Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, you need an account if you wish to buy gold and/or silver. Creating an account will take no more than a few minutes of your time.

You buy gold bars for only 0.9% above spot price. We offer you silver bars free of VAT against a minimum premium of €22,- per kilo. The sell-back price of gold amounts to 99% of the spot price. The sell-back price of silver is 96% of the spot price. These ‘low spreads’ are a unique aspect of your DKgold account. You buy and sell gold and silver by means of your account. The actual bars are stored for you in one of the most secure vaults in the world. Fully insured, with sell-back guarantee and in your name. We are able to offer you these competitive prices because we combine the orders of our customers in terms of production and transportation. Based on the strength of our name and our reputation since 1825, we have excellent agreements with our refineries. In your account you will find all the necessary information on your buying and selling orders and the return on investment. We regularly offer silver and/or gold bars against spot price. DKgold is your partner when it comes to security, reliability and excellent terms of agreement.

With the Trade Account you buy and sell gold starting at a weight of 10 grams or any multiple thereof. The unit for silver is 1 kilo (or a multiple thereof). Storage costs for gold are 0.15% of its replacement value per quarter, for silver this is 0.2%. A minimum storage fee is set at €14.95 per quarter. With a Wealth Account you buy and sell gold starting from a weight of 500 grams or a multiple thereof. The unit for silver is 10 kilos (or a multiple thereof). Storage fees are lower than with the Trade Account. Insured storage for gold costs 0.125% of the replacement value per quarter (0.175% for silver). You could apply for a Wealth Account through the Account Details tab in your account. You should have a minimum purchase value of €100,000.

Gold is an investment object with a value of itself (intrinsic value) and it is subject to scarcity, as opposed to money. The main reason most of our customers have for buying gold is to maintain their purchasing power. Inflation is on the rise and interest rates on saving accounts are practically zero, resulting in value loss of fiat money.

Physical gold is the scarcest form of gold. There are several alternatives such as an ETF whereby you buy gold on paper, a kind of representation of the physical gold. DKgold executes your order for physical gold immediately, subsequently storing it in your name.

Gold does not lose its intrinsic value and, during the past few years, has seen an average return on investment of 9% annually. For several years now, there has been a visible trend of money losing its value through inflation, whereas the value of gold continues to rise. This does not mean that an investment in gold cannot decrease in value as well. You will have to ask yourself whether or not an investment in gold fits your risk profile. Results from the past offer no guarantee for the future.

The purchase price of gold starts at 0.9% above spot price. You are able to buy gold in units of 10 grams each. The actual purchase price depends on the quantity you wish to buy. On working days after 17.00 hours, during weekends and public holidays, you pay an additional fee of €0.25 per gram.

Buying gold through DKgold is very easy and reliable. You create an account, verify it and after that you are able to immediately enter your purchasing orders in the personal space of your account. On the page How does it work? of our website we explain this process in detail.

We only buy gold bars with a minimum purity of 99.99%. This is the highest possible purity attainable during the production process of a gold bar.

Your gold will be stored in very secure and modern vaults. The positions of each account holder are stored in his or her name (in other words: fully allocated).

With a Trade Account the storage costs for gold will amount to 0.15% of the replacement value per quarter. The minimum storage fee is only €14.95 quarterly. Once you’ve stored more than €10,000 worth of gold, the storage fee will be higher.

No, having an account with DKgold is free of charge.

With DKgold, you purchase gold bars starting at 10 grams, which is also the minimum order weight. This minimum order weight does not depend on the current price of gold: there is no minimum order value that you have to meet.

We focus on investors who choose gold for its reliability as an investment object, not on collectors who would like to purchase gold coins for their esthetic or collector value. For several reasons, gold bars are a better investment object than gold coins: bars are easier to trade and their production costs are lower.

You are able to pay your order by a bank transfer.

Once you’ve signed in to your account, click in the upper right corner on the little human figure. Under ‘documents’ you will find your annual statements.

Once you’ve signed in to your account, click in the top right corner on the little human figure and then click on ‘My details’. After that you click on ‘Change’ under company name and you enter the name of your company and your Chamber of Commerce administration number. End the process by clicking on ‘Save changes’. In case of corporate investing the payment should also go through the bank account in the name of your company.

DKgold offers you a sell-back guarantee for all your positions stored in our vaults. This means that you are able to sell back your gold bars at any given moment, starting at 1% below spot price. On working days after 17.00 hours, during weekends and public holidays, you pay an additional fee of 0.35%  on top of the 1%. We do not buy any gold that is not stored in our vaults.

Silver is a much sough-after industrial material and will therefore not be likely to lose its intrinsic value. More than 60% of the global demand for silver stems from manufacturing companies. Silver is also a popular investment object for capturing and even increasing capital. Since 2001, the return on investment of silver (in euros) has been more than 9% annually.

Silver, a precious metal, has an intrinsic value and is subject to scarcity. This means that it cannot lose its value, as opposed to fiat money. Silver is an investment object in which you coudl solidify your assets. Historically seen, you are well-protected against inflation.

A 1 kilo silver bar premium starts at €22,-. Our selling price depends on the spot price, which actually changes by the minute. On working days after 17.00 hours, during weekends and public holidays, you pay an additional fee of €8 per kilo. At DKgold it is possible to purchase silver bars without VAT.

Buying silver through DKgold is very easy. You create an account, verify it through your e-mail and after that you could immediately enter your purchasing orders in the personal space of your account. Buying silver may be done in units of 1 kilo each.

Your silver is stored in your name in a customs depot. All positions are fully assignable. We only use very secure and modern vaults.

You pay 0.20% of the replacement value quarterly, with a minimum fee of €14.95. This means that you may actually store your silver for €60 annually. Suppose you buy a quantity of silver worth €15,000, then you will need to pay €120 for its storage.

No, if you (no longer) have any positions, your account with DKgold will be free of charge.

At DKgold you are able to purchase silver starting from 1 kilo, which is actually the minimum order weight.

DKgold mainly focuses on investors who would like to purchase precious metals as an investment. Silver bars are much better priced than silver coins. The difference at purchase could be as much as 15%.

DKgold offers you a full sell-back guarantee for all the silver that you bought through our firm. We will buy back your silver bars – at any given moment – against a price starting at 4% below spot price. On working days after 17.00 hours, during weekends and public holidays, you pay an additional fee of 2% of the replacement value.