Best online bead shops?

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I use beads in some crafts and shops like hobbycraft are just too expensive. What are the best online shops?

Tia

Beads direct is fab - they do a lot of tutorials too, and Beadsupermarket, and GJbeads,

and spellbound beads do the biggest selection of kits I ever saw - and they are stunning! (if a bit pricey)

There are lots of great bead sellers on Etsy. www.etsy.com ~ you can fileter to just show UK sellers. Also there are some lovely eBay shops.

There is a great U.S. site called eebeads.com, unfortunately they are closing down, but it does mean they are having a liquidation sale. Although based in the states I always found p&p reasonable. Living in Spain I often found if I ordered beads from them and a UK site the beads from the States would arrive quicker and cost less in postage than an order from the U.K.
For nice quality semi precious beads beadaddict.co.uk, although more expensive and compared to eebeads the customer service was poor. Having said that I have to say that eebeads were wonderful in terms of customer service

Hi there! I've heard of a recent company that are currently doing a Kickstarter campaign that you might be interested in, although they aren't available to buy I still think it would be worth looking at.

My nieces love Hama and Fusion beads so the moment the campaign launches I'll definitely be pledging money, simply to see if the creative fun is still there! Having emailed the creator about his idea, he's been very helpful in letting me know the timeline as well as keeping the companies blog updated about the new ideas the employees have. Let me know what you think.

I'm very sorry, completely forgot to say who the company were! They're called Simbrix and you can check them out here:www.simbrix.com

k2 accessories are mega cheap. Although the beads arent such good quality as more expensive ones. I guess it depends what you want them for though! I'm going to check out the other sites mentioned here too.

www.jillybeads.co.uk/
They always put a free bead in my order!