60 e-gold Exchange Agents, Who’s Still Alive? You Might Be Surprised…
Back in May, I wrote an article “Who’s Still Alive? 20 E-gold Agent Profiles“. This piece can be considered a follow up to that post.
One angle I’d like to explore, is just how much of e-gold’s business ‘jumped ship’ when they hit the wall. Are they fading away into the distant sunset? One way to calibrate their market acceptance might be to take a close look at who, if anyone, is still acting as an exchange agent for e-gold digital currency.
Are there any exchange providers that still accept e-gold or did the government’s indictment act as a deterrent to their daily business? Ron O’Brien, a senior security analyst at Sophos said in an interview, “But we’ll have to see if [this indictment] serves as a deterrent.” *
Well, open your peepers and let’s take a look.
E-gold exchange providers around the globe, with the exception of about ten, are all still actively providing exchange service for their clients. Even some of the larger agents which had their e-gold funds seized by the government, have just opened new e-gold accounts and are doing business today.
“In Doug We Trust” Who is still exchanging e-gold?
London Gold Exchange – Still strong! Debbie from LGE just confirmed with me inexchange (buy) for just 4% and outexchange (sell) fees are showing on their web as the low price of just 5%. What can I say about LGE that their web does not already tell us:
“In six years the London Gold Exchange has evolved into the Digital Gold and Silver provider of choice for thousands of happy customer’s world wide. Strategically placed with offices around the world, we are ideally positioned to enhance our reputation as the No.1 Digital Gold and Silver provider.”
Ice Gold – Alive but moving a bit slower today. They are accepting e-gold outexchange (selling) but its on a limited basis as they need it. “…we have set a limit of 10,000 USD (or equivalent) per customer in one day.” You can also buy e-gold from them for a 2% fee. International bank wires or local Estonia wire transfers are accepted. If you speak German, you can read the recent interview Paul Vahur gave to a liberty.li magazine regarding e-gold and the US actions.
AnyGoldNow – From their web, they appear to be alive and kicking. I just visited and their forms are working to process in and outexchanges. I will assume that means they are still active in the e-gold business. Their web shows, to buy e-gold, you will only pay between 1.25% and 2%. If you would like to sell, your outexchange fees will be 4%-7%. That is not too bad for Patrick’s quality service. AnyGoldNow features same day exchanges and trades e-gold, e-Bullion, Pecunix, C-gold & Phoenix Silver. Here is a new c-gold agent!
EuroGoldSales – Still exchanging e-gold. Like other agents, their rates vary. Sell them e-gold today you would be paying 6% in fees
GoldNow – Still operating at 100%. Graham reports that orders are strong. GoldNow also accepts credit cards and is offers GoldNowBanc GoldGrams and Loom Gold. e-gold exchange rates seem constant at 5%.
EuroGoldFrance – No big e-gold changes here either– today, just as before the indictment, users can buy & sell e-gold en Francais. Great service and competitive rates (sell to them at 4%-7%).
EuroGoldExchanges – e-gold for Non-US customers ONLY. Also available e-Bullion, c-gold and Pecunix. The French language version is also available at EuroGoldEchangers.com
e-ForexGold – Still strong with e-gold exchanges. Inexchange orders of $5000 usd and less will cost you 3% over spot price. When selling to them, they are only charging approximately 4-4.5% on the sell, this also depends on how much your order actually is….for $50k+ its just 2.5% e-ForexGold also offers a handy ATM debit card which works for fast e-gold outexchanges.
Cambist.net – Their web site appears to still be accepting both in and outexchange e-gold digital currency orders. Wire transfer only. Their buy fees are extremely low between 2% and 3% for any amount large or small. On an outexchange, they are charging fees of 20%. Yes, sell e-gold to Cambist.net and receive national currency of just $8 for every $10 you spend, but that’s what they are now calling ‘business risk’. Technically, with gold bars in the vault backing each digital dollar, there is no big risk to own e-gold.
OmniPay/OmniPay Africa – Not operating yet. We are still awaiting more information about a business arrangement with OmniPay Africa. No further information is available. I’d like to wish them the best, and a speedy recovery from this headache. Through the rumor mill, we hear that if you were doing business with OmniPay (US) as an exchange agent, you may be getting some forms in the mail soon regarding MSB regulations. (of course that is just a rumor)
Me-gold.com – Still alive and doing great business. Their web quotes e-gold exchange rates that are a bit higher than the norm, however I assume that is attempting to compensating for business risk. Buy, sell or exchange e-gold at Me-gold. This group, who’s company is operating out of Dubai, provides excellent and fast service. They also exchange: Webmoney, Pecunix, e-Bullion, Liberty Reserve and I also see PayPal on their web page. Sell e-gold to them today for an international bank wire or a Western Union payment. Buy e-gold for about 2% over spot, sell e-gold and you will rack up a fee of between 15 and 20% on the way out.
AutoCambist – Being billed as the largest and most reputable automated exchanger in the world has its advantages and they will gladly exchange e-gold on your behalf.
PaysGold – Buy or sell e-gold here, no problem. Inexchange at 2% but outexchange is currently 20%. Located in Jinan City, China, they also offer an awesome pre-paid UNIONPAY ATM card solution that works for ATM withdrawals in around two dozen countries around the globe. That card is just $25 in e-gold or Pecunix.
GoldEx – Yes they are transacting in e-gold. There is just a 6% fee on outexchange (selling) of e-gold. To buy from GoldEx they are asking for around 3.5%. Note that their web site lists Credit Card’s as a method of payment when making an inexchange, that fee is a bit higher at 15%, not sure if they are still accepting CC’s or not. GoldEx also is one of the few DGC businesses that still offers a US based ATM card for outexchange to ATM cash. Its on the Visa Plus network and will cost you $50. Their web site seems a bit out of date also so please write me if I have it wrong.
AsianaGold.com – Cash to e-gold, no problem for Asian customers. Buy e-gold at spot plus 5%, sell e-gold at a cost of 20%. Selling $1000, receive $800, no bargain there but again….business risk! Also exchanges Liberty Reserve.
Nanaimogold – Buy and Sell e-gold for a low 4% rate. Also exchanges Pecunix, e-gold, e-Bullion, e-dinar, Liberty Reserve, WebMoney and even c-gold.
TheGoldShop.biz – Still strong and accepting cash deposits in Malaysia, India, Singapore, the Philippines and Canada. Buy e-gold from them today and pay just 4% over spot. If you are selling e-gold to them, “…please expect delays of at least 8 business days in processing of EGOLD SELL ORDERS as well as higher than normal exchange fees”
ElectrumX – Yes, alive and well. In fact from their web today, “**We Need Egold**” They also accept credit cards for inexchange.
Vertoro – Quality e-gold inexchange provider.
Xgold.ca – Mr. Sylvain Falardeau from Xgold.ca who did a great interview earlier this year, will be happy to exchange e-gold for you. He will buy for 5% and sell to you at 1.5%
ROBOXchange – Yes, still transacting in e-gold.
SnapGold – Buy and sell e-gold through Singapore or Malaysia
GetEMoney – Still is operation and offering competitive rates. Inexchange (buy) from them at a cost of about 2.5%. Outexchange (sell) to them for an approximate fee of 6.3%.
MegaExchange.ru – Russian language automatic exchange web business. Accepts e-gold for exchange.
Better-X-Changers – Up and running in Canada providing a wide range of payment options including: Local and International Bank Wire, Bank Draft or Money Order, Postal Money Order, Company Check, Bank Cash Deposit, Email Money Transfer (EMT), Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), Western Union, MoneyGram and PayPal. Sell e-gold for about 11%, inexchange or buy from them at 4.5%
Fidex Group (e-fidex) – While there web seems to be accepting both e-gold in and outexchanges, no confirmation on if that is the case. They were never ones to keep their web ’space’ constantly updated so I’m just not sure if they are still buying e-gold or not. It appears yes. Please visit their web and give me your impression as I have not heard back from them.
JrExchange – Located in Singapore with customer worldwide, this operation is glad to accept your e-gold exchanges. Their rates will depend on the client’s location and membership standing and the fees can range from 1% – 15%.
Incremental Gold – Yes, they still buy, sell and even exchange e-gold. Sell e-gold at a cost of 6% and purchase e-gold (inexchange). Buy e-gold with a wire or Western Union for 3-5%. From their web, “Please note that we operate with e-gold (sell and buy) but each outexchange takes 4-10 business days to process.”
Exchange.lv – Online exchange accepting e-gold no problem.
All Business Gold – Appears to be up and running with no ‘warnings’ posted. Rates show on their web site as 5% – 17%.
E Buy Gold – You can currently buy e-gold from this Hong Kong agent, however they are not accepting sell orders.
Bank2Gold – Exchange provider in Singapore. Buy or sell e-gold here.
Wyngold – Buy or Sell e-gold no problems here. Singapore’s first 24/7 e-gold exchanger.
Evogates – Buy or Sell e-gold. Agent located in Malaysia.
Goldarea.net – Web site appears to be in business. Buy or Sell e-gold here.
ePayNigeria.com – Open for business, both buy and selling of e-gold.
GoldNairaExchange – Buy and Sell e-gold, “…that e-gold funding henceforth will be completed within 2 – 5 business days.”
Ecurrenz – Here you can swap e-gold for Linden Dollars from Second Life. E-gold accepted here no problem.
GoldAge Israel – Israel’s first e-gold exchange agent.
GoldKOBO – This is an exchange provider for Nigerian residents only and it appears to be operating just fine. Buy and sell e-gold here.
Aegold – Reported by their web site to be accepting credit cards.
PinoyGoldExchange – Accepting buys and sells of e-gold in the Philippines. Some limits on transactions, “Std BUY e-gold maximum is currently set to $50. *Select Premium Service if e-gold to be ordered is above the maximum daily limit. *Std SELL e-gold maximum is currently set to $2000. SELL Orders will be completed in 1-5 business days. ”
SuperChange.ru – Automatic e-gold exchange
Wannagold – Buy/Sell e-gold thru SMS, Call and YM Chat
Klad.ee – If you can handle their 20% exchange rate, this might be the agent in Estonia you have been looking for…!
Avantumgold – Credit cards accepted among other methods for the exchange of e-gold. Inexchange fees of 6% – 22%. Outexchange (sell your e-gold) as reported by their web site 2% – 5% of a fee.
ExchangeGoldNow – Buy or sell e-gold here.
ExchangesPlus – Buy or sell e-gold here.
United States Electronic Currency Exchange – Buy or sell e-gold at rates ranging from 2.99% – 5.99%
Gold-Thrift – They are still alive and in the exchange business. Fine print….Sell them e-gold when they are accepting it your fee will be just 4%. Buy e-gold with a wire transfer and I believe you will also be paying about 4% over spot but I’m not really sure because they have the worst designed web in the history of the Internet. I half expected a little cartoon man to come walking out shouting “buy gold” when I arrived at their forwarded domain. Be that as it may, it has been about two weeks since they posted news regarding their desire to purchase customer e-gold, “…07.13.07. e-gold out exchanges are suspended due to overstock. We will resume buying e-gold in a few days when we need more.” Like I said, bottom line they are still exchanging which is good news.
JTGold – Exchanger for e-gold in Malaysia
Zones Web Soluition – (India)
Exchengine – e-gold exchange for all. Buy and sell “…for residents and legal entities registered in Russia, to Russian banks only”.
FastGold.net – Their web site is still online but they are not exchanging anything.
DenverGoldExchange – There nicely designed web is gone and we can only find a white screen with their email address and reading, “Denver Gold Exchange Under Construction”. Their account was one seized by the government’s action so its not clear if they will return or not.
TheBullionExchange – Not currently transacting any business, but not gone either. Their bank account(s) got seized by the government’s actions, I think its now held pending a civil matter relating to their current complaint. You’ll have to check their web for details but its obvious they are optimistic and looking to straighten out this issue:
The allegations contained in the complaint, contend, inter alia, that The Bullion Exchange failed to register, or secure a license to act as a money transmitter (in violation of 31 C.F.R. Section 103.11(uu)(5)(1)); additionally, the complaint contends that The Bullion Exchange failed to obtain a business license in the State of Delaware, violating 5 Del. Code Section 2303. The Bullion Exchange vehemently denies the allegations and has challenged all of the accusations contained in the civil complaint.
Pay By Gold – No word from their camp. The Paybygold web site is so many years out of date, it still has evocash and INTgold listed and those companies have been out of business for years. I’m not sure if Pay By Gold is even still operating or if that is just a dead web site.
Centregold – No e-gold exchanges.
GoldTotem – e-gold exchange operations seem to be on hold right now. Their web is showing this statement: “We are currently working on our software. Only the clients contacted by email can use this page for the purchase of e-currencies. We apologize for this inconvenience for any new visitor, we cannot fulfill their order during this period.”
Gold Age Agent closed but now the domain is a busy e-currency discussion forum.
GoldPouch Express – While still listed on the e-gold website links page, they are not exchanging e-gold. Their stated reason, “Due to an ongoing investigations between E-Gold.com and the Department of Justice we regret to inform you that we won’t be buying, selling or trading “GOLD” from E-Gold.com at this time!
Agronex Financial – http://www.agronex.lv Web Site Is Gone
Gold-Cash.biz – http://www.gold-cash.biz Web Site Is Gone
SpaceGold – http://www.spacegold.com Web Site Is Gone
Gitgold – http://www.gitgold.com Web Site Is Gone
While I am sure there are dozens of other agents not listed here but still operating today, this sample represents a very good cross section of all larger operations. E-gold exchange agents are looking very strong right now. The rates have changed to fit the market and the methods of payment accepted have narrowed, but a very healthy third party independent exchange market is still operating today.
There is an old industry saying which goes like this, “In Gold We Trust”. However, months after the government announced this criminal case against e-gold, that old jingle seems to have changed……some are now writing it as, “In Doug We Trust”.
Interesting read. But how could you miss Capitalex? A big fish?
This is my experiences with few exchangers from the above list:
LondonGoldExchange – My member verification is in pending status. They need scan of utility bill for verification. According to them mine is not readable :).
AnyGoldNow – I had a few successful exchanges here from e-gold to e-Bullion at 5% fee . My waiting time was only 6 hours at the most.
e-ForexGold – They don’t answer my email.
AutoCambist – I exchanged e-Bullion currency to e-Bullion gold. Completed in less than 5 minutes. Currently they are not accepting e-Bullion.
Exchange.lv – Here is the place if you want to exchange WMZ to e-gold with bonus instead of fee. The process took 2 minutes or so.
SuperChange.ru – Very fast exchanger comparable to Exchange.lv.
Has anybody tried Currency Bot? It offers unbelievable e-gold outexchange fee at only 2%.
Thanks Mark for useful article.
Hi, just adding some additional information on the Singapore-based exchangers.
entelnova.com – Possibly the oldest in Singapore and still working.
snapgold.com – Best rates in the market for Singaporeans. Definitely still exchanging.
wyngold.com – Still around.
jrexchange.com.sg – Probably still working. No recent feedback.
sgexchanger.com – Probably still working. No feedback.
activegold.co.nr – Very new, a few days old. No feedback.
ecurrenz.com – They are currently a linden (second life) exchanger. Not exchanging e-gold to SGD for now.
bank2gold.com – Has not been operational since 06. Please DO NOT use them.
This is an agent I’m familiar with and a they are a good company, I forget to include them. They handled the e-gold problems with ease and did not hammer their customers for high rates…here is his email. — So far Skandway only exchange with the Scandinavian customers (mainly because of the language) but as we now think we are THE main exchanger in the area, my interest on looking out Internationally is growing.
Let me tell you how Skandway have handled the “e-gold situation”. We had a different solution to others “panic button” and robbing scared customers. When us gov’s moved in, we decided to go on as usual. That means rates as usually and no stopped exchanges. 3-6% when buying from us, and 3% for selling to us (and it STILL IS like that).
What we did was queuing customers SELL e-gold so there was some waiting time the first weeks after. The order that waited the longest time was halted for 3 weeks, but that is all history now. Business as usual since end of May and customer SELL is executed same day as the customer pays e-gold.
As I mentioned there was never an option to rise the fees to levels of robbery as we see some others do. Skandway is working long term and want to keep our customers, and whatever happens to e-gold in the end, we also exchange e-bullion, and our customers will remember everyone that took opportunity of peoples fear.
Your data on Goldex is correct. Although the website isn’t updated often, Marco is very quick to respond to emails with any questions. I have the debit card and even though I could shop around for cheaper rates, I feel relatively safe with Goldex as long as Omnipay is still out of order.
As far as exchanging currencies, I definitely prefer SuperChange.ru. Again, even though the fees may be a bit high, the fact they do “instant” automated exchanges and have been reliable is enough to get me recommending their services.
—– Original Message —–
From: Janet Wilson
To: Panama@cryptoheaven.com
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 12:34 PM
Subject: Your Article About … Egold Exchangers
Hello,
I found your article at http://feeds.b5media.com/b5media/DigitalMoneyWorld
and noted that you listed Incremental Gold as still buying and selling e-gold. Since you are obviously knowledgeable in this area, I would like to share my experience with you and ask for any advice or exposure you can provide.
On June 22, 2007, I sent $4,000 to Incremental Gold for an outexchange (Order #47340089, Batch 82135242). Since then, they have delayed, made excuses, lied, and refused to return my E-gold or send me the wire. One week ago they claimed to have sent the wire “this morning”. My bank says no wire is pending or has been received, and since then I.G. has
refused to respond. I have tried being patient, nice, pushy, and finally threatening legal action. I have asked for proof of the wire, I have made complaints to the GDCA (with zero response after three inquiries and a $20 complaint fee), and still no response.
If you have any suggestions on a good way to get their attention through negative publicity or whatever method works, I am open to anything at this point. I contacted E-gold but they have their own problems, and would likely do
nothing about it anyway. My next email is to
GoldDirectory.com, where I found I.G. originally.
Thank you for your time,
Best regards,
Janet Wilson
Hello,
Thank you for nice research. Just to make the list more complete – you forget to mention GLOBOXchange (https://globoxchange.com/index.php?lang=eng) which is one of the oldest exchangers between WebMoney and E-gold. We also keep e-gold exchanges alive and we pay bonuses when you buy E-gold.
Just to check that we are serious company look at our business level at WebMoney site:
https://passport.wmtransfer.com/asp/certView.asp?wmid=832749915492
The Webmoney Passport System of verification is awesome.
If you want to act as a merchant with Webmoney, they want to know exactly who you are, no exceptions. All DGCs should follow this type of system, especially e-gold.
Follow the link above for an ‘unknown’ agent and you will find all of this information verified about the entity:
WM-identifier WMID#832749915492
Registration date: 26 February 2003
BUSINESS LEVEL [BL] WMID#832749915492: BUSINESS LEVEL [BL]
Merchant passport issued 6 November 2004 by WM-identifier WMID#091239753144 WMService – Ukraina
This WM user has the following verification rights:
Right to issue Initial passports
The user has this right but at the moment he does not issue passports
This WM user has added the following WM identifiers to his passport:
WMID#201825711454 BL: BUSINESS LEVEL (BL)
WMID#832749915492 BL: BUSINESS LEVEL (BL)
Personal details of verified WMID user:
User’s status –verified
Last name –verified
First name Taras verified
Company or WM user location:
City/Country Kyyiv/Ukraine verified
Street address verified
Legal identification:
Number verified
Date of issue verified
Place of issue – City/Country verified
Issued by (issuing authority) verified
Date of birth verified
Place of birth – City/Country verified
You can use http://auto.wmirk.ru they also good and has good rates.
and it’s correct: Just to check that we are serious company look at our business level at WebMoney site:
https://passport.wmtransfer.com/asp/certView.asp?wmid=559818853628
I will pay anyone $500 for information on Incremental Gold- owners, location for operations, address, etc.
Could anyone tell me an egold exchanger with reasonable rates i can buy directly from within west africa, Nigeria to be precise. that will fund my account within 1hour of payment confirmation through bank wire.
sugestions will be apprecited.
David Adaramoye
Could anyone tell me an egold exchanger with reasonable rates i can buy directly from within west africa, Nigeria to be precise. that will fund my account within 1hour of payment confirmation through bank wire.
sugestions will be apprecited.
David Adaramoye
I PURCHASED EGOLD FROM AEGOLD EXCHANGER LAST JULY 30,2007 IN THE AMOUNT OF US DOLLAR 500 PLUS 3% FEE A TOTAL OF 515 US DOLLAR. MONEY WAS SENT THROUGH WESTERN UNION UPON GETTING CONFIRMATION FROM AEGOLD SALES TO PAY TO CERTAIN NANCY AGUILAR ULATE OF COSTA RICA. SO THAT UPON RECEIPT OF PAYMENT EGOLD WILL BE ACCREDITED TO MY EGOLD ACCOUNT.
I VERIFIED THE RECEIPT FROM WESTERN UNION OFFICE WHERE I SENT THE MONEY & IT IS POSITIVE THEY GOT IT THE SAME DAY.
QUESTION? WHAT DO YOU THINK AEGOLD EXCHANGER IS NO LONGER ACTIVE? I SENT EMAIL TO THIS EFFECT BUT NO ANSWERE HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
SEEKING ADVISE AS I AM NEW WITH THE BUSINES. THANK YOU.
I want to know clearly if icegold will definetely fund my egold account after rec eiving my money via wire transfer?
can i buy e-gold from Icegold? will they fund my account upon receiving the payment via wire transfer?
I need a company in nigeria to buy ebullion from… I will be happy if there is any.
i invested with pivategoldholding.com.with the sum of $501 they promise i will get my profit back in the next 3days over three week now.nothing more i the mail they sent to me evaquate all my gold from e-gold acc.help me what is the next ting to do.
more so kindly tell me right channel how sell gold to from my acc and get the cash am living in Nigeria.
adebayo, its unfortunate you went through such people, am a Nigerian also I deposited through a site and I got everything working out for me fine. go through this link and register so as to buy and sell.
http://www.goldex.net/
We sell and buy E-gold and E-bullion at very competitive rates. We are based in Nigeria, Abuja.Our numbers are 234-98737350 or 234-803-324-8636.
We have never failed anyone and we shall not.
Thank you
Nigerians can buy E-gold and E-bullion at http://www.trendycurrencies.com ,they are quite efficient
Plus one automatic exchanger who accepting E-Gold and some other e-currencies: http://currex.ru
:)
how about in dubai? any agent that is available in dubai that i can buy/sell e-gold?
Also an exchange that has been operational since 2006: http://www.ebgold.com
I use superchange.ru/en/ – very fast (instant), low fees, great reserves
Another one.. http://www.kwikgold.com – GDCA accredited, low fees and great quick service.
Can any let me know an egold outlet were i can buy and sell in London. Please
It’s ironic that here we are in Dec 07 and you can hardly tell someone to go to e-gold for a list of exchangers still kicking as their list is ancient.
I tell them to go to LR or C-gold and see who is still kicking, . Least they keep their lists of exch/merchants updated.
Chuckling here
Note, that GDCA already blacklisted kwikgold.
there is this website you failed to mention. you need to try them out. http://www.temidresgold.com you would never regret you did
A good one: http://www.intlexchange.com – Only for customers looking to exchange big sums though.
hi i am from jamaica and it is so hard to fund my egold account i have to be careful and so should everyone. protect your money try different people but use a little money any site that specifies how much u should spend do not use them. spend a little this way they steal your money u do not have any problem. well if them steal mine i wil hunt them down and deal with them i am from a country where i have many links anyway take care.
to the scam artist stop stealing peoples money one day your time will come. i think goldex is good but can anyone give me the links for a canadian egold exchanger that is up and running thanks
Guys, after dealing with, and knowing most of the exchangers over the past 8 years, I’m familiar with most, and have decided that at this time with egold as it is, there are only one or two I would deal with. The fact is that my company has enough egold to start our own exchange, and we may do something soon.. for now I am willing to sell at spot or better depending on the quantity needed. I’m throwing this out as a precursor to opening an exchange, so consider it an early opportunity.
Also, Karene, please contact me
1 want to open egold account,is it possible?