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Comparative summary of AFE, BullionVault & GoldMoney

Each has its unique set of features and strengths, all of which are not present in any single provider. It is prudent to spread your holdings across multiple service providers for more efficient management of your entire portfolio.

First column: Anglo Far East, Second: BullionVault, Third: GoldMoney

Bullion Products	Gold, Silver	Gold, Silver	Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium
Bullion Account Type	Allocated Account	Allocated Account	Allocated Account
Vault Locations	Zurich	Zurich, London, New York	Zurich, London, Hong Kong
Vault Operators	Via Mat International	Via Mat International	Via Mat International, G4S
Currencies Supported	USD, EUR, Special Instructions	USD, EUR, GBP	USD, CAD, EUR, GBP, CHF, JPY, AUD, HKD, NZD
Buy / Sell, Storage & Other Fees	Highest Overall	Lowest Overall	Highest for Small Holdings
Reserved / Registered Bars	Automatic: Gold & silver	Manual: Gold & silver with fees	Manual: All metals except silver
Take Physical Delivery	Fees upon application	Discouraged. High fees	Easy & transparent (esp. gold)
Buy & Sell Mechanism	Slow and inconvenient	Excellent software, realtime	Simple, no advanced features
Open Account, Verification and initial Funding	Slow and inconvenient	Super easy & fast	Quite elaborate
Account Management	Slow and inconvenient	Efficient, but restrictive	Simple & convenient
Web Security	Basic	Enhanced	Comprehensive
Web Traffic Rank (1=Best)	1,870,643 (9 Sep 2011)	19,901 (9 Sep 2011)	17,677 (9 Sep 2011)
Audited Gold Holding (oz)	Not Published	782,453 (8 Sep 2011)	578,642 (30 Jun 2011)
Audited Silver Holding (oz)	Not Published	6,807,824 (8 Sep 2011)	24,284,835 (30 Jun 2011)
Corporate & Governance	Most established	Transparent & responsible	Transparent & very reputable
Client Relations	Professional, Personal	Poor, too dependent on tech.	Professional, Excellent
Overall
Suitable for	Savings, Long Term Holding	Active Trading	Most Users

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Alexa Traffic Rank: GoldMoney Vs BullionVault

This chart compares the popularity of GoldMoney.com and BullionVault.com based on global web traffic to their respective sites. The rank is calculated using a combination of average daily visitors and pageviews over the past 3 months. The site with the highest combination of visitors and pageviews is ranked #1. Anglofareast.com’s traffic is not presented because it’s ranking is too low (over 1 million).

The above data shows that GoldMoney’s popularity ranking has increased dramatically from about 100,000 to 10,000 over the past 12 months, and is now on par with BullionVault’s historically higher ranking.

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Growth of Bullion Holdings: GoldMoney Vs BullionVault

(See notes on data source below)

BullionVault’s gold holding has surpassed that of GoldMoney, which has been the leader until about about 2010

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BullionVault did not offer silver bullion until 2009, giving GoldMoney a commanding lead.

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Notes on data source

• GoldMoney publishes quarterly audit reports, and they are archived here
• BullionVault publishes daily audit report here, but they do not maintain a public archive. Data for the charts above was obtained from WayBack Machine Internet Archive, which periodically scans the web and takes a snap shot of sites at that point in time. As the frequency of scanning is inconsistent, BullionVault’s plot has fewer data points and they are fitted into the closest quarterly audit dates of GoldMoney’s data points.
• GoldMoney holds Palladium and Platinum as well, but they are not included in the charts as we do not consider them political metals, and they constitute only about 1% of their total metal holdings.
• No comparisons can be made with AFE as they do not publish their audit report details. Only a certificate of audit is published and accessible after login.

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Disclaimer: The above information is provided on a best-effort basis. It’s accuracy is not guaranteed, and may not reflect the most recent changes made by the service providers. Please perform your own due diligence and verify the information from their respective websites before making any decisions. The reviews are the personal opinion of the author and does not constitute any endorsement or recommendation.