Ideal Diamond Solutions Announces Strategic Alliance With Jewelers of America

Ideal Diamond Solutions, Inc. (IDS), took a fresh approach to affiliate marketing and turned it into a groundbreaking technology platform, comes the announcement of several key strategic alliances and accomplishments.

IDS and Jewelers of America have entered into an exclusive strategic alliance making web services available to Jewelers of America members at reduced prices.

“We are thrilled to be working hand-in-hand with Jewelers of America to provide their members integrated websites and website components via IDS’s dynamic web-based e-commerce technology platform in an effort to deliver greater profitability from the online channel to their members,” stated Larry Chasin Founder & CEO of IDS. “Our system provides cost effective and profitable e-commerce solutions for the jewelry industry as a whole and with the Jewelers of America’s nationwide reach we will be able to affect a sea change in our industry. Now more than ever our industry needs to step up its technology to stay relevant in the new economy. The IDS platform helps jewelry businesses compete with all players — online and off — with connected content, state-of-the-art programming and now, industry-specific advice and guidance, thanks to our new partners at Jewelers of America,” Chasin added ..

Launched in 2008, Ideal Diamond Solutions, Inc. has quickly become the industry’s leading technology platform provider offering uniquely designed online services for retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers, designers and industry organizations.

Setting the new standard, the IDS platform is the first and only online platform which enables retailers the opportunity to build sophisticated, cost-effective and completely customizable e-commerce focused websites. Using the IDS open-source integration platform, retailers are afforded the opportunity to showcase tens of thousands of virtual products including a robust diamond database of approximately 150,000 stones as well as the very sought-after “build your own ring” technology.

“Jewelers of America is focused on helping its membership thrive in the 21st century. Facilitating access to web marketing solutions is a necessary means to this goal, and we are pleased to offer the website platform from IDS to our membership,” said Matthew A. Runci, Jewelers of America President & CEO.

“We’ve heard the call of many Jewelers of America members, who are searching for solutions to bring their businesses online but are overwhelmed by the options or technology. IDS takes the mystery out of website development and makes it easy for our members to stand out to consumers on the Web,” explained David Peters, Jewelers of America Director of Member Services. “Plus, Jewelers of America members get the additional benefit of Jewelers of America- and Jewelry Information Center-sponsored consumer education content on their websites.”

Other IDS strategic alliances include The Leading Jewelers of the World (LJW), IDEX Online, Natural Color Diamond Association (NCDIA), Jeweler’s Resource Bureau (JRB); Continental Buying Group (CBG) and Jewelers for Children (JFC) among others.