Publication record 14
How the guide is paid
Goldco and Augusta pay for qualifying referrals. Those relationships affect the selection and order of companies here.
Goldco pays for qualifying inquiries and purchases. Augusta Precious Metals pays for qualifying inquiries. Goldco’s first position is paid; the order is influenced by these commercial relationships.
Which relationships fund the guide?
Lead Partner AS receives referral compensation when qualifying actions follow links to the two companies covered. Goldco is the primary partner and appears first as a paid placement. Augusta is the secondary partner. Neither placement is a score or an award.
You can read the site without using a partner link. The guide does not claim that its selection is independent of payment or representative of the whole self-directed IRA market.
How do the links work?
A button labelled “Partner link” passes through a /go/ address on this domain and redirects to the partner’s site. The destination receives a site identifier, a page label and a placement label so the referral can be attributed. The referral parameters do not contain your name, email address or account balance.
An outgoing click is not an inquiry, application, purchase or funded IRA. If you provide details on the partner’s website, that company handles them under its own notices. Read those notices before submitting. The privacy page explains the click event recorded on this website.
What does payment change?
It influences which companies are included and the order they appear. This matters when reading the two-partner comparison. A first position should never be treated as a personal recommendation.
Published minimums, fees and record details retain their source, date and limitations. Unknown spreads do not become zero costs. We do not replace adverse records with a favourable rating or describe a settlement as proof of the underlying allegation.
What should you check before acting?
Request the actual custodian agreement, complete fee schedule and written product quote. Compare the same product and quantity using both the purchase price and current resale bid. Confirm the possession arrangement before authorizing the trade.
This publication has not tested either company as a customer and does not give personal advice. The SEC cautions that a custodian’s involvement does not validate an investment. [1] A paid referral does not provide that validation either.
Reference
- SEC / NASAA / FINRA: custodian responsibilitiesAccessed November 3, 2026. Official investment-risk background; the payment terms above are the publisher’s disclosed commercial arrangements.
Changes to this page
November 3, 2026 — First edition: stated each referral relationship, paid order and the attribution details passed through partner links.