, agate, quartz, cat's eye (chrysoberyl and other cat's eye gem types), tanzanite, aquamarine and zircon. On the GemSelect website, you can easily find many rare and hard-to-find varieties such as ammolite, color change alexandrite, color change diaspore (also known as Zultanite® and Csarite®), chrome diopside, morganite, sphene and scapolite. GemSelect also sources and provides gemstones in calibrated sizes, matched pairs or matched lots (suites), and GemSelect staff can also help source custom pieces for those looking for very specific acquisitions. Although GemSelect.com specializes in loose gemstones, it also produces and provides fine custom and handmade jewelry. From rings to bracelets, and costume or fashion jewelry, GemSelect is able to design and make any custom jewelry design for loose gemstones.
GemSelect deals only in authentic - or - natural gems, mined from the earth (treatments and enhancements are openly disclosed) and all gemstones are 100% guaranteed. GemSelect can also offer independent lab reports for gemstone identification. Gem reports can be provided by a variety of labs, including the most well-known labs in Asia, such as AIGS, BGL, GIT, EMIL, GLC and GIA. GIA, AIGS and GIT, which are some of the best and most recognized and respected gemological laboratories in the world. www.GemSelect.com is also listed on the AIGS website as one of their recommended sources for colored stones.
Market
GemSelect sells internationally to customers in more than 120 countries. The majority of their customers are jewelers and jewelry designers, but the company also sells directly to consumers looking to acquire gemstone for custom jewelry designs. GemSelect generally ships orders the same day they are received and offers express delivery options to virtually any place in the world.
Business Model
GemSelect is committed to selling at wholesale prices, regardless if a transaction is for a single stone or multiple gems. The company's business plan is to sell via the Internet only, enabling a low cost model that passes savings on to the buyer.
GemSelect does not have a brick and mortar store, and it operates solely as an e-commerce business. Before moving the store to their own current domain www.gemselect.com, the company traded gems through a popular online platform known as eBay, registered under the account SETTGold. While selling on eBay, the company was ranked as one of the top 5000 sellers, and received over 60,000 positive feedback reports from other EBay shoppers. SETTGold is still actively registered with EBay today, although it is no longer selling on eBay at this time.
GemSelect buys gems in large volumes, and cuts and polishes many of its purchases. GemSelect's gemstones are often finished from rough materials, and the company will also re-cut many gems that do not pass strict quality standards. GemSelect is located in Asia's main trading center for colored gemstones, which gives the company access to the a huge variety of gems from numerous exotic sources, such as Brazil, Sri Lanka, Burma, Cambodia, Madagascar, India, Russia, China, Taiwan, Mozambique and Tanzania.
GemSelect is an exporter and supplier of fine precious and semi-precious loose gemstones and custom-made gemstone jewelry. Founded in 2003, the company is based in Chanthaburi Province of Thailand. Chanthaburi is known for being the world's center for colored gemstone trading and processing. GemSelect is composed of a diverse team of gemstone professionals, prolific writers, editors and bloggers, as well as photography and web-tech professionals. The GemSelect Team does business as a legally registered company in Thailand, under the business name of SETT Company Limited. SETT Company Ltd (AKA GemSelect) is recognized by Thailand's Department of Commercial Affairs as one of the most important gemstone and jewelry exporters of Thailand.
Product Line
Gemselect only exports natural gemstones and gemstone jewelry from Thailand. It does not sell locally to other Thai businesses, consumers or retailers. GemSelect specializes mostly in providing loose colored gemstones, carrying over 120 different varieties of gems. The company has an available inventory of over 100,000 gemstones and it continually adds new gemstones to the stock on a daily basis. SETT Company, or www.gemselect.com, has one of the largest gemstone inventories available. The company is not only known to specialize in fine Burma ruby (Myanmar) and blue Ceylon sapphire, but it is also known for its impressive collection of lesser-known gemstone varieties, including fine emerald, jade, spinel, tourmaline, garnet, citrine, amethyst, agate, quartz, cat's eye (chrysoberyl and other cat's eye gem types), tanzanite, aquamarine and zircon. On the GemSelect website, you can easily find many rare and hard-to-find varieties such as ammolite, color change alexandrite, color change diaspore (also known as Zultanite® and Csarite®), chrome diopside, morganite, sphene and scapolite. GemSelect also sources and provides gemstones in calibrated sizes, matched pairs or matched lots (suites), and GemSelect staff can also help source custom pieces for those looking for very specific acquisitions. Although GemSelect.com specializes in loose gemstones, it also produces and provides fine custom and handmade jewelry. From rings to bracelets, and costume or fashion jewelry, GemSelect is able to design and make any custom jewelry design for loose gemstones.
GemSelect deals only in authentic - or - natural gems, mined from the earth (treatments and enhancements are openly disclosed) and all gemstones are 100% guaranteed. GemSelect can also offer independent lab reports for gemstone identification. Gem reports can be provided by a variety of labs, including the most well-known labs in Asia, such as AIGS, BGL, GIT, EMIL, GLC and GIA. GIA, AIGS and GIT, which are some of the best and most recognized and respected gemological laboratories in the world. www.GemSelect.com is also listed on the AIGS website as one of their recommended sources for colored stones.
Market
GemSelect sells internationally to customers in more than 120 countries. The majority of their customers are jewelers and jewelry designers, but the company also sells directly to consumers looking to acquire gemstone for custom jewelry designs. GemSelect generally ships orders the same day they are received and offers express delivery options to virtually any place in the world.
Business Model
GemSelect is committed to selling at wholesale prices, regardless if a transaction is for a single stone or multiple gems. The company's business plan is to sell via the Internet only, enabling a low cost model that passes savings on to the buyer.
GemSelect does not have a brick and mortar store, and it operates solely as an e-commerce business. Before moving the store to their own current domain www.gemselect.com, the company traded gems through a popular online platform known as eBay, registered under the account SETTGold. While selling on eBay, the company was ranked as one of the top 5000 sellers, and received over 60,000 positive feedback reports from other EBay shoppers. SETTGold is still actively registered with EBay today, although it is no longer selling on eBay at this time.
GemSelect buys gems in large volumes, and cuts and polishes many of its purchases. GemSelect's gemstones are often finished from rough materials, and the company will also re-cut many gems that do not pass strict quality standards. GemSelect is located in Asia's main trading center for colored gemstones, which gives the company access to the a huge variety of gems from numerous exotic sources, such as Brazil, Sri Lanka, Burma, Cambodia, Madagascar, India, Russia, China, Taiwan, Mozambique and Tanzania.