Rough estimates where possible; your final offer follows inspection.
No obligation. Free tracked return if you decline. We aim to pay within one working hour of acceptance.
The GoldPaid postal service works identically from a Belfast, Derry, Armagh, Newtownards or rural BT-postcode address as it does from anywhere in mainland Great Britain. Free Royal Mail Special Delivery label, next-working-day delivery for most BT postcodes, written XRF-backed offer, and a UK-bank Faster Payment on acceptance.
Send a photo on WhatsApp for a rough estimate where possible, or arrange to post your items for assessment. We confirm our purchase offer after inspection, and you decide whether to accept. Final offers depend on inspection, item weight, purity, hallmarks, stones, non-gold components, condition and the live precious-metal market.
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Does GoldPaid buy gold posted from Northern Ireland?Yes. The postal service works the same from any BT postcode as it does from anywhere in Great Britain. We send a free prepaid Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed label to your Northern Ireland address, you hand the parcel in at any Post Office branch, and it usually reaches us the next working day. The written offer follows XRF assay, and payment is by Faster Payments to a UK bank account in your name.
Please send us photos on WhatsApp, and we will help you.
Send photos of your items and any hallmarks. We give a rough estimate where possible; your final offer follows inspection. You do not need to arrange postage to ask us a question.
We arrange postage with you after our conversation.
Before you post
The questions people ask before they send anything, answered here rather than at the end of the page.
Can I ask first?
Yes. WhatsApp a photo to 07944 014111, 8am to 9pm, every day, and we reply with an idea of what it is worth. Nothing is posted until you decide.
Is it safe to post?
Your parcel travels by Royal Mail Special Delivery, tracked and signed for. Royal Mail cover may be available up to £2,500 depending on the postal method and cover level used. GoldPaid can confirm the appropriate postal option before you post.
How is it tested?
Your parcel is signed for on arrival and opened at our Bristol office, where each item is weighed and tested with an XRF analyser, an X-ray test that reads the metal without marking it. Your written offer lists each piece with its weight, purity and figure.
What if I say no?
We return everything by Royal Mail Special Delivery at our cost. Saying no costs you nothing.
When am I paid?
Only if you accept the written offer. We aim for the money to reach your bank within 24 hours of posting. We use Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed, test your items promptly on receipt, and aim to pay by Faster Payments within one working hour of your acceptance. The 24-hour target is an aim, not a guarantee: it depends on posting before the local cut-off, the applicable working-day delivery service, prompt acceptance, completed identity checks and bank processing.
How long does an offer last?
Each written offer is dated and holds for a limited time, because metal prices move. If it lapses, we re-run it at that day’s rate.
Who am I dealing with?
GOLDPAID LTD, registered in England and Wales, run by founder Rocco Clayfield. Our office is at Unit 217, Bristol Business Centre, 179 Whiteladies Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2AG. We are postal only, so there is no counter to visit. Before we pay, we ask every seller for a photo of their passport or driving licence.
Final offers depend on inspection, item weight, purity, hallmarks, stones, non-gold components, condition and the live precious-metal market.
The Broighter gold and the Dublin harp on older Ulster silver
In February 1896 two ploughmen, Tom Nicholl and James Morrow, turned up a hoard of Iron Age gold outside Limavady in County Londonderry. The Broighter Gold, from the 1st century BC, includes a miniature ship, torcs, a bowl and chain necklaces. After a 1903 court ruling it went to the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin, and replicas of the collection are kept at the Ulster Museum in Belfast.
Dublin also explains the marks on a lot of older family silver from across the island. The Dublin Assay Office was set up in 1637 to assay and hallmark gold and silver made throughout the whole of Ireland. Its crowned harp was struck on 22ct gold and sterling silver, a date letter system followed in 1638, and from 25 March 1730 a figure of Hibernia was added to show that duty had been paid.
An older teapot or spoon handed down in an Ulster family may therefore carry the harp, Hibernia and a Dublin date letter rather than a British town mark. Those marks help to date a piece and confirm its standard, and a clear photo of them lets us tell you what we see before anything is posted.
No pressure to begin with
Asking commits you to nothing. A WhatsApp message with a couple of photos of your gold from Northern Ireland gets you a rough estimate and a straight 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, so you never have to travel.
Is the process different from a Northern Ireland address?
Is the postal gold-buying service different from a Northern Ireland address?No. Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed operates identically across the UK, including all BT postcodes. Labels are issued by email, you hand the parcel in at any NI Post Office branch, the tracking number updates through the network, and next-working-day delivery to us is standard for the great majority of BT postcodes. The written offer, the payment method (UK Faster Payments), the free tracked return if you decline, every step is the same as for a mainland seller.
The one small honest note: a handful of remote BT addresses and some island addresses may see the occasional next-working-day-plus-one, which Royal Mail flags on the tracking. That is a delivery timing point, not a service point, the parcel is still covered and still tracked throughout.
The five-step process from Northern Ireland
Send photos on WhatsApp to 07944 014111, or call us if you prefer. UK number, same reply times (8am to 9pm, seven days).
Free label emailed to you, usually within about 30 minutes during working hours. Print at home, or ask for a QR code and the Post Office counter prints it for you.
Hand the parcel in at any Post Office branch. Every BT postcode is served by a Post Office branch; keep the proof-of-postage receipt with the tracking number until the sale is complete.
Next-working-day delivery to us for the great majority of BT postcodes, with tracking updates through the Royal Mail network.
Written XRF-backed offer, and Faster Payments to a UK account on acceptance, or a free tracked return by Royal Mail if you decline.
The process, step by step
Get in touch and show us. A WhatsApp photo of your gold from Northern Ireland is all we need to give you a rough estimate 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. Everything is weighed, metal is XRF-assayed and any stones are assessed separately, usually on the working day your parcel arrives. You then get 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 tracked.
Your parcel is signed for on arrival and opened at our Bristol office, where each item is weighed and XRF-tested before the written offer is prepared.
Where the figure comes from
We measure purity with XRF, weigh every item, and value it against the live precious-metal market on the day we test, with our margin already inside the figure. Every one of those numbers appears in the written breakdown you receive before deciding. The full method is on how we value gold.
The XRF test, the weighing and the per-item written breakdown are identical whether your parcel travelled from Belfast, Bristol or Birmingham. Every offer depends on inspection, item weight, purity, hallmarks, stones, non-gold components, condition and the live market on the day.
Final offers depend on inspection, item weight, purity, hallmarks, stones, non-gold components, condition and the live precious-metal market. Your written offer applies the weight and purity we measure to the live precious-metal market, with our margin already inside the figure.
One parcel gets one written figure, itemised piece by piece. Your offer reflects the weight and purity we measure and the live precious-metal market on the day, with our margin already inside the figure, so nothing further is taken off. For coins, watches and signed or collectable pieces, send a photo on WhatsApp first and we will tell you how we would value them before you post anything.
Northern Ireland postal cover, in plain terms
Every parcel travels on Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed, and Royal Mail cover may be available up to £2,500 depending on the postal method and cover level used. For NI as for the rest of the UK, higher-value consignments are best split across more than one parcel so each is sent within the cover level set on its own label; message us before posting and we arrange it. Full detail on postage and cover.
How your parcel travels
Your items travel on Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed, fully tracked and signed for on delivery. Royal Mail cover may be available up to £2,500 depending on the postal method and cover level used. GoldPaid can confirm the appropriate postal option before you post. If your items may be worth more, message us first and we can split them across more than one prepaid label at no charge. See postage and cover for the full picture. If a parcel is lost on its way to us, the compensation claim goes to Royal Mail from you, the sender, using your Post Office receipt, and we give you our tracking records and help you make it. Lost parcels, step by step.
Changing your mind is free
Declining costs you nothing. If the written offer does not suit you, say so, and your items come straight back by tracked, signed-for Royal Mail Special Delivery at our expense. No fee, no questions, no chasing. See what happens if I decline the offer for the step by step.
The written offer is dated and holds for a limited time, because metal prices move. If it lapses before you decide, we re-run it against the live precious-metal market on the day, at no charge. You can also accept part of a parcel and decline the rest, with no minimum and no penalty for splitting it.
Why postal is often the better route from NI
Specialist postal gold buyers cluster in Great Britain, and a Belfast or Derry seller can otherwise face a ferry-plus-drive to reach a comparable counter valuation. Posting removes that entirely: the parcel travels tracked, you compare a written itemised offer at home in your own time, and if it does not suit you the return is free. Local Northern Ireland jewellers remain a perfectly good route for face-to-face conversations, particularly for antique or signed pieces where a specialist opinion beats scrap; the two are not mutually exclusive.
Being paid
If you accept, we aim to pay by Faster Payments within one working hour of your acceptance, directly to your bank account. It is the last step, and a simple one.
Why sell to GoldPaid
GoldPaid is a small, owner-run UK business built on one promise: show the working. Every item is weighed and XRF-assayed, and every offer is itemised in writing. Postage is free and tracked both ways, and there is never a countdown or a hard sell. If something is worth more to a specialist than to us, we say so.
What decides your offer
Every parcel is opened at our Bristol office and each piece is handled on its own. Nothing is averaged across the parcel.
Weight. Each item is weighed on scales. Stones, steel springs, non-gold clasps and cores are not paid as gold. The written breakdown explains the payable metal weight for each item, rather than treating everything on the scales as precious metal.
Purity. Each item is tested with an XRF analyser, which reads the metals at the points tested without marking the item. A surface reading alone cannot establish the composition of a plated or filled piece. Hallmarks, construction and different components all need to be considered alongside the test.
The market on the day. Gold and silver are priced against the live precious-metal market at the time your parcel is assessed, not at the time you posted.
Condition and intact value. Broken is fine and does not reduce a metal offer. Where a piece is worth more intact (a named maker, a collectable coin, a locket with provenance) we tell you before testing, so you can choose.
Anything that is not gold or silver. Plated, rolled-gold and base-metal items are listed on the offer at nothing and returned to you free. We never quietly keep them.
Why we do not publish a per-gram price list. A single printed rate hides the things that change the figure: hollow versus solid, stones, mixed carats in one bag, a mark that does not match the metal. We would rather show you the weight, the tested purity and the figure for each item, in writing, and let you decide. Final offers depend on inspection, item weight, purity, hallmarks, stones, non-gold components, condition and the live precious-metal market.
What you see before you decide. A written, itemised offer by WhatsApp or email: every item, its weight, its tested purity, and its figure. Accept and we aim to pay by bank transfer within one working hour. Decline and the whole parcel comes back by Royal Mail Special Delivery at our cost. No fee, no deduction, no questions.
How long does a parcel from Northern Ireland take to reach you?
Next working day for the great majority of BT postcodes on Royal Mail Special Delivery. A handful of remote NI and island addresses see the occasional delivery-plus-one. That is flagged in the tracking and does not affect cover or the free return.
Do you pay to a Northern Ireland bank account?
Yes. Any UK bank or building society account in the seller’s own name works, including Northern Ireland-branded accounts. Faster Payments settle within the same timelines as any other UK bank transfer.
Do I need special customs paperwork posting from Northern Ireland to Great Britain?
No. NI-to-GB postal movements of personal goods travel as internal UK mail through Royal Mail Special Delivery; there is nothing to declare for a personal parcel of used jewellery being sold within the UK. GB-to-NI return parcels move the same way. The Windsor Framework does not affect a personal Royal Mail parcel of this kind.
Can I use the QR-code label option in Northern Ireland?
Yes. Every Post Office branch in Northern Ireland offers the same Royal Mail Special Delivery counter service and can scan a QR-code label. No home printer needed. Ask for the QR option when you request the label.
Is the ID check the same for Northern Ireland sellers?
Yes. Photo ID is required on every UK transaction under AML good practice, and the process is identical for NI sellers. Payment is to a UK account in the seller’s own name.
Not the question you had? The full GoldPaid FAQ covers the rest, from postal cover and ID checks to what happens if you decline the offer.
Please send us photos on WhatsApp, and we will help you. We give a rough estimate where possible and arrange postage with you after our conversation. Your final offer follows inspection.
Message 07944 014111 on WhatsApp with a photo of what you have, and we’ll email a prepaid Royal Mail Special Delivery label. Same service, same free return, from any NI address.
