Our Editorial Process

Every page on Gold Calculator Hub exists to answer one reader question accurately: what is this gold actually worth, and what will someone really pay for it? This page documents how that content is produced, where the numbers come from, and how mistakes get fixed.

Where our numbers come from

• Spot prices come from a live precious-metals market data feed and refresh on the site hourly. When the feed is briefly unavailable, calculators display a clearly labeled approximate price rather than a stale one presented as live.
• Purity values use standard millesimal fineness (e.g., 14K = 583.3 fine). These are industry constants, cross-checked against assay-office and industry references.
• Payout ranges are compiled from gold buyers’ published per-gram buy rates, documented consumer tests, and reader-reported quotes. We review them when the gold price moves significantly, because buyer margins widen and narrow with volatility.
• Consumer-protection guidance is cited to primary sources — the FTC, state regulators, and recognized industry bodies — and linked inline so you can verify claims yourself.

How articles are written

Articles on this site are researched with AI assistance and edited by Sukie Gao before publication. In practice that means: research drafts are assembled with AI tools, then every claim, number, and example is reviewed, corrected, and cross-checked against primary sources — published buy rates, live market data, and regulator guidance — before anything goes live. Nothing is published unedited. Where a page includes worked examples, the math is recomputed by hand against the current spot price on the publication date.

Independence policy

We do not buy or sell gold. No gold buyer, refiner, dealer, or marketplace pays for placement, reviews drafts, or influences our payout data. The site is funded by display advertising; advertisers have no visibility into or control over editorial content. If a referral relationship ever exists on a page, it is disclosed on that page. More on this in About.

Updates and freshness

Every article shows its publication date, and pages that have been substantively revised show an updated date. We review high-traffic pages on a recurring editorial schedule and after major market moves. The “updated” date changes only when the content actually changes — never automatically.

Corrections

When a reader or our own review finds an error, we correct the page promptly. Material corrections (a wrong formula, a misstated range — anything that could have affected a decision) are noted on the page. To report an error, email sukielovesupport@gmail.com with the page URL and what you found. Correction reports get answered first.

What we won’t publish

• Specific investment recommendations or price predictions presented as fact.
• Sponsored content disguised as independent analysis.
• Valuations of individual readers’ items — that is an appraiser’s job, done in person.
• Content on topics where we lack the competence to be accurate (tax treatment specifics, legal disputes) beyond pointing to qualified professionals.