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26 Sept 2013

How to sell gold in Malaysia

Gold jewelry or gold bullion can be sold easily in Malaysia without any restriction. There were no selling tax or capital gain tax rules for any types of gold items sold by Malaysia resident or nonresident. No permit or license required for such activity, except for export or import of gold to or from oversea in the form of gold bullion required permission from Malaysia central bank approval.


Where to sell gold in  Malaysia?

The were four major ways gold can be sold in Malaysia. Firstly, gold can be sold directly to any local gold shop or jewellery shop.  It is required for the seller to provide proof of purchase and proper identification for recording. The gold shop will offer buying price 15 % below normal market price as a handling fee.

Secondly, sell gold directly to the private investor. There is much local gold investor want to buy gold at a higher price than retail gold shop. The gold buyer can be found easily nearly by the gold shop or ads in the local newspaper. The price offers slightly better than gold shop rate at  9% - 12% spread of daily gold price.

Thirdly, there was a gold distributor from gold franchise company that offer to buy gold as trade in value for their products. You can found them easily in a local newspaper and internet media. They will offer to buy gold at according to the company publish rate which was better than a gold shop.

Finally, you can find a gold buyer in internet store or online shop which can be reached easily on Facebook or blog website. This private seller was a small trader or small enterprise which can be trusted and using mail as the delivery method. Their price is not controlled by any franchise company or gold  shops association. The price offered were more attractive as this gold buyer have little or less operating cost and less targeted buy margin at 4-5 % higher than the spot price.



How to sell gold in Malaysia 

For selling gold to gold shop or franchise company, you can either walk into any gold shop and ask for quote buying price. The store gold selling price per gram was on display in every gold shop, but it is advisable to ask for update buying rate first. The shop owner normally has gold weight machine to verify gold weight in gram and gold purity tester for check gold purity.


For online buyer and private investor, it is proper to provide the gold weight in gram and gold purity information for their valuation.  Usually, the trade was made at meeting points like a coffee shop or bank. For a significant amount of gold meeting inside the bank is advisable for better security.

Term and condition to sell gold in Malaysia.

There were no particular condition or property gain tax for sell gold in Malaysia. All transaction were made by cash basis; selling was concluded and completed after an exchange of good and cash.


Cash option when you do not want to sell gold in Malaysia

Gold was much appreciated in Malaysia and can be considered as good as cash. If you want to acquire cash with selling your gold, you are always can go for borrowing with your gold as collateral. You can alway get maximum borrowing out  of 60% of your gold market value. For a small handling fee, you can get a payback period up to 6 months at any Ar Rahnu outlet .

To conclude, selling gold in Malaysia is easy and exciting. You can found various type of purchaser and shop that give your a puzzling option and gold price rate at best or worst than spot market. Using spot market as the guide are advisable but never exclusive.  Spot price rate can be found in real time at a local gold market website. There are RM20  to RM60 different per weight of gold to Malaysia gold market price to world spot gold price.Try to sell your gold in Malaysia for better investment option.