When someone never sold gold before they can become skeptical, and for a good reason, there are many cash for gold fly-by-night companies that prey on the uneducated and vulnerable seller that may not know the value, or what they even have to sell. We are listing some tips on how to sell gold and other jewelry efficiently both online and in person at a jeweler or refiners location.

Tip Number 1

Think twice before going to a pawnshop because this gold buyer is a middleman that is going to make a huge profit off of buying your gold, historically, and not in all cases pawn shops offer the lowest cash for gold so they can maximize their profits when reselling to a gold refinery.

Tip Number 2

If you have abeautiful hand crafted one of a kind unique gold piece your best bet will be going to a local jeweler to sell gold. If your jewelry is broken, damaged, tangled on just plain regular you can go to a local gold refiner, gold refiners pay the highest historically compared to any, cash for gold company, gold buyer, jewelry store, pawn shop or eBay.

Tip Number 3

Thinking of selling gold online? Well our suggestion is to do your homework and get the price in writing and make sure they have a 30 day guarantee or a wide time frame for you to refuse their offer if it is too low. Selling gold online can be a challenge to say the least but finding the right online gold buyer can be great as well. There overheads are low, but depending on who you use you can get anywhere from 5-90% of the golds value so be warned and do your homework.