Singapore gold dealers compared

The cheapest place to buy gold in Singapore can change from one day to the next. Dealer inventories change. Premiums move. Buy-back prices move too.

That makes the spread between buying and selling prices more useful than simply asking which dealer has the lowest advertised price. You can compare dealer spreads on our homepage.

What should you compare?

Several established dealers operate in Singapore alongside bank channels. When comparing them, look at:

• The price you're paying above the underlying gold value
• The price the dealer will pay to buy the bar back
• Which bar sizes and refiners are available
• Storage charges, if you're using dealer vaulting
• Whether externally purchased bars are accepted for buy-back
• The terms of allocated or unallocated storage

The spread can matter more than it looks

Imagine Dealer A sells a bar slightly cheaper than Dealer B. That makes Dealer A look like the obvious choice. But if Dealer B also offers a stronger buy-back price, its effective round-trip spread could be lower. For someone who expects to sell the gold later, that changes the comparison.

Larger bars will often have tighter percentage spreads than very small bars, but purchase size shouldn't be chosen on spread alone. Liquidity and the amount you might want to sell at one time matter as well. See our guide on the best gold bar size to buy.

Gold.com.sg tracks dealer prices so buyers can compare current selling and buy-back prices in one place.