About Us

Hello and welcome to I-Beads, your online shop for all beads and beading accessories. With over 6000 products online, we have one of the largest collections for you to choose from and a fabulous team to help you with all your shopping needs.

I-Beads is part of the European group I-Beads.com which distributes beads through its 7 websites.

The I-Beads Story started as an extension of a craft shop in France in 2004. Founder Peter Sykes, has always been a worldwide traveller and often brought back beads as a souvenir from the various countries he visited. Wanting to share his passion with a wider public, he decided to start selling his beads online. Following the quick success of the French website (i-perles.fr), the Swiss website was then launched (e-perlen.ch) in 2005 followed by the launch of the UK website (e-beads.co.uk). Annabel, Peter’s daughter, who always loved fashion and most precisely jewellery design, launched this website whilst on maternity break. The German site (i-perlen.de) was next to be launched in 2007 and in 2009 we launched our newest websites: the European (i-beads.eu), Belgium (i-perles.be and Austrian site (i-perlen.at).

Over the years, I-Beads has established itself as the number one bead retailer in Europe, growing from strength to strength as well as geographically. We have ambitious plans to develop the company operationally in our existing locations as well as further afield.
Today we are proud and happy to offer you a range of over 6500 products with new ones being added to our catalogue twice a week at unbeatable prices.

We always make sure that the websites are as user friendly as possible with excellent graphics and detailed descriptions so you can see exactly what you are buying. Our dedicated team will do their best to dispatch your order as quickly as possible. We also offer different delivery options tailored to your needs.

You are our inspiration so please do share your thoughts with us! Meet our Facebook community, join our loyalty program, show us your wonderful designs and maybe become our next BEAUTIFUL DESIGN CONTEST WINNER. Check out www.urbanbeautiful.com for 2011 contestants.

The Team

Our team has evolved and grown, we all respond with energy and enthusiasm to the ever changing requirements of a small and online business. Picking the items, checking for quality and carefully packing your order for you to start your creations are Egita, Sandra, Nele and Ania.

Dispatching your order and organising the warehouse so your order leaves as soon as possible are Andy and Christopher.

To assist you with your orders and answer any questions you may have about our products, wholesale or any queries we have Andrea and her dedicated, always happy to help sales and customer service team: Joanna, Simone and Vanessa.

Sourcing all our products from all around the world, whilst offering you the best prices in the market, is Coralie.

To make sure that you hear from us and keep updated with our new arrivals, products and promotions we have Van and Eve.

Banking your cheques and paying our bills we have Leon.
And making sure that we are always on top of everything, Annabel and Peter!