Buying gold and silver for the first time
Border Gold makes buying bullion simple. Our prices follow the live market, you can pay the way that suits you, and every parcel is fully insured until it reaches you.
How to buy
- Choose your products.Prices on the site follow the live market and refresh as it moves. Buying more often lowers the price per item; each product shows its price for every quantity.
- Check out.Once you are in checkout, your prices are locked for 5 minutes while you complete your order.
- Pay.Pick a payment method below. Once your order is confirmed, your price is locked and the market can no longer change it.
- We confirm your order.Our team checks your order and sends you a confirmation for your records. If you are new to Border Gold, we take you through a short onboarding first, such as confirming your delivery address.
- Receive your metal.Once your payment has cleared, we ship your order fully insured with tracking, or hold it for pickup or storage.
You can also call a trader during business hours and we will place the order with you.
Ways to pay
Each product shows two prices: the wire price and the card price (wire price + 4%).
- Wire transfer
Wire price. Sent through your bank's wire service. A $15 wire fee applies to orders under $10,000. Paying from your online banking? Choose Online banking.
- Bank draft, money order or cashier's cheque
Wire price. Payable to Border Gold Corp., with your online reference on it. Clears in 1 to 3 business days.
- Personal cheque
Wire price. Held 5 business days to clear, Canadian or US.
- Online banking (bill payment)
Wire price. Add Border Gold Corp. as a payee in your online banking. Often the quickest: 1 to 3 business days. If your bank does not list us as a payee, send an Interac e-Transfer instead (CAD orders up to $20,000; several transfers are fine; put your online reference in the message).
- Credit card, PayPal, Apple Pay or Google Pay
Card price. For orders up to $6,000. We take major credit cards, including American Express.
- In store
Wire price. Cash and debit at our Surrey store. Cash is accepted in limited amounts per transaction.
Delivery, pickup or storage
- Delivery. Free insured shipping on orders of $1,000 or more. Below that, shipping is $30 on CAD orders and $25 on USD orders. Orders over $5,000 ship overnight. Every parcel is guaranteed and fully insured in transit, and you get a tracking number. Please be there to receive it. We deliver to Canada and the US.
- Pickup. Collect your order free at our store in Surrey, BC.
- Storage. Keep your metal in a professional vault, fully insured. Storage orders under $10,000 have a $15 storage fee. See Storage.
Good to know
- Minimum order: $250.
- Prices do not include tax. Most gold and silver bullion carries no GST/HST. When an item does, its product page says so, and tax shows as its own line at checkout.
- Confirmed orders cannot be cancelled. If payment is not received or the order is not completed at the agreed price, a $50.00 fee applies plus any market loss.
- Selling later? We buy back. Every product page shows what we pay for it. See Sell to us.