Handmade Jewelry Makers on Square pay $29/month — $348/year. Over three years, that's $1,168. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 9.6 months. The median Handmade Jewelry Maker earns $32,000/year, so Square's annual cost is roughly 1.1% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $1,168 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
You're not the only one who's had enough.
Handmade Jewelry Makers face unique challenges: Pricing is guesswork because the cost of sterling wire and gemstones swings with the spot metal market, and most pieces get underpriced when bench hours and torch time aren't counted. Custom engagement and memorial commissions involve weeks of back-and-forth on stone choice and sizing, and that thread scatters across Etsy messages, Instagram DMs, and email. A one-of-a-kind piece can't be reordered, so when it sells the listing photos, materials list, and sizing notes are gone unless they were saved somewhere findable. Quarterly craft-fair booth fees, show inventory, and online sales tax all hit at once and there's no clean record of which channel actually paid for itself. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Handmade Jewelry Maker earns $32,000/year. Software at $348/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your a jeweler's bench with a flex-shaft rotary tool and bench pin is yours. You bought it once. Nexa works the same way — $279 once for invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, and full accounting. All connected. All offline-capable. You own it like you own your tools.
Square is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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| Feature | Square | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✗ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $29/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $1,168 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most handmade jewelry makers are fully switched before the weekend.
Go to Square Dashboard → Customers → Export. Also export transactions and item library.
15-minute setup. Import your customer list and service/product catalog.
Run both for 1-2 weeks. Test invoicing and booking through Nexa.
Cancel paid subscriptions. Keep free account for records access.
The bench gets the best light, so soldering and stone-setting happen in the morning when the eyes are fresh. A pair of earrings from yesterday's batch gets pickled, tumbled, and polished, then photographed in the light tent before the listing goes live. A custom commission needs attention: the client wants to swap the sapphire for a moissanite and move the setting up a finger size, which means re-sketching the design and re-quoting the metal weight. Email and DMs pile up with sizing questions and shipping requests, and a wholesale account wants to reorder a line that uses a discontinued chain, so a substitute has to be sourced. Lunch is at the bench. The afternoon is production: cutting and forming wire for a batch of stacking rings, keeping count of how much sterling is consumed so the next order to the metal supplier is right. A craft fair is three weeks out, so booth inventory gets tallied and gaps get noted. Packaging the day's online orders means hand-wrapping, including a care card, and printing labels. The last hour is the worst part: trying to price three new pieces by adding up wire weight, stone cost, and an honest count of bench hours, then second-guessing whether anyone will pay it.
Real handmade jewelry makers near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you a handmade jewelry maker? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every handmade jewelry maker on Nexa →
For solo operators and small teams (1-5), yes. Nexa includes invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, task management, and full accounting. Square may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. Square is $29/month — that's $1,168 over 3 years. Which is more? And if you'd rather split it, Nexa is also available as 3 payments of $99.
Yes. Nexa is $279 as a one-time payment, or 3 payments of $99 ($297 total). Either way it's a one-time purchase — no subscription, no recurring fees ever.
30-day money-back guarantee. Full refund. If Nexa doesn't save you $500 in year one, you get every penny back.
Export your data from Square as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $3,600/year on software — and Handmade Jewelry Maker face their own version of that math. WA state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Bellevue metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Handmade Jewelry Makers run into with Square, and what Nexa does instead.
$1,168 over 3 years. Or $279 once (or 3 × $99). Own your tools.
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