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Cultured Pearl Association of America
CPAA Foundation Membership
$ 1,500.00
Foundation-level membership is available to reputable growers, importers, wholesalers, dealers, designers, manufacturers, and retailers who distinguish themselves using cultured pearls. Foundation-level members must be pre-approved by the current CPAA board of directors, have voting rights on the board, and can participate as board members.
Apply today. Use our mail in form to submit your application for membership.
Benefits include:
--Monthly members-only CPAA newsletter that includes member news, relevant industry happenings and deadlines, as well as business tips and reminders.
--Pearl Toolkit, which includes sales tips, fast facts about pearls and the biggest takeaways from the Pearls As One course, role play scripts for use with customers, answers to common questions about pearls, and a blueprint for how to hold a pearl event in store. [Will roll out toward the end of the first half of 2018.]
--Social media program participation including a minimum of three images of your work shared monthly on the CPAA Instagram feed, Facebook page, Twitter, and Pinterest accounts.
--Opportunities to be included in original pearl content (including profiles) that will appear on the CPAA website—with links to stories in the Shells newsletter, a proprietary email list of 24,000 trade participants including retailers—and in other articles that will appear in the trade press throughout the year. [Editor’s note: You MUST have your own professional high-resolution images of relevant merchandise to be considered.]
--Opportunities to be included in original pearl content (including profiles and new product releases) that will appear on the CPAA website—with links to stories in the Shells newsletter, a proprietary email list of 24,000 trade participants including retailers—and in other articles that will appear in the trade press throughout the year. [Editor’s note: You MUST have your own professional high-resolution images of relevant merchandise to be considered.]
--Inclusion in quarterly email blasts to CPAA’s proprietary press mailing list with info about your company, contact info, and a minimum of three select images of your newest product.
--Opportunity to be included in the annual Jewelers of America press preview in New York City.
--Permission to use three select videos in the CPAA’s new and proprietary #thisispearl digital ad campaign. [Will roll out after the AGTA Tucson GemFair 2018.]
--Permission to use three select images in the CPAA’s new and proprietary custom artwork campaign. [Will roll out toward the end of the first half of 2018.]
--A 50-percent discounted entry into the International Pearl Design Contest.
--Ability to participate in cost-effective and creative CPAA group advertising, marketing, and photography opportunities as they arise.
--The opportunity to be featured in live at-trade-show coverage by CPAA through Facebook and Instagram Live, original content that will be created by CPAA, and in CPAA social media.
Questions? Email Jennifer@jenniferheebner.com or Kathyspearl@gmail.com.
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CPAA Certified Pearl Specialist Certificate - Signed and Frameable
$ 18.00
Visit product page →PLEASE NOTE: At this time, CPAA is experiencing difficulty in mailing certificates internationally because of the worldwide pandemic. So, know that if you live outside of the United States, delivery of your certificate will likely be delayed. How long? We don't know but we will keep trying to mail it until it reaches you.
This frameable certificate is hand-signed by the president of the Cultured Pearl Association of America and is available to all graduates of Pearls as One.
Please DO NOT purchase this product unless you have completed the Pearls as One course and passed the final exam with a score equal to or greater than 80%.
PLEASE NOTE: Certificates are shipped in batches twice monthly.
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Cultured Pearl Association of America
International Pearl Design Competition Entry 2020
$ 175.00
Visit product page →Enter the International Pearl Design Competition (IPDC) sponsored by the Cultured Pearl Association of America (CPAA) and earn recognition in up to 45 countries and in as many as 1,000 publications around the world!
U.S. participants have the opportunity to have their work put up for sale in an important jewelry store! (See instructions for more information.)
All cultured pearl varieties, including akoya, South Sea, Tahitian, and freshwater pearls of any shape and size are eligible for submission. Additionally, the Spotlight Award on one variety of pearl--golden South Seas for this year--encourages artists to wholly understand and embrace one type of pearl through a piece where 75 percent of it features that one variety.
Entries are considered eligible for any of the awards being given. Let the piece you create speak for itself.
You may enter up to five different designs. Each entry can be submitted with up to five different images. Please remember that U.S. participants have a two-part entry process, which can be viewed here.
Tahitian pearl photo by Ted Morrison.
In 2020, the first TWO ENTRIES ARE $175.00 while each additional entry is $150.00:
First TWO ENTRIES $175 Total: $175 Third Entry $150 Total: $325 Fourth Entry
$150 Total: $475 Fifth Entry $150 Total: $625
Entries must be received by Oct. 2, 2020, by 6 p.m. EST. -
Cultured Pearl Association of America
CPAA Affiliate Membership Deal!
$ 299.00
Visit product page →Affiliate-level membership is available to reputable growers, importers, wholesalers, dealers, designers, manufacturers, and retailers who distinguish themselves using cultured pearls.
Benefits include:
--Monthly members-only CPAA newsletter that includes member news, relevant industry happenings and deadlines, as well as business tips and reminders.
--Social media program participation including a minimum of one image of your work shared monthly on the CPAA Instagram feed, Facebook page, Twitter, and Pinterest accounts.
--Opportunities to be included in original pearl content (including profiles) that will appear on the CPAA website—with links to stories in the Shells newsletter, a proprietary email list of 24,000 trade participants including retailers—and in other articles that will appear in the trade press throughout the year. [Editor’s note: You MUST have your own professional high-resolution images of relevant merchandise to be considered.]
--Inclusion in quarterly email blasts to CPAA’s proprietary press mailing list with info about your company, contact info, and a minimum of one select image of your newest product.
--Opportunity to be included in the annual Jewelers of America press preview in New York City.
--Permission to use one select video in the CPAA’s new and proprietary #thisispearl digital ad campaign. [Will roll out after the AGTA Tucson GemFair 2018.]
--Permission to use one select image in the CPAA’s new and proprietary custom artwork campaign. [Will roll out toward the end of the first half of 2018.]
--A 30-percent discounted entry into the International Pearl Design Contest.
--Ability to participate in cost-effective and creative CPAA group advertising, marketing, and photography opportunities as they arise.
--The opportunity to be featured in live at-trade-show coverage by CPAA through Facebook and Instagram Live, original content that will be created by CPAA, and in CPAA social media.
Questions? Email Jennifer@jenniferheebner.com or Kathyspearl@gmail.com.
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#PearlsJam @Diamondoodles Mug for CPAA
$ 13.05
Visit product page →Perfect for coffee, tea and hot chocolate, this classic shape white, durable ceramic mug in the most popular size and features a proprietary illustration from graduate gemologist and illustrator Hannah Becker of @Diamondoodles for CPAA. High quality sublimation printing makes it an appreciated gift to every true hot beverage lover.
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