"Ring, ring…” In the dark night yesterday, the ring phone awaked me from my 
sweep dream. “Hello May, this is John from USA, I want to order the 
Chinese beads from you to make 
rosaries here…” Oh, this is one of our old rosaries customers. 
But what kinds of Chinese beads need? There are hundreds of thousands of Chinese 
beads. So I confirmed the 
material, shapes, sizes, colors with John then emailed the 
Chinese beads we talked to confirmed again for the 
rosary beads. 
 
If you are a beads shop or beads wholesaler or beads retailer, do you know 
what are 
Chinese beads or 
what are China beads? Maybe Google can tell us. So I search Chinese beads and 
China beads on Google, but unfortunately, there are more than 71,200,000 
on Sep.22
nd when I search China beads on Google, Most websites are 
the site the sell beads, very few sites tell me what is 
Chinese beads, or 
China 
beads. Does someone also want to know what are Chinese beads or China beads, 
and search Google or Yahoo like me? 
Having more 8 years in beads making and 4 years in beads exported, here is 
my point of view for Chinese beads and China beads.
Actually, Chinese beads and China beads means same, we can consider that 
beads make in China call Chinese beads or China beads. Are some special beads 
can be representative beads among Chinese or China beads? For example, when we 
are talking Italy beads, most of the people will consider that are the Italy 
murano beads. So, when we talk the Chinese beads, can we also consider that are 
the Chinese 
crystal beads, or other beads…? We are afraid to say no. As 
every one knows, China is a big and wealth country. There are 23 provinces ( not 
including cities and zones), different places good at making different beads, 
Therefore, if we have to choose one bead or several beads and say those are 
Chinese beads, or 
China 
beads, that is a unilateral.
When we would like to order Chinese beads or China beads, the first 
important is should think over is the 
material of the beads. According to different jewelry 
materials, below are the mainly Chinese beads we can buy from China: acrylic 
beads ( some people also call plastic beads, acrylic beads usually in clear 
color, but plastic beads maybe not, so some people divide acrylic beads and 
plastic beads as two different beads), bone beads, cats eye beads ( also name 
fiber optic beads because for their effect), CCB beads ( material also is 
plastic), Cloisonne beads (a special handmade beads from China), coco beads, 
crystal beads ( one kind of shining glass beads), crackle glass beads, Enamel 
beads ( usually metal beads with enamel), fimo beads, freshwater pearl beads, 
gem stone beads ( there are variety of gem stone beads in China, such as agate 
beads, malachite stone beads, tiger eye beads, rose beads…), glass pearl beads ( 
many people also called it faux pearl beads), lampwork glass beads, leather 
beads, metal beads ( such as brass beads, iron beads, silver beads, gold beads…) 
millefiori glass beads ( also named thousand flower beads), polymer Clay beads, 
porcelain beads ( some people also called it as ceramic beads), resin beads, 
rhinestone beads, shell beads, wood beads, woven beads. Because the jewelry 
material different, so price will be also different.
The shapes of the beads also a main factor when we order Chinese beads or 
China beads online. So, what shapes does Chinese beads or China beads have. 
Generally speaking, the 
round beads is the most popular shape among jewelry beads. 
Also, we can find the bicone beads, square beads,

 triangle 
beads, oblong beads, oval beads, flower beads, leaf beads, animal beads… and 
plain beads, beads with faceted surface…
After, we shall choose what size of the beads. At present 2-20 mm are the 
most popular sizes. Does bigger sizes beads we can found in China? Sure, but for 
bigger sizes, many people will call them 
pendants.
Then, then hole of the beads also an important factor when order Chinese 
beads. Most of the beads are with a hole get through from the top to bottom (the 
vertical hole). However, sometimes we also need hole from the top (horizontal 
hole we talked), or half hole to make earrings, or without hole.
And, the color of the 
beads is a main factor to make jewelries. For most of the 
beads, there is only one color in one bead, but also there are double colors or 
more colors in one bead, such as acrylic beads, plated crystal beads, lampwork 
glass beads… That is why order beads online, we should also choose what colors 
need.
After we consider the above factors of Chinese beads or China beads, are 
there other factors have to think when order the beads from Chinese beads 
factory? Yes, we should also know what the beads I going to use. For example, if 
I want to order beads of road making, then we will recommend you to order such 
as road making glass beads, not 
jewelry beads. If you would 
like to order beads to make 
beaded charms for mobile phones, 

then we will 
say, 3-4 mm beads or small glass seed beads will be better than large beads such 
as 10 mm or bigger, because if you use these beads to make charms, the charms 
will be very big and heavy for the mobile phones. While, if you need to make 
beaded decoration, the 10mm, 12mm, 14mm beads will be better. 
When you need beads to make 
rosaries like our friend John, 3-12 mm beads will be better 
than other size.
When all above finish, the last is to write the quantity of the 
beads needed to finish order Chinese beads or China 
beads.
Till now, do you have some good idea for how to order China beads or 
Chinese beads?