No pressure to begin with
There is genuinely nothing to commit to up front. A WhatsApp message with a couple of photos of your 22ct gold gets you a quick indicative figure and an honest answer to any question. Whether you post anything is your call, made later.
GoldPaid has no high-street branches. It is postal-only and UK-wide, which is what keeps it lean and means you never have to travel.
What 22ct gold is
22ct gold carries the fineness mark 916. It is 91.6% pure gold, with the rest made up of other metals for strength and colour. It is the traditional standard for Indian, South Asian and Middle Eastern jewellery, much wedding and gifted gold from those traditions is 22ct. You may also see it stamped 22k or .916.
Whatever the carat, GoldPaid pays for the confirmed gold content. 22ct items are weighed and XRF-assayed exactly like any other, a piece marked 916 is never paid at the wrong rate. For how the marks work, see the gold hallmark guide.
What 22ct gold we buy
- 22ct jewellery, rings, chains, bracelets, earrings, lockets and pendants
- Broken, worn, single or damaged 22ct pieces, condition does not matter, we pay for the metal
- Hallmarked and unhallmarked 22ct gold
- 22ct items mixed in with other carats. We separate by carat before valuing
Not sure of the carat, or cannot read the mark? Send a photo on WhatsApp, the XRF assay confirms it for certain at no cost, so you never need to identify anything before posting.
The process, step by step
- Get in touch and show us. A WhatsApp photo of your 22ct gold is all we need to give you an honest quick indicative figure before anything is posted.
- Get your free label. We send a prepaid Royal Mail Special Delivery label, fully tracked. If you have no printer, a QR code for the counter does the same job.
- Send it at your own pace. Wrap it in any padded envelope and hand it in at a Post Office whenever it suits you.
- See the written offer. We weigh and XRF-assay every item, then send an itemised breakdown showing exactly how the figure was reached.
- Decide. Say yes and the money is sent by Faster Payments. Say no and your items come straight back, free and insured.
Where the figure comes from
There is no guesswork in the offer. We confirm purity by XRF assay, weigh on calibrated scales, and price against the live market rate on the day. Every one of those numbers appears in the written breakdown you receive before deciding. The full method is on how we value gold.
Indicative 22ct rates are published on our gold calculator, currently around £93 per gram. That figure moves with the live market and is a guide only; your firm offer follows the XRF assay of your specific items.
Postage and cover
Your parcel is insured up to £2,500 via Royal Mail Special Delivery. The label we send is Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed: tracked end to end, signed for on delivery, and arranged with that compensation cover per parcel. If you believe your items are worth more, message us before posting and we will arrange the right approach, whether that is additional cover or splitting items across more than one parcel. Full detail is on postage and insurance, and is it safe to post gold? walks through posting valuables safely.
Declining, made simple
A quick message is all it takes to decline, and you do not need to give a reason. Your items are then returned free of charge on a tracked, insured service, with no fee and no pressure to reconsider. What happens if I decline the offer covers it fully.
Who this helps
This page suits people selling South Asian, Indian or Middle Eastern gold jewellery, wedding gold, gifted bangles and chains. At 91.6% pure, 22ct is among the most valuable jewellery gold per gram, so these pieces are well worth a proper XRF-confirmed valuation.
The payment step
Acceptance triggers payment: a direct bank transfer by Faster Payments, to the account you give us. Nothing to bank and nothing to chase.
Built to be trusted, not just believed
- Owner-run, with a named founder accountable for the service
- Every item XRF-assayed, the result shown to you in writing
- Free insured postage both ways, so a valuation is genuinely no-obligation
- Honest about its limits, including when a specialist would suit you better
- No fabricated reviews and no invented numbers, anywhere on the site
Common questions
How much is 22ct gold worth per gram?
22ct gold is 91.6% pure, so it is worth 91.6% of the pure-gold rate per gram, less our margin. Indicative 22ct rates are on our gold calculator, but they move with the live market. Your firm offer is set after an XRF assay confirms the purity and weight of your specific items.
Do you buy broken or unhallmarked 22ct gold?
Yes. Condition does not matter. We pay for the metal content, so broken, worn and single items are all welcome. Unhallmarked gold is fine too; the XRF assay confirms the carat for certain.
Is my 22ct Asian wedding gold worth more than UK 9ct jewellery?
Per gram, yes, considerably. 22ct is 91.6% pure against 9ct’s 37.5%. South Asian and Middle Eastern wedding gold is often 22ct and carries real value. It is weighed and XRF-assayed exactly like any other gold, and you see the written figure before deciding.
What if I decline the offer?
Your items are returned to you free of charge by tracked, insured Royal Mail post. There is no fee for declining and no follow-up pressure.