How to Sell Diamonds Jewelry

While our network connects you with established and reputable diamonds buyers in your area, it is still important to have an idea of the value of your diamonds. If you are unsure of the content of your items, read our guide below to get a better understanding of the diamonds selling process.

1 – Calculate The Value of Your Diamonds

You can begin the process of selling your diamonds by collecting the items that you are willing to sell. If you have any documentation for the items, it could help in determining what the value might be. Also look for markings on the diamonds, which may tell the weight or other important factors when determining value.

Be sure to leave your items in the condition that they are currently in. Diamonds buyers will clean the items with tools and products that may be unavailable to you and some people actually lessen the value of their diamonds by cleaning it incorrectly.

Now that you have the diamonds items that you want to sell, the first step to calculating their value is separating them by purity. Marks on your diamonds displaying the purity can be found using a magnifying glass. Most of the time, a number on the item will determine a percentage which can be used to find the karat value. Look at the example below to better understand how to determine karat value.

Many times the markings on your diamonds may not be visible or inexistent leaving you completely unaware of the value. One reason for this could be that your item is a combination of metals making it hard to determine the exact content. If you do not see any markings, there is no reason to be worried. There are other precious metals that it could be combined with that may still be worth some money. This is where having documentation of the content of an item can be important. Despite the lack in markings, diamonds buyers will use different tests to determine value. Because of the possible inconsistency of different testing methods, we recommend getting your items valued at multiple locations to find the most information about your diamonds.

If you did find markings on your diamonds, then you can weigh the items yourself before going to a diamonds buyer. Because items of different karat values are worth different amounts, separate your diamonds by purity before weighing them. Once you have found the weight for each type of diamonds that you have, check out our (link)gold calculator(link) to get a better understanding of what you may be offered by a diamonds buyer.

Despite the price that was given to you by the diamonds calculator, retailers will offer you less to make up for the other costs that they incur throughout buying and selling diamonds. 70-85% is generally what most organizations will offer people for their diamonds.

2 – Find A Diamonds Buyer Location

Now that you have an idea of the value of your diamonds, you can begin to look for a diamonds buyer in your area. Find your city in our database to get connected with the most reputable diamonds buyers in your area. Do some research on the different organizations before picking one to do business with. As we mentioned earlier, it is not a bad idea to get your diamonds valued at multiple locations. Diamonds buyers often advertise their guarantees or the fact that they offer a higher price for diamonds than their competitors. Despite these claims, you will never know what they are going to offer for your items unless you take them in. Browsing through reviews from past customers is another good way to see how an organization handles their business.

3 – Sell Your Diamonds

By selling to diamonds buyers locally, you are given advantages that would not be available through an online retailer. One of these advantages is the speed of the transaction. Online diamonds buyers are only as fast as the postal service is and you will be waiting to receive your check long after you mail in your diamonds. Local diamonds buyers will complete the transaction while you are in the store allowing you to leave with cash in your pocket. The postal services are notorious for losing and damaging packages, which is not something that you want to deal with when shipping valuable items. The benefits of dealing with a local buyer far outweigh the disadvantages and selling diamonds locally is what we would recommend.