Nomad Bead Merchants, Inc.

Name

Nomad Bead Merchants, Inc.

Legal name

Nomad Beads

Website

https://nomadbeads.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Nomad Bead Merchants, Inc. (DBA Nomad Beads) is a single-location independent bead and jewelry supply retailer in Boulder, Colorado, selling gemstone and glass beads, tools, finished local-artisan jewelry, and sacred art, and offering repairs, custom work, and paid and free beading classes to hobbyists and craft enthusiasts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bead and Jewelry Supplies Retail

NAICS

Jewelry Retailers (458310)

SIC

Retail-Jewelry Stores (5944)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYCRALACAE

Beading & Jewelry-Making Supplies Retail

Consumer Products & Retail/Specialty Retail (Hobby, Books, Office, Pet, Toys)/Arts, Crafts & Hobby Supplies Retail

Keywords

• Bead retail store
• Jewelry making supplies
• Beading supplies and tools
• Handcrafted jewelry sales
• Jewelry crafting classes

Headquarters

HQ city

Boulder

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Retail Product Sales: One-time sales of physical products including beads (gemstone, glass), silver wire and findings, beading supplies, tools, and finished jewelry by local artists. Customers purchase items in-store during visits.
2. Jewelry Services: Revenue from repair services and custom jewelry work. Customers pay for repair and custom fabrication services on an as-requested basis.
3. Education and Classes: Revenue from jewelry crafting classes taught by experienced staff and associates. Additionally offers free basics classes on Saturday mornings as a customer acquisition and retention strategy.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Nomad Bead Merchants, Inc. operates a single brick-and-mortar bead and jewelry supply store in Boulder, Colorado, selling gemstone and glass beads, silver wire and findings, beading supplies and tools, finished jewelry by local artists, and sacred art including Thangkas and malas. The store also provides jewelry repair services, custom jewelry work, and instructional jewelry crafting classes taught by experienced staff, including free basics classes on Saturday mornings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Beads (Gemstone, Glass, and More) Gemstone, glass, and other varieties of beads sold in-store for jewelry making and crafting, targeted at hobbyists and jewelry makers.
• Silver Wire and Findings Silver wire and findings for jewelry construction and assembly, sold in-store to jewelry makers and craft hobbyists.
• Beading Supplies and Tools General supplies and tools required for beadwork and jewelry crafting, sold in-store to hobbyists and jewelry makers.
• Finished Jewelry by Local Artists Pre-made finished jewelry created by local artists, sold on consignment or direct purchase to retail customers seeking artisan-made pieces.
• Sacred Art: Thangkas and Malas Sacred art items including Thangka Buddhist scroll paintings and malas (prayer beads) for spiritual practice and devotional use, sold to spiritual practitioners and collectors.
• Jewelry Repairs and Custom Work Professional repair services for damaged jewelry and custom jewelry fabrication provided by experienced staff on an as-requested basis to local customers.
• Jewelry Crafting Classes Instructional jewelry crafting classes taught by experienced staff and associates, with free basics classes offered on Saturday mornings to beginners and hobbyists seeking to learn beading and jewelry-making techniques.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Emerging players

• Etsy: Online marketplace where individual sellers (analogous to Nomad Beads' local-artist consignors) list handmade beads, jewelry, and supplies — competes for both finished-jewelry buyers and hobbyist supply customers online.

Broad incumbents

• Michaels Stores: National big-box arts, crafts, and hobby retailer carrying beads, beading supplies, and jewelry-making kits — competes for the same hobbyist customer, though with less depth and specialization than a dedicated bead store.
• JOANN: National fabric and crafts retailer offering beading, jewelry-making supplies, and instructional classes — adjacent to Nomad Beads in serving hobbyists with cross-category craft inventory and paid class programming.
• Hobby Lobby: National arts-and-crafts chain offering beads, jewelry findings, and craft supplies at value pricing — competes for casual hobbyists and craft enthusiasts with far broader assortment and lower prices.
• Rio Grande: Established wholesale and retail supplier of jewelry-making supplies, findings, metals, and tools serving both hobbyists and professionals — broader and more industrial than Nomad Beads but overlapping heavily on core supply categories.

Direct peers

• Shipwreck Beads: Large independent bead retailer (with both physical showroom and online store) known for an enormous bead and findings assortment — directly comparable as a bead-store specialist, though operating at materially larger scale.
• Fire Mountain Gems: One of the largest U.S. bead, jewelry-making, and findings retailers, operating primarily online with a huge catalog of gemstone beads, silver findings, and tools — directly comparable to Nomad Beads' core supply assortment, though at vastly larger scale.
• Beadshop.com (beadshop): Online-focused bead and jewelry-making supplies retailer offering gemstone beads, crystals, findings, and tools — competes in the same hobby supply category as Nomad Beads but reaches a national audience rather than a single local market.

Regional players

• Lapidary and rock-shop independents (e.g., local rock shop peers): Independent rock, gem, and bead shops operating in other U.S. cities that combine gemstone sales, findings, classes, and local artisan consignment — structurally similar to Nomad Beads but serving different regional markets.

Others

• Bead & Button / Kalmbach Media bead retailers: Specialty bead hobby publisher and affiliated retail network serving the beading and jewelry-making enthusiast community — adjacent ecosystem participant that helps drive demand into local bead stores like Nomad Beads.

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Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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