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The Bead Chest

African beads, glass beads, gemstones, and jewelry-making supplies. Santa Monica, California. Runs on Shopify Plus.

The Bead Chest is a Santa Monica, California brand selling African beads, glass beads, gemstones, and jewelry-making supplies on Shopify Plus. Its store lists 5,000+ products, mostly beads, pendant and string, priced from $3 to $75. It sells direct and wholesale and sells on Amazon. It employs 1 to 10 people and runs 14 apps from the Shopify App Store across 7 categories. It spends about $15K to $17.5K a month on those apps and added 1 in the last year.

The store

Products listed
5,000+
Counted on the storefront
Typical price
$3 to $75
Most products fall in this range
Beads3,676Pendant222String218Charm129Loose Beads115Craft Wire100

Product types as The Bead Chest files them in its own catalogue.

What The Bead Chest runs on Shopify

14 apps from the Shopify App Store, across 7 categories.

Email & SMS marketing4Product reviews3Helpdesk2Other2Page building1Search, upsell & discovery1Shipping, returns & order tracking1

Estimated app spend: about $15K to $17.5K a month. 1 app added in the last year.

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Counted from the Shopify App Store. A name shows only for an app our own visit to the storefront saw running, or to signed-in members. how we count.

Where The Bead Chest sells

Direct, thebeadchest.comAmazonWholesale

Competitors

  1. Tejas Beads

    gemstone beads and stringing

  2. Beadsofcambay.com

    gemstone beads

  3. Intrinsic Trading

    gemstone beads

  4. beads and findings

  5. Beads, Inc.

    bead strands

  6. Barrel of Beads

    beads and findings

  7. BeadTin.com

    craft beads

  8. crystal beads

  9. Folkmarketgems

    gemstones

  10. Buttons Galore and More

    buttons and beads

how we pick competitors

What apps does The Bead Chest use on Shopify?

The Bead Chest runs 14 apps from the Shopify App Store across 7 categories: Page building, Email & SMS marketing, Helpdesk, Product reviews, Search, upsell & discovery, Other, Shipping, returns & order tracking.

Who are The Bead Chest's competitors?

The Shopify brands closest to The Bead Chest are Tejas Beads, Beadsofcambay.com, Intrinsic Trading, Beadaholique and Beads, Inc..

Updated 2026-10-22. Method notes and every source: how we count →