How We Price
Our price is the live metal value of the piece, plus a published margin. Nothing is hidden and nothing is negotiated at the till.
The margin works like income tax bands, in reverse
The first few grams carry a higher rate, because posting, insuring, photographing and packing a piece costs the same whether it weighs three grams or thirty. Every gram after that is charged at a lower rate.
| Weight | Rate on that slice |
|---|---|
| The first 5g | 1.50 × metal |
| 5g to 10g | 1.30 × |
| 10g to 15g | 1.25 × |
| 15g to 25g | 1.225 × |
| Above 25g | 1.20 × |
| Silver | 1.6 × throughout |
The band rate is not the overall rate
Just as with income tax, a piece is not charged at one band across the board. Each slice of its weight is charged at its own rate.
A 13g bracelet pays:
1.50 × on its first 5g, then 1.30 × on the next 5g, then 1.25 × on the last 3g.
Which works out at 1.36 × the metal value overall.
Because every gram is charged at a positive rate, a heavier piece always costs more than a lighter one of the same gold. There is no point on the scale where adding weight makes a piece cheaper.
Checked against the market, every minute
The figure on every listing is computed this way from the live market and updates by the minute, so the price you see is the price the metal justifies at that moment. Each piece shows its own metal value and its own multiple, so you can see the sum rather than take our word for it. You can check our working against the market yourself on The Gold Price.
The Vault is priced differently, and says so
Named, antique and exceptional pieces are worth more than the metal they are made of. Those are priced on merit rather than by weight, and they carry no multiple, because presenting a designer or antique piece as a markup over scrap would be the wrong way to describe it.